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SNOWY EVENING: WHITE PLAINS NY USA AT MIDNIGHT. In the WPCNR “SNOW ZONE THE WPCNR METEROROLIST USING A YARDSTICK MEASURED 13 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW ON FLAT GROUND WITH NO TREE OVERHAND. DRIFTS MAY BE HIGHER. AS OF 4:30 PM THIS AFTERNOON, SNOWFALL WAS APPROXIMATELY 8 INCHES. AT MIDNIGHT SNOW HAD TAPERED OFF TO VERY SMALL LIGHTLY DRIFTING FLAKES. IT’S A 2-SHOVELINGS SNOWFALL.
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WHITE PLAINS NY USA 4:30 P.M. Road Conditions unknown. Probably slippery. No advisories from the City of White Plains via phone or email all day. Snow Heavy to Shovel. Snow on flat surfaces is about 8 inches…with drifts slightly higher.
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WPCNR WHITE PLAINS LAW JOURNAL. JANUARY 23, 2016:
The popular White Plains Week website has posted as of 1 P.M. SATURDAY the complete text of the Judge Joan Lefkowitz Preliminary Decision and Order on the French American School of New York bid to overturn the Common Council decision of August 5, 20015. The decision was issued Wednesday.
Go to www.whiteplainsweek.com and CLICK ON THE LINK:
LINK TO FILE OF JUDGE’S DECISION ON FRENCH AMERICAN SCHOOL CASE
By reading the complete Preliminary decision you can judge for yourself what the Judge wrote to explain her decision calling for a vote of the Common Council on February 1 on the French American School of New York site plan and special permit.
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WPCNR WEATHER AND TRAFFIC. FROM WESTCHESTER COUNTY. JANUARY 23, 2016:
BEE-LINE BUS SYSTEM TO SUSPEND SERVICE TODAY AT 11 A.M.
Due to deteriorating weather conditions, the Bee-Line Bus System will suspend service on all its routes at 11 a.m. today (Saturday) until further notice.
Buses currently on the roads will finish all of their routes and then return to their garages.
“It’s always safety first and the weather conditions have just made it impossible to keep our buses on the roads,” said County Executive Robert P. Astorino. “We will monitor the situation throughout the storm, but the busses will remain off the roads until conditions allow for their safe return.”
With the exception of emergency vehicles, all motorists are urged to stay off the roads.
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WPCNR WHITE PLAINS LAW JOURNAL. From the Gedney Association. January 23, 2016:
The Gedney Association has released a statement on their reaction to Judge Joan Lefkowitz’s Preliminary Order January 20, directing the Common Council to vote February 1 on whether or not to approve or disapprove the French American School of New York Site Plain and Special Permit. The Mayor’s Office and the City Corporation Counsel had so far not responded to WPCNR’S Request for a statement:
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WPCNR WEATHER AND TRAFFIC. From Paul Feiner, Supervisor Town of Greenburgh. January 23, 2016 9 A.M. E.S.T.:
Just conferred with our highway department. Our crews were called out at 3 AM. We currently have 35 trucks out plowing the roads. No trees have fallen. No reported power outages. We pre-treated the roads before the storm and are now on our second round – plowing the roads again. With the snow coming down – roads are slippery so it is recommended that you stay inside
Bee-Line buses and Paratransit vehicles are operating with major delays system wide due to poor road conditions.
Routes 8, 13B, 30, and 60 are operating on standard snow detours.
Route 2 -buses are avoiding the hills-northbound buses in Getty Square are traveling right on Prospect Ave., left on Main St., and right on Broadway to Roberts Ave. Southbound buses will travel right on Roberts Ave., left on Broadway, right on Wells Ave., and left on Warburton Ave.
Route 6-buses are avoiding icy conditions on Dobbs Ferry Rd.-northbound straight on Rt. 9A, right on Rt. 119. Southbound buses are traveling straight on Rt. 119, left on Rt. 9A.
The Westchester County Airport is open and operating normally. Passengers should check with their carrier for more specific flight information.
Further information can be obtained by clicking on our web page at
www.westchestergov.com/beelinebus.
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16 YEARS ON THE AIR — WEEKLY WITH THE NEWS NO ONE ELSE DARES TO GIVE YOU —
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PETER KATZ, JOHN BAILEY AND JIM BENEROFE
ANALYZE
THE SHOCKING FASNY PRELIMINARY DECISION.
WHAT IT MEANS — WHAT’S NEXT? WHAT’S GOING ON?
DID THE CITY SCREW UP?
THE GALLERIA BUYER INTRIGUE — WHY NOT A MORATORIUM?
THE SCHOOL BUDGET FORECAST FOR 2016-17 ROLLING UP TO $209.4 MILLION
SCHOOL BUDGET LONG RANGE FORECAST: $233M IN 4 YEARS
OPT OUTTERS OUTDRAW LOCAL SCHOOL BUDGET MEETING
THE JANET DiFIORE APPOINTMENT TO THE COURT OF APPEALS
THE SNOW STORY.
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The SAT scheduled for tomorrow, January 23, at the White Plains High School has been re-scheduled due to the impending weather.
The make-up date is February 20.
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The Preliminary, Decision Order and judgment issued by Judge Joan Lefkowitz Monday, orders the Common Council to meet February 1 to vote on the Special Permit sought by the French American School to build a school campus. The Preliminary Decision obtained by WPCNR notes:
The reason for the Judge’s order for a vote at the next regular meeting finds fault with the city for not voting in a timely manner according to the city’s own zoning law Judge Lefkowitz writes on pages 6 and 7–the city misinterpreted it’s timing of the vote, in the Judge’s opinion:
“In their argument the city respondents state that the 2014 (FASNY) application was no longer complete when the Common Council failed to approve the Discontinuance Petition, implying thereby that it was complete until that event. Therefore both components of the 2014 application were complete within the meaning of the Zoning ordinance prior to August 5, 2015.
The judge’s Preliminary decision notes on page 16, “the court will hold the determination of the Dismissal Motion in abeyance pending the parties’ compliance with this Preliminary Decision, Order and Judgment.”
In the Preliminary order on page 6, Judge Lefkowitz denies the French American School of New York Constructove denial motion arguing the Common Council constructively denied its application for a special permit by operation, but grants the FASNY motion
“to the extent that FASNY seeks a judgment declaring that the Common Council disapproved its application for approval of a site plan by operation of law, and granted to the extent that the instant matter is remanded to the Common Council to vote forthwith on the resolution(s) concerning the proposed approval of the 2014 application — or what remains thereof — that it tabled on August 5, 2015.”
The Judge dismisses the French American School of New York order that the Common Council vote on the 2014 must be decided by a simple majority (4-3).
The Judge writes “the motions of the proposed intervenors, Gedney Association, Gaetano G. D’Antona, John Sheehan and Robert J. Stackpole, for permission to intervene in the above-captioned proceeding action, or alternatively to dismiss the above-captioned proceeding/action for failure to join necessary parties are denied,,,”
“that the detemination of Respondents/Defendents to dismiss the verified petition and complaint in the above-captioned proceeding/action is held in abeyance pending the parties compliance with the Preliminary Decision, Order And Judgment, and it is further ORDERED that the counsel for the parties are directed to appear in the Westchester County Courthouse, courtroom 1600, at 2 PM for a conference with the Court.”
Neither City Corporation Counsel John Callahan nor Mayor Thomas Roach returned calls for comment.
John Sheehan of the Gedney Association is preparing a statement for WPCNR.
A Common Council member told WPCNR the Council was informed Thursday after with an email from Mr. Callahan noting the Preliminary Decision with a copy of the decision.