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(WHITE PLAINS, NY) Standing in solidarity with dozens of union brothers and sisters and many of her Democratic Colleagues, Majority Leader Catherine Borgia (D-Ossining) rolled out a proposed Earned Sick Leave law for Westchester County on Monday, March 27, 2017. The newly offered policy states that all employees shall accrue a minimum of 1 hour of earned paid sick time for every 30 hours worked. Paid sick leave can be used for both physical and mental illness. It can also be used if an employee needs to take care of a sick family member.

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Westchester County Legislator David Tubiolo and  County Executive Robert P. Astorino yesterday announced $15,000 in grants for seniors programs at the Aisling Irish Community Center in Yonkers. Astorino’s $10,000 and Tubiolo’s $5,000 will help to support free weekly lunches, health screenings, computer classes and more.

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(WHITE PLAINS, NY) “This morning, the City of Rye’s lawsuit against the County of Westchester regarding assertion of lead agency status was dismissed in the County Supreme Court. As I noted when this lawsuit was first filed, this litigation was an attempt to usurp the County and was a massive waste of taxpayer money.

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(WHITE PLAINS, NY) This past Friday, close to a hundred direct service care providers from all over Westchester County convened at a meeting of the Board of Legislators Families Task Force to learn more about how to best serve their immigrant communities.

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(WHITE PLAINS, NY) After Monday’s Committee of the Whole meeting with Frasca & Associates L.L.C., the firm hired by the County to assist in the airport privatization Request for Proposal process (RFP), Democratic members of the Board of Legislators have made clear that they have expectations that must be met.