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Common Council Makes Appearance at CNA Meeting Tuesday Night

Posted on April 13, 2004 by John Bailey

WPCNR SOUTHEND TIMES. April 13, 2004: The Council of Neighborhood Associations meets this evening to host a “Special Meeting” of the White Plains Common Council at Education House at 8 P.M., 5 Homeside Lane in White Plains.

According to the C.N.A., the council will be prepared to discuss the Cappelli Hotel project on Main Street, scheduled for approval May 3, and the city tax situation presently and how it sets up for the future in relation to development projects. The opportunity to query the Council will be limited to CNA officers and delegates only. Residents are encouraged to contact your individual CNA representative prior to the meeting with questions you would like to ask.

Change in Mamaroneck Avenue Retail Lineup: Food Emporium Out, CVS to Move In.

Posted on April 12, 2004 by John Bailey

WPCNR MAMARONECK AVENUE RAMBLER. April 12, 2004: WPCNR News has learned that The Food Emporium supermarket, located across from The Jefferson that is under construction at 300 Mamaroneck Avenue, will close at the end of May, and the CVS store and pharmacy adjacent to Citibank across from White Plains “Gasoline Alley” will move into the Food Emporium space.

SO LONG, FOOD EMPORIUM: White Plains will once again become a one supermarket town in June, when CVS moves into the Food Emporium space on Mamaroneck Avenue. Though the city has a Chinese supermarket in the White Plains Mall, and a Whole Foods Market destined for Fortunoff, there is no nane supermarket, other than delis and convenience stores in the central city. There are two Stop N Shops within two miles of each other in the northeast corner of the city. Photo by WPCNR News

CVS ON THE MOVE: The Manager of the CVS Pharmacy on “Gasoline Alley,” (across from the Exxon, Mobil and Sunoco service stations), confirmed to WPCNR Monday evening the
CVS move “is all set” and CVS would move into The Food Emporium location June 1. The manager said that CVS would convert the present location to a “BHA” store, a susidiary of CVS that features Beauty and Health products, while the pharmacy and general CVS merchandise would relocate to The Food Emporium location. Photo by WPCNR News

The Co-manager of The Food Emporium could not confirm the impending move Monday evening. WPCNR could not learn whether The Food Emporium is moving into The Jefferson, a possibility, or whether JPI, the builder of The Jefferson would consider a supermarket tenant for their first floor of “retail” in their complex.

Faster HIV Testing Being Introduced by Westchester Health Department

Posted on April 12, 2004 by John Bailey

WPCNR COUNTY HEALTHWATCH. From Department of Communications. April 12, 2004: Beginning April 20^th, the Westchester County Department of Health will cut the waiting period for an HIV diagnosis from weeks to minutes by using the new HIV rapid test in its Yonkers District Office.

“While we have made tremendous strides in treating HIV disease and related infections, these advances mean little to someone who does not know that he or she is infected,” stated Westchester County Health Commissioner Joshua Lipsman, MD, MPH. “The new HIV rapid test will be performed on site from a fingerstick sample of blood and will provide a test result in as little as twenty minutes.”

“If a individual learns he or she is infected with HIV,” Dr. Lipsman continued, “our staff can immediately begin counseling the patient on necessary treatment to delay the onset of symptoms of AIDS. In the past, the opportunity for one-on-one counseling often was lost once the patient left the office, coming in weeks later for their results, if at all. If the use of this test in our Yonkers office is well-received and we can identify additional resources, we will expand availability of the HIV rapid test to our other sites.”

The Department of Health will continue to provide free HIV counseling and testing at its clinic sites in White Plains, New Rochelle and Yonkers through conventional testing, requiring a blood sample sent to an outside laboratory with a result provided in two to three weeks. As with all sexually transmitted diseases clinical services, HIV counseling and testing is provided free and on a walk-in basis at the three district office locations. HIV testing is offered both anonymously and confidentially.

For more information about HIV testing locations and times, please call the Westchester County Department of Health at (914) 813-5000 or visit the website at www.westchestergov.com/health.

White Plains Police Issue 3,450 More Summons in Year.

Posted on April 12, 2004 by John Bailey

WPCNR POLICE GAZETTE. By John F. Bailey. April 12, 2004: The White Plains Department of Public Safety has announced that after a year of conducting Operation Safe Streets, the police effort at enforcing speed limits, cell phone and seatbelt violations that began last April, they have issued 20% more summonses over the same period last year for a total of 17, 254 total summonses.

OPERATION SAFE STREETS IN ACTION ON NORTH BROADWAY. Photo from WPCNR News Archive.

According to Inspector Daniel Jackson, who ran the numbers at WPCNR’s request, Operation Safe Streets has had an effect:

“My officers did comment the other day during a safety checkpoint for Seatbelt Safety Week, that seatbelt compliance was high. That’s an encouraging comment since our ultimate goal is voluntary compliance, not enforcement. “

Jackson said that with the warm weather about to arrive this Spring, Operation Safe Streets will continue with electronic speed signs temporarily on display in residential neighborhoods, and what Officer Jackson calls “following them up with enforcement efforts in the same area. This is done with a focus on keeping the neighborhood streets safe for the children.”

Regarding cell phone violations, Inspector Jackson said, “We are hoping that the recent publicity on cell phone enforcement will decrease the number of incidents involving cell phones. (By incidents, I mean both summons and accident incidents.)

The total number of summons for speeding, cellphone and seatbelt violations in one year since Operation Safe Streets began is 17,254.

5,007 were issued for speeding , an average of 415 Speeding Tickets a month, (100 a week), at an minimum cost of a $70 fine, resulting in a minimum WPCNR-estimated revenue of $350,000 in fines.

1,627 cell phone violations were written. At $100 a ticket for a cellphone violation, that is a WPCNR- estimated $162,700 in revenue possibly collected on cell phone vios.

There were 1,634 summonses issued for seatbelts. With a fine of $50 plus points on a seatbelt violation, that is an estimated $81,700 in summons revenues on seatbelts alone.

WHAT A SUMMONS LOOKS LIKE. Photo from WPCNR News Archive.