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  In a special meeting on Thursday afternoon, the Board voted 15-2 in favor of a measure to cap sales tax on gas purchases at $.12 per gallon, the equivalent of the tax drivers would pay if gas was $3.00 per gallon. The tax relief will run from June 1 through August 31. The relief, proposed earlier this week by  County Executive George Latimer , is designed to help residents struggling with inflationary pressures and uncertainty in gas prices relating to the war in Ukraine and other market factors. To go along with the gas tax cap, the County Executive will suspend fares on the County's Bee-Line bus system for the same period. Because of federal transit support for the bus system, the fare holiday is expected to have no impact on the County budget. Board Chairwoman Catherine Borgia  (D-Briarcliff Manor, Cortlandt, Croton-on-Hudson, Ossining, Peekskill) said, "I'm proud of the steps we've taken in recent years to strengthen the County's finances so that we have the ...

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  WHITE PLAINS – Breeze Airways began service only 10 months ago and has now announced it will fly to eight cities from Westchester County Airport. Charleston, South Carolina, Jacksonville, Florida and Norfolk, Virginia will all start at the end of June while service to Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New Orleans, San Francisco and Savannah, Georgia will start in the fall. All of the flights will be non-stop with the exception of New Orleans, which will stop at Jacksonville to pick up additional passengers, said Director of Corporate Communications Gareth Edmondson-Jones.  “Anyone who flies out of Westchester knows today you can only fly as far west as Chicago, so everyone in the area is used to driving to JFK or Newark to get a non-stop or flying into Chicago for a connection. This changes the game for everybody,” he said. Edmondson-Jones said the primary target area for Westchester’s Breeze service will be the Westchester-Connecticut market. The leisure airline will fly daily to the...

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