Port Chester will keep property taxes flat and raise more cash from parking meters under a village budget adopted Monday night. The $36.6 million plan boosts overall spending by 2.6 percent for the year beginning June 1, and relies more heavily on fees. The board trimmed expenses and agreed on… Read More →
Port Chester will vote tonight on whether to raise parking fees and other revenue in order to keep property taxes steady in the 2013-14 village budget. Parking meter fees would go from 75 cents to $1 an hour and the meters would be in effect until 9 p.m. instead of… Read More →
New Rochelle has saved about $5.1 million over the next 12 years by refinancing debt it had incurred earlier, the city announced. The city took advantage of “historically low market interest rates” by selling $29 million in bonds to replace higher-interest loans
Port Chester residents, if you’re curious about where your village property taxes go, have a good look at the new 2013-14 Tentative Budget. This is no ordinary Tentative Budget. This is a reader-friendly tour of municipal finance, complete with colorful charts and clearly written text, by Village Manager Christopher Steers…. Read More →
The Federal Emergency Management Agency, at the request of New York state, has approved a 14-day extension of the Transitional Sheltering Assistance program in the state and a 30-day extension for the Individual Assistance program, according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The extension allows eligible survivors of Superstorm Sandy last October to… Read More →
The planned renovation of a senior affordable-housing building near downtown New Rochelle, can start next month, thanks to the state approval of $9.5 million in borrowing through tax-exempt bonds, the developer said Friday. John Madeo, executive vice president of Mountco Construction and Development Corp., said the renovation of
Homes in parts of Port Chester, Rye Brook and Mamaroneck will be visited over the next two months by inspectors who are updating assessment data for the Town of Rye. The town-wide inspection effort, the first since 1967, began last year with a review of commercial properties. Data collectors from… Read More →
Dozens of Port Chester residents turned out at the senior center Thursday night for a citizen-led, town hall-style discussion that touched on everything from building-code violations to taxi service. Keith Morlino, who organized the meeting through the Facebook group “Making Port Chester a better place,” said it was high time… Read More →
London Luxury, a maker of home products based in New Rochelle, will receive $30,000 in sales tax breaks to expand and add jobs, Westchester County announced. County Executive Rob Astorino said the county Industrial Development Agency had approved
Port Chester trustees appointed Christopher Steers to become village manager Oct. 11, promoting him to the top administrative post on Monday night well in advance of Christopher Russo’s departure from the job. Over the objections of Mayor Dennis Pilla, the board also voted 4-1 to appoint Janusz Richards to the… Read More →
