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1 week ago | 
peekskillherald.com | Jim Roberts |Eric Harvey
CITYFitzpatrick Sentencing Date Postponed to July 8The sentencing of Conor Fitzpatrick, convicted of masterminding the sale of millions of stolen identity records through his internet forum, has been postponed to July 8 in federal district court in Alexandria, Va.Fitzpatrick pleaded guilty to three felony counts and received a sentence of time served (17 days) and two years of home arrest, followed by 18 years of supervised release along with restitution from federal Judge Leonie M.
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2 weeks ago | 
peekskillherald.com | Jim Roberts
There’s a new “kingpin” at the Cortlandt Lanes bowling alley on Crompond Road. A home-away-from-home for generations of local keglers, the 38-lane bowling alley has been sold to new owners who appear to have ambitious plans for a facility in need of a facelift.
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2 weeks ago | 
peekskillherald.com | Jim Roberts
Business is about dollars and cents — the bottom line. Entrepreneurs and companies make a profit to support families, create jobs and pay tax dollars to support their communities. But it’s people that make those businesses work, and each year the Hudson Valley Gateway Chamber of Commerce honors business people in the Peekskill-Cortlandt-Yorktown area who are shining examples of those efforts. At this year’s “Stars Along the Hudson” brunch gala, six outstanding current people were recognized.
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3 weeks ago | 
peekskillherald.com | Jim Roberts
Categories: Daniel Piamonte and plaintiff each claim ownership of the ticketJune 4, 2025 The $5 million winning ticket that Daniel Piamonte cashed even though the ticket belonged to another man. In September 2023, the Peekskill Herald reported the exciting news that a local store sold a $5 million winning New York state lottery ticket. At the time, the storeowner told the Herald the winner wished to remain anonymous.
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4 weeks ago | 
peekskillherald.com | Jim Roberts
Categories: Fernandez alleges retaliation for complaint that led to Judge Johnson’s resignationMay 30, 2025 Peekskill part-time City Court Judge Lissette Fernandez says in a federal lawsuit that the Common Council passed her over for a full-time position because Fernandez filed the complaint that led to the resignation of former City Court Judge Reginald Johnson.
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1 month ago | 
peekskillherald.com | Jim Roberts
Hollywood never made a World War II movie about Peekskill’s Thomas Roe, but maybe they should have. The film would tell the story of a 1938 Peekskill High School grad who tried five times to enlist for combat duty in the Army, the Navy and the Marines but was rejected because of a physical impairment. Finally Roe was accepted for “limited service, non-combatant duty” and inducted into the Army Nov. 5, 1942. He was assigned to anti-aircraft observation duty and served along the east coast.
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1 month ago | 
peekskillherald.com | Jim Roberts
Teenager Conor Fitzpatrick was arrested during a daytime raid at his home on Union Avenue on March 15, 2023. Federal officials seized the computers he used to operate one of the world’s largest online forums that sold stolen databases containing the personal information of millions of people. He faced up to 20 years in federal prison if convicted. Just over two years later, Fitzpatrick pleaded guilty to three felony counts. In a decision by federal Judge Leonie M.
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1 month ago | 
peekskillherald.com | Jim Roberts
Categories: Today (May 14) marks one-year anniversary of fatal attack on Maria CotoMay 14, 2025 One year ago today (May 14), a Westchester County social worker came to Peekskill to meet with a client on a routine visit. Maria Coto was approaching retirement after years of working for the County and she couldn’t know, as she entered an apartment at the back of 900 South St. that afternoon, that her life was about to end.
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1 month ago | 
peekskillherald.com | Jim Roberts
A former city employee who sued for wrongful termination has won a court victory that could find Peekskill once again making a big-dollar payout without the city ever getting its day in court. The new case is the second instance where the city’s former Corporation Counsel’s failure to respond to a lawsuit in a timely manner led to a default judgment. The first case last year cost the city $1 million to settle.
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2 months ago | 
peekskillherald.com | Jim Roberts
One of the first tenants in the new affordable housing apartment building at 645 Main St. might hold the distinction of being the first renter facing eviction. She is not alone. Of the 81 units rented at the property, where more than 3,000 people applied for an apartment, at least 10 are now facing eviction cases in Peekskill City Court for not paying their rent. Five of the eviction cases are scheduled for a next hearing on April 4 in Peekskill City Court.
