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Nita Lowey Says She Won't Seek Re-Election After 31 Years In Congress Nita Lowey Says She Won't Seek Re-Election After 31 Years In Congress
Nita Lowey Says She Won't Seek Re-Election After 31 Years In Congress Click here for a related story: Who's Up Next? Speculation Swirls About Possible Candidates For Nita Lowey's Congressional Seat Longtime Congresswoman Nita Lowey, who represented most of Westchester and all of Rockland,  will not seek re-election in 2020. Lowey, who chairs the House Appropriations Committee, made the announcement on Thursday afternoon, Oct. 10 that she will not seek a 17th term in office. She retires after more than three decades in Congress. “It is my deep honor and privilege to serve my community and my country, and I will always be grateful to the pe…

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Westchester Man Sentenced For Swindling Women Out Of More Than $160K Westchester Man Sentenced For Swindling Women Out Of More Than $160K
Westchester Man Sentenced For Swindling Women Out Of More Than $160K A Westchester man has been sentenced after admitting to swindling a pair of women out of more than $160,000. White Plains resident Eric Jackier, 48, has been placed on two terms of five years’ probation - which will run concurrently - after pleading guilty to separate grand larceny charges for stealing money from his unsuspecting victims who believed he was helping their finances. In White Plains, Jackier admitted to stealing $16,475 from a local woman that was earmarked to set up a charity. Instead, Jackier used the money for his own interests between May 15, 2015 and Aug. 20 that year and…

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Man Nabbed For Swindling $167K From Westchester Couple, Police Say Man Nabbed For Swindling $167K From Westchester Couple, Police Say
Man Nabbed For Swindling $167K From Westchester Couple, Police Say A 48-year-old man has been charged with stealing $167,000 from a  Westchester couple over the course of several years, police said. Detectives from the Rye Brook Police Department charged Eric S. Jackier of Barker Avenue in White Plains with grand larceny in the second degree, a C felony on Thursday, Feb. 1. Jackier is accused of swindling the money over a four-year period from an elderly Rye Brook couple after he claimed to be an expert who can facilitate the payment of Veteran’s benefits from the United States Department of Veteran’s Affairs, police said.  He gave himself the title of “N…

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by Joe Lombardi