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Press Releases for 2007
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2007

HEADLINE
Dec 11 Westchester County Board Of Legislators Passes ’08 Budget
Dec 11 County Board Extends Protection Of The County’s Human Rights Law To All Residents
Dec 11 Ryan's Initiative To Save State's Disappearing Film Industry Business Takes Big Step Forward
Dec 11 Highlights from the December 10th meeting of the Westchester County Board of Legislators
Nov 27 Highlights from the November 26th meeting of the Westchester County Board of Legislators
Nov 20 Ryan Says All Residents Deserve Protection Of The County’s Human Rights Law
Nov 15 Highlights from the November 13th meeting of the Westchester County Board of Legislators
Nov 9 Chairman Ryan, Legislators Pinto and Maisano Push for Tax Breaks for Cold War Veterans
Nov 1 Westchester Community College Breaks Ground for Gateway Center
Oct 31 Health Fair and Breast Cancer Awareness Day Held in Mount Vernon
Oct 23 County Board Celebrates 11th Annual Italian Heritage & Culture Month
Oct 23 Highlights from the October 22nd meeting of the Westchester County Board of Legislators
Oct 18 Kensico Terrace Opens: 42 New Affordable Housing Units For Our Workforce and Seniors
Oct 11 Ryan Keeps Pledge To Fast-Track Pedestrian Bridge Replacement
Oct 10 Highlights from the October 9th meeting of the Westchester County Board of Legislators
Oct 5 Ryan Applauds New Housing Foreclosure Prevention Program
Sept 28 County Board Celebrates 4th Annual Jewish History & Heritage Month
Sep 26 Kaplowitz Scores With New Yorktown Ballfields
Sep 24 Highlights from the September 24th meeting of the Westchester County Board of Legislators
Sep 24

Board Votes To Abolish County's "Mini-Perb"

Sep 21

Ryan Calls On New York's Counties To Join Effort To Save State's Disappearing Film Industry Business

Sep 12

County Legislature Delivers Funds For Library On Wheels

Sep 10 Highlights from the September 10th meeting of the Westchester County Board of Legislators
Sep 10 Ryan Says Abolish County's "Mini-Perb" To Preserve Due Process In Labor Negotiations
Sep 10 Larchmont To Get New All-Weather Soccer Field
Aug 24 Gateway Building Will Be County’s First New “Green” Facility
Aug 17 Committee Supports Federal Legislation to Bar States from Requiring County Medicaid Contributions
Aug 14 Legislator Spreckman and the Yonkers Senior Performers Announce Casting Call
Aug 8 Spreckman And Jenkins Help Launch Middle Class Star Rebate Enrollment Campaign
Aug 8 Highlights from the August 6th meeting of the Westchester County Board of Legislators
Jul 12 Highlights from the July 9th meeting of the Westchester County Board of Legislators
Jul 10 Ryan Calls On State To Get It Together On Film Industry Business
Jul 9 Rogowsky Wins Support for Simpler Financial Disclosure Form for County Volunteers
Jul 3 Prevention is Key to Combating Gang and Youth Violence, Say Two County Board Committees
Jun 21 Ryan, Kaplowitz Lead Adoption of Local Community Preservation Funds
Jun 29 Ryan, Rogowsky Search in Mt. Kisco for New Home for Board of Elections
Jun 19 Highlights from the June 18th meeting of the Westchester County Board of Legislators
Jun 18 County Board Approves Two Affordable Housing Projects
Jun 18 County Legislature Honors Science Fair Winners
Jun 14 Countdown to the Empire State Games Begins
Jun 13 New Rochelle Affordable Housing Vote Fails
Jun 6 Westchester County Child Care Scholarship is Back - Round 2! Application deadline is July 13th
Jun 5 Highlights from the June 4th meeting of the Westchester County Board of Legislators
Jun 1 Ryan, Kaplowitz Draft Home Rule Legislation To Assist Municipal Open Space Preservation
May 22 Highlights from the May 21st meeting of the Westchester County Board of Legislators
Apr 27

County Board Chair Ryan And Legislator Swanson Dedicate The Latest Legacy Ballfield In Valhalla

Apr 27 “Changing Light Bulbs Can Help Change The World,” a White Plains Youth Tells A Board Committee
Apr 25 Federal Gov't Answers Plea by Local Leaders to Declare Flooded Sound Shore Communities a Disaster Area
Apr 25 President Bush Declares Westchester County Federal Disaster Area
Apr 25 Highlights from the April 23rd Meeting of the Westchester County Board of Legislators
Apr 24 County Board Enacts Law to Mandate Use of Less-Polluting Leaf Blowers
Apr 18 Committees Seek Universal Health Care
Apr 12 Memorial to Martin Luther King Jr. unveiled in White Plains
Apr 10 Alvarado Goes to Bat for Immigrant Students
Apr 9 Rogowsky Hails 55% Tax Reduction fo Port Chester Sewer District
Apr 9 Highlights from the April 9th meeting of the Westchester County Board of Legislators
Apr 5 High School Students Participate in "County Legislative Day"
Mar 27 Experts Brief Family, Health & Human Services Committee on HPV, Cervical Cancer and Effectiveness of Gardasil Vaccine
Mar 20 Ryan Says All Residents Deserve Protection Of The County’s Human Rights Law
Mar 13 Westchester County Board Approves 2007 State Legislative Package
Mar 12 County Board Celebrates Irish History and Heritage
Feb 28

Westchester Celebrates the Chinese New Year 4705

Feb 12 A Celebration of African-American Heritage Month
Feb 12 County Legislator Clinton Young’s Resolution To Eliminate Use Of ‘N’ Word Passes
Feb 5 Ryan Moves To Further Strengthen Committee System
Jan 31 Westchester County’s Legislature Chairman Bill Ryan Appointed 2nd Vice President of the New York State Association of Counties
Jan 23 County Board OKs $4.2 Million For 140 Yonkers Affordable Housing Units
Jan 23 Scotti And Wakefield Parks In Yonkers To Get Major County-Funded Improvements
Jan 16 Ryan Gets $100,000 for Scarsdale Village for Restoration of Historic Wayside Cottage
Jan 11

Ryan Appoints Pinto Chair Of Legislation Committee

Jan 8 Board Unanimously Elects Young As Vice Chair

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Press Releases for 2006

DATE 2006

HEADLINE
Dec 29 Legislators Speak For Constituents At Risk Of Losing Their In-Network Service Providers At Stellaris Hospitals Should Parties Fail To Reach A Settlement By Midnight 12/31/06
Dec 12 County Board Passes Rogowsky’s Sewer District Consolidation
Dec 11 Westchester County Board Of Legislators Passes ’07 Budget
Dec 11

Vice Chair Andrea Stewart-Cousins Receives Distinguished Service Award

Dec 1 Free HIV Testing Program A Success
Nov 28 The Board Commemorates the 50th Anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution
Nov 27 World Aids Day Resolution Approved By Board Free Hiv Testing To Be Given
Nov 21 Mary Jane Karger Receives 2006 Rosemarie Siragusa Award
Nov 16 Westchester Legislators To Commemorate 50th Anniversary Of The Hungarian Revolution
Nov 1 County Adds High Tech Helicopter To Its Inventory of Emergency & Public Safety Equipment
Oct 23

County Board Hosts 10th Annual Celebration of Italian Heritage & Culture Month

Oct 13 Lease For White Plains Senior Citizen Housing Project Approved By County’s Board Of Acquisition & Contract
Oct 13 White Plains Beautification Foundation Honored By Westchester County Board of Legislators
Oct 4 Westchester County Legislative Leaders Call Tax Foundation Report "Misleading, Counterproductive" - Caution Against Misinterpretation
Sep 26

Board Celebrates Jewish History & Heritage Month

Sep 20 Kaplowitz & Abinanti To Hold Hearing on Recent Outages - Monday AT 3pm
Sep 18 Kids with Disabilities Play Ball on New “Miracle Field”
Sep 18

Two County-Built Athletic Fields Open In Rye Brook

Sep 11 Westchester County Board of Legislators Remember Victims of 9/11
Sep 11 Ryan’s Senior Citizen Housing Plan For White Plains Approved
Sep 7 Kaplowitz & Abinanti Challenge Public Service Commission’s Oversight Of Power Companies
Sep 6 "Enough is Enough" --- Legislators Want Action, Demand Answers on Slow Power Restoration
Jul 27

Kaplowitz & Abinanti Urge Residents to Ignore Confusion Over Reimbursement Policy and
Submit All Their Claims to CON ED

Jul 20 Kaplowitz & Abinanti To Hold Hearing On “2006 Summer Power Outages”
Jun 26 Ryan Pushes Housing Forward For Seniors Update
Jun 20 Legislators Rogowsky, Ryan and Kaplowitz with actress Teri Garr, honored by Women Against MS
Jun 20

Ryan Pushes Housing Forward For Seniors

Jun 14

Legislators Seek To Change The Way Industrial Development Agencies Function

Jun 9 Restrictions on Minors' Use of Tanning Salons Takes Effect on June 12
Jun 8 Ryan Wins Statewide Support For Westchester Resolution Calling on Feds to Restore NYS's Homeland Security Funding
Jun 7 Legislator Myers Announces Expansion of Westchester County Child Care Scholarship Program ---Working Parents With Incomes Just Above the Current Subsidy Level Now Eligible
May 22 County Legislature Honors Science Fair Winners
May 17

Ryan Salutes Seniors' Contributions To Westchester

May 16

Ryan Speaks to Yonkers Chamber of Commerce About County Programs Supporting Economic Development

May 10 Legislator Myers Pushes Through Increased Access To Quality Childcare
May 8 Rogowsky Offers Democratic Proposals For Sensible Energy Policy
May 5 Ryan Calls On Albany To Pass Timothy's Law
Apr 25 Resolution On "Fair Share for Healthcare" Headed To Full Board Vote
Apr 19 Ceremony Marks Opening Of Peekskill's Annsville Trail
Apr 18 Three Board Committees To Hear Testimony On Proposed "Fair Share For Healthcare" Legislation
Apr 12 Chairman's Statement on Albany's Proposed Aid Package For Westchester Medical Center
Apr 10

Legislators Join Kaplowitz To Press Congress For Alternative Minumum Tax Reform

Apr 10

Board Approves DSS Management Change That Will Bring On More Child Welfare Experts

Mar 29 Generational, Cultural & Ethnic Diversity Committee Distributes Countywide Survey On Day Laborers
Mar 27 Sixty Westchester High School Students Participate in "County Legislative Day"
Mar 27 Program Celebrates Women's History Month
Mar 27 Board Names Tomaino and Rocha-Sinha to Westchester Medical Center's Board of Directors
Mar 17 Board of Legislators Sponsors Medicaid Matters To Give Consumers With Disabilities A Chance To Speak Out About Importance of Medicaid
Mar 15 Legislators Meet with Westchester County League of Women Voters
Mar 15 The Westchester County Association's Annual Legislative Breakfast
Mar 13 Board Commemorates Irish History & Heritage Month in Westchester
Mar 2 Ryan Challenges Solid Waste Commission’s Finding That Amodio’s Isn’t Subject To County Regulation
Feb 28 Ryan Proposes New Labor Policy For The Westchester Industrial Development Agency
Feb 27 Chairman’s Statement Regarding Today’s Approval of the County’s Joint State Legislative Package
Feb 27 Chairman’s Statement on Today's Passage of Clean Air Legislation
Feb 16

Legislators Press For Inclusion Of Public Utilities “Lemon Law” In State Legislative Package

Feb 15 Proposed Public Utilities “Lemon Law” Would Make Utility Companies More Accountable For Storm Losses
Feb 6 A Celebration Of African-American Heritage Month
Jan 17 Ryan Announces Board's New Committee Structure
Jan 11 Ryan's First Order Of Business: Streamline Board's Committee Structure
Jan 11 Board Unanimously Elects Ryan To Second Term As Chair
Jan 6 2005 Board of Legislators Retrospective

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Press Releases for 2005

DATE 2005

HEADLINE
Dec 30 County Board Adjusts Members Compensation to Better Keep Pace with Inflation; Approves Pay Plans for County Administrative Officials and District Attorney's Staff
Dec 13 Westchester County Board Of Legislators Passes ’06 Budget Plan
Dec 8 Rogowsky And Pinto Elected Leaders Of Democratic Caucus
Dec 5 Reception Honors Wishnie and Astorino
Nov 30 Westchester County’s Bill Ryan Appointed to Association of Counties Board of Directors
Nov 29 Budget Committee Votes to Give Residents Cash Assistance to Offset Soaring Heating Costs this Winter
Nov 28

2005 First Annual Chairman's Youth Service Recognition Award Recipients

Nov 22 Group Of Amazing Westchester Youngsters To Be Honored At Monday's County Board Meeting
Nov 22 Budget Committee To Vote On Giving Westchester Residents Help Dealing With Soaring Heating Costs This Winter
Nov 15 Lois Bronz Leads County Board In Honoring Act-So Students
Nov 15

2006 Westchester County Budget Released

Nov 15 A “Miracle (Field)” in Westchester

Nov 4

County Executive Spano And Board Chairman Ryan Announce Developer For Major White Plains Affordable Senior Housing Complex

Nov 4

County Board Steps Up Investigation Of South White Plains Garden Center Problem
Oct 24

Board's Tina Seckerson Receives Proclamation for her 25 years of dedicated service to Westchester County

Oct 24

County Answers Lewisboro’s Urgent Call For More Athletic Fields
Oct 24 Led By Rogowsky, Kaplowitz And Abinanti, Westchester Legislators Call On New York State’s Public Service Commission To Smarten Up On Energy Policy

Oct 11

Italian Heritage and Culture Month in Westchester was commemorated at the Board's meeting
Oct 11 Alvarado Gets Three New Ball Fields for Yonkers

Sep 26

Board Proclaims September as Jewish History & Heritage Month in Westchester
Sep 26 County Commits $57 million to Westchester Medical Center to shore up institution's finances during turnaround

Aug 5

Committee on Families To Discuss Recent Child Fatalities in Yonkers with the Department of Social Services
Aug 5 New research on risks associated with use of “artificial ultraviolet light ” puts Westchester's tanning salons in the spotlight
Aug 5 Committee on Parks & Recreation begins probe on Rye Playland tragedy

Jul 12

Seniors Get A Break In Cortlandt

Jun 21

County Board passes legislation to aid Yonkers in construction of 17 affordable housing units

May 23

Board Enthusiastically Endorses Myers-Backed Clean Up Plan For Davids Island, Moving County Closer To Acquiring The 78-Acre Undeveloped Island Off The Coast Of New Rochelle
May 23 Critical Davids Island Legislative Actions Today
May 16 Myers Pushes Davids Island To Front Of County's Agenda
May 16 Davids Island Cleanup Gets Unanimous, Bipartisan Committee Support

Apr 29

Statement by Bill Ryan regarding special meeting of County Board to deal with medical center payroll system
Apr 29 Chair calls special meeting to vote on new human resources and payroll system for Westchester Medical Center

Apr 27

Legislators restrict sale of over-the-counter cold medications in effort to stem proliferation of crystal meth labs
Apr 25 Medical Center's critical request for new resources and payroll system blocked by Legislator Oros

Apr 10

Huge parcel of pristine watershed property in Somers protected as open space rather than ending as subdivision
Apr 10 Legislators unanimously approve Stewart-Cousins, Alvarado resolutions calling for round-the-clock talks until a negotiated settlement is reached in the Liberty Bus strike
Apr 6 County Steps Up To The Plate To Jumpstart Operation Cure For Medical Center

Mar 28

Yonker's County Legislators call for cooling off period in Liberty Bus dispute

Mar 22

County third graders get creative with recycling
Mar 22 Pataki plays politics with sales tax extension and state's healthcare system

Mar 21

Rogowsky's three-point program for hybrid vehicles promotes energy and environmental benefits

Mar 15

County Legislators to focus on areas of concern highlighted in United Way's report on life in Westchester

Mar 8

County officials hand over annual "to do" list to Westchester's Albany delegation
Feb 5 February 2005 Proclaimed Black History Month

Feb 24

Prepaid porn cards get triple X rating from Westchester legislators

Feb 16

Westchester declares March 2005 Irish History and Heritage month

Feb 11

Pride of the Yankees, Elston Howard, to be honored at opening of exhibit featuring historic memorabilia from famed catcher's career

Feb 7

More effective domestic violence prevention strategies sought by Board of Legislators' Public Safety and Criminal Justice Committee

Jan 25

Twelve Westchester watershed municipalities get major infusion of funds for projects to protect Croton and Kensico Reservoirs

Jan 24

Westchester's senior citizens show up in force at County Center for glimpse of what lies ahead in New York State's 2005 budget

Jan 19

Parks committee cleans up old business in New Year's first meeting

Jan 18

County third graders drafted to model best recycling practices

Jan 13

Mission accomplished: Ryan finalizes contract with Samaritan House
Jan 12 Healthy Air Task Force Proposes Plan To Clean Westchester’s Air
Jan 11 Westchester Board of Legislators approves resolution for special election to fill vacated seats

Jan 4

Board votes to approve Mt. Vernon attorney to fill sixth and final seat on Westchester Medical Center's Board of Directors

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Press Releases for 2004

DATE 2004
HEADLINE

Dec 30

Westchester County Board of Legislators 2004 retrospective

Dec 30 Alvarado named to chair County Board's Parks Committee
Dec 14 Westchester County Board of Legislators passes '05 budget with zero property tax increase
Dec 13 Board says good bye and thanks to departing fellow Legislators, Lou Mosiello and George Latimer

Nov 4

County officials set to oppose plan that would close New Rochelle Family Court

Nov 8

Alvarado Announces New Athletic Fields For Yonkers

Nov 8 Astorino to Kensico Little League: “Play Ball!”

Nov 22

County Bridges Means Gap on Division Street in Hastings-on-Hudson
Nov 22 Westchester Residents Honored for Bravery

Nov 20

County’s Farmland Gets Added Protection: Board Approves Agricultural & Farmland Protection Plan

Oct 25

Italian Heritage Month Proclaimed

Oct 12 Board Proclaims Jewish History and Heritage year

Sep 27

Mosiello Honors Najera
Sep 14 Board Passes Local Law to Reaffirm its Stance On County Airport Use
Sep 12 Legislators Urge Revision of Certain Provisions Of The U.S.A.P.A.T.R.I.O.T. Act
Sep 7 BOL Approves Measure to Save County Taxpayers $30 Million In Courthouse Renovation Costs

Jul 26

County Legislators Take Westchester Voice To Boston Convention
Jul 12

Legislator Alvarado Honors Local Representative of the Dominican Republic

Jul 12 Board Passes Landmark Senior Affordable Housing Legislation
Jul 12 Andrew Albanese Remembered by Legislators

Jun 21

Wishnie: “We Need The Public To Help Thwart Possible Terrorism Attack"
Jun 14 Astorino: West Lake Drive Will Reopen Over Kensico Dam in September
Jun 7 Board Authorizes Funds For 9/11 Memorial
Jun 7 Student Science Scholars Honored

Jan 4

Legislature’s Cities Committee Announces “Liberty Greens"

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