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Bigger better, GM says
Lighthouse plans spawn new suit
By BRYAN F. YURCAN

The village of Sleepy Hollow is facing another potential lawsuit regarding the proposed Lighthouse Landing project, this one from the owners of the property where the project would be built.

The top of the Ritz Chef to open ‘42’ at Ritz-Carlton BY JOHN GOLDEN The weekday lunch patrons had gone back to their jobs in downtown White Plains when Anthony Goncalves stopped at the bar at his Peniche Tapas Restaurant to tend to one more business detail in what would be another 18-hour workday for the driven chef and restaurateur. A small scale sat on the marble bar beside a cardboard box bearing precious foreign cargo.

 

Panel: Office market strong
By JOHN GOLDEN

Despite a capital markets crisis brought on by the subprime mortgage fiasco and an uncertain economic outlook, the county’s real estate market shows more strengths than weaknesses going into 2008, in the view of most panelists at the RealShare Westchester County Conference last week in White Plains.

 

County sees drop in housing sales, prices
By JOHN GOLDEN

Sales of single-family houses in Westchester dropped nearly 9 percent in volume and the median price of an existing house in the county fell nearly 6 percent in October from the previous month, in contrast to a statewide trend that saw both October home sales and prices rebound from a sluggish September, according to the New York State Association of Realtors.

 

Action due on Yonkers living wage bill
By BRYAN F. YURCAN

The living wage bill in Yonkers that would require an above-minimum wage for city government and certain city businesses may finally be resolved.

 

Nuclear reaction
Entergy faces formidable opposition in relicensing of Indian Point plants
By JOHN GOLDEN

New York state and a Hudson River environmental group in Tarrytown have joined Westchester County in opposing the relicensing of two Indian Point nuclear power plants for numerous public safety, security and environmental reasons in petitions filed with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

 

25 years of helping abused children
Center gets by with a little help from its friends
By ANGELIQUE CHIELLI

This year, The Child Abuse Prevention Center of New York toasted 25 years of serving the Westchester community.

 

Law firms join forces

Oxman Tulis Kirkpatrick Whyatt & Geiger of White Plains and Davidoff Malito & Hutcher of New York City announced last week an affiliation of their two firms.