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By Staff
Feb. 12, 2025: Westchester voters went to the polls yesterday and during early voting to cast their votes in the Special Election for Westchester County Executive. The election was between Democrat Ken Jenkins and Republican Christine Sculti.
The unofficial tally of election results reveals that Ken Jenkins prevailed in this election with 64% of the vote. Here is the unofficial vote tally as of Feb. 12th at 11am.
Ken Jenkins: 57,590 votes (64%)
Christine Sculti: 32,956 votes (36%)
Ken Jenkins
The position of Westchester County Executive was previously held by George Latimer, who won his U.S. Congressional bid in 2024. Latimer was sworn into the U.S. Congress on January 3, 2025.
Jenkins will serve as County Executive through Dec. 31, 2025, completing the remainder of Latimer’s term.
Below is more information about Ken Jenkins.
Ken Jenkins graduated from Iona University with a BS in Computer Science and Information Systems. He is the son of a New York City police lieutenant and a nurse.
He served as Deputy County Executive under George Latimer from 2018 to 2024. In that role, he worked to cut taxes, build affordable housing, protect a woman’s right to choose, reduce crime, restore aging infrastructure and protect the environment.
Jenkins has held several leadership roles in the Democratic party including Treasurer of the New York State Democratic Committee, Chairman of the Yonkers Democratic Committee, Chairman of the Black Democrats of Westchester and Secretary of the Westchester County Democratic Committee, in addition to serving on its Executive Committee.
Below are some issues of importance to Jenkins as detailed on his website.
1. Affordability: Control property taxes, improve cost of living, boost affordable housing and childcare and streamline County government.
2. Safer Communities: Get guns off our streets, invest is safer communities, build stronger police-community relations, and continue to address the opioid crisis.
3. Environment: Continue to reduce Westchester's carbon footprint, push job creating investments in infrastructure that will help address disastrous flooding, and continue to protect the environment
4. Preserving Rights: Oppose efforts to block women’s health care or penalize health care professionals who provide abortion services, defend democracy, and fight hate crimes.
4. Public Transportation: Boost access and enhance reliable public transportation quality across Westchester, ensuring efficient and accessible transit for all residents.
5. Healthcare: Defend reproductive rights, enhance preventative services, and ensure quality healthcare access for every resident.
Bronxville is a quaint village (one square mile) located just 16 miles north of midtown Manhattan (roughly 30 minutes on the train) and has a population of approximately 6,500. It is known as a premier community with an excellent public school (K-12) and easy access to Manhattan. Bronxville offers many amenities including an attractive business district, a hospital (Lawrence Hospital), public paddle and tennis courts, fine dining at local restaurants, two private country clubs and a community library.
While the earliest settlers of Bronxville date back to the first half of the 18th century, the history of the modern suburb of Bronxville began in 1890 when William Van Duzer Lawrence purchased a farm and commissioned the architect, William A. Bates, to design a planned community of houses for well-known artists and professionals that became a thriving art colony. This community, now called Lawrence Park, is listed on the National register of Historic Places and many of the homes still have artists’ studios. A neighborhood association within Lawrence Park called “The Hilltop Association” keeps this heritage alive with art shows and other events for neighbors.
Bronxville offers many charming neighborhoods as well as a variety of living options for residents including single family homes, town houses, cooperatives and condominiums. One of the chief benefits of living in “the village” is that your children can attend the Bronxville School.
The Bronxville postal zone (10708, known as “Bronxville PO”) includes the village of Bronxville as well as the Chester Heights section of Eastchester, parts of Tuckahoe and the Lawrence Park West, Cedar Knolls, Armour Villa and Longvale sections of Yonkers. Many of these areas have their own distinct character. For instance, the Armour Villa section has many historic homes and even has its own newsletter called “The Villa Voice” which reports on neighborhood news.
Link to Village of Bronxville One Square Mile Monthly Newsletter
Village of Bronxville Administrative Offices
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Bronxville Police Department
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