Westchester County has no formal heritage-tree program. NYS DEC maintains the Big Tree Register. Several municipalities (Bedford, Pound Ridge, New Castle) designate and protect large/historic specimen trees locally.
Westchester County has no countywide heritage- or landmark-tree registry. The NYS DEC Big Tree Register lists record specimens statewide by species. Municipalities with strong tree codes — Bedford, Pound Ridge, New Castle, Mount Pleasant, Scarsdale — designate specimen or heritage trees above threshold sizes (often 30+ inch DBH) with additional removal restrictions and replacement requirements. The Teatown Lake Reservation and other Westchester land trusts catalog notable trees.
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Westchester County operates as a welcoming jurisdiction. County Executive orders limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement absent a judicial war...
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Westchester employees are covered by NY Paid Family Leave under NY Workers Compensation Law Section 200 plus, NY Paid Sick Leave under NY Labor Law Section 1...
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Westchester County is part of the NY downstate region with a minimum wage of $16.50 per hour as of 2025, indexed to inflation under NY Labor Law Section 651....
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Westchester County does not levy its own business income tax. Businesses pay NY State franchise tax, county and city sales tax totaling about 8.375 percent, ...
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New York imposes a 1 percent mansion tax on residential sales of $1 million or more under NY Tax Law Section 1402-a. The tax is paid by the buyer at closing ...
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When a Westchester hotel changes ownership or management, NY Labor Law and union contracts generally require the incoming employer to retain the existing wor...
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