Susan Tolchin
Susan Tolchin
Susan Jane Tolchinwas an American political scientist...
commenting further
We are not commenting any further on this. This has nothing to do with the county.
pleased worked
We're very pleased that the sirens worked this time.
andy decision everybody information people wants
Andy wants everybody in the same room. These are the decision makers. They need to know what's going on, to get the right information from the people who have it.
business cost help lower people save taxpayer
We went into the prescription business because we wanted to help people lower the cost of their prescription drugs. There is no cost to the taxpayer or the county. People can save a lot of money.
budget continue expense money patrol placed pleased
We are very pleased that the money has been placed back in the budget and we can continue to patrol the parkways with no expense to our taxpayers.
alert calling cell current gives public sure text tying variety wait ways
We can't wait to get it going. It gives us things we need to make sure we can alert the public in a variety of ways with cell phones, text messaging, and tying into our current outbound calling system.
basically center county paying staff talking
You are basically talking about paying for the rental of the county center and staff time. It's a one-hour ceremony. It is not a party.
basically exempt local says
Basically it says we are exempt from local zoning.
concerned county decide executive feeling feels mayor troubled wants work
When this whole controversy over the day laborers broke, the county executive was very troubled by it. He is concerned that there's a feeling of intolerance and he feels that Westchester County is better than that. Now the mayor has to decide if he wants to end the controversy and work with us.
coming commented heard high level mission passion people room
The passion level was really high coming from the people in the room he commented on the passion. So if you take this as a fact-finding mission ... he heard us. That can only be good.
activity agencies help information joining kids leave order prevent school secret
It's no secret that there's gang-related activity in Westchester communities. We want to do everything we can to give school officials, municipal officials, social-service agencies and all stakeholders as much information as we have in order to prevent kids from joining gangs, to help kids leave gangs.
emergency happened sound
It's an abomination. If an emergency happened right now we couldn't sound the sirens.
given judge obviously otherwise people saves tax threat
It saves tax dollars, and obviously these are people who are not a threat to the community, otherwise the judge would not have given them bail.
believe
It had nothing to do with him being homeless. He was a victim. This had to do with what we believe is gang-related activity.