Once a Lady, Always a Fair Lady:Babiak spunky, Heart-Winning. Galantich, Dashing

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WPCNR STAGE RIGHT. Theatrical Review by John F. Bailey. October 3, 2011: 


 


She is 56 years old and still has it goin’ on!


 


She’s My Fair Lady, the all-time best family musical (out of a time warp from 1956) arriving again with class, dignity, emotion, and such proper English  you have to pay attention at Elmsford’s Westchester Broadway. She  charmed young and old without dirty words, without sleaze, and with Broadway’s best-ever score.  My date, Brenda Starr, said, “Every song’s a winner!”


 



 


Jennifer Babiak creates a spunky, Eliza Doolittle (who wants Mr. Higgins to Show Me) divinely reaches out and touches hearts and wins you over to her corner. You root for her. Tom Galantich is pompous Henry Higgins (who’s “grown accustomed to her face”). They’re the odd couple who play out Pygmalion the spirited George Bernard Shaw satiric battle of the sexes musically in the Jay Lerner & Frederick Leowe classic revival production now receiving lovers of musical theater Wednedays through Sundays at the Westchester Broadway. Photos, Courtesy Westchester Broadway Theatre, by John Vecchiolla


 


 





This is a show the ladies who lunch will flock to see for its nostalgia, the elegant costumes and an England that will never grow old. A show lovers will enjoy for its clever “true-to-the-heart” songs everyone will recognize. It moves absolutely ripping, it will hold young childrens’ attentions.


 


Eliza’s lilting rippling, glorious I could Have Danced All Night gives an emotional uplift when Higgins dances with Eliza after she learns “The Rain In Spain Falls Mainly in the Plain.” The two leads showing a wary resistance to each other gradually thawing to needing each other despite pride and reason.


 



 


Higgins, on a bet with fellow linguist Colonel Pickering (ably second-banana-ed by William McCauley) says he can transform virtually unintelligible flower girl Eliza Doolittle into a lady who will fit into high English society. After Higgins makes the proposition to train Eliza, she and the terrific ensemble deliver a delightful, Wouldn’t It Be Loverly?


 


My Fair Lady has the tightest, liveliest, realistic book in show biz with dialogue that’s not just a few lines into the next song, but good, snappy give-and-take between characters. The MFL songs explain what’s happening emotionally with the characters in case you do not get it.


 


The cockney accents thick as stilton are so thick you may not understand what’s going on there. You have to listen carefully to the opening scene in Covent Garden. With all the cockney brogue, (perhaps distorted by the sound system, and delivered a little too fast), children and reporters hard of hearing are challenged.


 


When Tom Galantich’s Henry Higgins, first encountering Eliza sings Why Can’t the English Learn to Speak? all becomes perfectly clear. You know what’s going on. Perhaps Director Charles Repole is making a point by exaggerating actors’ brogues in the opening scene to drive home Mr. Higgins’ disgust with the daily murdering of the King’s English.


 


Mr.  Galantich is introspective, and self-righteous on I’m an Ordinary Man after taking on the exasperating challenge of Eliza. He is sure he will never let a woman into his life. But, he has, and you are about to see a romance that could never happen, happen. The old opposites attract romantic dream lives forever in My Fair Lady.


 



 


The show gets into high spirits when Eliza’s father( manic, comic and limber Bill Dietrich) and his 12 chronies of the fabulous ensemble  deliver a high-flying With a Little Bit of Luck with leaps and bounds daringly choreographed by Michael Lichtefeld. Mr. Dietrich returns again in a rollicking I’m Getting Married in the Morning (above)Both numbers pleased the full house.


 


Higgins life indeed runs amuck as lessons with Eliza Doolittle commence. Babiak engages the audience’s sympathies…as her loathing for Professor Higgins’ deprecating and high-faluting attiudes towards her as she learns to say her “a’s”, singing Just You Wait. Then there’s the magical day when Eliza says the sentence, “The rain  is Spain falls mainly in the plain.” Higgins is ecstatic and of course the nonsense of The Rain in Spain.


 


Higgins is so proud of her her dances her around his fabulously recreated study. Eliza is so pleased she has pleased him and thinks he is starting to care for her that she sings I Could Have Danced All Night. Ms Babiak uses all she has on this song…trilling up the scale…mellowing down the scale on the famous lines, letting her voice of joy shimmer in incandescence that opens your heart. From right there, she has the audience rooting for the plucky little lady.


 



DOWN THE STRETCH THEY COME AT ASCOT


 


On to Ascot and the races. Higgins is so confident he feels he shall introduce Eliza to society at the races. We meet Higgins mother, drolly played by Kathleen Huber who has the best lines in the show. She is quite taken with Eliza, as is Freddy a young ne’er-do-well society fop. Eliza does fine in a brilliantly staged racetrack scene cleverly rendered by the ensemble top hats and spats, gorgeous dresses and slow motion choreography by Mr. Lichtefeld. Eliza makes one hilarious mistake to end the scene.


 


Act Two begins with Higgens winning his bet with Pickering after Eliza’s fabulous debut at the ball, as Pickering sings “You Did It!”  the emphasis being on you (Professor Higgins), Eliza does a slow burn.


 



Meeting Mother


 


Eliza, a character who is a modern woman, before the concept of a modern woman was invented, walks out, laments what is to become of her Without You.


 


How will they get back together? The audience is left to worry this out through the twists and turns of Higgins’ pride, Eliza’s pride, and a lot of love.


 


You almost get to thinking it will never work out. Especially when Professor Higgins alone in his study, sings softly I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face sketched with regret inwardly touched for the very first time. Reaching to an old gramophone recorder, he switches it on to hear her voice one last time.


 


You know how it ends,don’t you? If you do not, do go see for yourself.


 


I never get tired of seeing My Fair Lady. I could see it every night. Like England,there will always be a My Fair Lady.


 


She is receiving guests through November 27 and returns after the Christmas holiday December 28 through January 29. Go to www.broadwaytheatre.org for ducat information or call (914) 592-2222.


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 

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Homeless Families Decline. WestHelp’s Last Day. Ferncliffe, School for Disabled

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WPCNR THE FEINER REPORT. By Greenburgh Town Supervisor Paul Feiner. October 2, 2011 UPDATED OCTOBER 3, 2011 10:30 A.M.EDT UPDATED 3 P.M. E.D.T. UPDATED 8:30 P.M. E.D.T.:


On Friday, September 30th a 20 year partnership between Westchester County, WESTHELP and Greenburgh came to an end.


Last year the Westchester County Executive announced plans to close down WESTHELP–the transitional facility that served the homeless population. WESTHELP was located on a six acre county property adjacent to Westchester Community College.  The organization, which provides transitional services to the homeless, was started by Andrew Cuomo–when his father was Governor.


The Town of Greenburgh is now negotiating with FerncliffManor, a school for the developmentally disabled to occupy the building at a lease comparable to what WESTHELP was paying.


Westhelp had received significant notice from the county that they would be closing. The facility housed 108 families. I assume that the county is placing the former residents at other county shelters.


Donna Greene Deputy Communications Director of Westchester County said that the county closed the doors on September 16. They weren’t housing 108 families, as that was one of the issues associated with closing the facility (low occupancy).We froze any new placements effective June, 2011, and a number of families secured transitional or permanent housing since June. In the end,  we moved the remaining families into existing shelter capacity in White Plains or Mt. Vernon. As of September 16, there were just 5 families left. This included 2 that had been relocated at the shelter due to the storm issues from Mamaroneck.They (the 5)  were brought to The Coachman in White Plains


Ms. Greene also indicated Westhelp is no longer needed because homeless families have declined in the county:


We have seen significant declines in our DSS shelter population as a result of a multipronged approach, including use of shelter supplements and local rental assistance programs to prevent homelessness, decreased length of stays in shelters, and increased focus on rapid rehousing in either transitional and/or permanent housing.


Ms. Greene referred WPCNR to the County budget which contains this commentary:


The simple answer is that the county’s 12‐shelter system has excess capacity – and will continue to have excess capacity even when the two shelters are closed. Currently, WestHelp in Greenburgh and Oasis in New Rochelle have vacancy rates of 55 percent and 64 percent, respectively. Closing these shelters will save $1.9 million – funds that can be better spent on other services. Empty shelter beds cost the county money because its contracts with shelter operators are based on full occupancy. For example, the $93 a day rate that the county pays the operators of WestHelp assumes full occupancy of the 108‐unit shelter. However, when vacancies are factored and the rate is based on actual occupancy, the cost to the county doubles to $182 per day for the average family.


Even with the closings, the county’s 10 other shelters will have excess capacity of about 20 percent. This is the level recommended


 


The details:






 


During the past twenty years WESTHELP has helped hundreds of families transition from homeless to productive members of the community. Over the years I have received very few complaints from residents who lived near the homeless facility.

 

At the time WESTHELP was built the county agreed to turn over the property to the town after the original lease expired. The town can collect rent for 30 years and acts as  a landlord for the property. After the first 10 lease expired WESTHELP paid the town $1.2 million a year in rent. It was a win-win situtation. WESTHELP continued to serve the homeless population in Greenburgh and our taxpayers benefitted from the rental income. 

 

 We had worked out an agreement with the civic association and Valhalla school district to give some of the income to the school district. That was found improper by the State Comptroller.   Now that WESTHELP is not serving the homeless population the town stands to lose $1.2 million a year–money that was used to keep taxes lower in both the unincoporated section of the town and the villages.

 

The town needs the revenue from Westhelp.  We are currently negotiating a new sublease agreement for the remaining lease term with a not for profit organization that is Westchester based that would provide housing and educational services for approximately 35 develomentally disabled children and adults. We had issued a request for proposals for the use of the property earlier this year. There was some interest in the property from colleges (for college dorms), veterans (to house veterans on the property) and affordable housing organizations (low income/affordable housing).  

 

 Ferncliff indicated to the town  if we leased the property to them that they would be able to pay the town close to one million a year. They would provide housing and educational services for 35 developmentally disabled children and adults.

 

We have been negotiating with Ferncliff Manor for a number of months. They need state approvals and also need county approval to extend the terms of the master lease and modification of lease provisions limiting the property’s use to low income housing.  We have been discussing Ferncliff’s needs with the county regarding modifications to the master lease and expect to receive a decision soon. We believe there is a good chance that an agreement will be reached.

 

As of September 30th we are no longer receiving any rental income from Westhelp or from the county. We hope to finalize a rental agreement with Ferncliff soon so we can start receiving the rent that is needed by the town. The following is a summary of the mission statement, philosophy and history of Ferncliff Manor, an organization that has a very good reputation in the county.

I hope to welcome Ferncliff to our town soon. The campus setting will provide the developmentally disabled with a great quality of life.







MISSION STATEMENT OF FERNCLIFF MANOR (from their website)


Sail (The School for Adaptive & Integrative Learning) at Ferncliff Manor is an organization dedicated to meeting the needs of people with developmental disabilities, their families and the community utilizing research-based, adaptive and integrative strategies. Services provided include educational, rehabilitative, specialized residential, health care, creative arts therapies and recreation programs. The mission of our organization is to enable each individual to learn, develop and enjoy a meaningful and personally rewarding life.


Our Students Receive Close Personal Attention, Structure and Stimulation in a Safe Environment That Fosters Growth and Development!












 
 
 



PHILOSOPHY


Sail (The School for Adaptive & Integrative Learning) at Ferncliff Manor provides a full range of high quality educational, therapeutic and health care services to children with developmental disabilities offering close personal attention, structure and stimulation in a safe, secure environment that fosters growth and development. We believe that the combination of professional expertise, teamwork, concentrated effort, and nurturing care is the key to success with each child.


Utilizing a family-centered approach to designing and implementing the child’s program, we recognize the primacy of the family-child unit and regard our role as supportive in nature. Parents and family members play a central role in the educational and therapeutic effort and are assisted in the process of exercising their right of self-determination. An ongoing exchange of ideas and information between staff and family serves to preserve and enrich the family unit.




 


 



 


 

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Fountain cost too much money? You tell the City.

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WPCNR MR. AND MRS. AND MS. WHITE PLAINS POLL. September 30, 2011: 


Today a feature appearing in the Journal News, written by veteran White Plains newsman, Rich Liebson, using information obtained from Freedom of Information Requests of the city, revealed that the Renaissance Square Fountain costs the city an average $49,000 a year to run, not counting repairs. What do Mr. and Mrs. and Ms. White Plains think? Should it be shut down and removed to save money, or should it be kept flowing as an aesthetic attraction? Give us your opinion at the right.

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New Deputy Commish of Planning Assisted in Securing HUD Winbrook Grant Lauded

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WPCNR CITY HALL CIRCUIT. By John F. Bailey. September 30, 2011:


Chief of Staff for Mayor Tom Roach, John Callahan, asked if Linda Puoplo’s recent promotion to Deputy Commissioner of Planning was in part because she had helped obtain the recent $3.5 Million from HUD to begin the Winbrook Revitalization Project, said Ms. Puoplo did have a role in preparing the application that brought in the money. 


Callahan explained Ms. Puoplo’s role in obtaining the grant in a statement Thursday evening:

 

“It was the Housing Authority’s grant application and it was supported by the city. Deputy Commissioner Linda Puoplo assisted in preparing parts of the grant application.

 

While her appointment to her new position as Deputy Commissioner of Planning was made by Planning Commissioner Habel, it was certainly supported by Mayor Roach.

 

 I am sure Deputy Commissioner Puoplo’s entire body of work for the city was taken into consideration in connection with the decision to appoint her to her new position. Linda is a highly regarded, dedicated and valued member of the city’s management team. I am sure you are aware of how instrumental she has been in the success of the Youth Bureau and in securing many grants for it. In her new role she will, among other things, be assisting Commissioner Habel with securing grants being sought by the Planning Department, as well as overseeing and coordinating the grants process on a city-wide basis. “

 

The application, prepared in the second half of 2010 after the Housing Authority missed the June 2010 deadline to apply for HUD funding, convinced HUD to award $3.5 Million to White Plains for a Winbrook Community Education Center.

 

White Plains is one of only five cities to receive such a HUD grant, thanks in part to Ms. Puoplo’s efforts. The HUD $3.5 Million will be matched by $1.5 Million of White Plains funds to start the Winbrook revitalization project.

 

The Winbrook Revitalization project announced in July 2009  has gone two years without showing any tangible progress or funding sources until the securing of this grant.

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Candidates Debate Shifted to October 13

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WPCNR CAMPAIGN 2011. From Fran Jones, Council of Neighborhood Associations. September 29, 2011:


The White Plains Council of Neighborhood Associations (WPCNA) and the Woman’s Club of White Plains will jointly sponsor a Candidates Night to be held on Thursday, October 13, 2011 at 7:15 pm.

The joint Candidates Night will be held at the Woman’s Club, 305 Ridgeway, White Plains, NY 10605-4114 (914-948-0958).

Please mark your calendar and plan to attend.

WPCNA Members Please Note:  This event will be held INSTEAD OF the previously announced WPCNA Candidates Night originally scheduled for Tuesday, October 11.

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FEMA WILL DELIVER DISASTER RELIEF AID TO ORANGE COUNTY

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WPCNR WASHINGTON WIRE. From the Offices of Senators Schumer and Gillibrand. Exclusive photographs by Andy Sealfon for WPCNR September 28, 2011:


U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded Orange County public assistance to help rebuild and repair infrastructure damaged by tropical storm Lee.



Flooding in Warwick from Hurricane Irene (August)  Photos for WPCNR by Andy Sealfon


After this type of assistance was not made available in the President’s initial emergency declaration, Senators Schumer and Gillibrand immediately called for Orange County to be added to the list of eligible counties.



Flooding from Hurricane Irene, August 29. Washingtonville, NY in Orange County.



Hurricane Irene Flooding August 29, 2011, Florida NY (Orange County)


The county is now eligible for assistance for debris removal, emergency protective actions, and the repair or replacement of disaster-damaged facilities. Schumer and Gillibrand noted that this was another important step in making sure that Orange County gets the help they needs to recover from Lee, and will continue to push for Orange County to receive Individual Assistance to help home and business owners recover.



Flooding, Town of Tuxedo (Orange County) September 18. Pilot Andy Sealfon who snapped these shots reports rains from followup to Irene, Tropical Storm Lee “wiped out a bunch of houses in Tuxedo and took out the rail lines. It was reported something like 100 million gallons was dumped into the area which caused all this damage.” 



Tracks overrun with debris washed over them by Tropical Storm Lee September 18.



Drained Echo Lake in Tuxedo,shown April 18. The rains from Lee caused the Echo Lake Dam to wash out, flooding the thruway and over the train tracks. Some of the damage from storm Lee.



“We knew all along that Orange County needed help to cope with the devastation left by tropical storm Lee,” said Schumer. “Now that FEMA has heeded our call and stepped up to the plate to make the necessary funding available, we can begin the process of helping repair and rebuild local infrastructure damaged in the storm. I will continue to push for FEMA to grant individual assistance to help home and business owners rebuild as well.”



“This is great news for families and businesses in Orange County in dire need of help to dig out from this devastating storm, and begin to recover,” Senator Gillibrand said. “Now it’s time to put all necessary resources on the ground where we need them to bring relief. I will fight to secure all the federal funding our communities need.”



Through the PA Program, FEMA provides supplemental Federal disaster grant assistance for debris removal, emergency protective measures, and the repair, replacement, or restoration of disaster-damaged, publicly owned facilities and the facilities of certain Private Non-Profit (PNP) organizations. The PA Program also encourages protection of these damaged facilities from future events by providing assistance for hazard mitigation measures during the recovery process.


 

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BID NAMES NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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WPCNR DOWNTOWN DAILY. From the White Plains Business Improvement District. September 28, 2011:


After a two month search, the White Plains Business Improvement District (WPBID) has hired Mr. Kevin Nunn as its new Executive Director. Mr. Nunn replaces Mr. Rick Ammirato who relocated to Homestead, Florida in July, 2011 after seven years with the BID. The WPBID received over 100 resumes for the Executive Director’s position from applicants both locally and throughout the country.



Kevin Nunn to run BID


Mr. Nunn has previously managed economic development corporations in The Bronx and in Bridgeport Connecticut. He has served as President of the Bridgeport Economic Resource Center and Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation.


He is a former member of the Board of Directors of the NYC EDC (Economic Development Corporation  and NYC IDA (Industrial Development Agency). Mr. Nunn has experience in urban planning and economic development. He has also served as Deputy Director for Planning and as Economic Development Director for Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer.


Bonnie Silverman, Chairwoman of the WPBID, says “Kevin’s unique combination of planning, economic development and government experience made him stand out among the other applicants. We believe he is the right person to build upon the successful programs initiatedby his predecessor”.


Founded in 1998, the WPBID is a non-profit, 501©3 corporation that offers supplemental services to the bid district to enhance its economic, social, and cultural landscape. Current services include marketing and promotion, special events, streetscape improvements, sidewalk cleaning and beautification and business advocacy. The WPBID contains 145 property owners with over 300 businesses in 5.4 million square feet of floor area.


Mr. Nunn said “he was excited to have the opportunity to work with property owners and businesses within the bid. The City of White Plains and the WPBID have done a terrific job of creating a vibrant, diverse and eclectic community in downtown White Plains. I look forward to working with everyone to support, strengthen and grow these efforts

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FASNY Clarifies: Max Traffic is 2,504 in Peak Times. None in Off-Peak.

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WPCNR SOUTH END TIMES. September 28, 2011 UPDATED 2:20 P.M. E.D.T. With Pictures of the Parking Plans available by pressing “READ On”:


The maximum traffic increase expected if the French American School of New York is opened on the former grounds of the former Ridgeway Country Club is 2,504, a figure based totally on expected traffic in the peak morning and afternoon hours, a FASNY spokesperson wrote today in a statement.


Geoff Thompson released this statement from the school to WPCNR:


“Previous estimates of peak hour traffic as shown in the Environmental Assessment Form were 1,170 trips. This would account for all students and staff and includes trips into the school and out of the school (for the parents and buses that would leave the students).


Under this conservative analysis, there would not be additional trips during off-peak hours.


FASNY’s consultants have updated the peak hour estimate to 1,252 trips in the peak hour, but are seeking to refine that number further with additional data from FASNY. Complete details will be provided in the Environmental Impact Statement.


Over the course of the entire day, FASNY would add approximately 2,504 trips total to Ridgeway – a road that currently carries approximately 5,000 vehicles on an average day. The total of 7,500 vehicles on Ridgeway would be only 40% of the design capacity of the road.”


(Editor’s Note: WPCNR estimates the capacity of Ridgeway to be 19,000 vehicles a day. Previously it was unclear from the Monday evening presentation whether the original figure of 1,170 trips was total peak traffic, with 1,334 additional off-peak vehicles making up the 2,504 estimated maximum increased traffic stated in the accompanying chart below. The chart was shown Monday evening in the untelevised, uninterneted, unbroadcast Common Council work session Monday evening.)



THE INCREASED TRAFFIC STORY ACCORDING TO THE FRENCH AMERICAN SCHOOL OF NEW YORK. Photo, the CitizeNetReporter.



The Plan as Presented Monday evening at the Common Council “Work Session.” Arrows indicate the types of buildings. Ridgeway is the road running on the right of the overview.



Exiting Vehicles depart via Hathaway Lane (road between large elementary parking lot) back onto Ridgeway. No exiting traffic will be allowed to turn North on Hathaway towards Bryant Avenue.



Cars, School Buses at Peak Hours AM & PM will be contained within the drive in entrance (“Main Entrance Driveway”) winding deep behind the site to two three main parking areas.



A CLOSER LOOK: cars wend their way in past Gymnasium/Performing arts around the Middle School(upper right of picture) (located in former Ridgeway clubhouse (not shown) across the courtyard at bottom of picture, or the Middle School located upper right.



First Parking and Dropoff area serves High School accessable from the courtyard and the Middle School.(Check overview of the Buildings below:)



Parent cars and buses bound for the Elementary School then cross Hathaway Lane, shown in the left third of the picture below to enter parking area in front of elementary school to drop off children. The parking area below is located roughly where the former golf cart storage was at the former club.


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City Promotes Youth Bureau Deputy Commissioner to Planning Dept.

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WPCNR CITY HALL CIRCUIT.September 28, 2011 UPDATED September 29, 2011:


The city has promoted Linda Puoplo, previously Deputy Commissioner of the White Plains Youth Bureau, to the position of Deputy Commissioner of Planning, Karen Pasquale, Senior Advisor to the Mayor, confirmed to WPCNR Tuesday.


Ms. Pasquale said Ms. Puoplo had been earning $111,000 in the Youth Bureau position, and would be earning $120,000 in her new Planning Department Deputy Commissioner slot. Pasquale described her as “very skilled and qualified.”


Susan Habel, Commissioner of Planning said that Rod Johnson who is s paid consultant in the Planning Department, serving as city Environmental Officer, would continue in his assignment.


Ms. Pasquale said that Ms. Puoplo’s position in the Youth Bureau would not be filled.


WPCNR has learned that Ms. Puoplo has been primarily responsible for applying for grant funding at the Youth Bureau.

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City Schedules shorter FASNY Presentation for Monday RIDGEWAY Scoping Opportunit

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WPCNR CITY HALL CIRCUIT. September 28,2011:


 The general public watching next Monday evening’s Common Council meeting will have the opportunity to see the French American School of New York presentation given last Monday evening at the Common Council worksession.


According to the Senior Advisor to the Mayor, Karen Pasquale, the school will present a “shorter” performance of their 1 hour and 30 minute presentation Monday, prior to the first scopping session to gather questions and concerns of interested parties and citizens that the French American School of New York should address in their preparation of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement.


The city did not televise the Monday FASNY presentation either on Government Access Channel  or on the internet in simulcast on the city website which they could have done because the work session was held in the Common Council chambers. The Mayor’s Office said it was not televised because it was a work session and work sessions traditionally are not televised.


Carl Albanese, a local videographer did tape record the Monday session and the complete FASNY presentation.


As a public service he has offered his tape of the meeting to the city for telecast in its entirety if they wish to present its extensive content to the public. He offered the tape at no charge, as a citizen public service. As of this morning, the city has not responded to Mr. Albanese’s offer, Mr. Albanese told WPCNR this morning.

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