State Assemblyman Matt Slater (R, C-Yorktown) has introduced legislation that would make utility companies more transparent regarding supply costs that are being passed on to consumers. Citing rising electricity costs throughout the region during a press conference last week in
Read MoreFreshman Congressman Mike Lawler (R-Pearl River) proposed providing Hudson Valley families with property tax relief by announcing Monday legislation that would raise the state and local tax (SALT) deduction to $20,000 for married couples. The SALT Marriage Penalty Elimination Act,
Read MoreThe Town of New Castle and the Chappaqua School District reached a temporary agreement to allow the electronic sign on South Greeley Avenue to resume displaying messages following expiration of the original contract. After a Jan. 12 meeting between the
Read MoreThe Village of Pleasantville has agreed to pay more than $80,000 to the owner of 1 Campus Drive in a legal settlement of a tax certiorari case. The Village Board agreed at its Jan. 9 meeting to pay Campus Drive Associates
Read MoreThe votes have been tabulated in Mount Kisco’s street naming contest and the road that has been known as Holiday Inn Drive will get a new name in honor of the village’s late former mayor Patricia Reilly. More than 1,800
Read MoreA 140-foot Verizon Wireless cell tower that generated community interest was narrowly approved by the Cortlandt Planning Board last week. At the Jan. 10 meeting at Linda Puglisi Town Hall, the Planning Board voted 4-2 to support the facility at
Read MoreMt. Kisco Village Board members expressed a divergence of opinion on local accessory dwelling unit legislation proposed by Mayor Gina Picinich during the board’s first public meeting last Monday to discuss the idea. Late last year, Picinich, citing the need
Read MoreThe Mount Pleasant Town Board approved the demolition of an abandoned house in Hawthorne last week and officials are hopeful they will eventually recoup the back taxes and the cost of the work. While the teardown of the one-and-a-half-story wood
Read MoreSome local governments are preparing for another showdown with Gov. Kathy Hochul over housing after she warned last week that municipalities must hit certain benchmarks in developing new units, including communities with commuter rail lines. During her State of the
Read MoreTests results of the water at a Putnam Valley residential community and summer camp have revealed elevated levels of two PFAS chemicals. Last month, the Board of Directors at Floradan Estates sent two notices to residents, co-signed by their water
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