With the dismantling of the U.S Department of Education and colleges and universities, along with student loan forgiveness, under attack, there is some very good news for Westchester.   BCW Member SUNY Westchester Community College in Valhalla announced this week that it received a $306,514 grant from the U.S. Department of Education through the federal TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) program. The funding expands support for students who are low-income, first-generation or disabled – aiming to improve retention, graduation and transfer rates. “This grant allows SUNY Westchester Community College to deepen our commitment to ensuring that all students — regardless of background […]

The Westchester County Office of Housing Counsel (OHC) has officially opened for business to ensure that financially eligible tenants have access to resources and legal representation at no cost to themselves in eviction and related proceedings. The innovative program is the first of its kind for a county and will help stabilize communities and address housing insecurity. In addition to providing free legal services, the OHC will coordinate access to pre-eviction support and counseling programs under one roof. The opening of the program was announced at a press event on Thursday in White Plains. Westchester County Executive Ken Jenkins said: […]

State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins has announced the purchase of two mini buses by the Charter School for Educational Excellence (CSEE) in Yonkers, thanks to $215,000 in discretionary funding she secured for the school. The funds, delivered through the State and Municipal (SAM) Facilities Grant program administered by the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York (DASNY), enabled the purchase to support the school’s extracurricular and athletic programming. CSEE is a BCW Member. Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins visited the school Thursday to see the vehicles, meet students, and highlight the importance of investing in educational infrastructure. The new buses […]

BCW Member Blythedale Children’s Hospital announced this week the appointment of a successor to current President and CEO Larry Levine who is retiring after holding the  position for 26 years. Dr. Nathaniel Beers, a nationally recognized pediatrician and health care executive, will assume the role on Nov. 17. Beers currently is the Executive Vice President of community and population health at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C. He is a developmental-behavioral pediatrician and had been president of the HSC Health Care System, COO and chief of specialized instruction for the Washington D.C. Public Schools and also was with the Washington […]

In yet another example of Westchester County’s fast-growing health care sector, White Plains Hospital Physician Associates has begun opening its new offices at the former Lord & Taylor department store building in Eastchester. The hospital has leased space in the building that has a total of about 215,000 square feet on three floors at 750 White Plains Road. Offices for the practice of Obstetrics & Gynecology and also Orthopedics have been the first to open in the new multi-specialty outpatient facility. The new facility is housing White Plains Hospital Physician Associates of Scarsdale and ultimately will house approximately 40 providers […]