Westchester County Budget Calls For Public Safety, Emergency Services Facility Upgrades

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$105M county budget calls for new safety headquarters, high-tech lab

By GLENN BLAIN

THE JOURNAL NEWS

(Original publication: October 16, 2007)

WHITE PLAINS - A new headquarters for the Westchester Department of Public Safety and a high-tech laboratory to diagnose infectious diseases are among the projects called for in the county's proposed $105 million capital budget for 2008............

Of the total $105 million called for in the 2008 budget, $58 million is allocated to just nine construction projects, officials said. Among the largest are $9 million for a new Department of Public Safety headquarters in Valhalla and another $9 million to rehabilitate the Department of Emergency Services' main facility, also in Valhalla, to include, among other things, new training facilities for firefighters.

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Would this new WCPD Headquarters be relocated from Hawthorne, or supplement Hawthorne? I know for a while there they were talking about building an "Executive Building" for WCPD, AKA Public Safety, on the Grasslands reservation.

Also, I hope the money for WCDES includes funding to give 60 Control a new, expanded, modern facility.

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9 million to build a whole new building? Is that really enough? I guess for the "Police" it is. And another 9 million to renovate and make things better at the already existing "Fire and Emergency Services"???? Guess we know who is more politically connected!