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WPCNR 255 MAIN STREET. From the Mayor’s Office. January 20,2016:

A White Plains City spokesperson announced to select media Tuesday that a private pest control company, engaged by the city,  had inspected the National Amusements Cinema de Lux in the City Center Tuesday and reported no infestations of pests of any kind were found.

The spokesperson, Karen Pasquale, senior advisor to Mayor Thomas Roach, in a statement toThe Journal News Tuesday, wrote “an independent pest control service chosen by the city inspected the 15-theater movie house in the City Center earlier that day. The report says that as of the date of the inspection, no evidence of any inspection was found. This follow-up independently confirms the inspection results of the pest control service used by National Amusements, the operator of City Center 15: Cinema de Lux.”

The city has withdrawn its violation notice given the theater as of last week.

The Journal News reports that Pasquale’s statement says this “should alleviate any concerns the public may have about visiting the movie theater.”

The White Plains Performing Arts Center, adjacent to the National Amusement movie theaters on the 5th floor of City Center,  issued this independent statement a day earlier Monday before the city did, that WPCNR reported on WVOX Radio’s Good Morning Westchester Tuesday morning:

“Like us, you may have heard that the Cinema de Lux movie theater in City Center has been cited by the White Plains Building Department after allegations of children leaving the movie theater with tiny skin bites. 

Out of an abundance of caution and a desire to put our patrons at complete ease, the White Plains Performing Arts Center management today (Thursday,January 14) authorized a thorough inspection of our premises by a licensed pest management company.  We have been assured, without a doubt, that there is absolutely no evidence of any type of pest on our premises.  The WPPAC has never received a violation of any kind.

As always, our doors are open to you, we welcome your presence and look forward to your continued enjoyment of our highly acclaimed performances!”

The concern surfaced after parents, writing on their Facebook pages last week had complained and contacted the Mayor’s office complaining of pests allegedly biting children while viewing movies in the theater.