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Preston 'Sandy' Scher, Retired Chief City Court Judge, Deputy Mayor In Westchester, Dies
A former Chief City Court Judge and Deputy Mayor in New Rochelle died at the age of 81 in Westchester.
Preston Sandford “Sandy” Scher died in Westchester on Sunday, Feb. 21, his family announced.
Born Jan. 21, 1940, in Queens, to Robert Scher and Sylvia Fisher Scher, he made Dean’s Honor Roll at the University at Buffalo where he graduated with a B.A. in philosophy in 1961, where he was a captain of the school’s fencing team. Scher received a J.D. from Brooklyn Law School in 1964, where he graduated with honors.
The same year, Scher married Valerie Fernebok, and they settled in New R…
Mondaire Jones Holds Big Lead In Race To Take Over Nita Lowey's Congressional Seat
Early voting results are in, and Mondaire Jones has taken a commanding lead to take over longtime Congresswoman Nita Lowey's seat in the 17th District.
New York’s 17th District includes most of Westchester, and all of Rockland County.
Lowey, who announced last year that she would be stepping down, was elected to Congress in 1989.
As of Wednesday, June 24, Jones had picked up 13,625 votes (44 percent), according to the Board of Elections.
No other candidate has garnered more than 20 percent of the vote:
Adam Schleifer: 6,253 (20 percent);
Sen. David Carlucci: 3,958 (13 percent);
Evelyn …
Buchwald Bid For Lowey's Congressional Seat Sets Up State Assembly Race
State Assemblyman David Buchwald became the second Democrat to announce his candidacy for the 17th Congressional District this week, a seat that will open up after next year's retirement of U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey.
Buchwald's run for Congress sets up an open race for his 93rd Assembly District seat next year.
Buchwald, 40, is in his fourth two-year term representing the 93rd District, which includes the towns of Bedford, Harrison, Lewisboro, Mount Kisco, New Castle, North Castle, North Salem, Pound Ridge and the City of White Plains.
In a video announcement accompanied by his wife, Lara, Buc…
Lowey Hosts Gun Violence Roundtable Discussion
U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey, in the aftermath of the deadly mass shootings in Gilroy, El Paso, and Dayton that left communities devastated, joined Lower Hudson Valley students, survivors, relatives of victims, activists, local law enforcement and medical researchers for a roundtable discussion on gun violence and prevention.
During the event at Greenburgh Public Library on Monday, Aug. 12, Lowey heard directly from participants about the need for commonsense gun safety reform and discussed her efforts to prevent gun violence.
“The mass shootings that we’ve seen in the past few weeks yet agai…
