The following was provided by the County Executive's office offering alternative routes during the President's visit to Irvington Thursday afternoon:...
Read More
November 16, 2020
Data obtained by the New York Post from the U.S. Postal Service appears to confirm that the pandemic is indeed driving New Yorkers out of the city, and Westchester is one of the top destinations.
According to the data, nearly 300,000 residents requested a change of address from the city to someplace else. “Since the data details only when 11 or more forwarding requests were made to a particular county outside NYC,” said the Post in its story, “the number of moves is actually higher. And a single address change could represent an entire household, which means far more than 300,000 New Yorkers fled the five boroughs.”
Long Island is the destination of most of these ex-urbanities, with about 40,000 changing their addresses to either Suffolk or Nassau Counites. Westchester is third with nearly 16,000.
Support our Sponsors
Local realtors confirm the trend. Janet Kovacs, Brokerage Manager for Houlihan Lawrence’s Irvington office, commented, “October was another month for the books north of NYC. As the leaves changed, we continued to see buyers flock to our communities to admire more than just the fall foliage.”
It is definitely a seller’s market, according to recent data. Active sellers of single family homes in the rivertowns are down 25% year to date, but contracts are up over 60%. Statistics on where buyers in the school districts of Ardsley, Irvington, Dobbs Ferry, Hastings and Tarrtyown/Sleepy Hollow are coming from show 47% of them are coming from the city.
Read or leave a comment on this story...
Support our Sponsors
Rivertown High Schools Rank High in Latest U.S. News Assessment
April 25, 2024
U.S. News & World Report has come out with its 2024 rankings of public high schools, and four rivertown schools...
Read More
Board of Education Races Set in Local School Districts
April 25, 2024
By Rick Pezzullo--- When residents head to the polls May 21 to vote on the annual school budgets, they will...
Read More
Westchester Tennis Ladder Adds Women’s Doubles
April 23, 2024
By Shana Liebman-- On May 8th, the annual Westchester Tennis Ladder (WTL) will launch its fifth season, this time with...
Read More
Rivertowns Students Crush Earth Month
April 23, 2024
By Kris DiLorenzo-- Hastings-on-Hudson, Dobbs Ferry, and Ardsley — All over the world, young people are leading the fight against...
Read More
The Perils of Presidential Visits
April 22, 2024
By Barrett Seaman— President Biden is coming to Irvington. That’s exciting—at least to local Democrats, some of whom are forking...
Read More
Land of Ambiguous Loss
April 22, 2024
LAND OF AMBIGUOUS LOSS: Make a left after crossing the Uncanny Valley By Krista Madsen– When a robot—perhaps crafted to resemble...
Read More
Food is a Part of Healing at Phelps
April 22, 2024
By Barrett Seaman— Phelps Hospital put on a food truck feed on Sunday, the 21st, aiming to raise money for...
Read More
Earth Day Is Coming—And the Rivertowns are Ready
April 19, 2024
By Jeff Wilson-- Earth Day itself is on Monday, April 22, but the environmentally committed residents of the rivertowns have...
Read More
New Superintendent of Schools Hired in Ardsley
April 19, 2024
By Rick Pezzullo--- The Ardsley Board of Education has appointed Dr. Matthew J. Block as the next superintendent of Ardsley...
Read More
Share
Print
