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(WHITE PLAINS, NY) After a several month standoff that ignored the requests and needs of law enforcement officials, County Executive Astorino announced yesterday that he would hire three police officers that he had initially proposed to cut during the most recent County budget negotiation.  

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(WHITE PLAINS, NY) On Monday, June 20, 2016 the Board of Legislators unanimously approved a measure authored and introduced by Legislator Ben Boykin (D-White Plains) which requires County buildings to display and distribute voter registration forms, colloquially known as the “Boykin Bill.”

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(WHITE PLAINS, NY) At a time where there are calls for increased security nationwide, Public Safety & Social Services Committee Chairman Legislator Ben Boykin (D-White Plains) asked the Department of Public Safety to appear before the Committee today to continue its discussion of the impact of several police officer vacancies and the need to fill them immediately.  The Astorino Administration replied saying no one would be coming to discuss the matter with the legislators.

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WHITE PLAINS, NY - BOL Majority Leader Catherine Borgia has discovered that Legislator Bernice Spreckman’s resignation letter was incorrectly submitted and therefore her effective date of resignation has not yet occurred, according to New York State Public Officers Law Section 31 subd.1(f), which requires county officials to address their resignation letter to the County Clerk.  Since the earliest effective date of her resignation will be June 20, 2016, this allows the County board to set a special election for Primary Day, September 13, 2016, when there is already an election occurring in the Mt. Vernon section of the district.  Not adding another Election Day to the calendar has the potential to save taxpayers up to a hundred thousand dollars in overtime and other resources at a time when county government is under severe budgetary pressure.

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At the regular meeting of the Westchester County Board of Legislators (BOL) on Monday night, Democrat Majority Leader Catherine Borgia blocked a vote on the Legislation which would set the date for a special election to fill the Legislative District 14 seat of retired Legislator Bernice Spreckman.