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Westchester County's newly signed 2026 capital budget commits $579.7 million to buildings and technology, roads and bridges, water and sewer systems, and the airport, climbing toward $650 million once electric vehicle chargers and flood mitigation money are added in. It's the capital-spending companion to the operating-budget breakdown Monday's episode covered, and Westchester County has not broken this capital money down for residents in one place until now.

In This Episode
(0:00) Intro
(0:20) The $579.7 million capital budget breakdown, category by category
(2:15) EV chargers, flood mitigation, and the climb toward $650 million
(3:00) Clarifying the separate $18 million federal airport grant
(4:00) What's Happening: White Plains Hospital earns Comprehensive Stroke Center Certification
(4:40) Sign-off

Sources
CBS New York, on the $18 million federal air traffic control grant for Westchester County Airport
White Plains Hospital Health Matters, on the Comprehensive Stroke Center Certification

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Forty Westchester municipalities, organized through the Westchester Municipal Consortium, fought Con Edison's original rate request of about 19% electric and 13% gas. State regulators approved a settlement in January under case 25-E-0072, cutting that ask but still raising electric rates 3.5% in 2026, 3.2% in 2027, and 3.1% in 2028. This episode breaks down the compounding math behind those numbers.

In This Episode
(0:00) Cold open: forty towns organized against Con Edison's rate hike
(0:20) The original ask, the pushback, and 20,000 public comments to state regulators
(1:15) The approved settlement: 3.5%, 3.2%, 3.1% over three years
(2:10) The compounding math on a $100 bill
(3:00) What's still unresolved, and what State Senator Shelley Mayer says about affordability
(3:50) What's Happening: Westchester Crossing breaks ground in Port Chester
(4:25) Subscribe to the newsletter at iliveherewestchester.com

Sources
Yonkers Times, coverage of the approved settlement
NY Department of Public Service, official case decision summary (25-E-0072)
NY State Senate, statement from State Senator Shelley Mayer

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Westchester County says it needs 21,000 more housing units, but the confirmed development pipeline under construction right now covers only a fraction of that gap. Jim breaks down the math behind four projects in Port Chester, Yonkers, and Ossining, and what a tight housing supply means for rents, home prices, and property tax bills across Westchester County.

In This Episode:
(0:00) The 21,000-unit housing shortfall, and where the number comes from
(0:30) Westchester Crossing in Port Chester: 957 apartments, 105 affordable
(1:45) Yonkers' 16-story tower: 160 affordable apartments
(2:20) Ossining's Station Plaza and Crescent Manor
(2:50) The math: 1,299 units against a 21,000-unit gap, and what it means for taxes
(3:45) The county's funding tools, and the unanswered timeline question
(4:45) What's Happening: Wayfair's first New York store lands at Ridge Hill

Sources: Welcome Home Westchester (welcomehomewestchester.org); Regional Plan Association and Westchester County Association; Governor Hochul's office (governor.ny.gov); Westchester County (westchestercountyny.gov); New York State Homes and Community Renewal (hcr.ny.gov).

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