Westchester County Executive George Latimer
By Dan Murphy
Westchester County Executive George Latimer announced that he will resign his office on January 2, 2025 so that he can take the oath of office as the new Congressman for NY-District 16. Latimer made the announcement at his recent weekly news briefing.
“Effective January 2, I will be resigning the position of County Executive. That is because I will be sworn in as a Congressman. I am deeply appreciative of the many kindnesses that have been shown to be over these past 7 year. I am prepared to work closely with this county government, but there is a time to come and a time to go with everything. I hope my time in Washington will be substantive,” said Latimer, who in addition to his most recent 7 years of service as County Executive, he also served for 13 years as a County Legislator, giving him 20 years of service in county government.
Latimer also went over the procedure for selecting his replacement, which has been the cause of confusion for some in Westchester. “Board of Legislators Chair Gashi will appoint an acting County Executive for a couple of days, until the first meeting of the BOL on January 6. At that meeting they (BOL) will appoint an acting County Executive for 90 days, until they set the date for a special electon, which will likely be in the month of February.”
At that point the Democratic and Republican parties in Westchester will select their candidates for County Executive and both will face off in that special election. There will be no primary in either party for County Executive until June.
Deputy County Executive Ken Jenkins has announced his campaign for County Executive and is widely seen to be the choice of county legislators when they meet to appoint an acting County Executive.
Republicans have yet to announce a candidate for County Executive, nor has any Westchester republican announced their intentions to run. County Legislator James Nolan told Yonkerstimes.com that he will not be a candidate for County Executive, and those close to Eastchester Supervisor Tony Colavita have told us that he will also not be running.
