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Pollitzer Pulls Out of Common Council November Race

Posted on July 1, 2007 by John Bailey

WPCNR CAMPAIGN 2007. From White Plains Independent (Edited). July 1, 2007: In a news release sent to reporters Friday, White Plains Independent has announced that Marc Pollitzer has withdrawn from their bid for the Common Council. Pollitzer will continue in a role as Campaign Chair, the release said.

Activist Council Candidate Withdraws. Marc Pollitzer it was announced will not seek a seat on the Common Council in November. His former running mates, Robert Levine and Robert Stackpole will continue their campaign for the Council.

Robert J. Stackpole and Robert H. Levine have initiated their run for Common Council as White Plains Independent (WPI) candidates, it was announced.

“ The purpose of our candidacy,” Mr. Stackpole stated, “is to insure that there will be a consistent, forceful, five-vote Council majority––missing thus far–– that will reflect the grassroots interests of the people of White Plains.”

“ Too much is being lost,” Mr. Levine added, “as we see developers, rather than our city leaders, increasingly shaping the future of White Plains. The time has come to put a stop to the privatization of planning for our community. The time has come to take our city back.”

Marc Pollitzer will chair the WPI election effort, having chosen to withdraw his candidacy, citing the time demands of his business in NYC.

All White Plains is back on: Con ED–except for 2

Posted on June 28, 2007 by John Bailey

WPCNR’S POWER NEWS. June 28,-29 2007 UPDATED: Mike Clendenen of Con Edison reports to WPCNR as of 8:45 AM, all of White Plains had been restored to power except for 2 homes that had just come in as off at 7 A.M. Con Edison spokesman Chris Olert said as of 1:45 PM Thursday, 750 White Plains homes remained without power, 450 in the Parkview Circle and Church Street area on 300 in the Haviland Manor, North Street area, and they have been restored. Olert said 3,200 homes remained powerless throughout Westchester County as of Thursday afternoon.

Clendenen advises WPCNR this morning that about 100 homes are without power throughout the county.

Approximately 1,000 Still Without Electricity in White Plains

Posted on June 28, 2007 by John Bailey

WPCNR’S POWER NEWS. June 28, 2007 UPDATED 10:15 A.M. E.D.T.: Chris Olert, a spokesperson for Consolidated Edison reports to WPCNR that as of 7 AM this morning “approximately 1,000 to 1,100” customers remain without power in the city.

Deputy Commissioner of Public Safety Daniel Jackson reports to WPCNR that all roads in White Plains are open as of 10 A.M.

Olert said that 18,000 customers throughout Westchester County had lost power as a result of the one hour thunderstorm that struck the city between 3:45 and 4:45 PM Wednesday. The rogue storm bombarded central county with frequent cloud-to-ground lightning strikes. As of 7 A.M. Thursday morning, Con Ed, Olert reports, had restored 14,000 to power and 4,000 remain.

In White Plains, Olert reports 453 remain without service in the Parkview Court and Church Street area; 297 in the North Street-Haviland Manor area, and the rest are “scattered” throughout the city. As of 11 PM last night, 1,300 homes were powerless, so Con Ed appears to have restored 200 to power in 8 hours overnight in White Plains.

Con Ed was hampered by a second moderate thunderstorm that passed through White Plains approximatelyh 11 to 1 A.M. The secondary thunderstorm and unsettled conditions delivered an additional 3/4 of an inch of rain bringing the total rainfall in 12 hours to 3 and 3/4 of an inch — nearly a month’s average rain in half a day.

Beverly Road Area Floods Again. Just as Beverly Road flooded previously in a heavy rainstorm, it happened again in yesterday’s storm. These were two Beverly homes hardest hit. There were also power failures between Hartsdale Avenue and Miles Avenue. The fire department, a CitizeNetReporter correspondent reports, pumped out a few cellars, as they did in a previous storm of similar intensity. The observer reported that the water came down the hill between Albemarle and Old Mamaroneck Road. Photos by Paula Piekos

Motorists report traffic signals may still not be functioning. Bryant Avenue at Westchester Avenue for example is without traffic signals as motorists cross I-287.

Con Ed Reports 1,300 Homes Without Power in White Plains at 11 PM.

Posted on June 27, 2007 by John Bailey

WPCNR THE POWER NEWS. June 27, 2007: Joseph Petta, a spokesperson for Consolidated Edison reported that as of 11 P.M., 1,300 homes in White Plains had no power. Petta said the company had crews out who would be working through the night, however they were being hampered by active lightning in the area at this hour. Petta had no estimated time when he felt White Plains power would be restored.

Petta, attributed the electrical damage to winds, lightning strikes, trees downing power lines. Asked if the outages were caused by transformers overloading due to high demand, Petta denied this, saying the outages were weather-caused. The electrical storm that struck White Plains arrived in the city limits at 3:45 P.M.

Downed tree on North Broadway. Photos by Don Hughes

WPCNR received word that there was four feet of water in the Crowne Plaza Hotel, after this afternoon’s event, traffic lights were hanging low over North Broadway. There was flooding in Woodcrest Heights. Manhole covers blew off their moorings on Chatterton Parkway and along Westchester Avenue by the Crowne Plaza, among other events.

Fireman Responding to a burning transformer on Park Circle which knocked out power to that Church Street neighborhood. Closeup below