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)

CONFIRMED! IT MIGHT BE. IT COULD BE. IT IS! SUN, GLORIOUS SUN IN WHITE PLAINS NY USA

Posted on May 20, 2018 by John Bailey

WPCNR EXCLUSIVE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE DAY!

Sun-YES!

Coyly Seductive, Ms. Sun veils herself in her cloudy negligee

Shadows! Adoring Azaleas Confirm, she is back

Azaleas say: We’ve been waiting for this for 7 days!

WPCNR Weather Breakers with relentless surveillance have confirmed: The sun is out in White Plains and as of 10:05 AM EDT — it is lighting up the morose skies with sketches of blue sky after a week of relentless rainy boullibaise of heavy rain, thunder-lightning,drizzle, moderate rain, light rain, mist, strong winds and down right depressing drenching.

But it’s gone! Ladies and gentlemen. Put on extra sunblocker before stepping out. Time to put on those fashionable foster grants and Dolce Gabana sunglasses and head to Playland.

The weather worries still predict thundershowers late today, so the window of teasing sun glory may be brief.

BREAKING NEWS! SUN BREAKS OUT OF DEPRESSING CLOUD COVER AFFLICTING NORTHEAST

Posted on May 20, 2018 by John Bailey

WPCNR PHOTOGRAPH OF THE DAY.

It happened over Sunday morning coffee in White Plains New York USA this morning at 9:15 AM EDT

At first there was a shaft of light as if a spotlight was coming up over the proscenium of a stage through my breakfast room window. The shaft of powerlight streaming through the window blossomed into, could it be? Light! Sunlight!

And YES! Mr. and Mrs and Ms. White Plains and Westchester–the sun appeared, a ghostly benevolent white disk in the brooding, shifting cloud shrouds that have cloaked the nation’s number one county in gloom, winds and rains for 7 days.

Was it fool’s sun? a Mirage? Our sunwatchers will report.

The Weather Channel has dispatched Jim Cantori and his Sun Spotting team to keep watch on the sun’s possible resurgence. A sunburn index is being updated.

Governor Cuomo Moves to Preserve NY State Planned Parenthood Services

Posted on May 20, 2018 by John Bailey

WPCNR ALBANY ROUNDS. From the Office of Governor Andrew Cuomo. May 20, 2018:

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo issued a letter to New York State Department of Health Commissioner Howard Zucker today directing him to take immediate steps to protect and support New York’s reproductive health facilities, which are critical to families across the state, no matter their financial status.

The Governor issued the letter in light of reports of actions to be taken by the federal administration that would silence providers, limit health care, and restrict support for these services. Full text of the letter is available below.

May 18, 2018

Howard A. Zucker, MD, JD.

Commissioner

New York State Department of Health

Corning Tower

Empire State Plaza

Albany, New York 12237

Dr. Zucker:

Today, it has been publicly reported that the White House intends to severely limit the rights of women to choose the health care they need by restricting the ability of providers to freely provide women the full range of health care options. This action is the latest in the White House’s assault on women across this country. It is contrary to the freedom of choice New York stands for and impedes the rights of all New Yorkers to access comprehensive health care. We cannot and will not stand for unwarranted intrusion into the private and confidential relationship between a caregiver and a patient and with this letter I am directing you to take all steps to protect and secure family planning services.

Preserving the support and services offered through the New York Family Planning Program is essential to safeguarding access to comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services in New York. The Family Planning Program provides foundational sexual and reproductive health services, including disease and infection screening and treatment, birth control and cancer detection, to New Yorkers who may not be able to afford them. This program uses both state and federal Title X funding. The federal government’s proposed action will threaten access to certain vital reproductive services and place undue restrictions on access to basic health services.

Accordingly, I am directing you and the New York State Department of Health to protect all sexual and reproductive health care services provided through the New York Family Planning Program, including by submitting New York’s application for FY2018 Title X funds consistent with current regulations. Further, please work directly with the Governor’s Counsel’s Office to explore all avenues for legal action to counter the White House’s attack on doctor-patient relationship, access to comprehensive reproductive services, and the integrity of federal funding for this fundamental state health care program.

Finally, I intend to call on the New York State U.S. Congressional Delegation to condemn this Administration’s latest assault on women. My administration will continue to protect the sexual and reproductive rights of all New Yorkers, and this urgent effort demands your immediate attention

County Board of Legislators Call for Independent Review of New York State Electric & Gas in View of Mass outage Delay in Rockland, Putnam, Dutchess Counties.

Posted on May 19, 2018 by John Bailey

WPCNR COUNTY CLARION-LEDGER. From the Westchester County Board of Legislators. May 19, 2018:

Westchester County Legislators Mike Kaplowitz (D – New Castle, Somers, Yorktown) and Kitley Covill (D- Bedford, Lewisboro, Mount Kisco, North Salem, Pound Ridge, Somers) are calling for an independent assessment of the electric delivery operations of New York State Electric and Gas.

The call comes after a storm on Tuesday left thousands of NYSEG customers in Northern Westchester without power, many for days, with some still waiting for service to be restored as of Friday afternoon.

The extended per outages are just the latest in a series of such outages, including extended outages following Nor’easters in March.

“The lack of reliability, urgency and restoration on the part of NYSEG has now simply become untenable,” the legislators wrote in a letter sent to Governor Andrew Cuomo on Friday.

The pair criticized the New York State Public Service Commission, which regulates the utility, for not ordering that NYSEG fully incorporate the findings of a 2013 Moreland Commission report, and for failing to mandate improvements in NYSEG’s storm response and preparation. As a result, the legislators said, the time has come for a third party to examine NYSEG.

Kaplowitz and Covill are calling for an independent assessment of NYSEG’s entire electricity delivery operation, to be conducted by a consultant hired by Westchester County but paid for by NYSEG.

“In short,” the legislators write, “a ‘bottom-up’ evaluation of NYSEG itself is absolutely needed at this time.”