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The Instant Ticket: City Place Residents Get Instant Tickets in New Drop Off Cut

Posted on November 1, 2010 by John Bailey

WPCNR THE PARKING NEWS. By John F. Bailey. November 1, 2010:

Don’t even think about stopping and leaving your car in the new parking cutout in front of One City Place, now JP Morgan Chase-owned, the first building to be constructed in City Center.

White Plains Department of Parking Enforcement have been keeping the slick new cobblestone cutout under surveillance to drop $40 tickets on unsuspecting cabbies, airport limos waiting for pickup, new mothers with toddlers herding children and accessories down from One City Place apartments, shoppers unloading groceries, delivery men delivering pizza, packages and what have you.

According to residents speaking to WPCNR, One City Place dwellers are getting blitzed with unreasonable tickets given after vehicles are parked a very short period of time.

The residents have had enough of the ticket bonanza.

They plan to blitz the Common Council tonight at Citizens to Be Heard at 7 tonight in outrage at the new policy.

The policy prohibiting parking (No Standing) one resident said actually is in violation of the state No Parking statute which allows cars to make deliveries or pick ups in a no parking zone, the resident said.

A city commissioner explained to the Traffic Commmission recently that the reason for the cutouts being built was because the One City Place building was not built according to plans which called for two lanes on City Place. Instead, only one lane was built. The building of the cutouts is to correct that problem.

Apparently, the White Plains City Court agrees, dismissing tickets given for violating the NO STOPPING ANYTIME sign recently installed.

A Parking Enforcement Officer, speaking under condition of anonymity said to him it is unclear what started this new “instant ticket policy,” whether it was at request of powerful residents of One City Place, preparation for the entrance of Shoprite at City Center, or repeated prolonged “standing” by vehicles doing business with residents in the apartment complex.

It raises the question of what is a cutout for anyway? If not to stop and unload or pickup?

On Mamaroneck Avenue, cutout enforcement allows 15 minute parking for pickup and dropoff. The policy enforced at One City Place appears to have a shorter time limit and appears arbitrary and capricious, residents say.

The minute ticket

Friday evening, WPCNR was told, a Domino’s Pizza delivery man stopped, went into One City Place to deliver a pizza. A Parking Enforcement Officer materialized and started writing the Domino car a ticket. The doorman, it is said, told the PEO the man was making a delivery. The $40 ticket was written anyway. The Domino’s man, upon seeing the ticket burst out crying.

POLICE SEEK SUSPECTS IN FISHER HILL PARTY MURDER

Posted on October 31, 2010 by John Bailey

WPCNR POLICE GAZETTE. Special to WPCNR. October 31,2010:

White Plains Commissioner of Public Safety David Chong provided background details to WPCNR Sunday morning on a murder and a serious injury sustained by another victim in a “dispute” at a party at 1 Orchard Parkway early Saturday morning.

Here is the Commissioner’s Statement on the matter:

“The two victims were 19 year old Hispanic men from Yonkers. Both were stabbed in a dispute during a facebook advertised Halloween Party at the 1 Orchard Parkway house where patrons were being charged a fee for admittance.

One of the victims died at Westchester County Medical Center, the other has serious but non-life threatening wounds.

We are working on leads at this time. It appears that most of the people present are from Yonkers. The owner of the apartment that hosted the party has been charged with unlawful dealing with a minor 1st degree and endangering the welfare of a minor for serving alcohol to minors. Additional charges may be brought as the investigation continues.”

White Plains Police Chief James Bradley identified the murder victim to WPCNR moments ago in this statement:

“The victim is Robert Ariezaga of Yonkers. Officers arrived at an active fight scene. Anyone with information is requested to call 422-6111.”

Commissioner Chong added that police were called in on a disturbace at Two AM Saturday morning, “first units arrived moments after 9-11 call, then numerous additional units because there was a large group of people in the street fighting. We restored order almost immediately but also had to tend to the two wounded men.”

Autumn in New England — The Show Is At Its Height

Posted on October 31, 2010 by John Bailey

WPCNR PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE DAY.By the WPCNR Roving Photographer. October 31, 2010:

The autumn foliage show in New England is at its height this week. The drive north on I-684 followed by a leisurely drive eastbound through Connecticut is putting on a show that delivers oooo’s and ahhh’s at every turn. And of course, there are the great little towns of Connecticut that charm you with unique homes and landscapes that evoke a simpler time.

Bengal Tiger Fire Investigation Reports: Cause Unable to be Determined.

Posted on October 29, 2010 by John Bailey

WPCNR POLICE GAZETTE. From The Mayor’s Office. October 29, 2010:

The White Plains Police Department has concluded its investigation of the Bengal Tiger fire on Post Road in White Plains, which broke out July 7, and burned for 11 hours destroying half a block on East Post Road. The report was released to the media Friday afternoon ruling that a specific cause could not be determined and no criminal activity was proven.

Beginning of the Bengal Tiger Fire July 7, 3 P.M.

The investigation report dated October 20 concludes that no cause of the fire could be determined due to a 13- day delay in investigators getting at the scene–as well as standing water in the basement, “the exact cause of the fire is undetermined at this time and no criminal activity has been proven.”

The conclusion reads:

“At the conclusion of this investigation, all witness statements, initial observations of responding firefighters, and physical evidence obtained at the scene, point towards the origin of the fire being in the basement of the restaurant.

Physical evidence specifically indicates the highest sources of heat coming from the storage area in the basement. There were extremely large amounts of fire damage in the basement portion of the business. This portion of the building sat in several feet of standing water for approximately 6 days, compromising the integrity of any evidence at the scene.

Investigators were not able to safely enter the actual location of (fire) origin until 13 days after the fire occurred. As a result of this damage, the standing water, and the 13 day delay in examining the scene, it was difficult to locate the exact point of origin or ignition source of the fire.

The charcoal located in the basement that was observed by witnesses burning may have been the source of ignition, however this fact could not be confirmed.

Several factors for the cause of the fire have been ruled out, however the exact cause of the fire is undetermined at this time and no criminal activity has been proven.

Case Closed.