In a city of 30,000, it's good to know that a dozen nut cases can hijack the comment sections on these news sites. Look around you. Peekskill is a better place now than it was last year. And it is a better place than it was five years ago, ten years ago. We keep making progress and that's what counts most. View Comment

Since there is such a battle, why can't they keep the methadone clinic at the hospital? They have all that space now. The hospital isn't being forced to close it. View Comment

Punky, rather than asking the unions for concessions, Jenkins restored over 100 union jobs at a cost of $13 million. The unions don't pay a dime for healthcare and get automatic raises and rich benefits. Jenkins instead decided to dip into the reserve fund ($13 million) to cover his budget gap. Reducing the reserve fund further would kill the county credit rating, making it more expensive to borrow money. This would mean cuts to non-profits, to medicare, to daycare funding, to parks, etc. It would drive businesses away from Westchester and prevent new ones from coming here because of higher taxes. Jenkins isn't stupid. He's sly like a fox. He knows that he can get union support and that's why he decided to screw the taxpayer. It's all about him. He's as slick as they come. Now, he's done. Good riddance. View Comment

The vote was not partisan. I disagree. Two Democrats jumped ship in the effort of compromise--they put the voters first, actually! The others who left were playing politics. Frankly, slick Jenkins was playing politics and I hope that the new Chairman has the people's interest at heart. As a Democrat, I applaud Kaplowitz and Perez for doing the right thing and putting people first. Make no mistake about it: Slick Jenkins was trying to pass this budget to make the County Executive look bad so he could run against him. Jenkins was willing to throw the county into economic chaos for his own political gain. Terrible and disgraceful. View Comment