Marx Realty has begun a 58,000-square-foot retail expansion and new 4-acre park at Cross County Center in Yonkers, NY. The project adds new retail, parking, and green space, further enhancing the center as a leading shopping and dining destination in Westchester County.

Leslie Lampert, Culinary Director at the Boys & Girls Club of Northern Westchester, joined Rosanna Scotto this month to showcase her delicious recipes and soups that she prepares daily for hundreds of Club kids.

The Westchester Parks Foundation has announced the appointment of a new Camp Director for Camp Morty, marking an exciting new chapter for the organization’s flagship summer camp. With a strong background in youth development and leadership, the new director is poised to build on Camp Morty’s mission of providing life-changing outdoor experiences for underserved children across Westchester County.

Advanced Biofuels USA and other websites published an editorial about energy reliability by BCW executive vice president and COO John Ravitz. The editorial argued that New York’s needs an all-of-the-above approach to grid reliability. That approach includes using biofuels, a diesel replacement made from sources like used cooking oil, recycled restaurant grease, animal fats and other waste streams that can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to 86%.

A pragmatic, all-of-the-above energy strategy that shores up reliability and helps manage soaring costs doesn’t only use the well-known tools at our disposal; it must also encourage adoption of emerging resources.

“It can be a real incubator for workforce development [when] creating jobs that are long-term and sustainable and give folks an opportunity to be trained in the different areas that again are going to build our future. The impact it would have on individuals and families, in terms of those jobs being created, is very important.” —John Ravitz, Executive Vice President & COO of the Business Council of Westchester.

Twelve state legislators who spoke at a forum in Elmsford held by Nonprofit Westchester pledged to fight to keep social safety net programs intact as the Trump administration continues to slash social services spending by the federal government. They also pledged to help ensure timely payments from New York state for nonprofit agencies that have performed contracted services for the state.