George Latimer Week

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From the George Latimer My Westchester Newsletter. Click on BOLDFACE HEADLINES  to read the commentary. Note: the testimony to the Public Service Commission is a link to a Lohud story about the event.

Miller House to be Revitalized
County Executive George Latimer announces a plan to revitalize the historic Elijah Miller House site in North White Plains.

From the George Latimer My Westchester Newsletter. Click on “Mille

 

Westchester- Opportunity Knocks
CE Moderates 10th New York City Real Estate Expo at the New York Hilton, Promoting Westchester as a Business Destination.
CE Testifies on Storm Response
Latimer testifies to the New York State Department of Public Service on the utility company response to Westchester’s winter storms.
DSS Honored at CWLA Conference
Westchester County DSS Receives National Honors at 2018 Child Welfare League of America Conference in Washington, DC.
Latimer Sits Down with FiOS1 News
The CE discusses how he is attacking critical issues facing the County, including Westchester County Airport and Rye Playland.
Operation Prom Dress and Tux Drive
County Executive George Latimer announces 14th Annual Operation Prom, helping to make dreams a reality for High School students.
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Dealing with Real Coyotes (Not the Human Kind): Feiner’s Coyote Forum Video Presents Coyote Experts’ Wisdom on the Secret Coyote Community Among Us

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All-Business Coyote. File Photo, White Plains Week

To see the Coyote Video of the Paul Feiner Coyote Symposium Click this link:

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WPCNR THE FEINER REPORT. From Greenburgh Town Supervisor Paul Feiner. April 27, 2018:

Last night the Greenburgh Town Board heard a very interesting presentation on coyotes. We heard from Kevin Clarke, wildlife biologist for the NYS DEC, Frank Vincenti of the Wild dog foundation and  Greenburgh Police Chief Chris McNerney.

Many residents have seen coyotes around town. The presentation  (link below) will provide you with tips -what to do if you are approached by a coyote.  How you can protect your pets from coyotes.

Earlier this year a rabid coyote attacked residents in Hastings and at a condo near the village of Hastings. The rabid coyote was captured in Yonkers and there have been no other incidents. It’s unusual for a coyote (unless sick) to attack human beings.

I hope that you will find this video to be of interest.  There’s a lot of great and useful information in the link.  When I receive future calls, e mails about coyotes I will refer them to this link and will share the video with other officials who have similar concerns.

Here it is: https://youtu.be/4YVHRWDQ-ok

PAUL FEINER

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Shelley Mayer Wins Election to George Latimer’s Senate Seat, Defeating Killian 58% to 42%. Democrat Terry Clements Secures County Board District 11.

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SHELLEY MAYER ELECTED STATE SENATOR 

WPCNR CAMPAIGN 2018. From the Westchester County Board of Elections. April 24, 2018 UPDATED 10:50 PM EDT:

As of 10:15 Tuesday evening, Shelley Mayer the Democratic Assemblywoman has won election to complete the rest of former State Senator George Latimer’s term in the State Senate District 37.

She joins Andrea Stewart-Cousins as White Plains other Senator (District 35).

As of 10:50 P.M., Mayer  has 24,238 votes to Julie Killian’s 17,793 votes, the plurality sustaining Ms. Mayer’s 58% to 42% margin with 87% of election districts reporting.

In the other Special Election this evening, the Democratic candidate, Terry Clements holds a 53% to 47% margin in the race to fill former County Legislator James Maisano’s former County Legislative District 11 seat.

Ms. Clements apparent victory barring a surge of Freeman votes would give the Democratic Party 13 seats on the Westchester County Legislature, to 3 seats for Republicans, and 1 Conservative.

Clements currently has 2,481 votes to James Freeman’s 2,163 votes with 91% of the vote counted.

Both Mayer and Clements (if Clements prevails, and she seems headed that way) would have to run again in November to secure their seats.

 

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It’s Sunny. It’s 50 WABCDEEEEEGREES! THE INTREPID AMERICAN GRILLMAN RETURNS. LATEST FIRST BARBECUE EVER

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STOVETOP STARTER MAKES FIRST APPEARANCE OF 2018. Using the New York Times started Saturday twilight Grill in record time. Superior burning newsprint!

WPCNR GRILLMAN GAZETTE. By The Grillin Gourmet. ReInternetted from The CitizeNetReporter Archives of the Ancient Past. April , 2018:

 No matter whether you’re a New York Liberal, a Michigan Wolverine, A Trump supporter, or California free spirit, there’s still one phenomenon the country still believes in the American grill.

Thanks to the chimney charcoal starter and its glowing orange coals, the backyard American barbeque DNA macho in the amateur chef was inordinately delayed by the coldest spring in memory. But yesterday it was 50 degrees in White Plains New York USA and the grill was READY!

Steak was raised outside, it was born to be cooked outside, and the barbequed steak puts the Cartier- priced steakhouse in its place!

In this griller’s opinion, outdoor grilling proves once again to be the equal and superior to the overpriced artificial-tasting steak. Sleek decor and atmosphere cannot duplicate backyard origins. The economy may be slogging, your home equity quiting, but  take heart even the hobo can grill! It’s part of American DNA.

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To do real steak right , you have to do it outside on charcoal.

The instinct of generations of the American backyard barbeque tradition passed up from  the cave, enjoyed at Valley Forge. Lewis and Clark bit into venison discovering the Northwest. Cowboys sunk teeth into rare beef around chuck wagons on the prairie and up from the Southland , barbeque inbred and passed on from American father to American son – cutting across nationality and station – gives you real steak – not $100 technology  enhanced cuts. Flaming charcoal makes steak a living thing in your mouth!

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I thought America can pull itself out of this. As long as the American grilling tradition is handed down, the pioneer “can-do” spirit lives!

Why go out for dinner when you can tap your inner griller and say I can cook steak better?  The difference is the air, the smoke, the way marinade just drips down into the coals and gets into the meat. It’s chemistry,  Americans!

What is it about the American Grillman that’s so special that his or hers backyard cuts beat the insider  professionals’ inflation-friendly ostentatious steaks?

It’s the unique chemistry of being American and believing in the charcoal flames.

On Memorial Day weekend, it’s a must. On Independence Day Weekend, it’s not July 4 unless you’re grillin’. On Labor Day, if you’re not workin’, you’re grillin’.

There’s just something about the searing intensity of glowing charcoal combining mystically with the testosterone and instinctual synergy between red meat and the dedicated outdoor griller –  it beats in taste, juiciness and texture the contrived technology of the most expensive restaurant equipment.

No matter how tasty the megabuck meat is in the swank sticker shock steak palaces, there’s always that articificialness packaged taste that marks the indoor steak. The butteryness. The soft crust of the black topped surface of the indoor steak just does not have the nubile grizzled roughhewn flamed yield of the outdoor one-on-one grilled steak that fights your bicuspids every cilemeter.

The Chimney Starter the Secret.

Pour in a helping of those ultimate black beauties, Kingsford charcoal briquettes into the chimney top.

Fifteen minutes before the wife has the sides ready, take a wooden match to the aperatures in the base of the starter and light up the edges of the newsprint. Within 10-15 minutes you’ve got coals a firey orange red. You’re ready to outcook the pros.

After the Griller’s wife has marinated the meat –  the bone trimmed Porterhouse is sizzzzzzzlllllllllling in the caressing deep searing heat of glowing orange briquettes – 4  minutes a side in 400 degree heat and deft turning and surgical “rareness checks” – the seasoned grillistabalero  simply has a feel for the meat – passed genetically down from generations of American grillers.

The combination of cauldron, flavored steel grill rods and perfect flames creates the grillmark “brand” let’s you know just by looking at the cut, you’re going to get the natural taste of the backyard steak –  No one can do a great cut like you can!

As any redblooded American Grillman will tell you when doing a steak – you can’t deliver a steak by manual or instructions.

You have to feel the meat. Feel it cook. You just know its time. Hearty smoke promising juicy meat that melts in your mouth creates an experience only the grillman or GrillGam knows.

Every cut is not the same. Each deserves a surgeon’s attention to cooking timing and detail. And surgical checks are necessary.

The American Grillman becomes one with the meat. With eye and knowledge of the hue of red – you just  know  by instinct when she’s done. Cooking is slowed down by moving the meats to the side off the heat to keep the American beauties warm

With the wife’s deft presentation, sweet potato fries, corn pudding, fresh beans and mushrooms the Grillman’s natural art creates the taste of the Fourth of July

Get those grills handy and ready to fire up to get that taste of American Independence once again.

When you’re over the grill, you’re King of the Hill.

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 “UNN! Meat good, Kemo Sabbee!”

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13% OF White Plains 3 to 8th Graders Opt Out of ELA Tests

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WPCNR SCHOOL DAYS. From the White Plains City School District. April 20, 2018:

Less than 10% of Elementary School Children in 3rd to 5th grades opted out of the New York State English Language Arts assessment tests last week administered in the White Plains Elementary Schools.

The opt-out  rate was higher in Middle School. A 12% of 6th graders did not take the tests; 19% of 7th Graders opted out; 21% of 8th graders did not take the tests.

The mathematics version of the tests will be administered beginning  Tuesday, May 1

In all, 418 of 3,287 3rd to 8th graders were kept out of the tests by parents, a total of 13%, less than the 2017 total of 16%.

Here is the chart breaking the opt-outs by  school.

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WHITE PLAINS WEEK THE APRIL 20 PROGRAM ON YOUTUBE, WHITEPLAINSWEEK.COM AND www.WPCOMMUNITYMEDIA.ORG

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BAILEY KATZ BENEROFE ON

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THE STATE OF THE COUNTY

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THE CONTINUUM OPENING COMPLETE VIDEO REPORT

PILOT

THE HIGH AND THE MIGHTY

8-RIDGEWAY MONDAY

RIDGEWAY FLOODS AGAIN

THE WHITE PLAINS GUN BUYBACK THOSE GUNS JUST KEEP ON COMING IN

GOVERNOR CUOMO EXPLAINS HIS NEW TAX DEDUCTION LAW

AND MORE

 

ON THE INTERNET

YOUTUBE

the whiteplainsweek.com link is
 
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THE WP SCHOOL BUDGET WITH SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS JOSEPH RICCA AND ANN VACCARO-TEICH ON THE INTERNET at YOUTUBE and WHITEPLAINSWEEK.COM

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 JOHN BAILEY INTERVIEWS

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Anne Vaccaro-Teich

Assistant Superintendent for Business

ON THE WHITE PLAINS SCHOOLS BUDGET V0TE COMING UP MAY 15.

THE THINKING THAT HELD THE BUDGET INCREASE TO 1.5%

EFFECT ON YOUR TAXES

THE THREE PROPOSALS YOU WILL BE VOTING ON

THE CAPITAL PROJECT EXPENDITURE ALREADY PAID FOR

THE FUNDING OF THE DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM GOING FORWARD

THE NEW SECURITY EXPENDITURES

ON PEOPLE TO BE HEARD

THE TRI STATE AREA’S MOST RELEVANT INTERVIEW PROGRAM.

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ON THE INTERNET NOW ON YOUTUBE at
THE WHITE PLAINS WEEK LINK IS

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or  at www.wpcommunitymedia.org  (Replay it on this site at any time, SCROLL DOWN TO WHITE PLAINS WEEK-PEOPLE TO BE HEARD AND CLICK ON RICCA-VACCARO-TEICH Picture)

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Comin’ Up at “Westchester’s Go-To-all-About-You Library” –The White Plains Public Library

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Protect Your Data

With data privacy breaches in the news recently, you might be wondering how you can best protect your online data. If so, you’ll want to register for our “Web Literacy: Cookies, Tracks and Data Privacy” session on Friday, April 20 at 11:00 a.m.During this one hour session, you’ll learn how to use tools that show how you’re being tracked and strategies that limit your exposure when you’re online. If you have a laptop, bring it if you can.

To register, call the reference desk at (914) 422-1480 or visit our online calendar.

 

El Día de Los Niños / Children’s Day

El día de los niños/El día de los libros (Children’s Day/Book Day), commonly known as Día, is a celebration every day of children, families, and reading that culminates yearly on April 30. The celebration emphasizes the importance of literacy for children of all linguistic and cultural backgrounds.This year we’ll be celebrating on Wednesday, April 25 at 7:00 p.m. Children in grades K-6 and their families are invited to the Trove for a variety of activities in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.

 

Money Smart Week


For this year’s Smart Money Week (April 21-28), we’ll be offering two workshops on demystifying credit reports: one in English and one in Spanish. If you’re struggling to understand your credit score or want to learn strategies to save for a family vacation or a new car, you won’t want to miss these workshops presented by The United Way of Westchester and Putnam.
Desmitificando el crédito
El lunes 23 de abril a las 6:00 p.m.
Conozca cómo el crédito afecta su búsqueda de empleo y cuánto dinero paga por artículos esenciales como vivienda y transporte. Discutiremos estrategias básicas para ayudarlo a mejorar su crédito y ahorrar dinero.
Demystifying Credit and Credit Reports
Thursday, April 26 at 11:00 a.m.
Learn how credit affects your job hunting and how much money you pay for essentials like housing and transportation. This workshop will discuss basic strategies to help you improve your credit and save money.

Presented by United Way of Westchester and Putnam for Money Smart Week.

3D Printing

3D printing is on the rise. Today, it is making an impact on society in different ways, from cheap prosthetic limbs to digitally exported houses. It is a process of making three dimensional solid objects from a digital file, achieved using additive processes whereby an object is created by laying down successive layers of material until the entire object is formed. Each of these layers can be seen as a thinly sliced horizontal cross-section of the eventual object.

In next week’s 3D Printing for Adults class on April 25th at 11:00 a.m., patrons can learn about the world of 3D printing and use free modelling software to create an original design for a physical object to be collected at a later date. It all starts with a virtual blueprint and is only limited by the imagination!

Registration is required for next Wednesday’s class. To register, visit our online calendar or call us at 914-422-1480.

Demystifying Medicare

Are you struggling to navigate our complicated healthcare system for older adults? If so, come and get a handle on Medicare in a user-friendly atmosphere at a presentation by Seniors Speaking Out. It will help those who already have Medicare (seniors and people with disabilities), as well as those soon to be 65, planning their retirement, or assisting relatives and friends with their medical decisions.

The program explains the various parts of Medicare and lays out the costs associated with the medical and drug insurance provided by the government and private companies. Topics will include original Medicare, Medicare Advantage Plans, prescription drug plans (Part D), Medigaps (supplemental plans), and cost-saving programs like EPIC that can help seniors with limited resources.

Walk-ins are welcome, but registration is requested at (914) 231-3236.

For more information and other dates of this presentation (mostly in the Fall), please visit http://www.westchesterlibraries.org/westchester-seniors-out-speaking/, or call (914) 231-3260.

Have You Heard?

What’s new in our music collection?   A new Jimi Hendrix album, The Weeknd’s surprise new EP, gospel by Snoop Dogg, extra cool David Bowie albums (in time for the exhibit running now through July 15th at the Brooklyn Museum), The Black Panther soundtrack, David Byrne’s first solo album in fourteen years, the latest from hip hop trio Migos featuring Nicki Minaj and Cardi B, and much more.  Check them out!

Both Sides of the Sky Jimi Hendrix
My Dear Melancholy  The Weeknd
CHANGESTWOBOWIE  David Bowie
Bible of Love  Snoop Dogg
Black Panther: The Album Soundtrack
Culture II  Migos
American Utopia David Byrne
Dirty Computer  Janelle Monae
Things Have Changed  Bettye Lavette
Boarding House Reach Jack White
Golden Hour Kacey Musgraves
Love, Simon Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

The Continuum Is On Its Way Big Time. 50% Leased, 38% Occupied In Just 6 Months. Mix of Millenniums and Empty Nesters Filling it Up. The Boom Starts!

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55 Bank Street 288 Luxury Residences –Fulfills Former Planning Commissioner Susan Habel’s Mixed Market Dream at its grand opening this morning.

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Mayor Tom Roach of White Plains, (3rd from right)Cuts the Opening Day Ribbon with Brian Barry, Senior Vp of LCOR, the developer of the project. To the left of Mr. Barry is Chairman of the  Westchester County Board of Legislators Benjamin Boykin who said “White Plains is on the move” with the opening of this long awaited project.

At far left is the builder of the project, Louis Cappelli who completed the building in two years–His fifth Building accomplishment in the city of this size and complexity. At far right are White Plains Councilmen John Martin and John Kirkpatrick

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The Grand Lobby

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Tiled Floors, Onxy “gravitas” in every hall

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2-Bedroom Rental Apartment .

Studio apartments provide from 523 to 587 square feet with monthly rents pegged at $2,120 to $2,380 a month. 1-Bedrooms range from 710 to 732 square feet with rents starting at $2,680 to $3,020 a month. The Two-Bedroom Rentals give you 1,184 square feet and are priced from $3,845 to $4,220 per month.

The second tower of the project which will be another 16 story tower with 273 residences will break ground early in 2019.

The 288 units in today’s building open have 20% set aside for affordable housing. This was originally proposed by the Joseph Delfino Administration Commissioner of Planning Susan Habel, who sought a mixed income building with a significant 20% pegged at affordable rates. Today that dream became bricks and mortar and success. That project became stalled when the 2008 recession dried up financing availability. Now ten years later it’s real.

Brian Barry, Senior Vice President of LCOR, the developer, said in a statement:

“We are very pleased at the tremendous leasing activity we have experienced over the past several (6) months. Continuum  offers an unbeatable combination of luxury residences, full array of top quality amenities and a convenient location that’s only steps from the Metro-North train station. Downtown Whie Plains is undergoing an extraordinary renaissance and we’re proud to be a part of it.”

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WHITE PLAINS TRAIN STATION FROM THE 16TH FLOOR OF THE CONTINUUM

To see views from the Penthouse level of this building click on these WPCNR panoramic videos.

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