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Westchester ordered to speed responses on HUD suit

Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino speaks during a

Photo credit: Angela Gaul | Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino speaks during a ribbon-cutting ceremony reopening the top of the Kensico Dam to recreational traffic in Valhalla. (May 24, 2012)

A judge ordered Westchester County on Wednesday to speed up its responses to federal requests to comply with a court order that settled a 2009 housing segregation lawsuit.

U.S. District Judge Denise Cote in Manhattan agreed with a request from the federal government to require the county to make any objections within five days so that the sides can meet and confer before forwarding any disputes...

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