NOVEMBER 10–COUNTY SALUTES AMERICA’S VETERANS TODAY 2 PM

WESTCHESTER TO MARK SERVICE OF NATION’S HEROES AT VETERANS DAY CEREMONY

Commemoration Will Be Held Tuesday, Nov. 10 at 2 p.m.

White Plains, NY – Westchester County Executive Ken Jenkins and Veteran Service Agency Director Joshua Gaccione will lead a ceremony honoring all who served at the County’s annual Veterans Day Ceremony, Tuesday, November 10 at 2 p.m. at Lasdon Public Gardens and Veterans Memorial.

***MEDIA ADVISORY***

Tuesday, November 10

2 p.m.

Lasdon Public Gardens and Veterans Memorial

2610 NY-35, Katonah, NY 10536

Watch Live on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/westchestergov/

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NOVEMBER 10– WESTCHESTER BOARD OF LEGISLATORS AUTHORIZES COMMUNITIES TO SET E-BIKES, SCOOTERS REGULATIONS


BOARD CLEARS WAY FOR LOCAL E-BIKE AND
E-SCOOTER REGULATIONS

 

WHITE PLAINS, NY—The Westchester County Board of Legislators unanimously passed a measure last night that allows towns and villages to set their own rules for e-bikes and e-scooters.

Under New York State law, towns and villages in Westchester can already ban e-bikes and e-scooters in certain areas, or townwide, as long as signs are posted. But before they can set more specific rules, such as speed limits, or requirements to wear helmets or reflective clothing, the County must first pass a law giving them permission. This legislation does that.

The new County law does not create any rules itself, nor require any funding. It gives each town and village the option to write rules that fit its own streets, parks, and neighborhoods.

Municipalities that adopt rules must file a copy with the Clerk of the Board of Legislators within 30 days. The law takes effect immediately once it is signed by the County Executive.

Chairman Vedat Gashi (D–New Castle, Ossining, Somers, Yorktown) said, “E-bikes and e-scooters are here to stay. They offer easier commutes and fewer cars on the road, but they move fast and share space with people on foot. Too often, that ends in close calls or worse. Every community faces different risks, and now each one has the power to respond in the way that works best for its residents. Our goal is simple: make sure everyone sharing our streets and sidewalks, from kids walking to school to seniors out for a stroll to the riders themselves, gets home safely.”

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NOVEMBER 9–COUNTY EXECUTIVE JENKINS INTRODUCES $2.7 BILLION 2027 BUDGET

Westchester County Executive Ken Jenkins has submitted his proposed $2.7 billion-dollar 2027 Operating Budget, a fiscally responsible spending plan that maintains essential County services, prioritizes the needs of residents and remains within the New York State property tax cap despite mounting financial pressures from Washington.

Jenkins said: “We have closed a projected $113 million budget gap through disciplined cost-reduction measures across all County operations. Westchester’s economy performed better than projected and that coupled with extremely stringent department budgeting and eliminating 160 vacant positions, we achieved these necessary savings to close the gap in part. We achieved this without resorting to employee layoffs or drawing down a single dollar from our vital rainy-day reserves.”

Cost Saving Approach:

  • Headcount
  • Holding the line on vacant positions (Other than Woodfield, see below).
  • Eliminating 160 vacant positions and defunding over 300 vacancies.

  • Investment Income
  • Improved management of County funds, closeout capital projects $10.2 million in unspent bond proceeds and optimizing rebates for pharmacy benefit.

  • Equipment Reduction
  • Equipment reduction in non-urgent equipment purchases.
  • $2.8 million reduction from initial budget requests.

  • Contracts Reduction
  • Reduction in contracts from the Departments of Planning, Law, Labs and Research and Public Works & Transportation $12.6 millions reduction from initial budget requests.

  • Reimbursements
  • Maximizing federal and state reimbursements that cover childcare and buses.

Westchester County Director of Operations Emily Saltzman said: “Despite rising costs and evolving federal policy challenges, this budget remains focused on protecting and supporting the vital services that Westchester seniors, families and community organizations rely upon every day.”

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NOVEMBER 9—NEWS & COMMENT: JOHN BAILEY’S PERSPECTIVE ’26 COMMENTARY TRANSCRIPT FROM WHITE PLAINS WEEK

 

NOW IT IS MY TAKE ON THIS WEEK OF NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW.

FIRST, CONGRATULATIONS TO WESTCHESTER COUNTY EXECUTIVE  THE PEERLESS LEADER KEN JENKINS FOR HIS TAKE CHARGE, GET IT DONE, FIX IT  FAST ACTIONS AND FAITH IN LOCAL ELECTION OFFICIALS TO GET ENOUGH VOTING SCANNER MACHINES BACK TO GET ALL THE VOTES IN ON ELECTION DAY COUNTED.

THE KEY COUNTS WERE UP BY EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THANKS TO TARRYTOWN NOTING THE EARLY VOTING SCANNERS AT 25 LOCATIONS COULD CONVERT TO ACCEPTING THE  BALLOT PAPERS. THEY GOT THE MACHINES  OUT TO  KEY DISTRICTS.

THANKS TOO TO THE HONESTY OF KEN JENKINS.

HIS POLITE TREATMENT OF REPORTERS,  TAKING ALLQUESTIONS AND TELLING THE HONEST ANSWER:  THAT THE CODE ON THE BALLOTS  WAS PRINTED WRONG.

THIS IS WHAT A LEADER DOES.

AMAZING GETTING THOSE MACHINES BACK TO START THE COUNTING AGAIN IN 24 HOURS. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME MR. JENKINS HAS MADE “A CONTROVERSIAL HARD-TO-EXECUTE.” HE DECIDED TO SAVE PLAYLAND AND OPEN IT THIS YEAR.

CONGRATULATIONS AND MAY I MAKE A SUGGESTION TO THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS—PROOFREAD ALL THE  DIFFERENT BALLOTS NEXT YEAR TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE ELECTION—GIVING YOU TIME TO REPRINT. AND PLEASE TEST MORE THAN ONE DISTRICT BALLOT TEST ALL DISTRICTS.

NOW IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ELECTION IN AMERICAN HISTORY.

AMERICANS STOOD UP AND DELIVERED A  EMPHATIC MESSAGE T O WASHINGTON.

THEY  IGNORED THEIR PERSONAL PREJUDICES, WHAT THEY WERE TOLD BY THE ADMINISTRATION.

AS AMERICANS ALWAYS DO WHEN THE CHIPS ARE DOWN THEY FIRED  SENATOR AFTER SENATOR, CONGRESSMAN AFTER CONGRESSMAN. THEY SAID GET OUT OF WASHINGTON.

THEY, WITH  THEIR ALWAYS NON BLINKING EYES IN THE FACE OF BIG TROUBLE FOR AMERICA AND EACH OTHER TURNED THE CAPITOL UPSIDE DOWN AND SHOOK THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES UPSIDE DOWN AND SHOOK THE PHONIES OUT.

AMERICANS TOLD WASHINGTON  OFF.

THEY DID NOT LIKE WHAT WASHINGTON IS DOING– NOTHING GOOD FOR THE AMERICA THEY ONCE KNEW.

THEY LIFTED THE CAPITOL UPSIDE DOWN AND  DUMPED THE SCALIWAGS, THE GREEDY. THE SELF-AGGRANDIZING CONGRESS MEMBERS AND SENATE MEMBERS WHO WERE DISGRACING AMERICA THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

WATCHING THE HOLLOW TEN PINS OF THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE REJECTED BY AMERICANS FALL MINUTE BY MINUTE TUESDAY NIGHT WERE NOT THE FAKE AMERICANS: THE IMAGE OF AMERICANS PROMOTED BY MEDIA AND ENABLERS OF TYRANNY, CRUELTY AND GREED.

THE AMERICANS WHO VOTED THE INCOMPETENT MEMBERS NOT ONLY DOWN BUT OUT WERE AMERICANS THAT HAVE BEEN INSULTED THE LAST YEARS WHO WITH GAS PRICES SKY HIGH THANKS TO OUR MIDEAST OIL “FRIENDS.”

THE VOTERS  WOKE UP AND SMELLED THE BLACK OIL IN THEIR COFFEE CLEARLY. THE HOUSE AND SENATE PREVIOUSLY  DID NOTHING SOLD THEIR SOULS THEIR SACRED HONOR THEIR OATHS TO UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION AND STOOD IDLY BY PARALYZED BY THEIR OWN GREED AND SENSE OF SELF PRESERVATION. PATHETIC EXCUSES FOR AMERICAN ELECTED OFFICIALS.

THE VOTERS  SAW ONE CONGRESSIONAL DISAGRACE AFTER ANOTHER LAUNCHING THE GREATEST ASSAULT ON AMERICANS THEY REPRESENTED IN ALL TIME BY ADMINSTRATION, THE SUPREME COURT, AND THE PEOPLE THAT VOTED THEM IN VOTED..

THE CONGRESS, ONE AFTER ANOTHER STOOD IDLY BY AND WENT RIGHT ALONG WITH THE VOTERS RIGHTS ACT CHANGES THE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL MAKING THE RICH RICHER AND THEMSELVES  POORER, THEIR MEDICAL COVERAGE BEING TAKEN AWAY. SOCIAL SECURITY BEING THREATENED.

AMERICANS FEEL VERY BADLY WHEN THEY SEE UNEQUIVOCABLY THEY HAVE BEEN LIED TO, BETRAYED AND USED. THEY KNOW WHEN THEY HAVE BEEN PLAYED FOR SUCKERS. THEY DO NOT LIKE SELLING OUT TO AMERICA’S AVOWED ENEMIES.

 

THEY DID THE ONLY THING THEY COULD DO THEY USED THEIR SACRED RIGHT TO VOTE AND VOTED THE BUMS OUT. SEE YA!

THANK YOU AMERICA YOU ALWAYS SEE THE LIGHT AND YOU KNOW WHERE EVIL IS GOING TO TAKE YOU AND IT IS UP TO YOU TO SHUT IT DOWN BY HEAVING THEM OUT WITH YOUR GREATEST WEAPON YOUR VOTE—YOUR SACRED HONOR

THE ELECTION HAS OPENED THE DOOR TO BRINGING AMERICA’S GOVERNMENT TO HEEL.

IN THE LAME DUCK PERIOD AHEAD THE QUACKING DUCKS WADDLING AROUND WITH NO CLUE TO WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM, SEARCHING FOR MICROPHONES TO CRY TO SUPPORTIVE MEDIA ARE COMING OUT.  THE SUPREME COURT HAD BETTER LEARN TO READ THE CONSTITUTION INSTEAD NOT INTERPRET IT.

THE WINNING DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES FOR SENATE AND CONGRESS AND THE DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENTS I THOUGHT DELIVERED SOME VERY CONCERNING MESSAGES  IN THE AFTERMATH.

I HEARD TALK OF LAUNCHING INVESTIGATIONS AND IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS AGAINST MEMBERS OF THE PRESENT ADMINISTRATION.

THE HOPE: THE AMERICANS WHO VOTED YOU IN AND WILL BE VOTING IN 2028. THEY VOTED FOR DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES IN 2026 BECAUSE YOU WERE THEIR HOPE.

HERE IS MY ADVICE:

WE HAVE HAD YEARS OF HEARINGS AND QUESTIONS OF MEMBERS OF BOTH ADMINISTRATION ENDLESS HOT AIR AND POMPOSITY AND NOTHING TO SHOW FOR IT.

NOW MEMBERS OF THE SENATE  AND HOUSE STILL SEATED I PERSONALLY WARN YOU:

YOUR JOB IS DIFFERENT IF YOU ARE TO RETAIN THE HOPE AND DEMANDS DEMONSTRATED BY THIS TURNING CONGRESS UPSIDE DOWN

YOU HAVE TO WORK.

YOU HAVE TO BE GOOD: DO NOT SELL YOURSELVES OUT TO MAKE DEALS FOR YOURSELF WITH LOBBYISTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING AT YOU DESPERATE TO CONTINUE THEIR EVIL WAYS, THAT INCLUDES A.i, THE OIL BARONS, THE INSURANCE COMPANIES,  ESPECIALLY MEDICAL INSURANCE. BIG HEALTH INFLATORS OF HEALTH CARE PRICES AT HOSPITALS. MEDICARE CHARGES INFLATORS. UTILITIES.  ALL THE GREED MACHINES.

THEY ARE KILLING ALL AMERICANS’ HOPES FOR HAPPINESS WHILE THEY DESTROY THE PLANET FOR PROFIT. THAT’S WHAT THEY DO.

YOU ALL STILL IN CONTRESS ONLY BECAUSE YOU WERE NOT RUNNING, HAVE BEEN IGNORING IMMIGRATION REFORM AND MORAL IMMIGRATION POLICIES. FAILING TO PASS LAWS PROTECTING IMMIGRANTS FROM DEPORTATION. AND FUNDING PRIVATE AMERICAN GESTAPOS. NOT DEFENDING CARE OF THE DISABLED. ENRICHING YOURSELVES. STOP IT! OR I CAN GUARANTEE YOU WILL BE VOTED OUT TOO IN 2028.

YOU NEW ELECTEES--LISTEN UP! TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE—SEE THE MOVIE “MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON” YOU CAN’T ALL BE JIMMIE STEWART BUT  TAKE LESSONS WITH YOU THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENS.

GOOD LUCK AND HAVE THE COURAGE TO LEAD OUR COUNTY EXECUTIVE KEN JENKINS HAS HE SHOWED THIS WEEK—

THAT’S WHAT A LEADER IS:  HE OR SHE DOES NOT MAKE EXCUSES. HE OR SHE ORGANIZES, SEEKS FACTS AND FIGURES AND DOES WHAT HAS TO BE DONE.

THE AMERICANS FIGHTING TO SURVIVE AND WHO THREW OUT THE POLITICAL HAS BEENS WHO WERE NEVER-WILL-BE’S NOW SQUEALING LIKE GORED PIGS ABOUT THIS NO DOUBT RESULT—

THE VOTERS DESERVE ALL OF THE NEW CONGRESS RESPECT AND THE NEW CONGRESSIONAL HOUSES IN JANUARY HAVE TO DO THE JOB.

OTHERWISE YOU WILL BE GONE IN 2028 OR THE SAME INCOMPETENTS WILL RUN AND BE BACK IN CONGRESS.

MR. AND MRS MS. AMERICA…. THANK YOU FOR EXERCISING YOUR SACRED HONOR—YOUR VOTE

THIS IS JOHN BAILEY REPORTING FOR WHITE PLAINS WEEK . GOOD NIGHT…AND THANK YOU AMERICANS!

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