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White Plains, NY — This morning, the Westchester County Board of Legislators passed the 2024 Westchester County Budget.

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(L-R Leg. Erika Pierce, Board V. C. Nancy Barr, Majority Whip Tyrae Woodson-Samuels, C.E. George Latimer, Leg. Catherine Parker, Board Chair Vedat Gashi, Leg.-Elect Judah Holstein, Leg. Damon Maher)

White Plains, NY — Last Thursday morning, members of the Board of Legislators attended the annual Thanksgiving Diversity Breakfast, co-sponsored by event founder, American Jewish Committee (AJC) Westchester/Fairfield, Westchester Jewish Council (WJC), the Ecumenical and Interreligious Commission of the Episcopal Diocese of New York, the Holocaust, Genocide, and Interfaith Education Center at Manhattan College, OCA-Asian Pacific American Advocates Westchester and Hudson Valley, and Iona University. In addition to the Legislators depicted above, Legislator Jewel Williams Johnson (D - Elmsford, Greenburgh, Sleepy Hollow, Tarrytown, White Plains) and Legislator Terry Clements (D - New Rochelle, Pelham, Pelham Manor) were in attendance.

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Speaker and audience at the November 16, 20223 2024 Budget Public Input Session

White Plains, NY — On Thursday night, the Board of Legislators held the first of three opportunities for the public to engage in the 2024 budget process at a public input session at the Warner Library in Tarrytown. The event went from 6 p.m. – 9 p.m., with close to 60 speakers representing organizations that rely on funding from the County to implement their programs.

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(L-R C.E. George Latimer, BOL Vice Chair Nancy Barr, Deputy C.E. Ken Jenkins, BOL Legislator Jewel Williams-Johnson, Deputy Director of Operations Emily Saltzman)
White Plains, NY — On Thursday, November 9, the Board of Legislators (BOL) received the 2024 Operating Budget from the County Executive representing a total of $2.4 billion dollars.

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(L-R BOL Chair Vedat Gashi, Leg. Terry Clements, Dpty. C.E. Ken Jenkins, C.E. George Latimer, Leg. James Nolan, Leg. Colin Smith, Min. Leader Margaret Cunzio)
White Plains, NY — Today, the Board of Legislators joined with the County Executive to adopt a local law to stem the incidences of unnecessary fires and fire-related tragedies caused by the use of lithium-ion batteries. The law prohibits the sale, lease or rental of a wide variety of products, devices and equipment unless it utilizes a properly graded, factory-installed battery.