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Westchester County Executive Granted Public Hearing On Con Edison Rate Hike
In a letter to the Administrative Law Judges overseeing the rate case, Jenkins had formally requested a local hearing.

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In a letter to the Administrative Law Judges overseeing the rate case, Jenkins had formally requested a local hearing.

Feds say he kidnapped a Westchester woman and her two-year-old child at knifepoint and took them to his home in NJ.
15 residents and their pets were displaced from their apartments on South Highland Ave. on March 29, according to Ossining police.
In 2023, he entered a Wallkill business wearing a surgical mask, displayed a knife, took cash out of the register, and fled on a bike.
She stole vials, containing hydromorphone or fentanyl, took them home to use herself, and then refilled the vials with saline or water.
A search warrant was executed at the New City house after a four-month-long investigation into ghost guns in Rockland County, the DA said.
The arrest of the Orange County man followed an investigation by the Troop F Computer Crimes Unit, in collaboration with Troop F BCI.
Cops seized cocaine, crack cocaine, fentanyl, 2 illegal guns (one loaded), 5 scales, hallucinogenic mushrooms, cutting agents and packaging.
The Croton-on-Hudson Village Board of Trustees has unanimously voted to join with the other Westchester governments in opposition.
Police say that the victim's 50-year-old daughter was identified as a person of interest, and later charged with murder.
Police convinced the man, who had earlier led police on a car chase, to surrender peacefully before he was taken into custody.
A Freightliner semi-truck struck a 20-year-old Ellenville man, who received serious injuries as a result of the accident, authorities said.
Cops saw lights on in the dining room of the closed restaurant and the teen throwing items around, authorities said.
He hit a WCPD car and a car from Connecticut, and he drove off-road across Rye yards and the American Yacht Club campus, cops said.
The teen contacted New Rochelle police and told them that she was in an intimate relationship with a 21-year-old.
The frightening incident took place on Sunday at the Hampton Inn in the Village of Fishkill, according to New York State Police.
He struck "Finish Line" with a hard object causing a skull fracture, which resulted in the racehorse having to be euthanized.
During processing, troopers discovered the White Plains man had three previous DWI convictions within the past 10 years.
A study found that students enrolled in the program graduated at a rate of 35 percent, compared to 23 percent among those not enrolled.
The 2014 Dodge Durango was unoccupied at the time of the fire, and has been towed to a secure police impound.