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 WPCNR THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE ROUNDUP. From The Westchester County Department of Communications. May 9, 2018″

 Latimer Convenes Shared Services Panel, Today 3 PM

Westchester County Executive George Latimer will be convening a meeting of the Westchester County Shared Services Panel, which is comprised of the chief elected officials from each municipality.

At the meeting discussing shared services will also be various County Departments and Offices, members of the County Board of Legislators, and representatives from school districts, school boards and BOCES.

The aim of the meeting is to work together towards suibmitting a revised County-wide shared services plan.  (Editor’s Note: a similar effort held by the previous County Executive reached no significant consolidation achievenments.)

 

County-Wide Shared Services Panel

May 9, 2018
3-5pm
Little Theater
Westchester County Center
White Plains, New York

WESTHELP SITE TO BE SENIOR HOUSING

Westchester County Executive George Latimer announced plans for the development of 74 units of affordable senior rental housing – housing yesterday

The WestHELP site, a six-acre parcel located off Knollwood Road adjacent to the campus of Westchester Community College, has been subject to years of political wrangling and discussions among the County, the Town of Greenburgh, Valhalla School District and community stakeholders. Discussions revolved around the need for safe, affordable housing while also ensuring that the School District the project resides in did not fall victim to overcrowding.

The lease submitted last October was for only 54 units, the Latimer administration has now come to an agreement with the Town of Greenburgh, the surrounding neighborhood and School District for an expanded 74 units.

The plans call for the developer, Marathon Development Group, to pay $1.5M – $900K to County and $600K to town, on behalf of County, in exchange for town relinquishing all rights to site.

The new development will serve a wide mix of income levels, including 40% to 60% of Area Median Income as well as 80% to 90% of Area Median Income. Market analysts note the mix of units will broaden the property’s appeal to the senior community.

Latimer said: “We have to get away from the era of the individual politician who is the leader that ‘has’ all the vision – the vision is we. It’s when we discuss, and collegially work through things, that we are finding the best way to make decisions. Issues with the WestHELP site were resolved because we were able to work across lines and not try to be secretive. There was a combination of things that made this happen, and if we’re going to do anything good it has to come out of that combination.”

Greenburgh Town Supervisor Paul Feiner said: “Members of the Greenburgh Town Board and I are very excited about the plans to build affordable senior citizen housing at the former WestHELP homeless shelter. There is a need for senior housing, and this initiative will provide an enhanced quality of life to many senior citizens.

I also want to thank the County Executive for the way his administration handled this proposal. The County Executive practiced what he promised – the County was a good neighbor. The County Executive encouraged the Town and the developer to reach out to the community and School District – which we did. We explained what was being proposed and the community agreed to support the senior housing.  This is exactly what needs to be done.”

 

County to Launch Non-Profit Local Development Corporation Tour In June

Highlighting that non-profits in Westchester County play a vital role in our economy, and that they are the underpinning in our County’s culture and spirit of giving back County Executive George Latimer announced the LDC Non-Profit Tour Tuesday.

The Westchester County Local Development Corporation, or LDC, is a private, non-profit corporation created to promote economic development in our County.  The LDC provides benefits only to non-profit organizations.

The Tour will include meetings with non-profits across the County to talk to them about the benefits the LDC offers and ways the LDC can help.  The first meeting is set for June. 

Latimer said: “We treat non-profit organizations with the same appreciation and professionalism that we treat for profit corporations.

Along with the Tour the County will also be unveiling a new LDC logo.

Deputy Director of Economic Development Bridget Gibbons said: “We are going to be building better relationships with non-profits in this County.  Our meetings with each non-profit will take place on their turf where we will provide one –on –one guidance and talk to them about their specific projects and ideas.”

Created in 2013, the LDC provided non-profits access to millions of dollars in low-cost tax-exempt bonds to finance acquisitions, construction, reconstruction, equipping and/or furnishing of facilities, or to refinance existing debt at a lower interest rate.

From 2013-2017, the LDC provides nearly $871 million in low cost, tax-exempt financing for hospitals, educational institutions, nursing homes and social service agencies. During this time the LDC projects created more than 1,600 permanent and construction jobs.

 

 

WPCNR VIEW FROM THE UPPER DECK. By “Bull Allen” May 7, 2018:

It was a sultry night in Cleveland’s Municipal Stadium 1957 with baseball’s hottest pitching talent scheduled to pitch against the New York Yankees. I will never forget this night.

I was listening to the game on WINS which carried the Yankees that year and Herb Score was on the mound for the Tribe.

He was smoke. As a rookie he went 16-10 in 1955 as a rookie southpaw, fanning 245 batters in 227 innings pitched, a strikeout an inning,  and 20-9 in 1956, striking out 263 in 249 innings. His fastball was overpowering, curve devastating, changeup you were never ready for.  He was first pitcher in major league history to average a strikeout an inning. His 245 strikeouts as a rookie was broken by Dwight Gooden of the Mets.

Score’s pitching motion was electric, compact and swift, landing on both feet ready to field.

As an 12 year old I was tuned in as the baseball season had just been 3 weeks old. I like to think it was Mel Allen at the mike. Score got the first Yankee hitter, then Gil McDougald stepped to the plate. McDougald lined a pitch right back at Score that hit him in the face, squarely in the eye.

 

McDougald said he heard the thud of the ball he had hit as it struck Score in the face, saw the blood streaming out. McDougald started to go to the mound, shattered by what his hit had done. 

Score was 24 at the time with a great future in baseball. But in an instant, his career was shattered.  It took the mound again in 1958, but was not nearly as effective. Never winning more than 9 games in one year.  , The reason Score said was  that he tore a tendon in his arm while pitching on a damp night against the Washington Senators and sat out the rest of the season.

In 1959, he had shifted his pitching motion in a bid to avoid another, similar injury. “The reason my motion changed”, Score told the author of The Curse of Rocky  Colavito, “was because I hurt my elbow, and I overcompensated for it and ended up with some bad habits.”

He stayed with the game he loved though, returning as play-by-play man for the Tribe (Cleveland Indians) until 1964. In 1964 he became a broadcaster for the Indians where he stayed behind the mike to 1998. His last broadcasts was the 7^th game of the 1997 World Series, the only Series the Indians had been in since 1954.

Score died in 2008. He is remembered as a reminder of how fate deals you a bad break, and Mr. Score showed fans how to accept one’s fate with grace and perseverance.

Score was a beloved figure in Cleveland, voted a member of the Cleveland Indians Hall of Fame.