WPCNR POLICE GAZETTE. December 28, 2012:
The Mobil Station at 174 Westchester Avenue was held up at 5 A.M. Thursday morning by three men, one armed with a handgun, according to The Journal News.
The attendent handed over money and lottery tickets. White Plains Police Detectives are asking anyone with information on the robbery to call 914-422-6200 oe 914-422-6223. Identities will be kept confidential.
WPCNR Common Council Chronicle-Examiner. December 28, 2012 UPDATED 5:15 P.M. E.S.T.:
Unlike the U.S. Congress, four members of the Common Council met Thursday evening and again this morning at 8:45 A.M. to approve an ordinance dissolving the company that originally built 150 Lake Street, the 68-unit Section 8 apartments near the Ebersole Rink.
The ordinance passed this morning enables the city to receive $467,000, due the city under the terms of the Public Housing Finance Law, from the new company which will own 150 Lake Street, White Plains Affordable Housing Development Fund Company, Incorporated, owned by the same owner Mark Soja.
The company being dissolved was known as 150 Lake Street Associates, LP.
The passing of the ordinance by the Council in two separate votes of 4-0 by Councilpersons Benjamin Boykin,Dennis Krolian, John Martin and Beth Smayda, paves the way for White Plains Affordable Housing Development Fund Company to rehabilitate the 68 apartments.
John Callahan, Corporation Counsel for the city, told WPCNR that the $467,000 has not as yet been earmarked for any specific purpose, that it will go into the city general fund.
Callahan said the sudden meetings (noticed at approximately 3 P.M. Thursday afternoon), were called to approve the dissolution at the request of the developer, otherwise the developer stood to lose tax credits.
WPCNR has placed a call to the developer, and hopes to learn more about how and when the renovation would proceed, and the financing, if any, involved.
WPCNR Southend Times. December 27, 2012:
A rough count of the locations of persons licensed to own a handgun in White Plains. The locations were disclosed by a Westchester County wide map published by the Journal News this week based on data obtained by a Journal News freedom of information request.
The map, if you count up the dots in White Plains, indicates that there appear to be about 611 registered Gun Licenseholders in the city out of 31,030 registered voters, or about 2% of the adult registered voters population of the city. (There are approximately 57,000 residents in the city of White Plains.)
The area of the city with the most gun licensees is the Highlands from south of Post Road, east to Mamaroneck Avenue to the Scarsdale border with 137 households licensed to own a gun.
The next most heavily Licensed-up area is the North end of town above I-287, including, Woodcrest Heights, Garrestson Road to North White Plains with 80 Gun Licensees.
In the North Broadway area from I-287 to Hamilton Avenue, including Ferris Avenue and Eastview and Church Street, there are 59 residents licensed to carry a gun.
Fisher Hill West of Post Road shows 48 Gun License Holders; Battle Hill, west of Route 119 has 59 licensees, and Eastview, East of North Broadway has 22.
There are very little gun license owners in the heart of the downtown. The most of any one area is Carhart, 7.
In the Highlands from Post Road South to Scarsdale, including Soundview Manor, there are 137 residents with gun licenses.
In Rocky Dell, there were 12 gun licenses.
South of Ridgeway, to the West of Mamaroneck AvenueMamaroneck there were 52 Gun Licensee locations, and in the Gedney Farms neighborhood there were 66. In Haviland Manor east of North Street there were 46 Gun License holders, 31 of them in the Rosedale Section.
WPCNR PHOTOGRAPH OF THE DAY. By the WPCNR ROVING PHOTOGRAPHER. December 27, 2012 UPDATED DECEMBER 29. 2012:
A backhoe could be seen delivering multiple coups de gras to the former Cappelli Enterprise sales offices today.
The perfectly viable and taxable office building, built in 2005, is being torn down as part of the original Ritz Carlton approval, to build an as yet, undesigned, off the tax rolls, vest pocket park that will provide green space between the Ritz on the left and Grace Church on the right.
John Callahan, Corporation Counsel for the City, told WPCNR, Louis Cappelli, the owner is expected to come back to the Common Council in the spring to discuss his suggested design of the park. Callahan said the previous building, (now being demolitioned), was taxable, but added that Cappelli Enterprises is not deeding the city the park. Cappelli Enterprises will continue to own whatever park design ends up being acceptable to the Council, Callahan said. Callahan said the future park land would be on the city tax roll as land, and would be assessed as land.