03/28/11 Where The Hell Is The Westmore News? Port Chester's County Legislator Seat Is Up For Grabs

Westmore Snooze Readers Are So Uninformed About What's Going On In Port Chester And They Are Always The last To Know What's Going On ...

Westmore Snooze Publisher Richard Abel Is A Sleep At The Switch As Marty Says See You Later

Port Chester Representative Martin Rogowsky won't seek re-election to the Westchester County Board Of Legislators

Longtime County Legislator Martin Rogowsky, D-Harrison, announced tonight at a county Board of Legislators meeting that he will not seek re-election to another term this November.

Mr. Rogowsky represented the people of Port Chester, Rye Brook and Harrison

Mr. Rogowsky will have served his district for almost 13 years.

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Martin L. Rogowsky has lived in Harrison since 1985. He first served as the Sixth District’s County Legislator from 1990-1993, returning in March 2002 after winning a special election.

Mr. Rogowsky started his career in public service in the NYC Department of Consumer Affairs. He then headed to Washington, D.C. to become Chief of Staff for former Congressman Richard Ottinger.

He eventually moved to the US Department of Energy where he held several jobs including Deputy Assistant General Counsel for the Environment and Acting Director of the Environment, Health and Safety in the Office of Fossil Energy. Mr. Rogowsky also spent three months on temporary assignment to the White House Domestic Policy Staff.

In 1998 County Executive Andy Spano appointed Legislator Rogowsky Chairman of the Westchester County Public Utility Service Agency where he served until his election to the County Legislature.

Mr. Rogowsky served as the Majority Leader of the Board of Legislators for four years, from 2006-2009. Currently, he is the Chairperson of the Public Safety and Security Committee. He previously served as Chairperson of the Legislation Committee and the Environmental and Energy Committee.

Mr. Rogowsky currently serves on the Resolutions Committee of the New York State Association of Counties, and he served as Chairperson of the Energy Committee of the National Association of Counties in 2008.

Mr. Rogowsky has served on the Boards of a number of local organizations, including: the Federated Conservationists of Westchester County, the American Cancer Society, the Port Chester Carver Center, the Port Chester/Rye Brook Chamber of Commerce, the American Jewish Committee and the Jewish Community Center of Harrison. He coached soccer, basketball and softball for the Harrison Recreation Department.

Mr. Rogowsky earned his BA Degree from the University of Rochester, his JD from Brooklyn Law School and his Masters Degree in Environmental Law from the George Washington University National Law Center. He is president of his own real estate management company located in Port Chester. He and his wife, Tobi, have two children.

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12/07/07 - While searching both men, police found more than 25 grams of marijuana in 11 plastic bags, four more Ecstacy pills and 13 bags of cocaine

Westchester Ave. traffic stop nets felony drug charges for driver, passenger

Two men were arrested on felony drug charges after the car they were in was pulled over for a faulty muffler and speeding Wednesday, police said.

Anderson Perez, 18, of 15 Bush Ave., Port Chester, tried to flee from the 1991 Toyota driven by Christopher Kenny, 20, of 6 Maple Court, Rye Brook, when it was pulled over on Westchester Avenue at 1:15 p.m., police said.

via Journal News

Full story: Journal News

Reporter: Leslie Korngold at lkorngol@lohud.com or 914-694-3519.

11/29/07 - The revised charter, which needs approval would solidify Rye Brook's interest in the library: PC Library Board President Melissa DeVincenzo

HEADLINE:

Rye Brook, Port Chester library negotiations back on track

QUOTE:

"No one has presented a governance model that I'm crazy about. Appointing their own members does not necessarily lead to public accountability." - Mayor Dennis Pilla

STORY:

Attorneys are drafting a new charter and intermunicipal agreement for the Port Chester Public Library, signaling progress in the slow-moving negotiations over the library's funding.

The villages of Port Chester and Rye Brook and the library board have agreed to retain the law firm Turner & Turner of Croton-on-Hudson to rewrite the library's 1877 charter. The three entities will share the legal costs, which are capped at $15,000.

...DeVincenzo credited the subcommittees with the recent progress in negotiations. Rye Brook tentatively has agreed to increase its share of the library's taxpayer funding from 30 percent to 35 percent and share equally the cost of capital improvements with Port Chester, she said...

...Port Chester Mayor Dennis Pilla said his biggest concern is governance of the library. Trustees now are chosen by the library board, but Pilla has proposed that each village get to appoint some members....

Source: The Journal News

Reporter: Liz Sadler at esadler@lohud.com or 914-694-3525

Source URL: http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007711290427

09-28-07 The Rye Town Report Is Wrong

It Is Not True That Rye Brook Taxes Have Went Down 1.5% This Year.

Rye Brook Taxes Have Actually Went Up Year After Year After Year.

This Year Rye Brook Taxes Have Gone Up 2% This Year Alone.

The Only Local Governmental That Has Reduced Taxes Two Years In A Row Is The Town Of Rye.

The Village Of Port Chester, The Village Of Rye Brook and The Schools have all failed to reduce taxes like the Town Of Rye.

Unfortunately, The Village Of Rye Brook has not had a full blown New York State Comptroller's audit since the 1990's.

The Office of the State Comptroller needs to audit the Village Of Rye Brook.

A State Controller Audit help ensure that Rye Brook funds are used efficiently, and assets are adequately protected against fraud, waste and abuse.

Year after year after year Rye Brook's own internal auditors have repeatedly said, "We can not express an opinion on the effectiveness of the village's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion."

This reporter has personally set at Rye Town Board Meetings and repeatedly overheard Joe Carvin, Janus Richards, Sam Terenzi, Bernie and Richard Abel comment about Rye Brook Mayor Lawrence Rand and the whether Rye Brook is operating economically or efficiently. They even have speculated on if Rye Brook has complied with all the laws of New York State.

I have also heard Joe Carvin, Janus Richards, Sam Terenzi, Bernie and Richard Abel speculate on if Rye Brook has inefficiencies of uneconomical practices.

I have often said that it not is said at government meetings while the cameras are on that is not very interesting. It is what is said before and after government meetings when the cameras are turned off.

You can really hear an ear full after Rye Town Board Meetings when Joe Carvin, Janus Richards and Sam Terenzi get ready to take Port Chester Republican Billy Vilanova and the disgruntled founder and the publisher of the Westmore News to the Port Chester Coach Diner to talk about hogwash the Abels will print in their hopelessly biased newspaper.

However, I must say all this political chatter from Joe Carvin and his disgruntled band of close advisers concerns me, because let's face it Joe Carvin often tries to present himself as some sort of wanna be expert on government audits.

Yes it is true that it is kind of spooky how Joe Carvin has became sort of a magnet for disgruntled and sleazy opportunists with checkered pasts.

Yes it is also true that most intelligent thinking persons just ignore the Bernie Abels and Sam Terenzis of this world.

Further, I argue that it is better to be safe than sorry.

Let's face it a lot of elections in Rye Brook go uncontested election cycle after election cycle after election cycle.

Rye Brook Government has sort of turned into an Old Girl's Club, where local politicians try to keep each other's skirts down.

Please join Joe Carvin, Janus Richards, Sam Terenzi, Bernie Abel, Richard Abel and I as we demand that Rye Brook to submit to a full blown State Controller's Audit.

It is time for Rye Brook submit to a State Controller's Audit just like Port Chester, Rye City and Rye Town have.

If I have heard Rye Brook resident Dick Hubert say it once I have heard him say it a thousand times....

"We need financial transparency at all levels of government."

Please call state Controller Thomas P. DiNapolli at 518-474-4044 and demand that he audit the Village Of Rye Brook immediately.

It is fiscally irresponsible for the Village Of Rye Brook not to have been audited by the State Controller's office since the 1990's.

You can also email State Controller Thomas P. DiNappoli at osdc@osc.state.ny.us to demand ask him why there has been no state audit of Rye Brook since the 1990's.

It looks like State Controller Thomas P. DiNappoli is asleep at the switch when it comes to providing the residents of Rye Brook with financial transparency.