What you see below is a breakdown of the "real costs" associated with the Doral and Reckson certioraris, including some which can only be described as "hidden costs." Please be advised that in my prior two columns, I inadvertently underestimated the County payback on these certs by $100,000. The corrected figure is listed below:

It is painful to report on the self-inflicted wounds of local governmental institutions, but the United States Postal Service (USPS) has been trying everyone’s patience.

Last week I explained how the certiorari process works and who gets involved in the initiation of this process. This week I will attempt to shed light on the numerous effects a cert settlement has on our local schools, villages, the Town of Rye, and even Westchester County.

Give newbie Westchester County Executive George Latimer credit – he is taking on another NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) issue (the future of the County Airport) head on – in the only place that matters where noisy constituents gather, the Airport’s backyard!

 Some people wear their hearts on their sleeves. Jennifer Carriero-Dominguez is all heart. 

Why can’t they put the buckets back where they picked them up?

In January 2016, the Town Board of the Town of Rye established the Task Force on Assessment Practices and Procedures (the “Task Force”) to undertake a review of the assessment functions of the Town of Rye and to make findings and recommendations to the Town Board regarding how its approximately 11,000 parcels are managed.

There it is in the Westchester County Department of Health’s 2000 satellite photo of the “backyard” of the Doral Arrowwood Hotel and Conference Center in Rye Brook: a white fence separating and ‘fencing off’ the outdoor swimming pool area from visitors and many guests (see accompanying photos).