Friday, May 18, 2012
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
This is the weekly column written by Bronxville Mayor Mary C. Marvin for the week of May 14, 2012.
Labor relations with our three unions in the Village are unsettled. Labor contracts expired with both the Police union and the Teamsters representing our Public Works employees. Our Library staff decided to unionize under the auspices of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA), the largest union in New York State, so their eventual contract will be an original agreement. Based on New York State law, all three unions operate under very different sets of rules. The Library CSEA contract is particularly important because it will serve as the template for every agreement for years to come. There are currently eight full time employees in the Library union. Part-timers were allowed to vote to certify a union but the CSEA has yet to…
The Child-Parent Security Act would update NY law.
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Wednesday, May 16
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
Jeffrey Rohr wins by just under 40 votes, replacing Richard Rugani on the Bronxville School Board while all other races went unopposed in Eastchester and Tuckahoe.
The village of Bronxville will see a new face on their school board come next fall as Jeffrey Rohr got the votes he needed to become the newest member of the board. Here are the break downs from the polls as of 10 p.m. All results are preliminary. In Eastchester, all three school board candidates were running unopposed and here are the tallies for the unopposed incumbents. And in Tuckahoe, incumbent school board member Michael Collins was unopposed for the lone available seat. Collins was appointed in October to serve the unexpired term of Bronxville resident James Oliverio, who resigned in September after serving more than eight years on the board.
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Latimer: Bill creates a revenue source 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…
Don't forget to make time to cast your ballot in Bronxville, Eastchester and Tuckahoe for school board positions and village budgets.
Most of the attention will be on the Village of Bronxville today as voters will have to decide on who gets the vacant spot on the school board, with three candidates to choose from. Trustee Chris Atayan is running unopposed for his second term on the school board. Independent candidates Kurt Fuchs and Bill Rizzo and Non-Partisan Committee (NPC) candidate Jeffrey Rohr are all bidding for the seat being vacated by current board member Richard Rugani. Voting for the Bronxville School board will take place from 7 a.m. - 9 p.m. in the multi-purpose room at the Bronxville School. Be sure and check back with Patch after 9 p.m. for election results. Let Patch save you time. Get great local stories like this delivered right to your inbox or …
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Sunday, May 13, 2012
Findings will determine if their incomes meet their basic needs.
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Sunday, May 13
Westchester County residents age 60 and older who have not yet taken the county survey to learn if their incomes cover their basic needs without public or private subsidies are encouraged to do so at this time. “We need the data from this survey to have a better picture of where we can put our limited dollars to best impact seniors,” said Westchester County Executive Robert P. Astorino. “Don’t delay taking part.” The survey is sponsored by the Westchester Public/Private Partnership for Aging Services and the county’s Department of Senior Programs and Services (DSPS) in conjunction with its Livable Communities initiative. The Elder Economic Security Standard Index – also known as the Elder Economic Security Survey – measures the economic …
Eileen Peterson
5:21 pm on Sunday, May 20, 2012
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