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)

686 New Foreclosure Filings in County in 1st Quarter: County Clerk. Pace of 2013 new foreclosure actions appears to continue. No Explanation of What Unabated New Foreclosure “Filings” Mean to Touted Real Estate Recovery. Foreclosure Sales INCLUDED in 19% Westchester County Home Sales 1Q Increase

Posted on April 22, 2014 by John Bailey

WPCNR HOMESIDE. From the Westchester County Clerk Office. (EDITED). April 22, 2014 UPDATED 9:45 A.M.EDT April 23, 2014:

The Office of the Westchester County Clerk reported six hundred and eighty six (686) foreclosure actions started between January 1^st and March 31^th of 2014, equaling the first quarter of 2013.

WPCNR also has learned from the Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors that the Westchester County home sales increase of 19% touted for the first quarter includes sales of foreclosed homes.

WPCNR contacted the County Clerk for a statement on the source of these continuing trend in new actions initiated against owners– which come on top of news of a 300% increase in first quarter judgments settling foreclosure actions.

Mr. Idoni, as he did when he first put out the news of the spectacular rise in foreclosure judgments in January, told the Journal News yesterday, the same thing he said on White Plains Week on January 17 two months ago.

On the judgments, he is quoted by The Journal News: “Rather than a rash of all new filings, we are seeing a clean-up of situations where homeowners have been in trouble a long time.”

However, Mr. Idoni, though requested by WPCNR, did not address the 686 new foreclosure filings that are essentially the same as the first quarter of 2013, though, and what they meant. Do increased filings mean the real estate market prices are being held down by the foreclosure bargains? (Just one thought that comes to mind.)

The Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors told WPCNR that the increase in Westchester home sales of 19% in the first quarter includes the sales of foreclosed homes put back on the market, after judgments, but did not have a figure on the percentage of the lift in sales that those foreclosure sales provided. They are working to develop that figure.

The County Clerk office did not respond to WPCNR’s request for the number of foreclosed homes that were sold in the county during the first quarter. Perhaps they are working on that.

The new fore closure filings for the first quarter are in addition to the number of foreclosure judgments in the first quarter of 2014 being almost three times the number from the first quarter of 2013 reported Westchester County Clerk Timothy C. Idoni who serves as Clerk of the Westchester County Supreme Court where foreclosure actions are heard.

“These first quarter judgment numbers are the largest we’ve seen since historic highs in 2008 and 2009,” continued Idoni. . (in addition to the 686 new filings).

Foreclosure Judgments Filed

Year	January	February	March	Total
2006	29	25	28	82
2007	55	33	47	135
2008	83	84	76	243
2009	76	56	100	232
2010	42	26	67	135
2011	6	10	16	32
2012	14	15	19	48
2013	26	14	22	62
2014	28	86	66	180

Westchester Residential Opportunities (WRO), a non-profit housing agency with offices in White Plains and Mount Vernon, conducts Mortgage Default Orientation sessions most Wednesday’s in their White Plains Office. Trained counselors are available to help at (914) 428-4507 or by visiting www.wroinc.org.

For more information on the Office of the Westchester County Clerk, please visit WestchesterClerk.com or call (914)995-3081.

CSEA SAYS REJECTS Fact Finder Recomendation they Pay 7 to 10% of Health Care Costs. Suggests 0,0,2,2 Wage Settlement. County Exec Accepts it.

Posted on April 21, 2014 by John Bailey

WPCNR COUNTY CLARION-LEDGER. From the Westchester County Department of Communications. (EDITED) April 21, 2014 UPDATED April 23, 2014 10:15 A.M. EDT:

Westchester County Executive Robert P. Astorino announced Monday that the county would accept the recommendations that an independent state fact finder, Howard Edelman has laid out to settle the county’s outstanding labor contract with the CSEA, the county’s largest union.

The recommendation called for CSEA-ers to pay a portion of their health care costs.

The Journal News reported Wednesday, Kwabena Manu President of the CSEA has rejected the settlement, saying “To take a salary cut, is unrealistic for them.” The Journal News reports the salary dispute be turned over to the County Board of Legislators that may set a salary for one year of the contract by New York State Labor Law.

For current CSEA employees, health care contributions would be based on premiums but tiered according to an employee’s salary with payments ranging from 7.5 percent to 10 percent of premiums over the course of the contract. New employees would pay 20 percent of premiums.

The fact finder called for a general wage freeze for 2012 and 2013; a 2 percent increase in 2014 and 2015; and bonus and longevity increases of $100 per employee in 2012, $150 per employee in 2013, and $100 in 2015.

“As is the case in all collective bargaining, neither side got exactly what it wanted,” said Astorino. “But, the proposals set forth in the fact finder’s report are fair, and since the fact finder was brought in at the request of the union, I would urge the CSEA’s leadership to act responsibly, accept the recommendations and give its membership a contract.”

The CSEA is the only one of the county’s eight unions that doesn’t contribute to health care. Management and non-union county employees contribute to health care as well.

“The fact finder simply recognized that in today’s economy all employees must pay a share of their health care,” Astorino said. “This is true in the private sector and the public sector. It is time for the CSEA to recognize this reality.”

In accordance with New York State’s Taylor Law, the fact finder met with the parties, heard arguments and received evidence. The report makes findings and recommendations on all issues submitted in the fact finding hearing, most importantly on wages and health insurance contributions.

Tonight PEOPLE TO BE HEARD INTERVIEWS BRIAN WALLACH ON THE GROWTH OF WHITE PLAINS OVER THE YEARS

Posted on April 21, 2014 by John Bailey

JOHN BAILEY, BRIAN WALLACH AND JIM BENEROFE ON YOUR PEOPLE TO BE HEARD. SEE THEIR INTERVIEW TONIGHT 10 P.M.

Another Guest in our Legacies of White Plains Series

BRIAN WALLACH

(with Arthur)

Lifelong resident,

Tireless civic booster,

Pioneer in change in the city

Remembers White Plains the way it was, how and who changed it

Watch this inspiring program tonight at 10 PM Countywide on Verizon FIOS Channel 45

or in White Plains on Cablevision 76 or

download it at whiteplainsweek.com

Sunrise!

Posted on April 20, 2014 by John Bailey

Pastor Melissa Boyer of the Katonah United Methodist Church presiding over the traditional Sunrise Service at Cross River Dam Easter Sunday morning.

Awaiting the start of the service 6:30 A.M.

Bible, Communion Plate, and Chalice

After the short simple eloquence, worshippers departed in the Sun’s glory

Pastor Boyer’s ceremony was simple and brief, saying”This is the Good News– the light shines in the darkness and the darkness can never put it out. . Christ is our peace, the indestructible peace we now share with each other”.
a hymn followed, with is verse that speaks to every person:
“Our hearts be pure from evil, that we may see aright the Lord in rays eternal of resurrection light; and listening to his accents, may hear, so calm and plain, his own “All hail!” and, hearing, may raise the victor strain.”
Pastor Boyer closed by encouraging all to see the meaning of Christ in our every day life in simple acts of kindness.