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» Take Action Now to Reduce Airport Noise & Pollution at the Westchester County Airport

Mon, Dec 3, 2018 • Westchester Airport

Take Action Now to Reduce Airport Noise & Pollution at the Westchester County Airport Noise complaints are vital to document that there is indeed a noise problem. Before a noise mitigation program can begin, we must demonstrate the existence and location of the problem. The most recent airport noise report, from May 2018, shows only 4 households complaining in Purchase. The lack of complaints is taken by both the County and the FAA as an indication that there is no… Read More

» Trinity Church Amended Site Plan

Mon, Dec 3, 2018 • Trinity Presbyterian

Meeting Update – Trinity Church Application At last night’s Planning Board meeting, Trinity Presbyterian Church provided an initial presentation on an amended site plan proposal. The layout of the amended site plan is substantially similar to the one previously approved, with a few differences. First, the “sanctuary building” is now proposed to be detached from the church’s office building rather than connected, is approximately 40% smaller in size, and no longer has a steeple. Although the building is not as… Read More

» 2018 Annual Membership

Wed, May 30, 2018 • Meetings

You are Invited to the PEPA Annual Meeting & Community Conversation with County Executive George Latimer Wednesday, June 27, 2018, 5:45–7 pm Manhattanville College, 2900 Purchase Street, Purchase, NY ON THE AGENDA 5:45 – 6:00: Informal Meet & Greet with PEPA Board Members at the Castle 6:00 – 6:15: Welcome & Call to Order by PEPA Chairman Michael Tokarz Annual Meeting Business & Board of Directors Vote 6:15 – 6:45: Conversation and Q & A with County Executive George Latimer… Read More

» Westchester County Executive, George Latimer Holds Press Conference

Thu, May 17, 2018 •

Westchester County Executive, George Latimer held a press conference to announce airport policy yesterday. Here is a story about the meeting that appeared in today’s Journal News by reporter David McKay Wilson. Got an opinion about the Westchester Airport? Here’s your chance. Seven months after his election, the man who campaigned against the approach to the county airport's future unveiled his own plan. Westchester County Executive George Latimer's plan shelves any action until October on the $1.1 billion privatization proposal… Read More

» Westchester County Rethinks Plan to Privatize Airport

Thu, May 17, 2018 • Westchester Airport

This article appeared in the Wall Street Journal Westchester County Rethinks Plan to Privatize Airport Executive George Latimer said the airport’s impact on the environment and how it interacts with its neighbors are priorities By Joseph De Avila| Updated May 16, 2018, 3:59 p.m. ET Westchester County officials are putting the brakes on a plan to privatize the county airport. George Latimer, the Democratic county executive who took office in January and has been critical of the airport deal, said… Read More

» Tax Watch Columnist Reveals a Growing List of Westchester County Airport Problems

Wed, Mar 21, 2018 •

The Journal News featured an investigative report on HPN. Tax Watch Columnist David McKay Wilson reveals a growing list of problems at Westchester County Airport. Just a month into his term, Westchester County Executive George Latimer faces a growing list of problems at Westchester County Airport, including: faulty data that may require a revamp of the $1.6 million airport's master plan, contaminated groundwater that may be leaching into other properties, and; an aircraft noise study that was apparently suppressed until… Read More