Friday, May 18, 2012
Construction will bring about reduced parking in the merchant's lot on East Parkway.
The following is an announcement from the Village Manager's Office: Contractors for the County of Westchester are planning to commence the construction and replacement of the Crane Road Bridges over the Metro North Railroad and Bronx River located alongside the Bronx River Parkway in the vicinity of Crane Road, by June 1. The $40M construction project will be completed in four stages over a 34 month period. In order to construct the project as designed, the County acquired five parcels from the Village, both permanently and temporarily. One of the parcels includes the temporary use by the contractor of a portion of the Merchant’s Parking Lot on East Parkway for the staging of construction equipment and materials. The Village Board granted…
County executive says law is legally flawed and is not necessary.
Westchester County Executive Robert P. Astorino today vetoed a bill he said purports to guarantee women access to certain reproductive health clinics but is legally flawed and unnecessary. “The legislation is unnecessary, unfair and unconstitutional on its face, all of which put the public at risk,” said Astorino in his message to the Board of Legislators. “My veto is a principled attempt to spare our residents of these harmful consequences.” Legislators approved the bill on May 7 by a 10-7 vote. It was opposed by a coalition of pro-life and pro-choice legislators. It would take 12 votes to override the veto. “At a time when your Honorable Board has failed to act on $80 million in pending and much needed capital projects and has failed to …
The public duked it out at Thursday night's long and heated forum surrounding the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's annual assessment of Indian Point.
Eleven thousand jobs created by a power plant. Eighteen million lives affected in the New York metro area by its demise. Those were the main numbers the protestors – of which there were many at Thursday night's annual public hearing on Indian Point – were throwing around. The protestors were louder, or least more organized, than the pro-nuclear folks. They were also more colorful. There were the Raging Grannies with their purposely frumpy clothes and song (a gimmick, admitted one, but anything to get the message heard). Some Japanese people wore hazmat suits emblazoned with red nuclear symbols, a powerful reminder of the Fukushima disaster and the fact that Japan's gone fully non-nuclear since. As of two weeks ago, the country closed its…
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Congresswoman Nita Lowey released a statement today blasting House Republicans for approving a reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act she says will strip protections from victims of domestic and sexual violence.
Calling a House reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) "unacceptable", Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-Westchester/Rockland) today blasted the GOP for approving a bill she says will strip rights away from same-sex partners, immigrants and Native Americans who are victims of domestic and sexual abuse. The House version of the bill passed 225-205 Wednesday, mostly along party lines. Lowey said in a statement she prefers the Senate version of the bill, which was approved by a 68-31 vote on April 26. That bill, Lowey said, provides the same protections victims have received since the VAMA was first approved in 1994. The bill has been renewed several times since then with bi-partison support, but Lowey said the Republican-backed …
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012
The Child-Parent Security Act would update NY law.
Assembly member Amy R. Paulin (D-88th A.D.), chair of the Children and Families Committee, is introducing The Child-Parent Security Act to update New York law to make it easier to establish parentage in cases of assisted reproductive technology. It will allow gestational carrier agreements, contracts which are currently unenforceable in New York. “Allowing gestational surrogacy will give hope and opportunity to women and men facing the heartbreak of infertility,” said Paulin. “The bill also includes a process for obtaining a ‘Judgment of Parentage’ to be issued prior to birth which would allow hospitals to put the intended parents’ names on the child’s birth certificate – instead of having to go to court after the fact," Paulin said. "New …
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
The Scarsdale and Edgemont School Districts held elections today.
Despite the rain and fog, a small number of Edgemont and Scarsdale residents hit the polls to vote today. Both districts held elections for their school districts' 2012-2013 budgets and Board of Education members In Scarsdale, district voters made their choices in the Middle School Gym. The $141,790,579 budget went before the Scarsdale School District voters today and was approved with a vote of 573 in favor and 152 opposed. The budget had a 79 percent passage rate, according to District Vote Chair Richard Toder. To view the full Scarsdale school district proposed budget, click here. In addition to the budget, Scarsdale voters cast ballots for two Board of Education members. In Scarsdale, both candidates were incumbents. The candidates, …
J. Henry Neale Jr. credited by bill's sponsor for bringing the concept into consideration; money from unclaimed bottle, can deposits would pay for environmental projects.
A bill adding funding to the state’s Enviornmental Protection Fund, sponsored by Assemblyman George Latimer, D-Rye, passed the Assembly Monday. The bill went through by a vote of 111-0, a unanimous, bi-partisan endorsement of Latimer's legislation that ensures a separate funding stream for essential environmental projects statewide, including flood mitigation projects for ravaged areas. Environmental Advocates of New York - a statewide environmental group that monitors state legislation — identified the bill as a "Super Bill," one of the highest priority among all proposed legislation. The bill would provide a net increase in resources allocated to the Environmental Protection Fund (EPF) used to fund major environmental projects statewide…
The Scarsdale and Edgemont school districts will vote on the school budgets and BOE members today.
The Last Chance column is a new feature highlighting deadlines and events that are coming up this week. Have a "Last Chance" to spotlight? Send an email to lisa.gentes@patch.com Voters living in the Scarsdale and Edgemont school districts have until 9:00 p.m. tonight to head to the polls. Both districts are holding elections today for the school budget and for Board of Education members. Registered Scarsdale voters can cast ballots at the polls in the Scarsdale Middle School Gym from 7:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. Registered Edgemont voters can head to the polls from 6:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. in the old gym at Edgemont Junior/Senior High School. Follow Scarsdale Patch on Facebook and Twitter today!
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Monday, May 14, 2012
The village dedicated the new Public Safety Building in Scarsdale on Saturday.
The Village of Scarsdale dedicated the new Public Safety Building on Saturday morning. The expansion and renovation project started in 2002 and the ribbon cutting ceremony was held this past weekend, officially opening the state-of-the art building. To read the full story on the dedication, click here. -Photos by HL Flisser.
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Scarsdale Police Department
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