After more than a decade of wrangling, Westchester County's Rye Playland is starting to see significant changes under new management company Standard Amusements. One of the best amusement parks near New York City, Playland, which opened in 1928, is home to one of America's oldest wooden roller coasters.
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The Westchester County Board of Legislators has approved a bankruptcy court settlement regarding the management of Playland. Legislators who support the revised agreement say it not only leaves the county amusement park in Westchester’s hands, but improves county controls and financial terms.
The approved agreement will replace a 2016 agreement reached under then Republican Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino. Westchester Budget and Appropriations Chair Democrat Catherine Borgia:
“This is not a situation where we’re deciding for the first time what to do with Playland,” Borgia says. “This is a, is this contract better than the contract negotiated by the Astorino administration.”