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City In Westchester To Pay $50K To Activist As Part Of Settled Civil Rights Lawsuit City In Westchester To Pay $50K To Activist As Part Of Settled Civil Rights Lawsuit
City In Westchester To Pay $50K To Activist As Part Of Settled Civil Rights Lawsuit A city in Westchester will pay $50,000 to an activist as part of a settled civil rights lawsuit filed after his arrest at a city council meeting.  According to court documents filed in July in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, the City of Yonkers will pay the sum to settle a lawsuit filed by activist Hector Santiago in September 2023 following his arrest at a city council meeting in 2022.  In the lawsuit, Santiago claimed his rights were violated when he was detained during a Yonkers City Council meeting on Nov. 22, 2022. According to the lawsuit complai…

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by Ben Crnic
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New Westchester County Budget Cuts Property Tax Levy By $6M New Westchester County Budget Cuts Property Tax Levy By $6M
New Westchester County Budget Cuts Property Tax Levy By $6M The new 2023 Westchester County budget will bring some relief to checkbooks, as it cuts the county's property tax levy by $6 million, county officials said.  The new budget, unanimously passed by the Board of Legislators and signed by County Executive George Latimer on Monday, Dec. 12, totals $2.365 billion and includes Latimer's fourth property tax cut in a row, according to county officials.  In addition to tax cuts, the budget also funds the county's Department of Corrections, Public Safety, Probation and Emergency Services at the "highest level" in the county's history, county…

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by Ben Crnic
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Working Group Formed To Review Police Procedures, Policies In Westchester Working Group Formed To Review Police Procedures, Policies In Westchester
Working Group Formed To Review Police Procedures, Policies In Westchester In the wake of the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, a working group is being formed to review Westchester County Police policies. Westchester County Executive George Latimer announced that a group of prominent county leaders and officials would form the working group to evaluate police processes and procedures as protests continue to erupt around the country. The working group already includes Westchester County Police Commissioner Thomas Gleason, Deputy Police Commissioner Terrance Raynor, some county residents, as well as Mayo Bartlett and Leroy Frazier, prominent African American la…

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by Zak Failla
Politics
'Punish A Muslim Day' Reports Prompt Quick Latimer Condemnation 'Punish A Muslim Day' Reports Prompt Quick Latimer Condemnation
'Punish A Muslim Day' Reports Prompt Quick Latimer Condemnation Westchester County Executive George Latimer said, “Reports of a ‘Punish a Muslim Day’ are vile, wrong and have no place in our society. It is not who we are and it is not who we strive to be – as a local community, a state or as a nation."  Police patrols are being stepped up at New York mosques and Islamic centers in response to fears that a viral anti-Muslim campaign that originated in the United Kingdom will spread to New York. In March, a letter began circulating in the U.K. that said Tuesday, April 3 had been designated Punish a Muslim Day. It laid out a points-based reward system…

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by Jon Craig
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County Planning Board Additions Announced County Planning Board Additions Announced
County Planning Board Additions Announced Westchester County Executive George Latimer has appointed new members, and reappointed others, to the County Planning Board to make it a more effective regional resource for planning. New members include:  -- Richard Hyman of Port Chester, the new chairman -- Bernard Thombs of Valhalla -- Renee Toback of Yonkers Additionally, new Department of Public Works Commissioner Hugh Greechan has been appointed an ex officio member. Latimer also reappointed two current members, Dwight Douglas of Peekskill and Holly Hasbrouck of Bedford. Three additional members remain in seats whose terms have…

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by Jon Craig