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This Village Named Best Place To Live In NY, New Rankings Say This Village Named Best Place To Live In NY, New Rankings Say
This Village Named Best Place To Live In NY, New Rankings Say Looking for a new place to live? This village is the best not only in Long Island's Nassau County but in the state of New York. According to Niche’s 2024 rankings, the Nassau County village of Great Neck Plaza took the No. 1 spot on the site’s “Best Places to Live in New York” list. It also tops the “Best Places to Live in Nassau County” rankings. For the most accurate ranking possible, Niche evaluates a variety of factors, including crime rates, cost of living, diversity, and more. Earning an overall grade of “A+,” Great Neck Plaza has top marks in public schools, health and fitness, o…
Happy Trails: This Hudson Valley Locale Among Best Places To Retire In America, Report Says Happy Trails: This Hudson Valley Locale Among Best Places To Retire In America, Report Says
Happy Trails: This Hudson Valley Locale Among Best Places To Retire In America, Report Says Forget the palm trees and year-round beach weather in Florida; it turns out the best place to while away your golden years is right here in the Empire State, according to a new ranking. The New York village of Lake Success, located on Long Island in Nassau County, snagged the number one spot on Niche’s 2023 list of “Best Places to Retire in America.” To come up with its ranking, the site looked at several factors of interest to retirees, including weather, crime rates, housing costs, and access to amenities like restaurants, golf courses, fitness centers, and doctors. The most recent censu…
Police Chief Blames NY's Bail Reform Law For 'Serial Intoxicated Driver' Busted 3 Months In Row Police Chief Blames NY's Bail Reform Law For 'Serial Intoxicated Driver' Busted 3 Months In Row
Police Chief Blames NY's Bail Reform Law For 'Serial Intoxicated Driver' Busted 3 Months In Row A New York police chief is blasting the state’s bail reform laws, claiming they are directly to blame for a repeat DWI offender who was arrested three times in just as many months. Albany County resident Brandon McKinley, age 42, of Watervliet, was sentenced to an aggregate term of three to nine years in prison in Albany County Court Tuesday, Nov. 15. The sentence followed his September 2022 guilty plea to three counts of driving while intoxicated, a felony. According to prosecutors, McKinley was stopped by Watervliet Police on three separate occasions in May, June, and July 2022. During e…
New Poll Shows How Hochul-Zeldin Race For Governor Looks As Election Day Gets Closer New Poll Shows How Hochul-Zeldin Race For Governor Looks As Election Day Gets Closer
New Poll Shows How Hochul-Zeldin Race For Governor Looks As Election Day Gets Closer With just over a week until New Yorkers choose their next governor, incumbent Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul is maintaining her lead over Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin, new polling shows. Hochul garnered 50 percent support to Zeldin’s 44 percent in an Emerson College poll released Friday, Oct. 28. Earlier Report: New Poll Reveals Who NYers Favor In Governor's Race Based On Inflation, Crime, Abortion Four percent of respondents were undecided, while 2 percent said they plan to vote for someone else, pollsters said. Zeldin, who represents the state’s 1st Congressional District covering east…
New Data Shows Decline In Crime In Westchester New Data Shows Decline In Crime In Westchester
New Data Shows Decline In Crime In Westchester New data released by Westchester County shows a significant reduction in crime when comparing recent years. The Westchester County Department of Public Safety compared data from January to September of 2017 to data from 2021 and saw a decrease across different all areas of crime, the county reported on Wednesday, Feb. 23. “What you see in some places around the state, crime increasing – is not happening in Westchester County," County Executive George Latimer said in a statement. "Crime is continuing to drop and I credit all the brave men and women in uniform for this positive trend.” Accor…
These Westchester Municipalities Among Best Places To Live, Brand-New Rankings Reveal These Westchester Municipalities Among Best Places To Live, Brand-New Rankings Reveal
These Westchester Municipalities Among Best Places To Live, Brand-New Rankings Reveal Westchester is well-represented in Niche’s brand-new 2020 Best Places to Live list. Crime, quality of schools, things to do, and cost of living were among the factors used in determining the rankings. Other factors are listed here. Bronxville was the No. 1-rated municipality in Westchester and 17th in the New York City metropolitan area. Bronxville is described as a beautiful, walkable village just 15 miles north of midtown Manhattan. You can read the Niche entry here. Bronxville was followed by No. 2 Hartsdale, No. 3 Greenville, No. 4 Chappaqua, No. 5 Scarsdale, No. 6 Hastings-on-Hudson,…
Find Out Where Westchester Ranks Among State's Best Counties To Live Find Out Where Westchester Ranks Among State's Best Counties To Live
Find Out Where Westchester Ranks Among State's Best Counties To Live New rankings confirm what you probably already think. The Hudson Valley is one of the best places to live in New York State. Niche.com's 2018 Best Counties to Live in New York rankings weighed such factors as crime rates, housing trends, the quality of local schools, employment statistics and local amenities. The No. 1-ranked county in the state is Tompkins, which includes Ithaca. It has a small population of just over 100,000, an A rating for public schools and a B- rating for crime and safety. Westchester led Hudson Valley counties, checking in at No. 2 overall, led by A+ ratings for pu…
Westchester City Named New York's 'Best To Live In' Westchester City Named New York's 'Best To Live In'
Westchester City Named New York's 'Best To Live In' As if anyone who calls it home needed to be told, New Rochelle has once again been named one of the top 50 cities to live in the United States by 24/7 Wall St. In their latest "Best Cities to Live in Every State," New Rochelle earned top honors in New York (32nd overall), just behind Rio Rancho in New Mexico and a spot ahead of Raleigh, N.C. Hoover, Alabama topped the list. The ranking comes amid one of the more trying times in the city's recent history. To determine which cities made the list, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed data of the 550 U.S. cities with populations greater than 65,000…