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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – After the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting, a group of five Westchester mayors has signed a letter to President Barack Obama and Congressional leaders outlining steps they can take to end gun violence.

White Plains Mayor Tom Roach, New Rochelle Mayor Noam Bramson, Mount Vernon Mayor Ernie Davis, Peekskill Mayor Mary Foster and Yonkers ...

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – Kenneth Jenkins, chairman of the Westchester County Board of Legislators, called for “the strictest national gun laws in the world” on Friday after the shooting at Sandy ...

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – The sale, application and disposal of waste from hydraulic fracturing, which includes radioactive materials, is now banned in Westchester County and punishable by a fine of up to $25,000 or imprisonment up to 30 days.

County legislators voted unanimously on the ban, which will send a message to natural gas extractors that Westchester will not ...

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – The budget process is not over, according to Kenneth Jenkins (D- Yonkers), chair of the Westchester County Board of Legislators.

During a special meeting Friday to vote on the $1.7 billion county budget for 2013, Legislator Judy Myers (D-Larchmont) moved to recommit the budget (back to the Budget and Appropriations Committee, which she ...