MAY 6, 2019 VOL. 55, No. 18
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The Dragon Coaster at Playland. Photos by Bob Rozycki.
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REAL ESTATE OUTLOOK
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WESTCHESTER CANCELS PLAYLAND AGREEMENT; STANDARD SAYS IT IS STILL INTERESTED BY PETER KATZ pkatz@westfairinc.com
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tandard Amusements has told the Business Journal that it remains committed to restoring Westchester’s Playland to “its former glory,” even though the county has notified the amusement park operator that, as far as the county is concerned, the deal for it to take over operation of the
Rye park is dead as of May 28. Westchester County Executive George Latimer said the county has notified Standard Amusements’ legal counsel that the county has elected to exercise its right to terminate the agreement originally reached under the administration of Democrat Latimer’s predecessor, Republican Rob Astorino. Latimer said the county was giving the required 30-day cancellation notice.
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The county accuses Standard Amusements of being in default of such things as improperly claiming certain expenses as capital improvements and improperly claiming that money spent on salaries, meals, travel, advertisements, marketing, consulting fees and legal fees were part of a $5.7 million investment in the park. “This decision by the county executive is deep» PLAYLAND
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pkatz@westfairinc.com “ANYTHING THAT TAINTS THE IMAGE of higher education is not good,” James Sterngold, vice president for university relations at Pace University, said about the scandal involving wealthy parents who paid bribes and submitted fraudulent paperwork in order to ensure that their children would be admitted to such prestigious universities as UCLA, Stanford, Yale and Georgetown. Sterngold
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oversees communications, media, marketing, special events and government affairs for Pace, which has campuses in Pleasantville and Manhattan. Its Elisabeth Haub School of Law is in White Plains. In an interview with the Business Journal, Sterngold echoed the sentiments that Pace University President Marvin Krislov had expressed on WAMC/ Northeast Public Radio in Albany. Krislov said,
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