Mark Lungariello, The Journal News

A panel discussion of issues facing Putnam, Rockland and Westchester counties turns into a discussion of how the state handles its finances.

TARRYTOWN – The elected leaders of Putnam, Rockland and Westchester counties say the state mishandled several billion dollars worth of legal settlements that could have been used to update and […]

Mid-Hudson News

TARRYTOWN – Westchester, Rockland and Putnam County Executives Robert Astorino, Edwin Day and MaryEllen Odell addressed Hudson Valley business leaders on ways to improve their counties as well as the greater Hudson Valley. During a panel discussion Monday morning at a Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress breakfast, the county leaders discussed issues including local […]

Danielle Brody, Westchester County Business Journal

County executives from Westchester, Putnam and Rockland agree that state government often impedes progress, pointing to the State Environmental Quality Review Act as a prime example.

Westchester County Executive Robert Astorino said the environmental law needs to be overhauled because the restrictive review delays new projects. SEQRA requires the approving governmental […]