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FASNY FINAL CHAPTER? PUBLIC HEARING AT WHITE PLAINS HIGH SCHOOL TONIGHT: Those Who Spoke Previously NOT allowed to Speak: Mayor’s Office. Anti FASNY Video Goes Viral.

Posted on September 8, 2014 by John Bailey

WPCNR SOUTH END TIMES. SEPTEMBER 8, 2014 UPDATED 11:30 A.M. E.D.T.:

The continuing White Plains Common Council Public Hearing on the French American School of New York proposal for a Special Permit to build a 5 building campus and nature conservancy, with entrance off North Street, and its corallary hearing on the the closure of Hathway Lane will resume this evening at White Plains High School at 6:30 P.M.

The hearing will only hear persons who have not spoken and commented at either of the two concurrent hearings previously wishing to address the Common Council and they are required to sign in to be on schedule to speak beginning at 5 P.M.

The Mayor’s Office confirmed to WPCNR Monday morning that if a person has spoken at either of the concurrent hearings previously, or at both concurrent hearings, they will not be allowed to speak at this evening’s meeting, because the meeting tonight “is considered a continuation of the hearing.”

This third “continuation” of the hearings was originally moved to September 8 from September 2 after summer-long pressure placed on City Hall by the Gedney Association and critics of the French School proposal, complaining that many could not speak at the September 2 date, that date being the day after Labor Day. City Hall bowed to the pressure and moved the hearing to tonight to the larger, air-conditioned venue, the White Plains High School Auditorium.

This morning a video titled FASNY:IT’S NOT A DONE DEAL made its appearance on You Tube depicting the Gedney Farms fight against the project. It may be seen at

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=809tyjLvs68

Tonight on WHITE PLAINS TV: LOCAL DOCTORS ON OBAMACARE AFTER 9 MONTHS

Posted on September 8, 2014 by John Bailey

TONIGHT ON

PEOPLE TO BE HEARD

WESTCHESTER COUNTY’S MOST RELEVANT INTERVIEW PROGRAM

DR. JACK STERN

NEUROSURGEON

WHITE PLAINS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER

DR, MIRIAM LEAVITT-FLISSER

PEDIATRICIAN, BRONXVILLE

AFFORDABLE CARE ACT IN ACTION IN WESTCHESTER

HOW IT’S CHANGING HEALTH CARE

HOW IT IS AFFECTING PATIENT CARE

HOW IT IS CHANGING DOCTORS’ PRACTICE

HOW TO TREAT A VISIT TO THE DOCTOR

HOW HOSPITALS ARE CHANGING.

IS IT BETTER, IS IT WORSE?

THEIR ANSWERS WILL LIFT YOU RIGHT OUT OF YOUR CHAIR

INTERVIEWED BY JOHN BAILEY AND JIM BENEROFE ON

PEOPLE TO BE HEARD

“WHERE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY, HAVE THEIR SAY.”

YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE PROGRAM AT

www.whitepainsweek.com

and see

THIS WEEK’S WHITE PLAINS WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 5 SHOW:

PETER KATZ, JOHN BAILEY AND JIM BENEROFE

ON THE PRESIDENT’S VISIT TO WESTCHESTER

BUSINESS AS USUAL AT WHITE PLAINS HIGH SCHOOL.

LCOR’S 55 BANK STREET 17 STORY RENTALS/RETAIL APPROVED

THE $10 MILLION DAM FIX DECREED BY THE STATE

JOE DILLON ANNOUNCES HE’S RUNNING AGAINST GEORGE LATIMER

THE PLAYLAND STALL BY THE COUNTY EXEC AND BOARD OF LEGISLATORS CONTINUES. NO DEALS IN SIGHT

“Neighborhood Support Letter” for French American School Sent Using FASNY POST OFFICE PERMIT

Posted on September 7, 2014 by John Bailey

WPCNR SOUTHEND TIMES. September 7, 2014:

Opponents of the French American School of New York have alleged the “Neighborhood Letter” widely circulated in the Southend of White Plains Friday, and endorsed by 41 residents of the area, calling on the Mayor and Common Council to approve the French American School campus project was sent, and paid for not by the endorsers, but by the French American School of New York itself..

The letter was printed in its entirety on the lohud.com website. WPCNR excerpted highlights of the letter on Saturday..

Saturday morning WPCNR was informed that the envelope in which the letter was mailed was marked with First Class Permit Number 2101 , White Plains, NY which is registered in the name of the French American School of New York. The implication apparently is the sending of the letter was paid for by the French American School and not by the residents who signed the letter, though the residents might have been asked by the French American School to put their names to the letter.

A letter signed by Denise and Joseph DeMatzo, now circulating pointing out the French American School of New York Permit, alleges,

“the pro-FASNY letter was sent under USPS Permit No. 2101. Neighbors who have saved (previous)FASNY mailings found that this is FASNY’s Permit Number. Thus, this is not a grass roots effort.”

The writers also note: “the (FASNY) letter contains a critical factual misrepresentation. On the first page of the letter the author(s) states: FASNY now owns the property, and it is zoned for a school (emphasis added). This is patently false, for, as you know, FASNY requires a Special Permit for the very reason that the property is not zoned for a private school such as FASNY.”

It is unclear at this time whether the endorsers of the letter collaborated to draft the letter and asked FASNY to send it for them, or if FASNY drafted the letter and asked the endorsers who wound up on the letter if they could use their names to sign the letter.

41 Sign Letter to Neighbors Supporting Approval of French American School of NY Campus on Ridgeway Country Club Site

Posted on September 6, 2014 by John Bailey

WPCNR SOUTHEND TIMES. September 6, 2014:

Two days before perhaps the penultimate French American School of New York public hearing at White Plains High auditorium Monday night, a single page letter signed by 41 residents around the former country club property urges neighbors accept “that a change in use (of the country club property) is inevitable.”

The letter states, “the time has come to accept that there will be a change and to move forward.”

The letter debunks the notion that the property should be used for housing:

“We have carefuly considered that and have concluded that this would result in losing virtually all of the property other than wetlands and steep slopes to development. It (housing) would add to traffic, burden the local public schools with many more children and would bring no tangible benefit to the community. Whatever taxes would be generated by the residential properties would be more than offset by the increased demands for municipa and school services.”

The letter supports the site plan for the following reasons:

“reduction in the number of students who will attend the school, most of the traffic has been removed from Ridgeway (Avenue), the school buildings have been pulled back from Ridgeway and other property lines, landscaping and buffering have been substantially enhanced, and the overall impacts have been significantly reduced. The plan today is better and far less impactful on the neighborhood thanks to those who have stood up and made their case.”

The letter supports the final open space the site plan provides:

“there is a bit less open space than FASNY had first proposed, but it’s still 78 acres. That’s more than half the property and a lot of that land is very buildable…FASNY says it will put a permanent conservation easement on the open space and maintain and operate it as part of the School, solely at their cost.”

Closing of Hathaway Laner is dismissed as a casualty of the new site plan, because of the traffic mitigation the closing provides:

“As long as emergency access is maintained, and the City makes sure it will be, we think this actually will lessen the potential for traffic cutting through the adjoining neighborhood streets…any inconvenience it causes is relatively minor while the benefits to lessening cut-through traffic on the adjoining streets is a real plus.”

The letter closes, “We are urging the Mayor and the Common Council to approve the (FASNY application for a )Special Permit: We thank them and the City’s staff and consultants for giving so much time and attention to the future of the Ridgeway CC property, for listening and responsing to the concerns of the surrounding community and for helping to shape the plan into something that should be workable for all. We appreciate the views of all our neighbors and welcome those who so wish to join us in signing this letter or otherwise letting the Mayor and Council know that it’s time to move on and move forward…”