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Información General sobre las Elecciones
El martes, 3 de noviembre, es la fecha de las próximas elecciones generales. Aquí está lo que necesita saber:

Registrándose para Votar

  • Para ser elegible para votar en las próximas elecciones generales debe de registrarse en avanzado.
  • Debe enviar su registración completa para votar a través de correo postal o entregarlo en persona en la Junta Electoral. Los formularios enviados por correo postal deben estar marcados con una fecha no más tardar del 9 de octubre, 2020 y ser recibido por la Junta Electoral antes del 14 de octubre, 2020. Si desea registrarse en persona debe de hacerlo antes del 9 de octubre.
  • Los formularios de registración e información adicional pueden ser encontradas en la página web https://citizenparticipation.westchestergov.com/register-to-vote. 

Votaciones Tempranas

El periodo para votar temprano es del 24 de octubre al 1 de noviembre.

Votantes registrados que desean votar temprano pueden hacerlo en CUALQUIERA de las diecisiete (17) urnas asignadas para votaciones tempranas. El Día de las Elecciones, deben votar en sus urnas asignadas previamente. 

Tiempos de Votación Temprana:

  • Sábado, 24 de octubre: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m.
  • Domingo, 25 de octubre: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m.
  • Lunes, 26 de octubre: 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
  • Martes, 27 de octubre: 12 p.m. – 8 p.m.
  • Miércoles, 28 de octubre: 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
  • Jueves, 29 de octubre: 12 p.m. – 8 p.m.
  • Viernes, 30 de octubre: 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
  • Sábado, 31 de octubre: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m.
  • Domingo, 1 de noviembre: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Lugares de Votación Temprana:

  • Eastchester Public Library, 11 Oakridge Place, Eastchester, NY 10709
  • Dobbs Ferry Village Hall, 112 Main Street, Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522
  • Greenburgh Town Hall, 177 Hillside Avenue, White Plains, NY 10607
  • Veterans Memorial Building, 210 Halstead Avenue, Harrison, NY 10528
  • Pound Ridge Town House, 179 Westchester Avenue, Pound Ridge, NY 10576
  • Mamaroneck Town Center, 740 W. Boston Post Road, Mamaroneck, NY 10543
  • Kisco Memorial Complex at Leonard Park, 1 Wallace Drive, Mt. Kisco, NY 10549
  • Pleasant Community Center, 125 Lozza Drive, Valhalla, NY 10595
  • Vernon City Hall, 1 Roosevelt Square, Mt. Vernon, NY 10550
  • New Rochelle City Hall Annex, 90 Beaufort Place, New Rochelle, NY 10801
  • Joseph G. Caputo Community Center, 95 Broadway, Ossining, NY 10562
  • Peekskill Nutrition Center, Neighborhood Center, 4 Nelson Avenue, Peekskill, NY 10566
  • Somers Town House, 335 Route 202, Somers, NY 10589
  • Westchester County Board of Elections, 25 Quarropas Street, White Plains, NY 10601
  • Grinton I. Will Library, 1500 Central Park Avenue, Yonkers, NY 10710
  • Riverfront Library, One Larkin Center, Yonkers, NY 10701
  • Yorktown Cultural Center, 1974 Commerce Street, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598

Urnas del Día de Elecciones

  • Es probable que habrá impactos a la disponibilidad de las urnas el 3 de noviembre debido a la pandemia del COVID-19, lo cual significa que su lugar de votación puede que no sea donde usualmente vota.
  • Cuando los lugares de votación sean seleccionados se publicarán aquí.
  • Todos los votantes registrados también recibirán una tarjeta por correo postal con los detalles de donde pueden votar.

Balotas Ausentes

Los votantes pueden votar con una balota ausente por varias razones incluyendo enfermedades temporales—cuales impiden que pueda ir a su urna debido al alto riesgo de contraer o regar una enfermedad comunicable como el COVID-19.

Los votantes pueden aplicar para una Balota Ausente en cualquiera de las siguientes maneras:

  • Aplicando en línea a través del Portal de Aplicación para la Balota Ausente del Estado de Nueva York en https://absenteeballot.elections.ny.gov/.
  • Enviando un correo electrónico a BOE-WestAbsentee@westchestergov.com.
  • Enviando un fax al (914) 995-7753 o (914) 995-3190.
  • Yendo en persona a la Junta Electoral del Condado de Westchester, 25 Quarropas Street, White Plains, NY 10601.
  • Enviando una aplicación a través del correo postal a la Junta Electoral del Condado de Westchester, 25 Quarropas Street, White Plains, NY 10601.
  • Llamando a la Junta Electoral al (914) 995-5285.

Para más información sobre la balota ausente visite https://citizenparticipation.westchestergov.com/voting/absentee-ballots.

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Co-Chairs: Nancy Barr and Kathy Halas

 
Committee Members: 
  • Open Door 
  • Westhab 
  • White Plains Youth Bureau 
  • Westchester Library System
  • WestCop 
  • Westchester Youth Shelter 
  • IFCA 
  • Neighbors Link
        
  • WIC Montefiore 
  • The Guidance Center 
  • Family Service Society of Yonkers
  • Westchester Women’s Agenda
  • Legal Services of the Hudson Valley
  • Westchester Children’s Association 
  • United Way 
  • Nonprofit Westchester
        
  • Westchester Jewish Community Services 
  • Food Bank 
  • DSS Commissioner
  • Mental Health Commissioner
  • Environment Advocate
  • Disabilities Advocate
  • Rise Above Boundaries

Staff: Shatika Parker

Click here for Current Meeting Schedules, Agendas and Minutes

The Families Task Force was created to look at what the needs of Westchester families are, how they are changing, and what we want the county legislature and the state delegation to know about Westchester families and have some influence on ways to improve family life. The initiatives that the Task Force has been working on and related resources are here on this page. The Task Force is open to the public. If you would like to get involved please contact Shatika Parker at (914) 995-2838.

To watch meetings...after to 9/5/19, click here | before to 9/5/19, click here

Immigration Rights and Services

The Families Task Force held a meeting in conjunction with NonProfit Westchester on Immigration: Rights and Services, what you need to know. Participating in the meeting were Neighbors Link, Legal Services of the Hudson Valley, Hudson Valley Justice Center, Pace Immigration Clinic, John Jay Legal Services and Hon. Catherine Borgia.  Below are some resources distributed and discussed at the meeting.

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Thriving Families Resolution

The Families Task Force held 4 public hearings across Westchester County in 2015. The hearings resulted in The Thriving Families Resolution, a document compiling all of the issues and priorities the Task Force heard from residents. The Task Force is advocating for the Board of Legislators to discuss and pass the Resolution in the coming months. To email your Legislator asking them to support the resolution, click here.

Supporting Information

After-School:

  • Students who fall behind academically in elementary school have a higher chance of not graduating high school and a lower chance of being ready for college if they do
  • Effective afterschool programs bring a wide range of benefits to youth, families and communities. Afterschool programs can boost academic performance, reduce risky behaviors, promote physical health, and provide a safe, structured environment for the children of working parents.
  • Afterschool Supports Students' Success Flyer

Mental Health Care:

  • Statistics indicate disparities and disproportionalities in mental health and treatment experiences based on many factors, including race, ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation. For example, African-Americans are more likely to experience a mental disorder than whites; are less likely to seek treatment; and when they do seek treatment, are more likely to use the emergency room for mental health care; and more likely than whites to receive inpatient care.  LGBT adolescents are more than twice as likely to have attempted suicide as heterosexual adolescents (all data from Maryland, 2012).
  • Surgeon General’s Report and Conference on Children’s Mental Health 2000 indicates that a minimum of 20% of children and adolescents experience signs and symptoms of a mental health disorder in a given year.  It is estimated that only 5% of that 20% of youth in need of mental health services receive those services. These service figures are significantly lower if the child/youth is from a minority group.
  • Child sexual abuse affects 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 6 boys before the age of 18, and cuts across all age, socio-economic, ethnic and racial groups. Children who are sexually abused or victims of family violence are at increased risk for repeated abuse, school problems, self-destructive or anti-social behavior, substance abuse, serious mental illness (including depression and suicide) and out of home placement. Unaddressed mental health needs of child victims of sexual abuse can lead to serious short and long-term negative outcomes for children. Reaching child victims as early as possible prevents long-term trauma and emotional disturbance or mental illness.   State of the art, trauma-informed mental health services have been shown to foster healthy development, reduce the deleterious effects of violence and abuse on children and families, promote positive growth, pro-social behavior, and the ability of children to remain safely in the community with their family.

Youth Employment:
Employment can be beneficial for youth by teaching responsibility, organization, and time management and helping to establish good work habits, experience, and financial stability. There are many advantages to working during high school, especially for low-income youth, including higher employment rates and wages in later teen years and lower probabilities of dropping out of high school. Knowing how to find and keep a job is not only critical for admission to the adult world but also is an important survival skill for which there is little in the way of formal, structured preparation.

Child Care & Early Education:

  • In a comparison of 60 countries, American 15-year-olds ranked 24th in reading, 28th in science and 36th in math
  • New York ranks  25th in the nation for quality of education, based on key metrics that include SAT/ACT scores, dropout rates, and math and reading scores
  • Quality early childhood education has a critical impact on kindergarten readiness, high school graduation and employment rates, and adult income, yet only 14% of U.S. public education dollars are spent on early childhood education.
  • In New York, only 22% of eligible children have a public child care subsidy
  • 63% of the state’s 4-year-olds in low income communities outside NYC do not have a seat in full-day Universal Pre-K
  • Academic Achievement is determined by economics. In Scarsdale the median household income Is $241,453 and the high school graduation rate is 99%.  In Mount Vernon the median household income is $49, 268 and the high school graduation rate is 54%.
  • http://www.childcarewestchester.org/quality-matters

Transportation

In addition to working toward resolution passage, the Task Force is taking up the issues in the resolution in an effort for joint collaboration.  Currently the Task Force is focusing on the issue of Transportation, particularly the Bee-Line bus system. 

Below are resources and information regarding transportation:

 

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White Plains, NY - Previous four years of structural budget reform and smart spending now paying dividends for taxpayers and those who use county services
The Republican caucus of the Westchester County Board of Legislators (BOL) announced on Friday that based on their review of the 2015 Westchester County Budget thus far, the BOL will pass a budget that delivers no tax increase for the fifth straight year, does not draw down the reserve fund and increases aid to non-profits and protects social services.
One week into the review of the proposed 2015 budget, the BOL Budget and Appropriations Committee, Chaired by Legislator Sheila Marcotte (R) Eastchester, New Rochelle, Tuckahoe, have met every day with Commissioners and Department Heads to discuss operations and planning related to the 2015 budget. 


On Wednesday night, Legislators attended the first of three public hearings on the budget at New Rochelle City Hall.  Approximately 35 speakers representing various interests including the child care industry, youth bureaus and the Legal Aid Society spoke to the Legislators about their financial needs and the merits of their organizations.
Following the hearing Budget and Appropriations Committee Chair, Legislator Sheila Marcotte said, “I’m glad for this opportunity to hear from our partners in the non-profit sector about their needs and how county funding helps them fulfill their mission to serve the public.  The County Executive’s budget proposes increases in funding to non-profits which protects the social safety net.” 


After five days of meetings with Commissioners and Department Heads, Marcotte said, “The testimony offered by county government officials regarding their departments’ funding levels indicate that the proposed budget is a sound spending plan that adequately addresses costs balanced against very responsible revenue projections.”


BOL Vice Chairman Legislator Jim Maisano will be voting on his 17th county budget, “I have worked on some very difficult budgets over the years and often the minority party does not get much consideration in the process.”  Maisano added, “The bipartisan coalition that we have formed has resulted in a very fair and open budget process that will ultimately yield a spending plan that protects those in our communities who utilize important social services while protecting the reserve fund and our taxpayers by avoiding a tax increase.”


One of the toughest aspects of the 2015 budget for the Republican Legislators is the amortization of $15 million in pension costs.  The cost of pensions is something the county cannot control.  In 2011, the pension bill for Westchester was $69 million.  In 2013 it skyrocketed to $101 million.  The 2015 pension costs are projected at $91 million.
Minority Leader, Legislator John Testa (R) Peekskill, Cortlandt, Yorktown, served for six years as Mayor of the City of Peekskill and said that every municipality and regional government must wrestle the same huge cost driver in their budgets which is rising labor costs, specifically pension payments and healthcare costs.  “As a former Mayor, I understand the impact that rising pension costs have on our budgets.  Unfortunately, under the 2% tax cap, State Government offers a ‘Hobson’s choice’ when it comes to financing these payments, either pay the pension increase upfront which would result in massive layoffs of county workers and significantly diminished services or accept the state dictated financing option.”  Testa added, “While I prefer not to enter into Governor Cuomo’s ‘pension smoothing’ finance plan, the option of cutting hundreds of county jobs or adding to Westchester taxpayers crushing tax burden is simply untenable.”


Minority Whip, Legislator Gordon A. Burrows (R) Bronxville, Yonkers, has worked on budgets on the Yonkers City Council and then the BOL for the last 19 years.  Burrows says the 2015 budget is one that should receive broad support.  “Based on what we’ve heard in budget meetings over the past week, I believe we will be able to work with the BOL Democrats and the County Executive to pass a responsible budget that protects taxpayers and provides the high level of services that our residents deserve.  As the economy continues its slow recovery and revenue projections show modest increases, it is important that we adhere to the principles of fiscal discipline and smart spending which have enabled us to deliver five consecutive budgets with no tax increases.”


Legislator Michael Smith (R) Mount Pleasant, Northcastle, Pleasantville is a member of the Budget and Appropriations Committee and in his professional capacity serves as Chief Financial Officer for a major educational institution.  Legislator Smith said, “We remain committed to the County Executive’s mission to make living in Westchester more affordable.  This budget continues the pattern of economic growth and jobs for our citizens.”
Legislator Bernice Spreckman (R) Yonkers, Mount Vernon, said, “This budget is one that we should all be able to support.  Funding is increased to our non-profits that support programs for our youth and seniors and there is no tax increase or layoffs.  This is a good spending plan for Westchester residents.”

 

Legislator David Gelfarb (R) Harrison, Port Chester, Rye Brook, said, “This budget will ensure that there is no increase in taxes while still providing essential services to taxpayers, including our neediest citizens, and avoiding any layoffs of county employees.”
The Budget and Appropriations Committee resumed meetings at 10AM on Monday.  The meeting calendar and links to video of past meetings are available on the BOL website at;
http://westchestercountyny.iqm2.com/Citizens/Calendar.aspx?View=Calendar
There are two public hearings scheduled for November 25th at 7PM in the Somers High School Auditorium, 120 Primrose St. and on December 3rd at 7PM at the BOL Chambers, 148 Martine Ave., 8th floor, White Plains.

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