WCA, Mayors Leverage Memo of Understanding

JAN 27, 2012 | ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, GOVERNMENT REFORM, MANDATE RELIEF, NYS GOV'T, REAL ESTATE, SEQRA | 0 COMMENTS

Mayors of Westchester's cities met with the Westchester County Association's economic development team to further leverage the memo of understanding between the two groups to foster economic development...

SEQRA Reform: Taking the First Steps

JAN 23, 2012 | ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, NYS GOV'T, REAL ESTATE, REGULATORY ISSUES, SEQRA | 0 COMMENTS

This week, The Blueprint for Westchester, WCA's major economic development initiative, begins tackling SEQRA reform.  SEQRA is a set of New York State...

What is The Healthcare Exchange?

JAN 19, 2012 | HEALTHCARE REFORM, NYS GOV'T, US GOV'T | 0 COMMENTS

The whole way employers and employees purchase health insurance will change with the creation of the exchange...

Young Professionals Hold Roundtable with Astorino

JAN 19, 2012 | COUNTY GOV'T, YOUNG PROFESSIONALS | 2 COMMENTS

At his exclusive roundtable discussion with WCA's Young Professionals Group, Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino laid out his agenda for fiscal reform and received intelligent feedback from our group of emerging business leaders...

Brain Trust Agrees: Leadership Needed

JAN 18, 2012 | COUNTY GOV'T, GOVERNMENT REFORM, NYS GOV'T, US GOV'T | 0 COMMENTS

Polls show that most Americans are dissatisfied with the direction in which the country is heading. The electorate's frustration extends from the federal to state and local levels. Recently, forty of the WCA's leading business people -- a "brain trust" of sorts, met informally with Joseph M. Pastore, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Management at Pace University, to discuss the timely topic --- leadership...