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On The Record: It's Sept. 11, 23 years later
City plans to remember victims at Locust Firehouse ceremony
Rye Record
September 11, 2024
Good morning subscribers. ☕ This is your Wednesday, September 11, Rye Record newsletter, curating some of the latest headlines across the city of Rye.
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Harder to remember. It’s been 23 years since that infamous day. And it’s hard to imagine moving on from something so consequential in our lifetimes. Yet with each passing year the connection to 9/11 grows more distant.
The FDNY, a department devastated by the loss of 343 of its members at Ground Zero, plans to soon start hiring new firefighters who weren’t even born on 9/11.
As we move further away from 2001, annual gatherings and tributes continue to keep that flame burning — the memory alive.
At 5:30 p.m. today, Rye will hold its 9/11 memorial at the Locust Avenue Firehouse. The public is welcome to attend.
The ceremony will open with a blessing before giving way to Mayor Josh Cohn’s opening remarks. State Senator Shelley Mayer, state Assemblyman Steve Otis, County Executive George Latimer, and County Legislator Catherine Parker are all expected to speak.
A reflection and the reading of names will be performed by Captain Clyde Pitts of the Rye Fire Department, and Robin Latimer will sing “God Bless America.”
Let’s take a moment to remember the Rye residents who perished at Ground Zero and those who have continued to die since from 9/11-related illnesses, as well as the thousands others lost on that tragic day in our nation’s history. 🇺🇸
The 9/11 memorial at the Locust Avenue Firehouse pays tribute to first responders lost on September 11, 2001.
-Today’s newsletter is curated by Christian Falcone
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IN OTHER NEWS
More than a prayer. The Rye Garnets opened their football season Friday night with a resounding victory over Catholic school power Monsignor Farrell. -Ian Colalucci
Gone fishing! Lt. John Thompson retired from the Rye Fire Department after a career spanning 26 years with the city.
Friday night lights. Rye High School unveiled its new Nugent Stadium scoreboard last week courtesy of the Rye Fund for Education.
AROUND TOWN
-Members of the Rye police and fire departments escorted Paul “Paulie” Veneto, coined Paulie’s Push, through the city on his way from Boston to Ground Zero in time for 9/11.
-A section of Car Park 1 will be closed temporarily this morning for line striping. The entire lot will then close at 6:30 p.m. for the remainder of the evening.
Off the record: Democrat Steve Otis will face Republican opposition in Rye’s Katie Manger for his state seat for the first time since 2012 this November.
The city spent $531,253 on legal fees in 2023 based on info obtained by The Record through a FOIL request.
WEATHER
Today’s Weather Channel local forecast calls a high of 78 degrees with a UV Index of 7. 🌤 Check out the forecast for the rest of the week here.
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Cars parked at the Rye Metro-North station. The city is raising the cost of commuter parking permits to $1,105 annually beginning in 2025.
CITY
Commuter parking permits will increase 10 percent at the Rye train station next year after the MTA’s recent blessing of the proposal.
The price hike will take effect on Jan. 1, 2025, raising the cost to $1,105 for the annual permit. Besides the parking lot at the Metro-North station, resident-only, city-owned commuter lots on Highland Road and Cedar Street will also face the same increases.
The MTA approved the train station increase — the first since 2020 — last month.
-by Erin McAward
POLICE & FIRE
Multiple accidents occurred on the southbound side of I-95 on Sunday.
Firefighters extricated a driver trapped inside a vehicle on I-95 Sunday morning following a multi-car crash near the Boston Post Road Bridge.
Rye fire personnel responded to a multi-car crash on the southbound side of the interstate and arrived on the scene to separate two-car collisions.
One of the crashes included a tractor-trailer which collided with a car leaving the driver unable to get out of the vehicle, according to fire officials.
-by Record staff
The Department of Public Works union reached a deal with the city on a new five-year labor contract.
CITY
The remaining two city unions have struck new labor deals – bringing all four public unions under contract through 2028.
The city has reached five-year agreements with the public works and clerical unions after separately ironing out the details over the summer. Both deals were then approved by the Rye City Council on Aug. 14.
The contracts mirror each other to include a 2.75 percent wage increase in 2024, followed by annual raises of 3 percent through 2028. The agreements cap off negotiations that began as the previous contracts expired at the end of 2023, and are retroactive to Jan. 1.
-by Alyssa Politi
OPINION
Tom Wynne’s letter to the editor is highly critical of the Rye City Council for its agreement with Westchester Power.
I am writing to express my agreement with Councilman Bill Henderson’s letter to the editor in The Rye Record concerning Westchester Power.
That the Rye City Council would deign to make the financial decision to change my electric power supplier from Con Ed to another private company, Constellation NewEnergy, Inc., I find appalling and disgraceful.
This change is set up to ensure that as few people as possible object to the change since it requires an “opt out.”
-by Tom Wynne