WHITE PLAINS CITIZENETREPORTER SETS RECORD VISITS FOR YEAR 7,017,658 VISITS! 2,098,003 VISITORS MADE 6 VISITS A DAY EVERY DAY. 63,330 UNIQUE VISITORS MADE 133,730 VISITS IN DECEMBER. WPCNR AVERAGED 17,284 VISITORS A WEEK, VISITING 31,270 TIMES.

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WPCNR NEWS & COMMENT.  By John F. Bailey. November 8, 2021.

Say it ain’t so.

NYC Mayor- Elect Eric Adams said on Sunday, he was going to eliminate masking in New York City Schools.

What a way to start a Mayoral term.

How sad.

Obviously the Mayor-Elect is not looking at the science.

He is not looking at the NYC numbers of new infections for the five boroughs that were lower than the 9 counties surrounding the city. He is certainly not looking at the astronomical new infections in Nassau County and Suffolk County averaging over 600 a day.

What other stupid decisions on covid are coming?

Relaxing the vaccination rules for teachers and staff?

The state just started administering vaccinations of 5 to 12 year olds!

Five to twelve year olds are the most vulnerable! I hope Governor Hochul gives him a wake up call and he backs off this decision. Before the masks come off in school schools, you have to have the school populations as close to totally vaccinated as possible.

But nooooooooooooooo. The new Mayor wants to make his mark and start off popu—larrrrr.

The first mothers whose elementary schoolers get covid will be infuriated, heartbroken! How many of those will there be based on this cavalier, “I want to get us back to normal” decision? You do not know.

This decision is bringing the wrong “back to normal” back (that we had in July), to create a new fourth wave of covid  too soon. I was in New York City Saturday and there was very little masking on the streets of Manhattan. The children can be infected by the unmasked.

Wait for the 5 to 12s to get vaxed. THEN do it.

What is the rush?

If the New York city schools get hit with new infections, what will the new Mayor do?

Shut down the schools? I doubt that.

Make infected children stay home?

Make single mothers whose children get covid stay home and keep them home?

Go back to learning from home? Is that what he wants to guarantee?

Or will he say we just have to live with the infections and deaths of our children from Covid because the city needs the schools open to “get back to normal?”

That is what he is risking by unmasking and literally “crossing his fingers” on the schools by relaxing protocols, masking, maybe social distancing, quarantines.

(That is the always popular triage method, just take the deaths and suffering the covid tragedies because society needs us to get back to normal, no matter what the cost in lives, suffering. Well the midwest. the south are now crippled with hospitalizations because of the no-mask policies many governrs endorsed “to get back to normal. Is that what we want in NYC. We apparently feel that way in the 9 counties where new infections are rising like a school of shark fins coming at us. )

Don’t take the masks off yet, Mr. Mayor.

He should be thinking of the implications of a fourth wave.

Is Mr. Adams not looking at the covid inroads around the Metropolitan area?  (All 9 counties surrounding New York City are infecting infecting and infecting because mask wearing is not being observed. )

Is he not aware that no masking is responsible for the vast majority of the country still reeling from covid hospitalizations?

No, Mr. Adams do not do it. Do not unmask school populations until the schools show they are handling covid infections and keeping them in check. The masking is responsible for that in combination with the vaccines.

I am tired of “hope” decisions by our leaders in the legislature based on the irrational idea that we have to get or “bet “back to normal” to get the state economy moving “so we the legislators look good and are liked.”

Jettisoning the governor was one of those decisions the legislature made. Both houses and the administration tolerated his alleged sexual harassment for 10 years THEN they decide he is a sexual harasser when it is convenient for their own ambitions.

The Legislature dumping the Governor brought us the third wave, because the legislature relaxed the opening rules when the governor wanted to do it in June. The legislature effectively washed their hands of the decisions on covid that they took back from the governor. A bunch of very weak people who care for no one but themselves.

So please call Governor Hochul, Mayor Adams. Have a talk with her and the Commissioner of Health and see if it makes sense to unmask the schools before you do it. If you’re vaccinated, you still can carry the covid virus in your nose and mouth and pass it to others. That is the advantage of masking–it stops the spread of the disease from people who do not show symptoms.

Do not let the red plague out of the bottle again. It is the biggest health disaster in 103 years and since the Black Plague of the 14th century.

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WHITE PLAINS, NY November 5, 2021: –Today, Congressman Mondaire Jones (D-NY) released the following statement after he and his House Democratic colleagues voted to pass the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the rule for consideration of the Build Back Better Act.

“Today, we took a historic step to pass President Biden’s transformational Build Back Better agenda by passing the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and advancing the Build Back Better Act. I’m proud that the bill we passed tonight will deliver much-needed investments in our nation’s physical infrastructure, ensuring we remain competitive in the 21st century. 

But let me be clear: my top priority remains enacting the Build Back Better Act, which contains the vast majority of President Biden’s broadly-popular agenda. Thanks to the leadership of House Progressives, we are closer than ever to doing exactly that.

Tonight my conservative Democratic colleagues gave me, and the nation, their word that they will vote for the Build Back Better Act no later than the week of November 15. For the first time, this small handful of conservative Democrats committed to supporting bold climate action, an expansion of Medicare to include hearing coverage, a lift of the cap on State and Local Tax deductions that has unjustly burdened working families in my district and communities like mine across the country, and universal child care for working families, which I am proud to have helped secure in this bill.

I look forward to my colleagues making good on their promises as quickly as possible, so that we can pass the Build Back Better Act and begin delivering the life-changing investment working- and middle-class families across our nation need and deserve.” (Editor’s Note: the bill passed in the House late Friday evening.)

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From Spectrum News Capitol Region on Twitter:

Eighty percent of voters had cast a no ballot against Proposal 1, which would have amended the state’s redistricting process.

Fifty-seven percent voted against Proposal 3, which would have eliminated a deadline of 10 days before an election for someone to register to vote.

And 56% of New Yorkers said no to authorizing no-excuse absentee voting, which first became possible in the 2020 election and was again in effect for this election.

Proposal 2, which would establish the right to clean air and clean water, looked to be on the way to passage with 68% voting in favor of it.

The final question dealing with civil courts in New York City also looked to have passed with 62% of voters backing it.

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“GOOD MORNING DENNIS AND TONNY, IT’S GREAT TO HAVE AN ELECTION DAY. HERE IN WHITE PLAINS THE MAYOR IS UNOPPOSED THAT MEANS IF ONLY 1 VOTE IS CAST FOR HIM, HE WINS IF NO WRITE-INS. 4 PERSONS ARE RUNNING FOR 3 COMMON COUNCIL 4-YEAR TERMS. THE QUESTION IS WHETHER FIRST TIME CANDIDATES ALAN GRAFMAN AND RICHARD BLAINE WILL MAKE THE COUNCIL, BOTH OR ONE.

JOHN MARTIN A 10 YEAR COUNCIL IS RUNNING BECAUSE OF HIS EXPERIENCE ON THE BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE AND FEELS HIS EXPERTISE IN THE BUDGET IS NEEDED AS THE CITY CONTINUES TO FACE FINANCIAL CHALLENGE. JUSTIN BRASCH THE OTHER INCUMBENT IS RUNNING FOR HIS SECOND TERM.

THE WHITE PLAINS LIBRARY FOUNDATION PRESENTED ANITA HILL

ANITA HILL VIA A ZOOM PRESENTATION LAST NIGHT.

300 PERSONS SAW AND HEARD MS. HILL ON THE LEGACY OF HER EXPERIENCE OF THE JUDGE CLARENCE THOMAS SUPEREME COURT HEARINGS IN 1991

SHE TOLD THE AUDIENCE THE WAY HER TESTIMONY OF JUDGE THOMAS’S TREATMENT OF HER WAS DISMISSED BY THE COMMITTEE RESULTING THE CONFIRMATION OF JUDGE THOMAS WAS DEVASTATING.  SHE SAID SHE WAS NOT EXPECTING THE FIRESTORM OF ATTACKS ON HER BUT WAS AMAZED THAT THOUSANDS OF PERSONS, WOMEN AND MEN WROTE OR CALLED HER TO TELL HER HOW THEY TOO HAD BEEN SEXUALLY HARRASSED AND ABUSED.

MS. HILL, NOW UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR OF SOCIAL POLICY LAW AND WOMEN’S AND GENDER STUDIES AT BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY IN MASSACHUSSETTS SAID SEXUAL HARASSMENT HAS NOW GROWN INTO A PANDEMIC AFFECTING THE COUNTRY MORE PROFOUNDLY SINCE 1991. THIS OUTPOURING OF MISERY INSPIRED HER TO  MAKE SPREADING AWARENESS OF HOW PROLIFIC THE GROWTH OF SEXUAL EXTORTION HAS BECOME IN THE WORK PLACE AS HER  LIFE’S WORK. 

SHE ILLUMINATED THE HISTORY OF MALE JUDGES DISMISSING HARASSMENT CHARGES OF WOMEN AS BEING JUST PART OF HUMAN NATURE IN THEIR DECISIONS AND HOW IT HAS BEGUN TO CHANGE.

SHE SAID IN REPONSE TO QUESTIONS THAT THE ONLY WAY TO CURE THIS EPIDEMIC IS FOR LEADERS OF ORGANIZATIONS TO WANT TO CHANGE THE CULTURE OF DISMISSING SEXUAL HARRASSMENT THROUGH EXCUSES OF NOT KNOWING THE FACTS AND CONDONING SUPERVISORS’ OR CO-WORKERS’ INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR.

SHE SAID 1 IN 4 WOMEN IN THE U.S. EXPERIENCE PARTNER VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ABUSE,  1 IN 3 WOMEN SAY THEY HAVE BEEN HARASSED AT WORK  BUT DO NOT REPORT IT BECAUSE  OF FEAR OF RETALIATION.

 WOMEN OF COLOR EXPERIENCE HIGHER  RATES OF HARASSMENT THAN WHITE WOMEN.

SHE ENCOURAGED PERSONS OBSERVING SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN THE WORKPLACE TO REPORT IT—THAT IS A START. IF YOU SEE SOMEBODY DO SOMETHING THEY SHOULD NOT BE DOING IT REPORT IT.

At THE COMMON COUNCIL LAST NIGHT THE COUNCIL EXTENDED THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX IN WHITE PLAINS FOR ANOTHER THREE YEARS AT 3% OF THE COST OF A ROOM.

70 WESTCHESTER AVENUE AVENUE 3 APARTMENT PROJECT OPPOSITE THE WESTCHESTER MALL BY SABER-NORTH WHITE PLAINS OVER ON THE WEST SIDE WAS ARROVED FOR A NEW SITE PLAN FOR 175 NEW APARTMENTS, A MOTOR VEHICLE SALES SHOWROOM AND RESTAURANT AND RETAIL,  27 STUDIOS, 81 ONE BEDROOMS, 19 ONE BEDROOMS WITH DEN, AND 48 2-BEDROOMS.

WHITE PLAINS ANNOUNCED IT WILL BRING BACK THE HOLIDAY MARKET THAT WAS A HUGE HIT LAST DECEMBER AND JANUARY,

IN THE LAST WEEK, COVID NEW INFECTIONS IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY CONTINUED AT AN AVERAGE OF 88 NEW INFECTIONS A DAY OVER THE 8 DAYS.

FROM SUNDAY OCTOBER 24 THROUGH SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31, THERE WERE 625 NEW INFECTIONS AMONG 56,558 TESTED IN THE COUNTY.

THAT IS AN INFECTION RATE OF 1.1% (ONE NEW INFECTED PERSON TESTING POSITIVE IN LAST 14 DAYS, SPREADING THE DISEASE TO 1 OTHER PERSON –WHICH MEANS THE INFECTIONS IN THE HUNDREDS A WEEK . IN THE WEEK PREVIOUS OCTOBER 17 TO 24TH, THERE WERE 434 INFECTIONS SONEW INFECTIONS WENT UP 44% LAST WEEK.

PEOPLE SHOULD CONTINUE TO WEAR MASKS IN PUBLIC AND IN STORES I SEE PEOPLE WEARING MASKS IN WHITE PLAINS. BE AWARE. SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.”