THE TEEN NIGHT HOLIDAY DANCE IS CANCELLED FOR TOMORROW,
December 12, 2014
DUE TO LOW REGISTRATION.
We will have future teen nights in the upcoming months!
For further information, please contact the Recreation & Parks Dept @ 914-422-1336
5 PLEAD GUILTY IN MAJOR NARCOTICS CASE
WPCNR POLICE GAZETTE. From the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office. December 11, 2014:
Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore announced today that a total of 5 individuals have pled guilty as a result of a multi-agency, multi jurisdictional takedown of a major narcotics trafficking ring that operated in the Hudson Valley and New York City.
“Law enforcement from all levels, federal, state and local, collaborated in a multi-jurisdictional effort that stretched from New York City to the HudsonValley. This coordinated effort resulted in the takedown of a major narcotics trafficking operation resulting in long prison sentences for its leaders. Our efforts were a model of collaborative law enforcement and its results,” said Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore.
Between November 25th, 2014 and December 11th, 2014:
- Juan Nieto (DOB 3/21/83) of 452 Olmstead Avenue and 2310 Holland Avenue, Bronx, New York;
- Jason “J-Hova” Nieto (DOB 11/30/84) of 104 Patmor Avenue, Yonkers, New York;
- Louis Crespo, (DOB 2/6/83) of 12 New Place, Yonkers, New York;
- Michael “EZ” Figueroa (DOB 5/5/85) of 2323 Walton Avenue, Bronx, New York;
- Braulio Rosa (DOB 4/15/81) of Easton, Pennsylvania,
all plead guilty to:
- one count of Attempted Conspiracy in the 2nd Degree, a class “C” Felony,
Juan Nieto, Michael Figueroa, Braulio Rosa and Louis Crespo also pled guilty to:
- one count of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the 3rd Degree, a class “B” Felony,
Jason Nieto also pled guilty to:
- one count of Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance in the 3rd Degree, a class “B” Felony.
Sentencings will be on January 27th, 2015.
On May 8, 2014, over 250 investigators, police officers and special agents from the Westchester County District Attorney’s office, the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, the FBI, New York State Police, Greenburgh Drug and Alcohol Task Force, ICE-Homeland Security Investigations, Yonkers Police, Village of Ardsley Police, NYPD and the DEA were involved in the arrests.
The arrests were the result of a nine month long investigation that involved electronic surveillance, undercover buys, pole cameras and GPS devices attached to some of the subjects’ vehicles that culminated in the execution of 11 search warrants issued in New York State Supreme Court and approximately 20 federal search warrants.
As a result of the search warrants or throughout the investigation, police seized approximately $1.5 million in cash (drug proceeds), 6.5 kilograms of cocaine, over 40 pounds of marijuana, 10 guns and several vehicles.
Assistant District Attorney Thomas Luzio, Chief of the Narcotics Bureau and Assistant District Attorney Craig Cecchini of the Narcotics Bureau are prosecuting the case.
The FASNY ARGUMENTS MOUNT UP
WPCNR THE LETTER TICKER. December 11, 2014:
Ron and Marie Rhodes, The “Truth Police” sent another strong argument to the Mayor and Common Council urging rejection of the French American School of New York campus they plan to build on the former Ridgeway Country Club in the heart of the South End of Town:
Dear Mayor and Common Council,
We are thankful for our elected officials on the Board of Education for unanimously rejecting FASNY’s Traffic and their North Street Entrance. . .in order to protect WP School Children.
We should keep in mind that it was the misguided mitigation efforts of FASNY and the City Staff that led to the North Street Entrance. And while we believe most of the mitigation attempts so far on this FASNY project have been cosmetic and insignificant. . .this mitigation selection of the North Street Entrance gives us major concern with regard to the Safety, Health and Welfare of WP School Children, Seniors and other Citizens from the volume of FASNY Traffic.
Is anyone else surprised that since receiving the Board of Education’ Rejection Letter of September 15, 2014. . .that FASNY and the City Staff mitigation experts have been stone-silent in suggesting any additional ways to reduce the Board’s concern about the Safety risk to WP School Children from FASNY’s Traffic?
As with most major developments there are also “unintended consequences” with the implementation of this FASNY project. Unfortunately due to individual family economic circumstances. . .the majority of WP School Children who walk to WP High along Bryant Avenue to North Street. . .and who will be put at risk and in harm’s way by the volume of FASNY Traffic and the North Street Entrance. . .are our minority students.
Who then among our current Common Council is willing to put our own WP School Children, where minorities are the majority, at risk. . .by voting to approve a Special Permit for an exclusive and affluent private school for students who don’t even live in WP?
Supporting and protecting WP School Children, Seniors and other Citizens, who need your help, is the right thing to do. Trying to help FASNY parents, who live in other communities, and who can afford $30,000 or so school tuitions. . . is well outside your elected responsibilities. . .particularly when it puts the Safety of WP School Children at risk. . .which we believe is just not morally right.
We report. . .you decide. Your Truth Police, Team Rhodes
Marie and Ron Rhodes
Boykin on the County Budget Passing: Government on a Credit Card. Interest Crippling.
WPCNR COUNTY CLARION-LEDGER. By County Legislator Benjamin Boykin. December 10, 2014:
The Westchester County Budget for 2015 was passed on December 9, 2014 by a vote of 10-7. I voted against this structurally imbalanced budget because it contains too much borrowing and one-shot revenues to pay for current operating expenses. The approved budget includes.
- $15 million of pension fund borrowing
- $5 million borrowing for tax certs (certioraris), which was reduced from $8 million in the County Executives originally proposed budget
- $40 million borrowing in bond anticipation notes (which has never been done before)
- $90 million in tax anticipation notes to cover cash shortfalls (cash crunch)
- $6.1 million of E911 fund balance to pay for operating expenses in the general fund (one-shot revenue)
All of this borrowing will hamstring future county administrations and legislators from any flexibility in operating budgets because of the onerous interest costs associated with the excessive borrowing. I see that this will cause real problems for our safety net spending in the short-term, and it will end up costing all of our taxpayers more money when the County needs to spend more on bonding for badly needed infrastructure improvements.
Over the last five years, approximately $100 million has been borrowed to pay for ongoing operating expenses, which were detailed in the Citizens Budget Advisory Committee (CBAC) report to the Board of Legislators Budget & Appropriations Committee.
The good news in this bad borrowing from tomorrow budget is that additional funds for social services that support the neediest in our County were included by the Board of Legislators. Working with my Democratic colleagues and members of the Republican Caucus, additional funds were added for child care and other social services.
Among other things, the funding we added to the 2015 Budget will provide the opportunity for individuals to have quality child care while being able to hold a job. By being employed, families will avoid having to rely on public assistance and enable them to be productive residents in our communities. My Democratic colleagues and I have made sure that our additional spending was fully funded.
Funds have been added to the operating and capital budgets to invest in and protect our infrastructure. We have to make sure that our roads, bridges, buildings and equipment are structurally sound and useable. It is time that we create jobs for Westchester residents by implementing the nearly $1 billion in backlogged capital projects approved by the Board of Legislators.
I believe that protecting all our residents, including those who rely on safety net programs, should be our first priority. As always, I am fighting to keep our taxes low, reduce costs, and improve efficiencies to enhance our quality of life.
This budget is a threat to the long-term well-being of our residents and our countys fiscal health. The borrowing will undoubtedly place a future burden on taxpayers. We are paying millions of dollars in interest on borrowed operational spending. This will end up costing all of us a lot more in the years ahead.