HGAR hosts Westchester County Executive Rob Astorio at commercial real estate meeting

The Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors (HGAR) recently hosted Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino at its first Commercial & Investment Division (CID) breakfast meeting of the year at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in White Plains. Astorino discussed the county's economic development plans, and answered realtors' questions about taxes, affordable housing, the Tappan Zee Bridge, Playland and more. The Hudson Gateway Association of REALTORSÂ® (HGAR) is a not-for-profit trade association covering over 9,500 real estate professionals doing business in Westchester, Putnam, Rockland, and Orange counties. The Hudson Gateway Multiple Listing Service (HGMLS), owned by HGAR, offers some 24,000 properties in the Bronx, Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess, Rockland, Orange, Sullivan and Ulster counties. It is among the top 50 largest MLSs in the country. Pictured (from left) are: Jim Coleman, executive director, Westchester County IDA; Bill Mooney III, director, Westchester County Office of Economic Development; Leah Caro, HGMLS president; Ann Garti, HGAR & HGMLS COO, Rob Astorino, Westchester County executive; Richard Haggerty, HGAR CEO; John Barrett, CID president; and John Lease III, HGAR Regional VP, Orange County.

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