OPINION
Letter: IDA should reconsider changes to its Uniform Tax Exemption Policy
I wrote to ask that the board of the Port Chester Industrial Development Agency (IDA): 1) not vote Sept. 8 on the recently proposed changes to its Uniform Tax Exemption Policy (UTEP); and 2) reconsider what appear to be substantially flawed changes to both the current UTEP and historical IDA …
Letter: Thanks to P.C. footballers in wake of Ida
A big thank you to certain members of the Port Chester football team.
Letter: Elect Peter Sisca Rye Town justice
I have known Peter Sisca for 47+ years. We met at the University of Connecticut in 1973 and swam competitively together on the UConn swim team. Our relationship has been continuous and solid for that entire time as our families have developed, expanded and grown together. Peter has done legal …
I on The Daily News: Long way from here to different September: From JFK to Alaska to Jakarta in Indonesia
I have seen fire and I have seen rain, like the James Taylor song says, along with a lot of other things the song doesn't talk about. Like the way the earth has been scorched by record wildfires and drenched by rainstorms in recent days.
Dick Hubert’s Worldview: Congressman Mondaire Jones has a final word on Afghan evacuation as does Washington Post
Last Friday, Sept. 3 at 3:04:10 p.m. Congressman Mondaire Jones (D, NY-17) dropped into my e-mail inbox what I am sure he hopes will be the last word on his efforts to help Afghans who worked for us in Afghanistan escape from the Taliban and relocate in the USA.
Letter: R.B. Village Board should vote no on 900 King St. development plan
The Village of Rye Brook’s Board of Trustees is expected to consider a site plan application next week for a proposed assisted living and memory care facility at 900 King St.
Letter: Happy daze: They don’t build them like they used to?
The redevelopment of Port Chester will require not only the infusion of capital, resources, and planning, but also the need to educate our residents on new construction technologies, specifically engineered lumber. Several residents have expressed genuine concern about the number of commercial buildings in excess of a few floors recently …
From Our Editor: Saying goodbye to our beloved location at 38 Broad St. after more than 46 years
Moving day is coming quickly, and while we have been doing a lot of physical labor, sorting and purging to prepare for it, the mental toll is the hardest part.
Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down: The Village of Port Chester makes it right!
Thumbs up to the Village of Port Chester for righting a wrong at Lyon Park, named after John A. Lyon.
Dick Hubert’s Worldview: Congressman Mondaire Jones finally mentions Afghan refugees—in a brief re-Tweet Aug. 29
It took a very long time, but our freshman Congressman Mondaire Jones (D, NY 17) finally acknowledged last Sunday, Aug. 29, the chaotic American retreat from Afghanistan, the impact on those left behind, and the need to care for those Afghans successfully evacuated from Kabul to the United States.
Letter: IDA accepting public comments on changes to benefits policy
The Village of Port Chester Industrial Development Agency (IDA) is a public benefit corporation established under the New York State General Municipal Law to assist qualifying commercial and industrial projects within the Village.
Letter: Concern about resentment toward lower income folk in Port Chester
I’ve lived in two county areas twice (Port Chester and White Plains), both times under separate non-profit housing providers. Not everyone here is pleased with the current pace of development plans (either started or still being debated). I’m not either since I’ve been a lifelong renter (fixed income).
