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Move on Mayor Now? Or wait for Appeal(s) to Complete?

Posted on January 22, 2011 by John Bailey

WPCNR MR & MRS. & MS. WHITE PLAINS POLL. JANUARY 22, 2011:

The Common Council asked the Governor this week to act to remove its Mayor. The Democratic City Committee echoed the request by a 42-19-4 vote Tuesday evening. However Mayor Adam Bradley has vowed to appeal his conviction on attempted assault, Contempt, and three charges of harassment against his wife.

If the Mayor is removed by the Common Councilby use of City Charter Section 30 (a possibility if the City Board of Ethics finds he acted inappropriately in setting a meeting for a property owner who became his(Bradley’s) landlord last June), or if the Governor removes him, the city may leave itself open for substantial monetary damages if Bradley’s appeal, or possible further appeal is successful.

Should the city and Governor wait launch? Or act now to remove the Mayor, despite possible future liability? It should noted the governor may launch the state’s own investigation in determining whether to remove the Mayor. Vote in the poll at the right.

COUNTY SALUTES THE UNDEFEATED STEPINAC CRUSADERS

Posted on January 22, 2011 by John Bailey

WPCNR PRESS BOX. From Archbishop Stepinac High School January 22, 2011:

Westchester County Executive Robert P. Astorino recently congratulated members of Archbishop Stepinac High School’s Crusaders football team for their 2010 undefeated, 12-0 championship season, a first in the school’s history. They won both the Catholic High School League AA League title and the annual Turkey Bowl game against White Plains High School. Astorino presented the Crusaders with a proclamation, noting the achievement “brings pride not only to Stepinac but to all of Westchester County.”

Left to right are Westchester Deputy County Executive Kevin J. Plunkett, a Stepinac alum (class of ’67); Stepinac quarterback Tyrell Goodman, named co-state player of the year by the NY State Sportswriters Association; Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino; NFL great Bob Hyland, also a Stepinac alum (class of ’63) and Coach Mike O’Donnell.

Private Sector Employment Slightly Up,behind State and Nation.

Posted on January 20, 2011 by John Bailey

WPCNR Marketplace. From Jonny Nelson,NYS Dept. of Labor. January 20, 2011:

Private sector employment in the Hudson Valley increased 2,700, or 0.4 percent, to 723,000 for the 12-month period ending December 2010. Employment gains were greatest in leisure and hospitality (+1,700), educational and health services (+1,500), and professional and business services (+1,400). Job losses were centered in trade, transportation and utilities (-1,200), manufacturing (-600), and natural resources, mining and construction (-500). Government shed 4,000 jobs over the year.

For the first time since mid-2008, the region’s private sector job count grew over the year in December 2010. This month’s turnaround was broad-based, with a number of sectors adding jobs. While this economic rebound is good news for area jobseekers, the region’s rate of private sector growth (+0.4 percent) still lagged growth in the state (+1.0 percent) and nation (+1.2 percent).

French American School of New York Closes on Ridgeway Country Club

Posted on January 20, 2011 by John Bailey

The French-American School of New York (FASNY) announced today it has completed its acquisition of the Ridgeway Country Club property in White Plains.

FASNY plans to consolidate many of its operations to the 128-acre property over a period of several years. Proposed plans include retrofitting the existing club buildings and adding several new buildings to create a low-density park-like campus.

The school also announced that it will hold an Open House for the White Plains community on Saturday, January 29 at the Ridgeway Country Club. The Open House, which will run from 10 am to 5 pm, will provide an opportunity for the community to learn more about the school and its future plans for the property.

FASNY’s plan for the property would preserve over 60 acres of the site as permanent and publicly accessible open space; restore and enhance the natural conditions of the site; and improve the existing stormwater and drainage conditions of the property. Less than five percent of the site will be covered by impervious surfaces.

William V. Cuddy, Jr., executive vice president, and Budd Wiesenberg, vice president, of CBRE’s Westchester office, handled negotiations on behalf of the Ridgeway Country Club.

The French-American School of New York was founded in 1980 to provide a bilingual, bicultural French and American education to an American, French and international student population from nursery school through 12^th grade. Today 825 students attend its Pre-School in Scarsdale, its Lower School in Larchmont and its Upper School in Mamaroneck.