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)

DECEMBER 29– WESTCHESTER LIBRARIES SYSTEMS ADVISES OF DELAYS IN DELIVERY OF NEW BOOKS

Posted on December 29, 2025 by John Bailey

You may notice delays of new books at libraries and longer wait times for holds due to the sudden closure of Baker & Taylor, the nation’s major library book distributor.

We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your patience as WLS member libraries work to secure materials through other sources. In the meantime, search the catalog, explore digital resources like Libby and Hoopla, or ask a librarian for recommendations.

(Editor’s Note: The problem has been created by the recent plans of Baker & Taylor the nation’s 200 year old book distributing company announcing it is closing in January.

This may change life for authors according to this link:

https://www.klrliterary.com/post/baker-and-taylor-collapse-amazon-library-hub-impact-on-authors

You can read about this situation at Bakey & Taylor precipitating this situation in the American Libraries Magazine at this link:

Baker & Taylor to Cease Operations

RIGHT NOW! JOHN BAILEY COUNTS DOWN THE HIGH IMPACT STORIES OF 2025 24/7 ON WWW.WPCOMMUNITYMEDIA.ORG

Posted on December 26, 2025 by John Bailey

JUSTIN BRASH ELECTED MAYOR

EVELYN SANTIAGO, NICK WOLFE ELECTED TO COMMON COUNCIL

JEN PUJA TO COUNTY BOARD

NYC CONGESTION PRICING A SUCCESS

FUELS MTA COMMUTER AND SUBWAY TRANSIT RIDERSHIP

17% GAIN IN RIDERS

STATE SHIFTS TO “BALANCED USE OF ELECTRICITY SOURCES”

SHIFTS CLEAN ENERGY GOAL OUT TO 2050 DOES THIS MAKE SENSE?

WSTCHESTER COUNTY TAKES OVER PLAYLAND AS STANDARD AMUSEMENTS DEPARTS

STATE, COUNTY WESTCHESTER TOWNS FACE UNCERTAIN FINANCIALS

AS WASHINGTON ZEROS IN ON CUTS TO THE STATE. AID. DOESN’T SPECIFY HOW MUCH.

MONDAY 7:O0 PM FIOS CHANNEL 45, OPTIMUM CHANNEL 76

AVAILABLE NOW 24/7 WORLD WIDE ON WWW.WPCOMMUNITYMEDIA.ORG

25 YEARS COVERING WHITE PLAINS AND WESTCHESTER EVERY FRIDAY ON WHITE PLAINS WEEK

DECEMBER 25—COUNTY EXECUTIVE KEN JENKINS ON CHRISTMAS

Posted on December 25, 2025 by John Bailey

WESTCHESTER COUNTY EXECUTIVE KEN JENKINS STATEMENT ON CHRISTMAS

“Across Westchester, families are celebrating in ways both big and small. Some are continuing long-held traditions, others are creating new ones, and many are simply enjoying the chance to slow down and be present with the people they love.

“While this is a season filled with joy, it is also a time to think about those facing challenges or hardship. I ask all of us to be generous not only with gifts but with grace and kindness. We have shown time and again that when we come together, we can overcome anything. That is what gives me hope, not just during the holidays but every day of the year. From my family to yours, I wish you a joyful and peaceful Christmas with your loved ones.”

DECEMBER 23 — THE BIG THREE STAND BY GREEN POWER

Posted on December 23, 2025 by John Bailey

JOINT STATEMENT ON OFFSHORE WIND FROM GOVERNOR KATHY HOCHUL, GOVERNOR MAURA HEALEY, GOVERNOR NED LAMONT, GOVERNOR DAN MCKEE

“The Trump administration’s announcement yesterday pausing offshore wind leases is its latest egregious attack on clean energy and it lands like a lump of dirty coal for the holiday season for American workers, consumers, and investors. Pausing active leases, especially for completed and nearly completed projects, defies logic, will hurt our bid for energy independence, will drive up costs for America ratepayers, and will make us lose thousands of good-paying jobs. It also threatens grid reliability that is needed to keep the lights on.

“Atlantic states are working hard to build more energy to meet rising demand and lower costs. Already, these projects have created thousands of jobs and injected billions in economic activity into our communities.

“This baseless, reckless and erratic action from the Department of Interior will also inject further uncertainty into the markets, making it harder for states and private companies to secure financing for public works projects if investors know they can be stopped at any time despite having gone through all the necessary local and federal approval processes.

“A federal judge earlier this month ruled the Trump administration cannot simply halt federal approvals of offshore wind permits arbitrarily. We are committed as governors to again fight back to ensure these projects move forward and provide power, jobs, and grid reliability to our communities.”