How they voted
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- September
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Here’s how members of the Westchester Board of Legislators cast their votes in the False Claims Act/fair housing settlement, which obligates the county to build some 750 units of affordable housing over the next seven years, much of it in mostly white communities that have shunned such housing:
Yes (12)—in favor of approval:
Jose Alvarado, D-Yonkers; Lois Bronz, D-Greenburgh; Willliam Burton, D-Ossining; Peter Harckham, D-Katonah; Kenneth Jenkins, D-Yonkers; Michael Kaplowitz, D-Somers; Judith Myers, D-Mamaroneck; John Nonna, D-Pleasantville; Vito Pinto, D-Tuckahoe; William Ryan, D-White Plains; Bernice Spreckman, R-Yonkers; and Lyndon Williams, D-Mount Vernon.
No (5)—against approval:
Thomas Abinanti, D-Greenburgh; Gordon Burrows, R-Yonkers; James Maisano, R-New Rochelle; George Oros, R-Cortlandt; and Martin Rogowsky, D-Harrison.
While the new housing — for both sale and rental — would be open to everyone, based on specific income guidelines, the agreement requires that the county affirmatively market the units to racially and ethnically diverse households.
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