NEW YORK CITY—County Executive Robert P. Astorino announced late Tuesday that Westchester has surpassed the fundamental benchmarks of the 2009 housing settlement with the federal government.
Under the settlement agreement—reached by former County Executive Andrew Spano and the US Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, Westchester has until Dec. 31 of this year to have financing and building permits in place for 750 units of affordable housing in 31 mostly white communities.
As of today, the county is over the benchmark with 790 units—40 more than required, and with another 100 units in the pipeline. Missing the deadline could have resulted in hundreds of thousands of dollars of fines.
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Rayna Katz
Rayna Katz is a seasoned business journalist whose extensive experience includes coverage of the lodging sector, travel and the culinary space. She was most recently content director for a business-to-business publisher, overseeing four publications. While at Meeting News, a travel trade publication, she received a Best Reporting award for a story on meeting cancellations in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina.
