Armonk, NY
News
First Woman Named Metro-North President First Woman Named Metro-North President
First Woman Named Metro-North President Catherine Rinaldi has been named the first female president of Metro-North Railroad.  Rinaldi, has served as acting president of Metro-North since July 2017, and previously was Metro-North’s executive vice president, beginning in 2015.  On Wednesday, Feb. 21 she was officially named president.  She replaces Joe Giulietti who resigned last July after three years leading the railroad. Giulietti became Metro-North’s president in 2014, following railroad troubles that included a Bridgeport derailment in 2013.  Under his watch, the railroad set ridership records in 2016, as the New Haven Line …

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Rye, NY
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Rye Allegedly Failed To Respond To Raw Sewage Leak Rye Allegedly Failed To Respond To Raw Sewage Leak
Rye Allegedly Failed To Respond To Raw Sewage Leak Rye on notice for apparent failure to respond to raw sewage leak https://t.co/0kwyBnaT3u - New York state has put the city of Rye on notice for its apparent failure to respond after raw sewage leaking into the Blind Brook made its way into the Sound Shore. More than two months ago, officials from the environmental group Save the Sound alerted Rye officials and the state Department of Environmental Conservation that they found raw sewage, potentially millions of gallons, flowing from a catch basin near I-95 into the Blind Brook, according to this report by News12. The DEC sent a letter to …

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Armonk, NY
Business
Westchester Factory To Build MTA Subway Cars Westchester Factory To Build MTA Subway Cars
Westchester Factory To Build MTA Subway Cars A whole host of new jobs are heading to the Hudson Valley, as the MTA announced a $1.4 billion contract that will be awarded to Kawasaki to build state-of-the-art subway cars in Westchester. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board announced this week that they voted to approve the purchase of 535 next generation subway cars, which will be used on lettered routes and the Staten Island Railway. Kawasaki later announced that the cars will be built and tested at their facilities in Yonkers and Nebraska. Delivery is expected by 2020. The initial contact will include the delivery of 535 c…

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by Zak Failla