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Politics 01/16/13

Pound Ridge Moves Closer To Meeting HUD Requirements

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Politics 07/29/12

Affordable Housing Grows Throughout Westchester

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This story has been corrected to show that North Salem's 65-unit project has been approved by the planning board. 

TARRYTOWN, N.Y. – It's been three years since Westchester County settled a ...

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News 04/11/12

Pound Ridge Confronts Fair and Affordable Housing Issue

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POUND RIDGE, N.Y. – The Pound Ridge Town Board is currently working on changes to its zoning ordinance that will help it comply with the 2009 agreement the county reached with the Department of Housing and Urban ...

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News 04/03/12

HUD Appeals Housing Dispute with Westchester

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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York filed an objection to a federal magistrate’s ruling on a housing settlement dispute, urging the court to deem the ...

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News 03/19/12

Astorino Insists HUD Release $7M in Frozen Grants

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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – Westchester County Executive Robert Astorino said a federal magistrate’s ruling that Westchester hadn’t violated the 2009 housing settlement proved the U.S. Department of Housing ...

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News 03/17/12

Magistrate Sides With Astorino in Housing Dispute

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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Westchester County received the backing of a federal magistrate in its standoff with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) over a 2009 housing settlement Friday when the ...

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News 02/06/12

Astorino: County HUD Settlement 72 Percent Done

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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- County Executive Robert Astorino touted Westchester's housing settlement progress Monday, saying the 2009 agreement was 72 percent fulfilled despite a stalemate with the federal government ...

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News 01/09/12

Astorino: County Ahead of HUD Settlement Schedule

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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – With Westchester and the federal government still at a standstill over the 2009 housing settlement, County Executive Robert Astorino touted the progress of his Republican administration ...

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News 10/17/11

County's Affordable Housing Case, How We Got Here

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In this election season, we are sure to hear a lot about Westchester County's affordable housing case and its settlement.  Here are some things to keep in mind:

For years, Westchester County applied ...

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News 09/23/11

Republicans Slam Legislature on Housing Settlement

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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Republican candidates have kicked off their campaigns by criticizing the Democratic Westchester County legislators they’re challenging for voting in the housing settlement and not supporting ...

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News 08/20/11

Monitor to Mediate County's Housing Settlement

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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - A court-appointed monitor has been asked to step in and resolve Westchester and the federal government’s housing settlement stalement.

While monitor James Johnson examines the ...

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News 07/27/11

Astorino and HUD Meet, Remain at Odds Over Housing

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This article was updated Thursday evening to include a comment from County Executive Robert Astorino.

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - County Executive Robert Astorino met with the U.S. Secretary of ...

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News 07/16/11

County Reps Say Settlement Breach Is News to Them

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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - The Westchester legislators discovered the county was not fulfilling its end of the 2009 housing lawsuit settlement Friday when Republican County Executive Robert Astorino denounced the ...

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News 07/15/11

Astorino: Housing Settlement Impossible & Illegal

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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - Westchester County Executive Robert Astorino announced Friday that his administration is at an impasse with the federal government, saying requirements laid out by the U.S. Department of ...

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