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)

OY! THE ROADWORK!Be Aware-Allow Extra Margin of Time Heading North South and Crosstown in WP DOWNTOWN Beginning Monday. Resurfacing Planned.

Posted on July 19, 2014 by John Bailey

WPCNR BUMPER TO BUMPER. July 19, 2014:

Commuters who drive into White Plains, and White Plainsians who commute to rail into New York City from the White Plains Metro North railroad station will find their passage to the station possibly delayed by street repaving in the vicinity of the railroad station beginning Monday.

The disruption is expected to last throughout August

The Business Improvement District warns that the city will be repaving Lexington Avenue North South from New Street to Main Street, putting more of a traffic overflow onto Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard and Bank Street in the vicinity of the White Plains railroad station.

South Lex will be repaved from Bank Street to Quarropas Street.

Main Street (the eastbound main artery into the city from Route 119 will be repaved from Bank Street to Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard.

Work will be executed from 8 A.M. to 4:30 P.M., and possibly on Main Street at night, but nightwork is not planned at this time.

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Posted on July 18, 2014 by John Bailey

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Aiming for New Heights: Urstadt Biddle Files Zoning Switcherino with City to Develop City Within a City–Adjacent Crowne Plaza Hotel

Posted on July 18, 2014 by John Bailey

WPCNR CITY HALLMARKS. From the Mayor’s Office. (EDITED) July 18, 2014:

The White Plains Common Council is considering a petition submitted by Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc., to amend the Zoning Ordinance to change the zoning designation for 60 South Broadway (The Westchester Pavilion Site) (The Project Site) from the current B-6 District to the CB-3 District and to extend the boundary of the Central Parking Area to include the Project Site (Proposed Amendment).

On Monday July 7, the White Plains Common Council, as Lead Agency under SEQR, accepted the Draft Generic Environmental Impact Statement (DGEIS) dated July 2, 2014, as adequate for the purpose of commencing public review and comment regarding issues addressed in the Adopted Scoping Document for the Proposed Action described below.

The DGEIS provides a description of the Proposed Action and a discussion of existing conditions, potential impacts associated with the Proposed Action, measures designed to avoid or minimize identified impacts and project alternatives, as appropriate.

The DGEIS has been posted on the City of White Plains website, www.cityofwhiteplains.com, and is also available for review at the White Plains Public Library, 100 Martine Avenue, White Plains, NY 10601 (Telephone Number 914-422-1480)during normal Library hours. Copies of the DGEIS are available on disk for purchase from the Contact Person upon receipt of a written request.

A public hearing regarding the DGEIS will be held during the regularly scheduled meeting of the Common Council on August 4, 2014, starting at 7:30 P.M., in the Common Council Chambers, White Plains Municipal Building, 255 Main Street, White Plains, New York for the purpose of receiving public comments on the DGEIS.

Written comments regarding the DGEIS will be accepted by the Common Council until the close of business on August 15, 2014, at 5:00 P.M., or, if adjourned, 10 days following the close of the hearing. Written comments should be addressed to the White Plains City Clerk, Municipal Building, 255 Main Street, White Plains, New York 10601.

City of White Plains Explains Implementation of # 4 and # 6 Fuel Oil Ban. Affects Mainly Apartment buildings, condominiu

Posted on July 18, 2014 by John Bailey

WPCNR CITY HALLMARKS. From the Mayor’s Office. July 18, 2014:

The White Plains Common Council approved legislation last week to phase out the use of the dirtiest fuel oils in all commercial and residential buildings throughout the City.

These oils are commonly referred to as # 6 and # 4 fuel oils and are primarily burned for heat. With the passage of this legislation, White Plains became the first municipality in Westchester County to take this proactive approach.
The legislation was championed by Mayor Roach, who directed City staff to determine how use of these fuel oils could be phased out. “These are the dirtiest oils in use for heating today,” said Mayor Roach. “Phasing out their use is the right thing to do from an environmental and public health perspective. It also makes good economic sense.”
Fuel oils # 6 and # 4 pose a health risk to those who live in and immediately around the buildings where they are burned and can exacerbate conditions such as asthma. They are bad for the environment, particularly # 6, because when burned they release fine particles that contain high levels of nickel, sulfur and other pollutants into the air. Changing over to a cleaner burning fuel, such as # 2 oil or natural gas also makes economic sense.

Conversions have shown a reasonable timetable for return on investment as well as long term fuel cost savings.
The City’s legislation requires the phase out of # 6 fuel oil by July 31, 2016 and # 4 by June 30, 2020. The Department of Building will be responsible for overseeing the implementation of the legislation.

Several state and local entities offer incentive programs for just this type of conversion, including Con Edison, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), and the Energy Improvement Corporation (EIC)’s Energize NY Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program, in which White Plains participates.

The Department of Building will be reaching out to property owners in the near future about this new law and providing them with information about these incentives to facilitate the conversion process.

In developing it, the City met and initiated discussions with property owners and/or their
representatives, environmental groups and staff at New York City’s Department of
Environmental Protection (DEP), which implemented a similar phase out a couple of years
earlier. The phase out timetables were developed based on this outreach.