Westchester County Executive Robert P. Astorino, right, stands with Mayor Bill de Blasio, and other local
elected officials and transportation advocates, as they
urge increased
federal transportation investment in vital infrastructure in New York, on Nov. 24, 2015, under the Amtrak Rotunda at Penn Station in Manhattan.
Elected officials from Southold Town and Suffolk County joined several advocacy groups Monday to
urge a New York State Assembly committee to preserve Plum Island, which the
federal government owns and plans to sell.