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Board Approves Funding for Memorial Honoring Slain Mt. Vernon Police Officer

White Plains, NY — On Monday night, the Westchester County Board of Legislators approved funding for the design and construction of a permanent memorial to Christopher Ridley, the off-duty Mount Vernon police officer who was shot and killed in January 2008 by county police as Ridley was intervening to stop an altercation in front of the county’s Department of Social Services at 85 Court Street in White Plains.

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Auditors Detail County Finances in Briefing to Board

White Plains, NY — Legislators are pledging to work with the County Executive to right Westchester’s fiscal ship after auditors from PFK O'Connor Davies on Monday briefed the Board of Legislators' Budget and Appropriations Committee on Westchester County's Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for 2017.

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Board Chairman Releases 2018 Mid-Year Report

White Plains, NY — Calling the first half of 2018 "a period of fast-paced achievement and historic change for the Westchester County Board of Legislators," Board Chair Ben Boykin (D - Harrison, Scardale, White Plains), on Friday released a Mid-Year Report detailing the work of the legislature over the past six months, and highlights from the legislative session to date.

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