I Live Here Westchester NY

I Live Here Media

“I Live Here” is a hyperlocal podcast that explores the stories, people, and events shaping life in Westchester, NY. Each episode dives into what’s happening across our towns and neighborhoods—highlighting small businesses, community voices, local culture, and can’t-miss happenings. Whether you’ve lived here forever or just moved in, this podcast keeps you connected to the place you call home.

  1. 1d ago

    The Friday Intel | 10.02.26: NYC vs. New Haven, by the Pizza Numbers

    Send us Fan Mail Connecticut calls New Haven the Pizza Capital of the United States. New York has the reputation. For National Pizza Month, The Friday Intel looks at what the data actually says, and why Westchester County sits right in the middle of the fight. The surprise: the New York area's pizzeria density sits right at the national average. In This Episode: 0:00 Cold Open 0:20 Intro and Context 1:05 The Data 3:40 The Surprise 4:40 What This Means for You 5:25 Close Sources: Clever Real Estate, Best Pizza Cities 2025 study: https://listwithclever.com/research/best-pizza-cities-2025/ PMQ Pizza Magazine, 50 Top Pizza USA 2026: https://www.pmq.com/50-top-pizza-names-best-pizzerias-in-the-u-s-for-2026-who-claimed-the-no-1-spot/ CT Mirror, New Haven named "Pizza Capital" in the Congressional Record: https://ctmirror.org/2024/05/24/new-haven-pizza-capital-rosa-delauro/ Office of Gov. Ned Lamont, Feb. 2025: https://portal.ct.gov/governor/news/press-releases/2025/02-2025/governor-lamont-connecticut-doubles-down-on-its-title-as-pizza-capital-of-the-united-states CT Public, Connecticut's NYC billboard campaign: https://www.ctpublic.org/news/2025-07-24/ct-nations-best-pizza-not-new-york Westchester Magazine, Pizzeria La Rosa and USA TODAY's Restaurants of the Year: https://westchestermagazine.com/food/westchester-pizzeria-best-usa-today/ Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or share with a neighbor. Support the show I Live Here Westchester is a production of I Live Here Media. We spotlight the voices, visionaries, and stories that make Westchester County more than just a place to live—it’s a place to belong. Have a guest suggestion or want to partner with us? Email: jimjockle@iliveheremedia.com Website: www.iliveheremedia.com Follow us on Instagram: @iliveheremedia Subscribe, rate, and share to support local storytelling.

  2. 2d ago

    The Westchester Brief | 10.01.26: Westchester's $2.53B Visitor Economy

    Send us Fan Mail Visitor spending in Westchester County reached $2.53 billion in 2025, growing faster than New York State as a whole. Separately, the county says film and TV production had $1.85 billion in economic impact. We look at what those numbers mean for local taxes and businesses, and the caveats behind them. In This Episode (0:00) Cold Open (0:20) Deep Dive: Westchester's visitor and film economy (4:15) What's Happening in Westchester: Thompson's Cider Mill's 50th season (4:40) Close Sources: Westfair Communications, visitor spending study: https://westfaironline.com/economic-development/study-finds-increased-spending-by-visitors-to-westchester/ Westchester County, film and TV economic impact release: https://www.einpresswire.com/article/942254238/ Yonkers Times, Thompson's Cider Mill 50th season: https://yonkerstimes.com/thompsons-cider-mill-begins-its-50th-season-of-award-winning-ciders-sept-19/ If this episode was useful, leave a review on Apple Podcasts or share it with a neighbor. Support the show I Live Here Westchester is a production of I Live Here Media. We spotlight the voices, visionaries, and stories that make Westchester County more than just a place to live—it’s a place to belong. Have a guest suggestion or want to partner with us? Email: jimjockle@iliveheremedia.com Website: www.iliveheremedia.com Follow us on Instagram: @iliveheremedia Subscribe, rate, and share to support local storytelling.

  3. 3d ago

    I Live Here Westchester | Rep. Mike Lawler on SALT, Data Centers, and Working Across the Aisle

    Send us Fan Mail Congressman Mike Lawler represents New York's 17th District, which covers Rockland and Putnam, northern Westchester, and part of Dutchess, in one of the most closely watched House races in the country. Lawler talks about raising two young daughters in a targeted race, the 2008 Ponzi scheme that cost his parents nearly everything, and why his best friend in Congress is a Democrat. He also takes questions on the SALT deduction and its 2030 expiration, congestion pricing, data centers in Rockland, and his call to reopen Indian Point. In This Episode:  0:08 Family, Pearl River, and keeping life normal in a targeted race  2:05 Growing up, 9/11, and what pulled him into politics  4:52 Reflections on 9/11 at 25 years  8:21 Inside a week in Washington  12:06 Bipartisanship and breaking with his party  14:24 Voters who will never vote for a Republican  15:59 What a tough town hall taught him  18:14 Albany versus Washington  21:16 Foreign Affairs, Financial Services, and the Middle East subcommittee  23:45 Housing affordability in Westchester and Rockland  25:29 How the SALT negotiation actually worked  27:48 The 2030 SALT deadline  29:34 His opponent and the debates  30:31 Congestion pricing  32:54 AI and data centers  35:53 Indian Point and electricity costs  37:47 What he wants Westchester homeowners to point to Support the show I Live Here Westchester is a production of I Live Here Media. We spotlight the voices, visionaries, and stories that make Westchester County more than just a place to live—it’s a place to belong. Have a guest suggestion or want to partner with us? Email: jimjockle@iliveheremedia.com Website: www.iliveheremedia.com Follow us on Instagram: @iliveheremedia Subscribe, rate, and share to support local storytelling.

  4. 3d ago

    The Westchester Brief | 09.30.26: Westchester's Draft Flood and Storm Plan

    Send us Fan Mail Westchester County's draft Hazard Mitigation Plan is open for public comment. Its tracker lists 1,075 actions, 757 aimed at flooding, with 610 in progress and 4 marked complete. We look at what the plan does, the flood-insurance losses behind it, including $116 million in claims from Ida, and how to weigh in. In This Episode (0:00) Cold Open (0:20) Deep Dive: Westchester County's draft Hazard Mitigation Plan (4:05) What's Happening in Westchester: Yonkers Housing Authority's homeownership lots (4:30) Close Sources: - Westchester County release, "Preparing Westchester for What Comes Next": https://www.einpresswire.com/article/944027578/ - Westchester County Hazard Mitigation Plan draft (MitigateNY): https://westchester.hazardmitigation.ny.gov - Hoodline, Yonkers Housing Authority seeks developers: https://hoodline.com/2026/09/yonkers-housing-authority-hunts-developers-to-turn-7-vacant-lots-into-homes/ Subscribe to our newsletter at iliveheremedia.com. Support the show I Live Here Westchester is a production of I Live Here Media. We spotlight the voices, visionaries, and stories that make Westchester County more than just a place to live—it’s a place to belong. Have a guest suggestion or want to partner with us? Email: jimjockle@iliveheremedia.com Website: www.iliveheremedia.com Follow us on Instagram: @iliveheremedia Subscribe, rate, and share to support local storytelling.

    The Westchester Brief | 09.30.26: Westchester's Draft Flood and Storm Plan

  5. 4d ago

    The Westchester Brief | 09.29.26: The Sheffield's $1 Land Deal in White Plains

    Send us Fan Mail Westchester County approved about $10.4 million in bonds for The Sheffield, a 154-unit affordable building next to Kittrell Park in White Plains. The county buys the land, then sells it to the developer for $1. We explain the subsidy, the $114.7 million financing stack, and the state SEQRA change that exempted the county's purchase from full environmental review. In This Episode (0:00) Cold Open (0:20) Deep Dive: The Sheffield and the county's $1 land sale (4:20) What's Happening in Westchester: MTA's Hudson Line flood-protection design contract (4:45) Close Sources: Westfair Communications, county approves $10.4M for White Plains affordable housing: https://westfaironline.com/affordable-housing/westchester-legislators-approve-10-4m-for-affordable-housing-project-in-white-plains/ NYS Focus, SEQRA housing exemption in the state budget: https://nysfocus.com/2026/05/27/new-york-budget-seqra-housing-environment Governor's office, Hudson Line resilience design award: https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/during-climate-week-governor-hochul-announces-design-award-major-resilience-project-protect If this episode was useful, leave a review on Apple Podcasts or share it with a neighbor. Support the show I Live Here Westchester is a production of I Live Here Media. We spotlight the voices, visionaries, and stories that make Westchester County more than just a place to live—it’s a place to belong. Have a guest suggestion or want to partner with us? Email: jimjockle@iliveheremedia.com Website: www.iliveheremedia.com Follow us on Instagram: @iliveheremedia Subscribe, rate, and share to support local storytelling.

  6. 5d ago

    The Westchester Brief | 09.28.26: Two Governor Polls, Ten Points Apart

    Send us Fan Mail Siena has Gov. Kathy Hochul up 9 points on Bruce Blakeman. Quinnipiac has her up 19. Why do two credible polls released the same week disagree? We compare their methods and look at Siena's suburban region around New York City, where the race is nearly tied. In This Episode (0:00) Cold Open (0:20) Deep Dive: Siena vs. Quinnipiac on the Hochul-Blakeman race (4:15) What's Happening in Westchester: the county's business-owner survey (4:40) Close Sources: Siena Research Institute, September 2026 poll release: https://sri.siena.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/SNY-September-2026-Poll-Release-9-23-26.pdf Quinnipiac University Poll, September 23, 2026: https://poll.qu.edu/poll-release?releaseid=3967 Yonkers Times, county business survey: https://yonkerstimes.com/westchester-county-seeks-input-from-local-businesses/ Subscribe to our newsletter at iliveheremedia.com. Support the show I Live Here Westchester is a production of I Live Here Media. We spotlight the voices, visionaries, and stories that make Westchester County more than just a place to live—it’s a place to belong. Have a guest suggestion or want to partner with us? Email: jimjockle@iliveheremedia.com Website: www.iliveheremedia.com Follow us on Instagram: @iliveheremedia Subscribe, rate, and share to support local storytelling.

  7. Sep 25

    The Friday Intel | 09.25.26: The 5-Megawatt Gap in New York's Data Center Ban

    Send us Fan Mail New York built two separate moratoriums to stop its most controversial data center project. This week, we explain why neither one actually covers it yet — the single regulatory number deciding which data centers the state's pause reaches, what's genuinely proposed for construction in the Hudson Valley right now, and what it means for every Westchester ratepayer even though no project this size has been proposed here. In This Episode 0:00 — Cold Open 0:30 — Intro and Context 1:30 — The Data: Hochul's moratorium, the Orangetown project, and the Gonzalez bill 3:30 — The Surprise: the loophole nobody's covering 5:00 — What This Means For You 6:00 — Close Sources: - Office of Governor Kathy Hochul, Executive Order No. 62, July 14, 2026 - CNBC, "New York becomes first U.S. state to impose AI data center ban," July 14, 2026 - NY1, "A data center battle unfolds 30 miles north of Manhattan," August 27, 2026 - Food & Water Watch, Orangetown Planning Board environmental impact study requirement, July 9, 2026 - News 12 Westchester, Orangetown data center protest coverage, May 28, 2026 - Greenberg Traurig, "New York Legislature Passes Data Center Moratorium; Bill Awaits Governor's Approval," June 2026 - News 12 Hudson Valley, East Fishkill data center moratorium coverage - Rockefeller Institute of Government, "Updates on the Cloud: More Moratoriums on Data Centers" Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or share this episode with a neighbor. Support the show I Live Here Westchester is a production of I Live Here Media. We spotlight the voices, visionaries, and stories that make Westchester County more than just a place to live—it’s a place to belong. Have a guest suggestion or want to partner with us? Email: jimjockle@iliveheremedia.com Website: www.iliveheremedia.com Follow us on Instagram: @iliveheremedia Subscribe, rate, and share to support local storytelling.

  8. Sep 24

    The Westchester Brief | 09.24.26: JazzFest White Plains Turns 15

    Send us Fan Mail JazzFest White Plains returns for its 15th year with 19 performances across 10 downtown venues, a three-time Grammy winner on the bill, and more than half the schedule free. We look at how a free, multi-venue jazz festival became a fixture of downtown White Plains' strategy to stay active beyond retail. In This Episode (0:00) Cold Open (0:20) Deep Dive: JazzFest White Plains' 15th anniversary (4:00) What's Happening in Westchester: Northern Westchester Hospital's 4th Magnet designation (4:30) Close Sources: - ArtsWestchester, JazzFest White Plains program - City of White Plains, JazzFest announcement If this episode was useful, leave a review on Apple Podcasts or share it with a neighbor. Support the show I Live Here Westchester is a production of I Live Here Media. We spotlight the voices, visionaries, and stories that make Westchester County more than just a place to live—it’s a place to belong. Have a guest suggestion or want to partner with us? Email: jimjockle@iliveheremedia.com Website: www.iliveheremedia.com Follow us on Instagram: @iliveheremedia Subscribe, rate, and share to support local storytelling.

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“I Live Here” is a hyperlocal podcast that explores the stories, people, and events shaping life in Westchester, NY. Each episode dives into what’s happening across our towns and neighborhoods—highlighting small businesses, community voices, local culture, and can’t-miss happenings. Whether you’ve lived here forever or just moved in, this podcast keeps you connected to the place you call home.

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  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
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