Elections
By SOPHIA CASELNOVA
March 29, 2023
YORKTOWN, N.Y. - Yorktown Judge Gary Raniolo has announced his re-election bid for Yorktown Town Justice. In a press release announcing his candidacy, Raniolo said that there are challenges learned daily about the concept of law and order in America, and that Yorktown is not immune to it. He ...
YORKTOWN, NY – The Yorktown Republican Town Committee (YRTC) held its nominating convention last week and unanimously endorsed an exciting slate of candidates for the upcoming November election. Nominated for re-election were Tom Diana for Town Supervisor, Ed Lachterman for Town Council and Gary ...
YORKTOWN, N.Y. - The Executive Committee of the Reform Party of New York has officially announced their unanimous endorsement of Robert “Bob” Giordano for Yorktown Town Council. In a statement released on Jan. 27, the Reform Party stated their belief that Giordano “embodies the qualities that ...
YORKTOWN, N.Y. - Eager to talk directly to the voters of Yorktown about their plans to bring accountability, tax honesty, and focus on quality of life issues like trash collection and safe communities, the Yorktown Democratic Committee (YDC) proudly announced the results of their 2023 General ...
YORKTOWN, N.Y. - Yorktown’s Matt Slater is heading to Albany to represent the state’s 94th Assembly District. According to unofficial results released by the New York State Board of Elections, the Republican/Conservative candidate won the Nov. 8 race with 32,063 votes to Democratic ...
WESTCHESTER, N.Y. - Mount Kisco’s David J. Squirrell and Katonah’s Amy S. Puerto were among seven successful candidates for State Supreme Court justice in the 9th Judicial District, according to unofficial results posted by the New York State Board of Elections. The district includes ...
YORKTOWN, N.Y. -- In a late morning press conference, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) Chair Sean Patrick Maloney confirmed that he had conceded to his Republican opponent, Mike Lawler, for New York's 17th Congressional District. Lawler won with 140,883 or 50.6% of the vote to ...
YORKTOWN, N.Y. -- Republican Mike Lawler plans to declare victory for Congressional District 17 at 2 p.m. today at a news conference outside the Rockland County courthouse in New City. As of Wednesday morning, Lawler held a small lead over incumbent Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney (D). The ...
YORKTOWN, N.Y. - Yorktown’s Matt Slater is heading to Albany to represent the state’s 94th Assembly District. According to unofficial results released by the New York State Board of Elections, the Republican/Conservative candidate won the Nov. 8 race with 32,063 votes to Democratic ...
YORKTOWN, N.Y. -- As of Wednesday morning, Assemblyman Mike Lawler (R) holds a small lead over incumbent Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney (D) in the race for the 17th Congressional District. The unofficial tally has Lawler with 140,883 votes vs. Maloney, who has 137,903. Please check back ...
YORKTOWN, N.Y. -- In a short Tweet stating, "We did it, folks!" Democrat State Sen. Pete Harckham declared victory late Tuesday night, retaining his seat in the 40th State Senate District against Republican challenger Gina Arena. The unofficial election results (results don't become official ...
WESTCHESTER, N.Y. - Seeking a seat in the 94th Assembly District are Yorktown Supervisor Matt Slater, who is running on the Republican and Conservative lines, and Carmel attorney Kathleen Valletta, running on the Democratic line. (Incumbent Assemblyman Kevin Byrne, a Republican from Mahopac, is not ...
WESTCHESTER, N.Y. - When voters go to the polls this election season, they will have a choice between two candidates who are vying for the state’s 40th Senate District seat. Incumbent Democrat Pete Harckham of South Salem, seeking his third term as state senator, will be opposed by Republican ...
MAHOPAC, N.Y. -- The race for New York’s 17th Congressional District has gained national attention as polls show it’s a tossup between Democrat Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney and Republican Assemblyman Mike Lawler. Maloney, who is chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, ...
YORKTOWN, N.Y. -- The race for New York’s 17th Congressional District has gained national attention as polls show it’s a tossup between Democrat Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney and Republican Assemblyman Mike Lawler. Maloney, who is chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, ...
WESTCHESTER, N.Y. - There is a new political party in New York called the Forward Party that is trying to get a foothold in Westchester County. The party was formed to focus on reforming the political system and to reduce partisan polarization. The original Forward Party was established by Andrew ...
WESTCHESTER, N.Y. – State Assemblyman Michael V. Lawler, who currently represents the 97th District in Rockland County, is the apparent winner of the Republican primary in the 17th Congressional District race. Tallies, which came from the Westchester County Board of Elections, are ...
WESTCHESTER, N.Y. - Hitting the polling booth may be the last thing on anyone’s mind in the middle of an unbearably hot August, but voting now will determine who’s going to be on the ballot this fall. Primaries for congressional and state Senate races take place on Tuesday, Aug. 23. Early ...
WESTCHESTER, N.Y. - Hitting the polling booth may be the last thing on anyone’s mind in the middle of an unbearably hot August, but voting now will determine who’s going to be on the ballot this fall. Primaries for congressional and state Senate races take place on Tuesday, Aug. 23. Early ...
OSSINING, N.Y. – State Sen. Peter Harckham kicked off his campaign for re-election with a rally in Ossining that drew about 100 supporters. Among the crowd gathered at the town’s Market Square on a hot and sunny Saturday, July 9, were local and state officials and well as labor union leaders and ...
YORKTOWN, N.Y. – Former Yorktown Supervisor Michael Grace is off the ballot for lieutenant governor because he did not file enough valid signatures, the New York State Board of Elections ruled last month. Grace, a Republican, needed to file 15,000 signatures, which he surpassed. However, 1,468 ...
YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y. – “Moving forward” was the theme of last week’s Lakeland Board of Education meeting following a contentious campaign that resulted in the re-election of incumbent school board members, who emerged from a crowded field of 12 candidates that included two grassroots ...
Twelve candidates are running for four seats on the Lakeland Central School District Board of Education. The election will be held 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. May 17 at Van Cortlandtville Elementary School. Voters will also be deciding a $175.7 million budget, which would result in a 2% tax increase for ...
SHRUB OAK, N.Y. – If elected to Lakeland’s school board later this month, candidate Michael Marchese would share more than a title with incumbent Trustee Anna Massaro. Marchese and Massaro are also first cousins, the candidate confirmed to Yorktown News last week. This news is not a ...
YORKTOWN, N.Y. – Twelve candidates are vying for four seats on the Lakeland Central School District Board of Education. The nine-member board usually has three seats up for grabs every year. However, the resignation of trustee Angela Conti created an even-more-crowded field. Her seat, which has ...
CARMEL, N.Y. – Kathleen M. Valletta, a Carmel resident and a long-time Putnam County attorney, will appear on the ballot this November as a Democratic candidate for the 94th District State Assembly Seat. The seat will be vacated by Assemblyman Kevin Byrne, who is running for Putnam County ...
YORKTOWN, N.Y. – Michael Grace, a former Yorktown town supervisor, is running for lieutenant governor, the State Board of Elections confirmed last week. The 65-year-old Republican served as town supervisor from 2012 to 2017. He is a senior partner at the law offices of Grace & Grace. He ...
YORKTOWN, N.Y. – Vedat Gashi was perfectly content to continue serving as a Westchester County legislator—and then redistricting happened. A once-in-a-decade occurrence, redistricting shifted his home in Yorktown into the 16th Congressional District, which now runs from Co-op City in the Bronx ...
YORKTOWN, N.Y. Host Brett Freeman was joined by New York State Sen. Pete Harckham of the 40th Senate district in this week's episode of Hudson Valley Uncensored. You can listen to it by clicking HERE. The senator answered questions on topics ranging from bail reform to his bill on ADUs ...
YORKTOWN, N.Y. – Yorktown Town Supervisor Matt Slater is seeking the Republican and Conservative nominations for Assembly District 94, he confirmed to Yorktown News on Wednesday. Slater is looking to replace Assemblyman Kevin Byrne, who is vacating his seat to run for Putnam County ...