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Ryan to Head New York State Association of Counties

Posted on September 16, 2010 by John Bailey

WPCNR COUNTY CLARION-LEDGER. From Tara Martin, Westchester County Board of Legislators. September 15, 2010:

Westchester County Legislator Bill Ryan will be installed as President of the New York State Association of Counties (NYSAC) Thursday at its annual fall conference being held this week in Buffalo, NY.

Westchester County Executive Robert Astorino will be in Buffalo participating in the conference and will administer the oath of office to Legislator Ryan at Thursday’s installation ceremony. “For Legislator Ryan to serve as president of NYSAC is a tribute to him and to Westchester. His experience will serve New York State well,” said Astorino.

Legislator Ryan, who has served on the NYSAC Board of Directors since 2005, currently chairs the state association’s Audit and Finance Committee.

A former New York State Assemblyman, Bill Ryan is a seven term member of the Westchester County Board of Legislators. He served as chairman of the County Board from 2004 through 2009.

Legislator Ryan represents Westchester in the National Association of Counties. He serves on the national association’s Finance and Intergovernmental Affairs Steering Committee and is a northeastern U.S. representative on the Large Urban County Caucus; 35 officials that represent America’s 100 largest counties before the federal Administration and Congress.

Bill Ryan resides with his wife JoAnn in White Plains, New York.

Adam Bradley Issues Statement on Filing for Divorce

Posted on September 15, 2010 by John Bailey

WPCNR WHITE PLAINS LAW JOURNAL. Special to WPCNR September 15, 2010:

Mayor Adam Bradley and his wife, Fumiko Bradley, filed separate claims for divorce with the Westchester County Clerk on Tuesday, according to county online records, each naming the other as the defendent.

Tonight, WPCNR obtained this statement from Mayor Bradley on the filings, in which he says he would have no further comment on the matter and disdains that the filings were leaked to the press:

“This week, I filed paperwork to begin divorce proceedings from my wife, a difficult decision that was reached only after exhausting every other recourse.

Divorce is an unfortunate situation that, sadly, impacts many families every day, and obviously this is a difficult moment for my own family.

I was disappointed to learn that details of this have been leaked in a public way, as most families are afforded a modicum of privacy when dealing with a similar situation.

While I understand the public interest given my public profile as Mayor, I want to be very clear that this will be the only time I address this matter. This is an intensely personal situation that will be handled in the appropriate court of law, where hopefully my family’s privacy will be respected.

In the meantime, and as I have done every day since I took office, I will continue my work on behalf of the people of White Plains. My commitment to this city and my devotion to my duties as Mayor are unwavering.”

IT’S ALL OVER. TOM ROACH SEIZES 89TH DISTRICT DEM SLOT WITH SOLID VICTORY

Posted on September 14, 2010 by John Bailey

WPCNR CAMPAIGN 2010. By John F. Bailey. September 15, 2010 UPDATED 12:25 A.M. E.D.T.:

Thomas Roach, of White Plains, has defeated Mark Jaffe of West Harrison, 2,078 votes to 1,642 with all districts reporting according to the Board of Elections unofficial tally this morning, pending canvas of the Board.

Roach led all the way building a 300 vote in the first hour of returns and building it to his final 463-vote margin, 56% to 44%.

Roach told WPCNR he ran very strong in White Plains and with districts coming in, in no particular order, the Roach roll continued through the evening. Roach said he campaigned all over the district. Now, Roach, who will also be on the Independence and Working Families Party lines, faces Castelli who won his 89th Assembly District seat last February by trouncing Pete Harckham, the County Legislator in a special election.

Turnout in White Plains was light according to WPCNR observers.

Roach earns the Democratic nomination on the November ballot and closes out Jaffe, preventing a posible split of Democrat voters in the November election, that would have made it easier for Castelli to win.

WPCNR reports that when this reporter voted, the ballot was easy to mark, the new ImageCast optical scanner machined sucked in and tallied my vote without a problem.

Mr. Roach becomes the first politician in White Plains to be voted to success with the Optical Scanning election machine technology

Quietly, Council Eliminates Valet Parking Throughout the City

Posted on September 13, 2010 by John Bailey

WPCNR PHOTOGRAPH OF THE NIGHT. September 13, 2010:

During the September 7 Council meeting last week, the council passed a set of resolutions amending traffic ordinances which have eliminated valet parking in the city. As of Monday evening, the valet parking that was a fixture at City Center in front of Zanaro’s and Legal Seafood after 5 P.M., in place since 2003, is no longer in operation.

So long Valets!

For seven years the valet operation in front of Legal Seafoods and the former Zanaro’s through a private firm parked cars dropped in front of the two restaurants for a fee of $5 per car, with attendants parking cars for patrons in vehicles who queued up often 5 to 6 cars deep (which were then parked on either side of Church Street cutting back the lanes on Church Street from 2 to 1),between Main Street and Martine Avenue causing traffic congestion. Now, according to City Hall, there are no more valet parking operations in the city.