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Nassau
Politics
Santos Lashes Out At Former NY Republican Congressional Colleagues, Including LaLota
Former New York Rep. George Santos appears to be out for revenge following his historic expulsion from Congress. Within hours of being voted out of the US House on Friday, Dec. 1, the disgraced Santos began unleashing a series of social media posts targeting his former Republican colleagues. Unsurprisingly, all of those in his sights were among the 105 Republicans who voted to kick him out of office amid mounting accusations of criminality. Earlier Report: And Just Like That: Lock Changed, Website Scrubbed Following George Santos’ Historic Ouster First on the hit list was Staten I…
Port Chester
News
Covid-
19: Westchester Dropping Mask Mandate For County Buildings
Westchester is rolling back some of its mask mandates as the county continues to see improved COVID-19 numbers following the post-holiday surge of new infections. County Executive George Latimer announced on Monday, Feb. 14 that the mask mandate inside county buildings is no longer required. According to Latimer, the mandate is being lifted at county buildings in Yonkers, Mount Vernon, and White Plains, though it remains in effect on Bee-Line buses, as per state requirements. Latimer said that lifting the mask mandate is consistent with state guidance. Earlier story - COVID-19: Mask Off …
White Plains
Politics
County Executives George Latimer, Ed Day Coast To Re-Election Wins In Westchester, Rockland
Both Westchester County Executive George Latimer and Rockland County Executive Ed Day rolled to re-election victories by wide margins on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 2. In Westchester, Latimer earned a decisive victory over Republican challenger Christine Sculti by a record 62 percent to 38 percent margin, according to the Board of Elections. According to his camp, Latimer remains undefeated in his Westchester electoral history - tonight marking his 20th victory, and only once before has a Democratic County Executive broken the 60 percent threshold in an election. “We have established…
Teaneck
News
Elections Clerk: Machine Error Mailed Some Bergen County Voters Ballot With Wrong Candidates
New Jersey has a vote-by-mail election -- what could possibly go wrong? The same day that a North Jersey mail carrier was charged with dumping 1,800 pieces of mail including elections ballots, the Bergen County Elections Clerk issued a letter saying some residents had been mailed ballots with the wrong candidates. A programming error by an outside vendor sent some Teaneck voters ballots with the wrong candidates for the House of Representatives for the upcoming general election, according to a letter issued to residents Wednesday. "The Board of Elections has been made aware and alread…
Sussex
News
Sussex County Board Of Elections Admin Announces Retirement 9 Days After Ballot Mishap
Sussex County Board of Elections Administrator Marge McCabe has announced her retirement just nine days after more than 1,600 uncounted voter ballots from the primary election in July were discovered in a “mislabeled” storage bin. The 1,666 ballots were found at the board office Sept. 12, before being counted and added to existing totals two days later, though they did not change any election outcomes, NJHerald reports. McCabe — who has served as Administrator since 2006 — shared her intentions to retire Oct. 1 in a statement posted Monday to the board’s website. “It has been a distinct h…
Sussex
News
Covid-
19: Why Did Thousands Of Sussex County Ballots Go Uncounted For Months?
Thousands of uncounted ballots from Sussex County's primary election in July were recently discovered -- and did not change the outcome of the July election in any race, according to a recent report. Board of Elections Administrator Marge McCabe told the NJHerald that the nearly 1,666 ballots had been placed in a bin that had been mislabeled and secured in the board office area. The excess votes were have been counted and certified by the county clerk’s office, McCabe said. The newly counted votes “did not change the outcome of any Sussex County primary election in any race for any office,…
Nassau
Politics
Covid-
19: Cuomo Signs Law Allowing For Absentee Ballots Due To Risk Of Virus
Citing the COVID-19 pandemic, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that he signed a law to expand absentee balloting in advance of the November election. Sure to draw the ire and attention of President Donald Trump, on Thursday, Aug. 20, Cuomo signed the three-part package that includes measures that will allow absentee ballot applications to be submitted directly to the Board of Elections. This new law allows a voter to get an absentee ballot due to risk or fear of illness including COVID-19 and ensures all absentee ballots postmarked on or before Election Day or received by the Board of …
White Plains
Schools
Around Westchester County: Voting Discussed, Rent Help
Long lines and delayed results from mail-in ballots were just some of the problems for Westchester County voters in the June 23 primary election and are big concerns for County and Board of Election (BOE) officials who have been meeting to discuss ways to improve things for November. The Board of Legislators met with BOE commissioners Wednesday, July 29, in a public meeting. Though residents in accordance with the governor's executive order could not attend, access was provided on a live-streamed video you may view here. The meeting notice outlined some of the issues with voting. …
Harrison
Politics
Safe Boxes Should Be Added At Town Halls In Westchester For Mail-In Voting, Supervisor Says
The writer, Paul Feiner, is Greenburgh's town supervisor. Many voters complained during the June primary that they did not receive absentee ballots in a timely manner after they submitted the requests. And, other voters worry that the postal service may lose the absentee ballots in the mail, depriving voters of their right to vote. Or, that the ballots arrive after the deadline passed. Our postal service is not very reliable - many letters are lost, sent to the wrong address. Inasmuch as we can't count on the Postal Service to send ballots to the right address in t…
DV Plus - Westchester
Politics
One Republican Candidate, 11 Democrats In 2020 Race For Open Westchester Congressional Seat
One Republican candidate has publicly stepped forward to run for U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey's 17th District Congressional seat being vacated at the end of 2020. And even that lone Republican, businessman Josh Eisen of Harrison, has remained elusive so far. He's created an online campaign website and social media pages and filled out a Ballotpedia survey—among early indicators of his interest in the district that Lowey, a Democrat also from Harrison, has represented for more than three decades. Eisen has raised more than $600,000, a campaign spokesman said on Wednesday, Jan. 22, believed to …
Mount Vernon
Politics
It's Official: Mount Vernon Democratic Primary Winner Named
Affidavit and absentee ballots have been counted and Shawyn Patterson-Howard will be named the winner of the Mount Vernon Democratic mayoral primary. Although current Mayor Richard Thomas has yet to concede - and has filed a lawsuit claiming voting irregularities - the final vote count sits at 2,384 for Patterson-Howard and 2,175 for Thomas following the primary on Tuesday, June 25. A judge is reportedly currently reviewing Thomas’ case, while the Board of Elections says there is no merit to the lawsuit. If she is ultimately elected in the heavily Democrat-leaning city, Patterson-Howard - …
Mount Vernon
Politics
Primary Was Rigged, Says Mount Vernon Mayor After Filing Lawsuit
Mount Vernon Mayor Richard Thomas is crying foul, claiming that the Democratic primary was rigged, prompting him to file a lawsuit against the Board of Elections and his challengers. When the results were tallied following the primary on Tuesday, June 25, Thomas trailed Shawn Patterson-Howard unofficially by 204 votes, as she garnered 33 percent of the votes to Thomas’ 30 percent. Some absentee ballots can still be counted, but it is unclear if they will be enough to save Thomas. Thomas, who is facing mounting legal troubles for missing campaign funds and has recently come under fire by o…
Yonkers
Politics
Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano Wins Three-Way Democratic Primary
Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano easily won Tuesday's Democratic Party primary election, according to unofficial vote returns. The two-term mayor declared victory shortly after 10 p.m. on Tuesday, June 25 in the three-way Democratic primary race. With about 70 percent the votes counted, Spano led with 75 percent. Spano defeated attorney Karen Beltran, with 18 percent of the votes, and community activist Ivy Reeves, with 8 percent, according to unofficial returns from the county Board of Elections. Beltran is a longtime Yonkers resident who immigrated to the U.S. from Colombia when she was sev…
Clarkstown
Police & Fire
Polling Place Precautions Taken As Measles Outbreak Spreads To 47 Cases In Rockland
With 47 cases of measles now confirmed in Rockland County, governmental officials are taking steps to ensure the safety of voters and poll workers during Tuesday's highly-anticipated election With several schools in the affected outbreak area serving as election/polling places, the Board of Elections has been working with the Department of Health to make sure that all election workers are safe. "We are working closely with the Department of Health regarding the protocol to protect everyone and by making sure that inspectors and poll workers are not at risk and have been immuni…
