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WINGING IT! IN DOWNTOWN WHITE PLAINS NY USA ON SATURDAY (Photos courtesy of White Plains Bid–“Your” BID)
Downtown White Plains Wing Walk Winner Announced
WPCNR MAMARONECK AVENUE AMBLER.From The White Plains Bid.April 27, 2022: Thousands of chicken wings were consumed at this year’s Downtown White Plains Wing Walk! Each attendee tasted up to 30 wings and rated each wing flavor they tried.
The votes are in, and “Wings a la Limeña” from Delicias del Jireh was crowned best wing in downtown White Plains with an average rating of 4.3 out of 5. Past champions, Lazy Boy Saloon and Ale House and Alex Lounge Bar and Grill, were neck and neck for second place with their Tequila Lime and Cilantro Lime wings, respectively.
“On Monday, April 25, City of White Plains Mayor Tom Roach and the White Plains BID awarded Delicias del Jireh at 206 Mamaroneck Avenue with a proclamation and plaque declaring them the winner of the 2022 Downtown White Plains Wing Walk!
The event featured 26 different flavored wings, both dry rub and sauce, across 15 participating restaurants. Approximately 800 Wing Walk tickets were sold and nearly 600 attendees submitted their ballots, rating the wings they tasted from one to five stars.
Mayor Roach said, “With so many different flavors and restaurants to choose from, competition for the title of “Best Wings in Downtown White Plains” was not an easy choice. Congratulations to Delicias del Jireh/Peruvian Kitchen on their winner – Wings a la Limeña. I hereby declare April 25, 2022 Delicias del Jireh day in the City of White Plains.”
“The [winning wing] recipe was inspired by the fried chicken my mom made when I was in Peru,” Delicias del Jireh’s owner Nilton Mori explained. “Limeña means a person or item made it in Lima, Peru, where I was born.”
Brittany Brandwein, Executive Director of the White Plains BID said,
“The 2022 Downtown White Plains Wing Walk brought people together for a common goal – to determine the best wing flavor in downtown White Plains. It was a beautiful day for residents, visitors, and community members of all ages to familiarize and see what downtown White Plains has to offer.”
MAYOR ROACH WITH THE BEST WINGMEN. THE WINNING WING LOOKING VERY TASTY! WHICH WAY DO I STEER?
SINCE SEPTEMBER, WHITE PLAINS SHOWS 25% TOTAL INFECTIONS 1,950 STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND STAFF HAVE TESTED POSITIVE OF 7,917 STUDENTS, TEACHERS, STAFF IN THE DISTRICT THRU APRIL 24
IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS– IN FIRST WEEK BACK TO SCHOOL. 1,002 STUDENTS, 228 TEACHERS — 195 STUDENTS TEST POSITIVE, 108 STAFF TEST IN FIRST WEEK.
WESTCHESTER THROUGH 8 MONTHS OF SCHOOL WITH 2 MONTHS LEFT IN YEAR REPORTS 25,738 WESTCHESTER STUDENTS TESTED POSITIVE OF APPROXIMATE 149,318 SCHOOL STUDENTS IN COUNTYPOST SPRING BREAK INFECTIONS INCREASE POSITIVES IN 6 OTHER MID-HUDSON REGION COUNTIES, NASSAU, SUFFOLK, NYC.
WESTCHESTER STUDENTS SHOW MORE COVID INFECTIONS THAN NASSAU AND SUFFOLK COUNTIES YET NASSAU AND SUFFOLK HAVE 700,000 MORE IN POPULATION
WPCNR COVID DAILY.From the NYS COUNTY COVID SCHOOL REPORT & NYS COVID TRACKER. Analysis & Observation by John F. Bailey. April 26, 2022 UPDATED WITH MONDAY STATISTICS CHARTS 1:30 EDT:
Westchester County Covid infections in the public schools increased last week after public school children returned to schools Monday, June 18, with the option of not having to wear masks, established by Governor Hochul.
In the White Plains City School District in April 11 through 24th periods the state laboratory reporting estimates 22 tested positive of 417, 5% positive, the same positive rate of Westchester County. In the last 7 Days (April 18-24) , 8 of 254 students tested positive or 3%. At 254 tests in a full school week, this is about 4% of the entire student body across all 9 schools.
White Plains City School District latest Covid infections report through yesterday, 1,973, up 23 from Friday’s total, 1,553 total positive students for the entire school year; 227 Teachers testing positive, and 168 staff
Dr. Joseph Ricca, White Plains Superintendent of Schools told WPCNR Monday afternoon 40 students (10 more than the lab has reported so far) had tested positive. He said testing continued to be done to random students as they entered school buildings, and parents who wish to test their own children at home can request the rapid test kits (2 to a package) from their schools.
Dr. Ricca said any student testing positive goes through contact tracing to advise other parents if their child or children had been exposed. Dr. Ricca promised a full briefing to the school district was being prepared.
Infections so far for the last nine months in the school district are much more frequent in the White Plains Middle School (202 since September) and White Plains High School, 291.
Around Westchester County new positives are increasing in the schools., 1,601 through Monday
In the last two weeks, April 11 to 24 (the vacation week for public schools and the first week of return to school) 1,002 Students tested positive across Westchester County, 228 teachers and 108 Staff tested positive. Monday, in the latest covid school report, that has increased by 205 more students to 1,207; TEACHERS infected are at 261 and Staff, 133.
Students testing positive reported during the week of actual vacation, could conceivably be viewed as having been infected at schools the week before they left for the spring break vacation week, or infected during the week of socializing or vacations.
However the return to schools beginning one week ago, appears to have shown that perhaps there might have been more tests administered in Westchester, or self-testing each day for all students.
In the 5 days of school throughout Westchester County last week, the first session back from vacation, 875 students tested positive 87% of the 1,002 the last two weeks through Friday the 24th— 126 of them tested positive on Friday the 24th alone.
Can we assume that the average of 125 new positives a day will continue adding student infections at the rate of a thousand a week the next two weeks? That is how last week Countywide figures project. School officials may want to work out more testing at the entrance of schools to prevent a chaotic May.
It is not just student infections that should concern Superintendents with figures like these, but the teacher infections are devastating to the ability to deliver instruction to classes where students may be out for quarantine. Dr. Ricca of White Plains said at the present time White Plains was not experiencing a teacher or staff shortage due to the pace of infections. What is happening in the schools has to be looked at promptly by the State Health Department and Superintendents experiencing the level of infections sharply rising, which should go without having to write this.
Another factor is how many teachers can any district lose to covid quarantines and relaxed masking and testing? The more relaxed the atmosphere, the more the spread.
Student infections in last two weeks in the Mid-Hudson Region
Westchester: 875
Orange 168
Rockland 146
Dutchess 149
Ulster 149
Putnam 26
Sullivan 23
TOTAL S: 1,536
In two weeks time those 1,536 if they infect 2 other persons will give covid to 3,000 or another 1,500 students if they have only seen one other person. The possibility of more positives going undetected early in school student populations has potential to increase exponentially the spread of covid going into May June.
This is why, though Westchester infections slowed this week, with 210 being tested positive Sunday, the county has had four consecutive weeks of increased infections. The 2, 156 new positives across all age levels in Westchester alone, was an 85% increase in infections in 3 weeks from 1,095 March 27 to April third to 2, 156. We cannot tolerate 3,000 students positive in two weeks and keep the covid from spreading exponentially.
The Westchester number of students testing positive the last two weeks is instructive compared to Nassau and Suffolk Counties, because Nassau has a population of 1,395,774 persons, Suffolk has 1.5 Million.
Westchester reported 875 student infections. Nassau County reported 653 and Suffolk County, 485 significantly less in both Long Island Counties than Westchester, but as the Monday numbers in the graphic show, Westchester has now topped both counties combined with a much faster growth of school student infections.
Editor’s Note: The WPCNR COVID DAILY is the day-by-day record of track of the new covid pace of infections in Westchester County NY USA. It was started April 4 when a fifth wave of Covid infections started and has continued for 4 straight weeks of infections and it is now entering a critical month averaging over 2,000 new infections a week.
In each Daily, WPCNR adds in the Westchester County Positive Tests reported the previous day for convenient reference to how good Mr. and Mrs. and Ms. Westchester are controlling the spread of the disease. The statistics are based on the daily reports published between 2 and 4 P.M. on the New York State Covid Tracker, the Westchester Covid-19 Dashboard that tracks towns and cities in Westchester and the New York State Covid School Report.
The analysis is created and written by John F. Bailey, based on the actual statistics, whose opinions are solely his own and observations are meant to inform and demystify to the concerned person, what the statistics actually are saying and how they might want to consider how to live carefully with the covid situation. The math is solely based on Society of American Baseball Research protocols.
To access the New York State and Westchester websites where the statistics come from in preparing the Covid Daily, here are the links:
WPCNR COUNTY CLARION-LEDGER.By John F. Bailey. April 25, 2022:
County Executive George Latimer announced Westchester County would follow up on the New York State Legislature passage of a bill authorizing towns villages, counties to cut the gasoline tax.
Towns and villages can enact it by sending legislation to the County Board of Legislators that would lower the cost of gasoline in Westchester County 20 cents a gallon.
That would bring the cost of a gallon of regular cash purchase of gasoline to about $4.39 a gallon.
He said he hoped to have this happen within two weeks. The cut in gas price sales tax will not happen in White Plains unless White Plains city government requests it through Common Council action, Mr. Latimer said Yonkers, New Rochelle, and Mt. Vernon also had to request permission through legislation to establish the tax.
WPCNR is checking with White Plains City Hall to see if that is in the works for next Monday Common Council meeting, May 2.
The cut in gasoline sales tax will be made up by the surpluses the county has enjoyed because of covid relief funds and increased sales tax receipts through 2021.
In another move, the County Executive announced bus riders could ride free on Beeline Buses all summer long. Mr. Latimer said he hoped this would induce more persons to switch to bus transit.
In another new development, Mr. Latimer announced Breeze Airlines would be flying coast to coast various vacation and business destinations nationally from Westchester County Airport with no increase in number of flights using Airbus aircraft, no jumbo jets. He said the airline would be flying out of arrival and departure “slots” currently not assigned during the airport hours of operation 6AM to 11 P.M.
On the subject of Covid, County Executive Latimer said Covid cases were rising, that hospitalizations were up as of today to 65, and the disease, though increasing, seemed to be “stabilizing.” He said masks were still required on County Beeline Buses but were optional at Westchester County Airport. He urged persons to get vaccinated.
At the close of the regular Monday news conference, a new phone app was presented by Sustainable Westchester that alerts persons with the App on their cellphone to turn off appliances, lower temperature on “Peak Days” in the summer and of course, all year around. The “PEAK” alerts, the presenter said saved her $120 on her apartment this past year.
WPCNR COVID DAILY.From the New York Covid Tracker. Analysis and Trend by John F. Bailey. April 24, 2022:
For 7 Days concluded Saturday, Westchester County averaged 308 new persons testing positive each day, totaling 2,156 new covid cases for the week.
There were a total of 34,058 persons reported tested for the 7 days, the average tests reported each day was 4,865, persons tested positive, tested so at a 6% infection rate. Two weeks ago there were 1,895 persons testing positive.
By dividing 2,156 the weekly total at the end of Saturday, it means the 1,895 persons tested positive 2 weeks ago (the incubation period for the disease) tells us that 1 infected person infection 1.1 persons which means that each per person gave the disease to one other person, so the disease though growing in infections 6% in one week are not yet exponential spreading the disease.
WPCNR WHITE PLAINS LAW JOURNAL SUNDAY BRIEFING. Excerpts from the decision issued Thursday by the Appellate Division, Fourth Department, Rochester NY from their Ruling Transcript. April 24, 2022:
Professor Stephen Rolandi (left), interviewed by John Bailey on this week’s White Plains Television People To Be Heard on www.wpcommunitymedia.org.
UPDATED WITH COMMENTARY FROM PROFESSOR STEPHEN J. ROLANDI of John Jay School of Justice and Pace University as what lies ahead:
I read the 4th Department opinion. If the petitioners (GOP) lose in the Court of Appeals, they will likely appeal to the Federal courts. If the state (Hochul et. al.) loses, they probably will hold the June 28th primary as scheduled for all the state offices and hold a new Federal primary for late August/early September. Time will tell.
Editor’s Note: The following are 4 pages from the transcript of the Appellate Division, Fourth Department issued by the Clerk of the Court, highlighting their decision that the State Senate and Assembly redrawn districts are not unconstitutional, but ruling that the New State Congressional Districts, Senate and Congressional Districts have to be redrawn and submitted by April 30:
“Cases per 100k” Explanation aid: It says Westchester County 300 new averaged 300 cases Friday. Westchester has 1 Million in population or 10 groups of 100,000 people: The math: 297 divided by 10.
WESTCHESTER REACHES 320 NEW INFECTIONS OF COVID A DAY SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. 1,920 NEW CASES WITH SATURDAY NUMBERS TO COME TOMORROW.
WPCNR COVID DAILY.From New York State Covid Tracker. Analysis & Observation by John F. Bailey. April 23, 2022:
Westchester County reported 428 new covid infections Thursday on 7,882 Tests.
Today, Saturday, 297 persons were reported Covid Positive based on Friday tests.
Unless Saturday infections (that will be reported Sunday tomorrow), drop to less than 107 new infections, the County will experience its 4th consecutive week of increasing infections.
Westchester reported 29,552 tests this week, an average of 4,925 tests a day. Of those 29,552 tests, there were 1,920 persons who tested positive, a positive infection rate of 6%.
Two weeks ago April April 3 to 9, 1,895 persons tested positive.
Right now on April 22 there 1,920 new infections indicating the spread rate of 1,895 persons two weeks ago infect 1 other person over 6 days.
THE WPCNR COVID-19 LOGBOOKDAY BY DAY : APRIL RISING
The first 6 days of this week show infections from March 27 to April 2 Spread Rate being slightly better than the March 27 to April 2nd infections and new infections two weeks later where 1,095 tested positive March 27 to April 2nd, 14 days later infecting 2,027 last week, a spread rate of each of those 1,095 positives infecting 1-3/4 persons the week of April 10 through 16 (2,027 divided by 1095)..
If Saturday’s infections continue at the 320 a day of new positives, and we will know that tomorrow evening, Westchester will increase to 2,240 for the week, or each 1 person infected with covid two weeks ago spreading to 1.18 or slightly more than 1 other person.
At this point the most ominous stat is the 428 new infections reported in the county Thursday of 7,882 tested (the highest number of tests administered/reported in the week).
Hold on, Mr. Bailey! Why is that ominous,? you ask , you’re just being sensational! We have an even spread!
Bear with me. Say 2,000 more came in for tests the day 7,882 were tested and 4.7% tested positive or personally reported themselves positive you could conceivably have ad a lot more positives out there.
Why? The average infection rate the last 6 days was 6.7% of those tested. If you tested 10,000 you might have 680 new positives, not 428. If you tested 12,000 a day you might have 804 Positives a day. That is 5,600 a week.
My point is voluntary or as needed testing and not mass testing gives you a false sense of confidence. Test low numbers you get low numbers. The last 4 weeks prove that.
The lack of adequate testing numbers does not give you the true picture. More testing needs to be mandated with evidence of testing negative to enter work places, schools, venues, restaurants athletic events, performances and of course at large events and social events and when entering cities traveling..
If you have cold symptoms, fever and certainly if not vaccinated, you need to go in and get tested.
The statistics with testing data in low quantities whether because of the laissez faire policy of relying on volunteer self-testing it would seem to me does not give an crystal clear picture of the spreading of the disease.
That is what the last 4 weeks show.
Of course, vaccinations are not too popular now. Everbody wants to believe we are back to normal.
Four weeks of rising infections show we are not testing responsibly, not vaccinating conscientiously and not being careful.
Members Reception: TODAY , April 23, 3-6pm You can join Arts Westchester at the Reception!
Exhibition on View: Now – July 3, 2022:
What is the “truth”? And is there one truth, or many? Who “owns” history? Does it belong to the writers and those written about, or do we all hold a share of it as a collective? ArtsWestchester explores these questions in Who Writes History?
An exhibition that focuses on a more inclusive recounting of the past and present. Participating artists explore how images and language (together and independently) shape our collective memory and mainstream narratives. Co-curated by Randy Williams and supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.
