The county attorney has basically given us an opinion ... that says that (the) board of directors of the medical center are considered public officers and therefore cannot serve unless they are residents of New York state.

The county executive is committed to putting programs in place that would keep ... dangerous drivers off the road. This new program will go a long way toward accomplishing just that.

Certainly, there's a valid reason to investigate this, not only because of the dollar implications that have been involved in overruns, et cetera, but also in possible legal implications.

It's an abomination. If an emergency happened right now we couldn't sound the sirens.

It's no secret that there's gang-related activity in Westchester communities. We want to do everything we can to give school officials, municipal officials, social-service agencies and all stakeholders as much information as we have in order to prevent kids from joining gangs, to help kids leave gangs.

It saves tax dollars, and obviously these are people who are not a threat to the community, otherwise the judge would not have given them bail.

Andy wants everybody in the same room. These are the decision makers. They need to know what's going on, to get the right information from the people who have it.

We went into the prescription business because we wanted to help people lower the cost of their prescription drugs. There is no cost to the taxpayer or the county. People can save a lot of money.

We are very pleased that the money has been placed back in the budget and we can continue to patrol the parkways with no expense to our taxpayers.

We're very pleased that the sirens worked this time.