Journal News - Sun Nov 08
Rob Astorino, incoming Westchester County executive, was elected with a clear mandate to cut property taxes.
The nursery gets back to basicsPoughkeepsie Journal - Sun Nov 08
Once upon a time, the ideal for a child's room was a cozy haven filled with sturdy push-pull toys, handmade dolls and a few baskets of dress-up clothes.
Astorino pledges wide net for new teamJournal News - Sun Nov 08
WHITE PLAINS - Rob Astorino had barely accepted victory on Election Day when he acknowledged that it took a bipartisan vote to catapult him into the Westchester county executive's seat.
Appeals court allows DiSimone retrial in 1994 Yonkers slayingThe Journal News - Sun Nov 08
A state appeals court has upheld a local judge's decision to allow Anthony DiSimone to be retried on depraved indifference murder in a Yonkers slaying 15 years ago.
Paterson encounters pushback on budgetStar-Gazette.COM - Sat Nov 07
Gov. David Paterson is calling back the Legislature on Tuesday to address the state budget gap, and he also put legislation on same-sex marriage, reforms of public authorities and a government spending cap on the agenda.
Are doctors what ails U.S. healthcare?Rehab Management - Sat Nov 07
Nowhere in the United States has more doctors at its beck and call than White Plains, one of the wealthiest cities in the nation.
Driver Said to Have Used Marijuana RegularlyNew York Times - Fri Nov 06
The sister-in-law of the woman who killed herself and seven others when she hit another car head-on while driving the wrong way on the Taconic State Parkway in July, told investigators that the woman smoked marijuana regularly and was a heavy drinker, according to a lawyer for the family of two of the victims.
NY Village Gets New Voting Rules to Aid HispanicsCybercast News Service - Fri Nov 06
A federal judge imposed an unusual election system on a suburban village Friday, nearly two years after finding that the existing system was unfair to Hispanics.
Another NY Mom Arrested For DUI With Kids In CarWCBS - Fri Nov 06
Share + Nov 6, 2009 7:59 pm US/Eastern SOMERS, N.Y. It almost seems like an epidemic.
Nassau Vote Too Close to Call for Suozzi or ManganoNew York Times - Thu Nov 05
Three days after the too-close-to-call election for Nassau County executive, at least one thing is clear: Officials will have to wait at least until Wednesday to decide the showdown between Thomas R. Suozzi , the Democratic incumbent, and his little-known Republican challenger, Edward P. Mangano, a county legislator.
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