In Westchester, political battles often play out in court
Photo credit: Faye Murman | Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino announces the 2013 county budget during a news conference in White Plains. (Nov. 14, 2012)
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Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino
The five lawsuits brought by Democrats on the Westchester County Board of Legislators against Republican County Executive Rob Astorino in 2012 are nominally about subsidized child care, infrastructure funding, bus routes and members of the county's Board of Acquisition and Contract.
But in reality, they are about who holds sway over county government.
Board chairman Ken Jenkins (D-Yonkers)...
