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Jenkins to announce run for Westchester County executive

Westchester County Board Chairman Ken Jenkins (D) at

Photo credit: Faye Murman | Westchester County Board Chairman Ken Jenkins (D) at the State of the County address at the Westchester County Courthouse in White Plains. (April 25, 2012)

The chairman of the Westchester County Board of Legislators, Ken Jenkins (D-Yonkers), intends this week to announce his candidacy for county executive in November 2013, he said in an email to his supporters Sunday.

The announcement sets the stage for a possible political battle between Jenkins and Republican County Executive Rob Astorino. The two men tussle regularly, engendering a partisan...

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