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Ticket-Fixing Scandal: Officials Call For Councilman's Resignation In Westchester Ticket-Fixing Scandal: Officials Call For Councilman's Resignation In Westchester
Ticket-Fixing Scandal: Officials Call For Councilman's Resignation In Westchester City officials in Northern Westchester are calling for the resignation of a councilman who allegedly used his close relationship with a judge to get his friend out of a traffic ticket.  In a statement released on Tuesday, Sept. 24, Peekskill Mayor Vivian McKenzie said the majority of the city's Common Council believes that Councilman Ramon Fernandez should resign from his position following his alleged conduct with embattled Peekskill City Court Judge Reginald J. Johnson.  According to a report by the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct, which filed formal…