The Mount Pleasant Town Board adopted its 2025 budget of more than $64 million last week with a 1.54 percent tax levy increase after originally fearing that the tax cap would be exceeded. At its meeting last Tuesday evening, which
Read MoreRepresentatives of a proposed mixed-use development in Yorktown urged the town board last week to enable the project to move forward by including the almost 50-acre property in the Lake Osceola Overlay District. The property, known as Navajo Fields, is
Read MoreA dispute between the Town of New Castle and a Chappaqua property owner has surfaced as the town is restarting an eminent domain proceeding in hopes of acquiring land to site a larger DPW facility. Officials opened a public hearing
Read MoreA company proposing a battery energy storage system (BESS) in Valhalla had its request for a hardship waiver from the Town of Mount Pleasant’s moratorium denied last week. New Leaf Energy had sought relief from the prohibition, asking the Town
Read MoreAn odd night of discussions behind the scenes on Dec. 2 ended with the Common Council taking one resident up on his recommendation to revisit and substantially increase the Hamilton Green developer’s fee in lieu of providing affordable housing. Councilmembers
Read MoreDiscussion about the cost of installing artificial turf at Pleasantville’s Parkway Field revealed that that option is likely not feasible for the village to pursue. At last week’s Pleasantville Board of Education and Village Board joint meeting, Mayor Peter Scherer
Read MoreThe Yorktown Town Board adopted a 2025 budget last week that includes a tax increase of 6.6 percent. Town taxes represent about 10 percent of a property owner’s total tax bill. Based on calculations for the average home assessed at
Read MoreMount Kisco Mayor Michael Cindrich said last week that he expects the village to extend the six-month moratorium on battery energy storage systems (BESS) as efforts to revise the municipality’s zoning code to regulate the facilities continue. Cindrich made his
Read MoreA large contingent of state and local elected officials and union leaders gathered in Montrose last week to call for increased funding for road safety improvements in next year’s state budget. During a Dec. 5 press conference at the International
Read MoreA settlement could be on the horizon in the three-and-a-half-year litigation between Westchester County and a fixed-based operator at the county airport after a Stipulation of Settlement was filed last week. An attorney for Million Air said the Dec. 2
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