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6 Accused Of Distributing Cocaine, Fentanyl Out Of Public Housing In Peekskill 6 Accused Of Distributing Cocaine, Fentanyl Out Of Public Housing In Peekskill
6 Accused Of Distributing Cocaine, Fentanyl Out Of Public Housing In Peekskill Six people face federal charges in connection with a drug ring that distributed addictive substances out of residential buildings in Northern Westchester, officials said. The six suspects were arrested and arraigned in federal court on Tuesday, Nov. 12 in connection with a drug conspiracy that operated in Peekskill, the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York announced on Friday, Nov. 15.  According to the federal indictment, from around April 2024 to the date of their arrests, the six defendants worked to supply and distribute large amounts of cocaine, crack co…

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by Ben Crnic
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Northern Westchester Municipality To Get $10M Grant For Downtown Upgrades Northern Westchester Municipality To Get $10M Grant For Downtown Upgrades
Northern Westchester Municipality To Get $10M Grant For Downtown Upgrades A dozen projects are planned in a Northern Westchester municipality that was awarded a $10 million Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI) award. Peekskill was one of the communities in New York to receive a grant that is earmarked to “enrich the community with key catalytic projects,” according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office. Officials said that Peekskill will “incorporate mixed-used transit-oriented development, improve pedestrian connections, and support small businesses to create places where residents, commuters, and visitors want to shop, dine, and recreate.” “We are focused on buil…

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by Zak Failla
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Northern Westchester Drug Trafficker Gets 11-Year Sentence Northern Westchester Drug Trafficker Gets 11-Year Sentence
Northern Westchester Drug Trafficker Gets 11-Year Sentence A drug trafficker who operated out of a Northern Westchester housing project for years has been sentenced to more than a decade behind bars. Edward Holliman has been sentenced to 135 months in prison for conspiring to distribute crack cocaine in Peekskill between 2013 and 2017 after pleading guilty on April 24. He must also forfeit $30,000 and will be subjected to five years of supervised release when he is released from prison. Beginning in 2013, Holliman supplied and distributed crack cocaine in and around Hohlmann Towers in Peekskill. To facilitate his drug sales, Holliman had several “w…

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by Zak Failla