Another major federal development affecting real estate professionals was the postponement of FinCEN’s Residential Real Estate Reporting Rule. Originally scheduled to take effect in 2025, the rule was delayed until March 1, 2026.
At the helm is City Council Speaker Julie Menin, who will continue to shape the council’s agenda and legislative priorities.
In connection with Wishnie’s retirement, County Executive Jenkins announced that current Director of Operations Joan McDonald has been promoted to Deputy County Executive.
The Make-A-Wish donation will be presented at the Foundation’s May 15 “Dancing for the Foundation” event at the Glen Island Harbour Club in New Rochelle.
WHITE PLAINS—The Hudson Gateway Realtor Foundation (HGRF), the charitable arm of the Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors, announced recently it had donated a total of $27,750 to 12 charities and non-profit organizations throughout the Hudson Valley during the first quarter of 2025.
Recent donation recipients include:
Abilities First, New Windsor, Orange
Alliance for Safe Kids/Drug Crisis in our Backyard, Yorktown, Westchester
Feeding Westchester, Elmsford, Westchester
Gullotta House, Briarcliff Manor, Westchester
Make-A-Wish Hudson Valley, Tarrytown, Westchester
Mount Kisco Interfaith Food Pantry, Mount Kisco. Westchester
My Sister’s Place, White Plains, Westchester
New Era Creative Space, Peekskill, Westchester
United Hospice, New City, Rockland
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the HV, Ossining Westchester
YCMA Central & Northern Westchester, White Plains. Westchester
“The mission of our Realtor Foundation is to give back to those in need in the many communities where our members live and work,” said Ralph Gabay, President of the HG Realtor Foundation. “Our members and sponsors have been very generous over the past year, and we look forward to providing many more donations through the remainder of 2025.”
The Make-A-Wish donation will actually be presented at the Foundation’s May 15 “Dancing for the Foundation” event at the Glen Island Harbour Club in New Rochelle. Tickets are still available by visiting
Dancing for the Foundation 2025 by Hudson Gateway REALTOR Foundation.
Established in 2004 and relaunched in 2013, the HG Realtor Foundation has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to charities and non-profits throughout the Hudson Valley. As concerned members of the communities we work in, the Hudson Gateway Realtor Foundation participates in qualified community-based charities who serve the housing, hunger, health, happiness, and humane needs of citizens everywhere.
In connection with Wishnie’s retirement, County Executive Jenkins announced that current Director of Operations Joan McDonald has been promoted to Deputy County Executive.
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