News from the Campaign
My Legislative Priorities
Here's a summary of my legislative priorities for my new two-year term of office. HOUSINGPass Right to Counsel bill for tenants facing eviction.Finance more Affordable Housing deals throughout the County and raise per-project maximum County housing acquisition and/or...
Hard-Core Scorn
As I write this, crypto-Republican Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano still hasn’t apologized for his outlandish and obnoxious comments on local radio about the Democratic Party in general and US Representative Jamaal Bowman in particular for his principled, strategic vote on...
Budget News
I am pleased to tell you that this morning I joined my colleagues in our unanimous vote to approve operating, capital and special district budgets for 2022 that strengthen the County's finances, provide historic levels of support for human services in Westchester...
The Final Pitch
If you have been getting my campaign material in the mail, I promise that this is my last sports metaphor, at least until the next campaign season. And aren't you glad I haven't re-posted the hula hoop video from a few years back and said, “I'll jump through...
Major Labor Unions Urge Re-election of County Legislator Damon Maher
EASTCHESTER – Three major labor organizations are the latest to join the chorus of unions and activist groups supporting the re-election of Westchester County Legislator Damon Maher. With early voting now under way, Maher has just received endorsements from the...
Ping-Ponging back and forth across the Hutchinson River
on the campaign trail the past two days with my dedicated biennial canvassing buddies on the Eastchester/Tuckahoe side of the 10th County Legislative District meeting likely voters, then over to Lincoln Avenue in New Rochelle to work with some new young...
League of Women Voters Candidates Forum – Damon Maher and Anthony Giacobbe (video)
UPDATE Damon Maher addressed Westchester's issues in a forum with challenger Anthony Giacobbe on October 12. The forum was hosted by the League of Women Voters of New Rochelle, a nonpartisan political organization encouraging informed and active participation in...
WHY WE MARCH, WHY WE RALLY
Columbus Day parades exist, as do St. Patrick Day parades, as a reminder of immigrant groups that were once considered "the other," apart from and not "real Americans". Now we have those who stir up hate, for political gain, against Jews, Muslims and Asians, as well...
AUGURI!
I had a blast walking up Main Street and Rte 22 in Eastchester with other elected officials in the annual Columbus day parade which honors forebears, like my great-grandfather Giusseppe DelGiudice and his family, who had the good sense and good fortune to emigrate...
Chain Reaction
If you are around my age, you hated to get a chain letter in the mail when you were a kid. There was always a bunch of nonsense and then a long list of dreadful things that had happened to people who had broken the chain. You knew the letter was...