THE WORLD READS WHITE PLAINS CITIZENETREPORTER — 8,324,077 VISITS IN ONE YEAR | 2,905,611 VISITORS VISIT 8,324,077 TIMES 3 TIMES EVERY DAY IN ONE YEAR. HIGHEST ACTIVITY IN WPCNR HISTORY.White PlainsCitizeNetReporter lifted its worldwide visits from unique visitors to wpcnr.com to 8,324,077,a 1,306,419 increase in visits in one year from 7,017,658 visits to the site last year which covers White Plains and Westchester County. The 8,324,077 visits were made by 2,005,611 unique visitors who visited wpcnr an average of 3 visits a day. ON JULY 20- -2026 visitors have accessed wpcnr and made 3,072 visits an average of 1.6 visits. In the last week 33,495 individual vistors made 54,458 visits, averaging 1.6 visits. In the last month, 152,940 visitors recorded 229,338 visits (1.5 visits)

White Plains Ends 3 Years of Sales Tax Declines with 1.5% Gain in Sales Tax $$. County Rolling to Record Sales Tax Year After 6 Months. County Up 6.8% Over 2017 Pace

Posted on July 20, 2018 by John Bailey

WPCNR QUILL AND EYESHADE. By John F. Bailey based on reports of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance.

White Plains ended three years of decline in sales tax revenues with 1.5% gain in sales tax dollars in fiscal year 2017-18 concluded in June. The city topped $50 Million a figure it had not reached since the record sales tax receipts of $51.9 Million in 2013-14. The final dollars according to the Department of Taxation and Finance for WP was $50,076,677.

Westchester County continued to see consumers spending on a record pace. Through the first six months of 2018, Westchester County has earned $270,568 508, up 6.8% over the first six months of 2017 ($253,263,249).

This is a record pace for the county.

If this pace averages above 6% the rest of the year the $32 Million deficit in 2018, (defined by the county’s auditors recently) could conceivably covered by the sales tax windfall (so far). Cross your fingers, Mr. and Mrs. Westchester.

June was sweet in Westchester County’s money vaults, $57.5 Million in coin was dumped into the county coffers, compared to $52 Million last June, that is an increase of 10% in a month.

White Plains increased its sales tax receipts in June 8.1% to $4,653,104–up from $4,301,140.

Over the last six months, the city has increased its sales tax activity 3.5%–earning $832,038 more the first six months of 2018 than it did in January to June, 2017. For the first six months of 2018 the city earned $24,579,677, $1 Million less than the $$25,497,198 in July to December, the first part of this fiscal year.

Legislator Boykin Discusses Mail Theft–a Growing Westchester Problem and how to Prevent it

Posted on July 19, 2018 by John Bailey

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Dear Friends and Neighbors,

District Attorney Anthony Scarpino wants to inform Westchester County residents that in recent months, police in Yonkers, Mount Vernon, White Plains, Tarrytown, Harrison, Purchase, Bronxville, New Rochelle, North Castle and other communities have been investigating incidents where:

Curbside mailboxes have been broken into either forcibly or by using a stolen key
Curbside mailboxes have been stolen outright
Thieves have used fishing techniques to take mail out of mailboxes
Household rural-style mailboxes have been emptied of their contents

The victims
All of us who use the U.S. Mail are victims. In some cases, residents were accused of not paying their bills on time when checks were stolen. Some have reported being victims of identity theft. Others who sent money orders, which work like cash, lost the stolen money and still owed their recipient with no way to recoup the payment. If you think you have been the victim of mail theft report it to your local police department and your local post office.

The outcome
Thieves take checks or financial documents with personal identifying information which can be used for identity theft and financial fraud. In some cases, checks are washed, meaning cleaned and erased of original information, and the Payable to or payable amount or both are changed. They are then cashed or fraudulently deposited in someone elses account. Several arrests have been made.

Tips to protect yourself from mail theft

Do not place checks in mailboxes. Use online payment instead.
If you use a curbside mailbox, do not put mail in box after the last pickup time for the day.
If your mail has not arrived at its destination, report it to your local police department and your local post office.
Write checks with gel-style ink that cannot be erased or washed like ink from a standard ballpoint pen.
Check your credit card and bank statements daily for any unusual activity.
If you think you have been the victim of fraud, the Federal Trade Commission strongly suggests you set up a Fraud Alert with credit bureaus. Follow the FTC’s instructions.

The Westchester County District Attorneys Office will continue to work with local law enforcement and postal inspectors to both protect our residents from this kind of criminal activity and aggressively prosecute those involved.

Please forward this e-news to family and friends who may be interested in this information.

Comptroller and County Executive Urge Westchesterites to search new online service Make Sure They are Not Owed Money by the State. $300 Million is owed to Westchester Residents

Posted on July 19, 2018 by John Bailey

WPCNR ALBANY ROUNDS. From the Westchester County Department of Communications. (Edited) July 20, 2018:

The Comptroller of New York State today announced a new online search tool, residents can access to see if they are owed money by New York State.

Residents can also follow this link to the Comptroller’s Unclaimed Funds look-up site, to see if unclaimed funds are owed to them.

County Executive George Latimer received a giant check from New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, symbolizing money owed to Westchester County in unclaimed funds.

The unclaimed funds, nearly $300 million for County residents and $20,000 for County government, are from closed bank accounts, court funds, dividends utilities, insurance payments and other sources.

Latimer said: “Here in Westchester County, the County government itself did a search. We have a budget gap that we’re trying to close, and we found money. We are happy that we were successful, and we want all of you to be successful too.”

DiNapoli said: “It’s still a tough economy for many people in our state. So whatever money you can get back from this program, it’s found money. It helps you pay your bills. Maybe it lets you do something special that you wouldn’t have been able to do otherwise.”

Residents can also follow this link to the Comptroller’s Unclaimed Funds look-up site, to see if unclaimed funds are owed to them.

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Posted on July 19, 2018 by John Bailey

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