The newly seated Port Chester Board of Trustees voted to reappoint key village staff members Tuesday night, making its first round of decisions as a group. Mayor Neil Pagano presided over a reorganization meeting in which Trustee Sam Terenzi was appointed deputy mayor, and the village treasurer, clerk and two… Read More →
New Port Chester Mayor Neil Pagano was sworn in tonight along with the six trustees elected March 19. An overflow crowd packed into the village courthouse to see the ceremony, which also included a farewell to six-year Mayor Dennis Pilla and Trustee Bart Didden. The newly elected trustees are Gregory… Read More →
Port Chester- unlike any other community in New York State – is using cumulative voting in today’s election for six village trustees. The system, adopted in 2010, is a result of the Department of Justice’s successful voting rights lawsuit against the village. It is an alternative to the more traditional… Read More →
Port Chester Republican candidates responded Sunday to a ruling by the Westchester County Fair Campaign Practices Committee criticizing a political flier on two counts. The panel agreed with two of three complaints by Democratic Trustee Daniel Brakewood: That the flier doesn’t identify who paid for it, and that the flier… Read More →
Port Chester’s village election is under way today with early voting at Village Hall in advance of Tuesday’s election. By 1 p.m., 38 people had cast ballots. The mayoral election between incumbent Dennis Pilla and challenger Neil Pagano coincides this year with the race for all six trustee seats. This… Read More →
The League of Women Voters will hold two candidate forums in Port Chester next month – one for the mayoral candidates and one for trustees. Both are at Port Chester High School, Room 229, 1 Tamarack Road in Rye Brook. Mayoral candidates: Friday, March 1, 7:30 p.m. Trustee candidates: Tuesday,... Read More →
Port Chester voters will choose among 10 people as they fill the six trustee seats in the March 19 election. John Reavis and Gene Ceccarelli entered the race as independent candidates this week, adding to the other party slates. This is Port Chester’s second election using cumulative voting, and the… Read More →
Port Chester Democrats and Republicans are now pursuing the same strategy in the March election for six trustee seats: each party will support three nominees and a mayoral candidate in a bid for a 4-3 majority on the village board. Republicans had four nominees after their caucus Tuesday night, but… Read More →
Port Chester IDA Chairman Neil Pagano is challenging Democratic Mayor Dennis Pilla in the March election, with the backing of the Republican, Conservative and Independence parties. The slates are taking shape this week in this year’s mega-election that will fill the mayoralty and all six village trustee seats. Democrats nominated… Read More →
Port Chester Democrats are nominating just three trustee candidates to run for the six open trustee seats in March – a new strategy for the village’s second go-round with cumulative voting. The party is nominating Daniel Brakewood and Luis Marino for re-election and nominating Greg Adams to return to the… Read More →
