Yorktown Insider: Election Desk 2022 News: Photo Cap: Lawler, Slater Demand Reforms at Yorktown Crime Scene.

PHOTO CAP: Assemblyman Mike Lawler is joined by Yorktown Supervisor Matt Slater and concerned citizens at a news conference outside the recently burglarized Yorktown “Rexall” Pharmacy in Yorktown Heights on Thursday, July 7. Mr. Lawler, who is running for Congress in New York's 17th District, called for common-sense criminal justice reforms, including the elimination of no-cash-bail in New York. 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Assemblyman Lawler and Supervisor Slater, a candidate for New York State Assembly, also called for passage of legislation being introduced by Mr. Lawler in Albany that would create a 2 percent cap on state spending increases in New York State. Both officials stressed that the skyrocketing cost of living and increasing crime rates are making living in New York untenable for many. 

Yorktown Insider: Election Desk 2022 News: Thurs., July 7, 12 Noon, Yorktown Heights - Lawler, Slater to Call for State Spending Cap to Lower Cost of Living: Elections 2022.

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Lawler, Slater, Et Al to Call for Passage of 2% State Spending Cap to Ease Cost-of-Living in New York State.

IN AN EFFORT TO LOWER THE COST-OF-LIVING IN NEW YORK STATE MOVING FORWARD, ASSEMBLYMAN MIKE LAWLER, YORKTOWN TOWN SUPERVISOR MATTHEW SLATER, AND OTHER LOCAL OFFICIALS WILL CALL FOR PASSAGE OF LEGISLATION IN ALBANY THAT WOULD CAP FUTURE STATE SPENDING INCREASES AT TWO PERCENT ANNUALLY, AT A NEWS CONFERENCE ON THURSDAY, JULY 7 AT 12 NOON OUTSIDE REXALL'S PHARMACY AT 1905 COMMERCE STREET IN YORKTOWN HEIGHTS.  

THE REXALL PHARMACY IS THE SCENE OF A RECENT ROBBERY WHICH MESSRS. LAWLER AND SLATER ALSO WILL ADDRESS. ASSEMBLYMAN LAWLER IS RUNNING FOR CONGRESS IN NEW YORK’S 17TH DISTRICT AND SUPERVISOR SLATER IS RUNNING FOR STATE ASSEMBLY. 

DATE: THURSDAY, JULY 7, 2022

TIME: 12 NOON 

PLACE: 1905 COMMERCE ST., YORKTOWN HEIGHTS

Yorktown Insider: New York State Senator Pete Harckham 42nd District: TOMORROW: Food Drive Drop-Off event in Yorktown Heights.

Meet me at my next Drive-Thru Food Drive tomorrow, Saturday, May 7th in Yorktown Heights.

Yorktown Insider: New York State Senator Pete Harckham 42nd District: Food Drive Drop-Off event, this Saturday, May 7 in Yorktown Heights.

 

Yorktown Insider: Election 2022 Desk: Fundraiser for Yorktown Supervisor Matt Slater Republican for New York State Assembly 94th District: Elections 2022.

 

Event Co-Chairs

Assemblyman Kevin Byrne &
Fmr. New York State Assemblyman Willis Stephens Jr.

Event Committee

Putnam County Clerk Michael Bartolotti
Putnam County Sheriff Kevin McConville
Putnam County Republican Chairman Anthony Scannapieco
Putnam County Conservative Chairman James Maxwell

invite you to a wine and cheese event in support of Matt Slater for New York State Assembly

Wednesday, April 27, 2022
6pm - 8pm

Centennial Golf Course
185 John Simpson Road
Carmel, NY 10512

District Leader - $60
General Admission - $75
Bronze Sponsor - $250
Silver Sponsor - $500
Gold Sponsor - $1,000
Event Sponsor - $2,500

RSVP
events@slaterforny.com

Yorktown Insider: Westchester County: WESTCHESTER COUNTY TO HOST FIRST HOUSEHOLD RECYCLING DAY EVENT OF 2022 IN YORKTOWN APRIL 23.

 

WESTCHESTER COUNTY HOSTS FIRST HOUSEHOLD RECYCLING DAY EVENT OF 2022 AT FDR STATE PARK IN YORKTOWN.

 

HRD Event to be held on Saturday, April 23 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

 

(White Plains, NY) – Westchester County’s Department of Environmental Facilities (DEF) will be hosting a Household Recycling Day (HRD) Event on Saturday, April 23 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at FDR State Park, 2957 Crompond Rd., Route 202, Yorktown. The upcoming HRD event in Yorktown will be the first of four HRD events planned for 2022, to give residents across the County an opportunity to conveniently and safely dispose of their household waste.   

 

In 2021, DEF held four HRD events that welcomed over 2,500 County residents, and accepted over 160,000 pounds of household waste for disposal. HRD events return in 2022 looking to reach even more residents.

 

In addition to properly labelled household chemicals, tires, scrap metal, electronics, appliances and other special wastes found in a typical household, residents can bring documents for shredding and expired or unwanted medications for disposal to the HRD event on April 23.

 

Generally, the following items are accepted for safe disposal or recycling:

 

·         Properly labelled household chemicals, such as:

o   Household cleaning products

o   Most automotive fluids (antifreeze, brake fluid, gasoline, but not motor oil)

o   Flammable liquids (kerosene, butane, lighter fluid, turpentine)

o   Metal, jewelry, and furniture polishes and waxes; wood preservatives

o   Fertilizers, pesticides, insecticides, herbicides

o   Photographic and swimming pool chemicals

·         Batteries – only vehicle, rechargeable, or button cell

·         Fluorescent light bulbs & CFLs

·         Fire extinguishers

·         BBQ propane tanks (up to 20 lbs.)

·         Mercury containing devices (thermometers and thermostats)

·         Electronic waste (TVs, computer monitors and towers)

·         Expired or unwanted medications, both OTC and prescription

·         Personal documents for shredding (limit of four (4) file-size boxes per household)

·         Tires

 

Items that will not be accepted and should not be brought to the Household Recycling Day include paint (both latex and oil), non-rechargeable alkaline and carbon zinc batteries (they can be safely discarded in the trash), motor oil, smoke detectors, cell phones, explosives (flares, fireworks, ammunition), construction debris and hypodermic needles. Also, waste from businesses, schools, or other institutions will not be accepted.

 

For more information on what to bring to this event, visit www.westchestergov.com/recycling or call (914) 813-5425.

 

If you are unable to attend the HRD Event, you can still dispose of your hard-to-get-rid-of household waste by making a convenient appointment for the County’s Household-Material Recycling Facility (H-MRF), 15 Woods Road, Valhalla.  The H-MRF is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. by appointment, and accepts the same items that are accepted at the HRD events. For more information about the H-MRF or to make an appointment, visit https://environment.westchestergov.com/facilities/h-mrf or call (914) 813-5425.

 

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www.facebook.com/WestchesterCountyDEF

 

Yorktown Insider: Westchester County District Attorney: YORKTOWN MAN SENTENCED TO STATE PRISON FOR WRONG-WAY DRUNK DRIVING CRASH THAT KILLED OSSINING RESIDENT.

 

WESTCHESTER COUNTY OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY

MIRIAM E. ROCAH

 

 

***NEWS RELEASE***

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – April 15, 2022.

YORKTOWN MAN SENTENCED TO STATE PRISON FOR WRONG-WAY DRUNK DRIVING CRASH THAT KILLED OSSINING RESIDENT. 

 

White Plains, NY – Westchester County District Attorney Miriam E. Rocah announced that Yorktown resident Mark Cope was sentenced to state prison in connection with a wrong-way, head-on collision he caused while intoxicated, which resulted in the death of Ossining resident Shina McClam.  

 

Cope, 41, was sentenced on April 15, 2022, to a term of 3 to 9 years in state prison after his pleas of guilty to three counts of Aggravated Vehicular Homicide, Manslaughter in the Second Degree, Aggravated Vehicular Assault and Vehicular Assault in the Second Degree, all felonies. He also pled guilty to Assault in the Third Degree, Aggravated Driving While Intoxicated, two counts of Driving While Intoxicated, and Reckless Driving, all misdemeanors.   

 

The District Attorney’s Office had recommended that the Court impose a term of 6 to 18 years in state prison.  

 

“Mark Cope’s selfish decision to drive while intoxicated resulted in the needless death of a mother and put the lives of the two young passengers at great risk,” DA Rocah said. “Our hearts are with the surviving victims, their families, and the entire Ossining community, which united to take care of the McClam family after this senseless tragedy.”

 

On Dec. 23, 2020, at approximately 9:07 p.m., Cope drove northbound in the southbound lane on Route 9 in Peekskill when he crashed head-on into the car driven by McClam, and in which McClam’s six-year-old daughter and 18-year-old niece were passengers. Cope had a blood alcohol content of .21 at the time of the collision.  

 

McClam, 32, died at the scene. The surviving passengers were transported to Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla and treated for their injuries.   

 

New York State Police arrested Cope and conducted the subsequent investigation.   

 

In a victim impact statement made to the court, a surviving passenger said: “My aunt was loving, fun, flamboyant, the glue of the family. She did everything for everyone. An amazing soul. Finding out she was gone made me feel so much pain and yet in that moment I was so numb… I don’t know what you were thinking that night. What you thought was going to happen after you got into your car… You made a choice out of pleasure and fun. You destroyed a family beyond recognition.” 

 

The case was before Judge Barry Warhit in Westchester County Court, and was prosecuted by Major Case Bureau Deputy Chief Jonathan Strongin and Assistant District Attorney Marissa Morra-Wynn.