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Election 2024: Projection Made In NY State Senate Race Representing Parts Of Westchester Election 2024: Projection Made In NY State Senate Race Representing Parts Of Westchester
Election 2024: Projection Made In NY State Senate Race Representing Parts Of Westchester New York's 40th State Senate District voters have officially chosen their next representative.  Democrat Pete Harckham, age 64, has been projected as winning re-election for his fourth term in the New York State Senate seat representing Northern Westchester and parts of Putnam and Rockland counties, according to the state's Board of Elections.  As of just after 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 6, Harckham was leading his opponent, Republican Gina Arena, by 50 to 44 percent.  In total, Harckham received 84,789 votes of those tallied, over 10,000 more than those cast for Arena. It i…

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by Ben Crnic
News
Update: Man Nabbed In Car Covered With Hate Speech In White Plains Gets More Charges, DA Says Update: Man Nabbed In Car Covered With Hate Speech In White Plains Gets More Charges, DA Says
Update: Man Nabbed In Car Covered With Hate Speech In White Plains Gets More Charges, DA Says A 47-year-old man who was apprehended after driving a vehicle covered in hate speech and swastikas in Westchester now faces a heap of illegal weapons possession charges, officials announced.  Elmsford resident Hani Saleh was arraigned in Westchester County Court on Friday, March 8 on an indictment for several illegal weapons possession charges, the Westchester County District Attorney's Office announced on Tuesday, March 12.  Saleh was originally arrested on Wednesday, Oct. 25 after he was caught driving around White Plains in a car covered in writing and images, including ne…

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by Ben Crnic
Lifestyle
Number Of Guns Turned In At White Plains Buyback Announced Number Of Guns Turned In At White Plains Buyback Announced
Number Of Guns Turned In At White Plains Buyback Announced More than 100 guns were taken off of the streets following a successful gun buyback hosted by New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman in White Plains. Schneiderman announced that 120 firearms were turned into law enforcement officials during the buyback on Friday in White Plains, making it nearly 1,700 statewide since his office launched the gun buyback program in 2013. According to Schneiderman, his office “accepts, with no questions asked, working and non-working unloaded weapons in exchange for compensation on site.” The entire program is funded through criminal forfeiture fund…

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by Zak Failla