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Bradley: Assembly Passes of Bill to Pave Way for Electronic Machines

Posted on February 23, 2004 by John Bailey

WPCNR CAMPAIGN 2004. From the Office of Assemblyman Adam T. Bradley, 89th Assembly District. (Edited) February 23, 2004: Assemblyman Adam Bradley (D-White Plains) today announced he helped pass a legislative package that makes New York eligible to receive federal funding to modernize the election process through the Help America Vote Act of 2002.

“Our election system has relied for too long on antiquated procedures and equipment,” Bradley said. “Modernizing and improving our electoral process will ensure voter confidence and encourage broader participation.”

HAVA is designed to help states create a uniform, computerized voter registration list and assist states with establishing standardized, electronic voting machines. In order to receive federal funds, each state must design a plan, pass enabling legislation, and appropriate state funds. The process must also include citizen participation and public review.

The Assembly passed a package of legislation that ensures New York’s compliance with HAVA. The package would:

§ consolidate election operations at the county level – ensuring elections are run consistently, and polling places are adequately staffed with well-trained workers (A.8833-B);

§ create a computerized, centralized, interactive statewide voter registration list with proper privacy protections – ensuring that voters get in and out of the polls quickly, votes are recorded accurately and voter fraud is prevented (A.8842-A);

§ ban punch ballots and the statewide adoption of a single type of electronic voting machine that will be accessible to all citizens – including persons with disabilities and voters with limited English proficiency (A.8847-A);

§ provide for an administrative complaint procedure administered by the state board of elections (A.8841-A); and

§ establish basic guidelines to ensure the disabled community has access to polling sites (A.5473-A).

“We must adopt a system that works for the voters. This legislation will provide for a paper, voter verifiable audit record. This is important to ensure that voters can have confidence in election results. We can help increase voter turnout and empower all New Yorkers with a voting process that is reliable and user-friendly,” Bradley said. “Elections are the lifeblood of our democracy, but they are meaningless without public trust. This package will help ensure voter confidence in New York elections.”

ABC Committee Told: No Wiggle Room. City Assessment Info Eagerly Awaited.

Posted on February 23, 2004 by John Bailey

WPCNR SCHOOL DAYS. By John F. Bailey. February 23, 2004: The Annual Budget Committee learned that the wiggle room in the $145 Million projected school budget was slim to none, and were advised that any decrease (or increase) depended on the new city assessments data for 2004 that is due from the City Assessor next week. At that time, (March 1) Assistant Superintendent for Business Terrance Schruers and Superintendent of Schools Timothy Connors said the City School District would be able to finalize its Premiliminary Budget which they hoped to present to the Annual Budget Committee March 3.

Mr. Schruers said that the school district has trimmed $200,000 off the $145M rough budget, by dedicating $200,000 of grants towards the All-Day Kindergarten transition. He told WPCNR he was expecting the commercial assessments and homeowners’ assessments to be “a wash,” when Eydie McCarthy the City Assessor delivers the information next week.

Schruers reported he was expecting the city to give him the numbers on the PILOT payments for 2004-05 for the following projects: City Center, Bank Street, The Jefferson, Clayton Park and South Kensico. In effect, if assessments are a “wash,” as Mr. Schreurs expects, the budget at this time is sitting at $145,340,666, a 7.95% increase from the 2003-04 budget of $134,632,632.

Mr. Schruers and Mr. Connors also proposed allotting a $3 Million surplus expected from 2003-2004 in part to pay for sharply increased teacher retirement contributions to the state, and $1.5 Million of that surplus placed into the general fund for 2004-05. They are asking the Board of Education to approve bonding in small amounts for court ordered tax certriori payments.

Introducing New York New Jersey Juggernaut: All Star Pro Fast Pitch IN NEW YORK!

Posted on February 23, 2004 by John Bailey

WPCNR PRESS BOX. By John F. Bailey. February 23, 2004, Little Falls, New Jersey: The New York New Jersey Juggernauts the new National Professional Fast Pitch franchise that begins play in the metropolitan area June 1 introduced themselves to the media Monday afternoon at the Yogi Berra Museum. Their Principal Owner Paul Plemenos introduced nationally known fastpitch stars to the media who will begin play in the Juggernaut pinstrips: Erika Hanson, Senior member of the Arizona 2001 National Champions; Lisa Iancin, second sacker for the Natonal Pro Fastpitch All-Star Team that toured the country las summer, and Sarah Hershman of San Diego State University. Plemenos introduced the three players who would be joining national pitching sensations, Michelle Smith and Kaci Clark on the debut team.

FAST PITCH PIONEERS: Paul Plemenos, Principal Owner with his brain trust and three of his blue chip fast-pitch stars at the Yogi Berra Museum in Montclair today. Standing is Mr. Plemenos, followed by Richard Perrotty, President and General Manager, Linda Derk Manager, V.P., Softball Operations; Erika Hanson, 1st Base; Lisa Iancin, 2nd Base; and Sarah Hershman, Outfield. Plemenos announced the team is making its players available for clinics throughout the metropolitan area. He said the team will be playing singleton 7 inning games (with no international tiebreaker, sports fans), beginning in the easy-to-get-to brand-new Montclair State University softball stadium.

Linda Derk, Manager said the games are designed to be worked with events involving local organizations and to promote the growth of local and professional fastpitch softball. Plemenos reported ticket prices will be low and affordable and provide a wholesome, fast-moving entertaining night out for the entire family. The Juggernauts will be playing teams of equal all-star calibre: the New England Riptide, Akron Racers, Colorado Altitude , Houston Thunder, Sacramento Sunbirds, Arizona Heat and San Antonio Armadillos in a 56-game season. He said it is the National Pro Fastpitch plan to expand to 12 teams in 2005, and 16 teams by 2006. To contact the Juggernauts and find out about their clinic programs go to their website at www.nynjjuggernaut.com. Photo by WPCNR Sports

The 281 Apts at 300 Mamaroneck and City Center Share Main Street Sewer

Posted on February 23, 2004 by John Bailey

WPCNR Main Street Journal. By John F. Bailey. February 23, 2004: WPCNR has discovered an underground reality that puts Daniel Seidel’s eyewitness observation of the Main Street sewer capacity running 2/3 to ¾ full in the pipe Friday into a new perspective. When The Jefferson, JPI’s 281-unit townhouse and apartment complex was approved for 300 Mamaroneck Avenue in June, 2001, Commissioner of Public Works Joseph Nicoletti, insisted upon JPI lining the Mamaroneck Avenue sewer line as part of the condition of approval.

WPCNR has learned from a professional engineer not employed with the city, but with firsthand knowledge of the city infrastructure that the Mamaroneck Avenue sewer line feeds its payload directly to the Main Street Sewer at the head intersection of Main Street and Mamaroneck Avenue.

It appears the effluent from The Jefferson’s 281 apartment and townhouse units now being built at 300 Mamaroneck Avenue, will begin to commingle simultaneously with the effluent of the City Center’s 500-plus units from its North and South apartment and condominium units, as The Jefferson units begin to come on line within a year. That makes an approximate total of 800 dwelling units coming together in the 16-inch sewer line, now running at what appears to be 2/3 to 3/4 capacity.

This condition of joint sewer tenancy of the City Center residential complex and the Jefferson did not concern the public and the Common Council at the time of the Jefferson approval which occurred in June, 2001. At that time, Commissioner Nicoletti had written into the resolution that JPI had to line the 8-inch Mamaroneck sewer pipe flow tested and a plastic liner to Maple Avenue.

Approximately fourteen weeks later, Commissioner Nicoletti, wrote his sensitive “Catastrophic Memo,” to George Gretsas, City Executive Officer, stating he felt that the City Center complex would cause “catastrophic backups,” and that the Main Street sewer line had to be replaced if the City Center were to be built.

Friday afternoon, Dan Seidel personally confirmed with his own eyes that Nicoletti’s professional observation was correct, despite being criticized by the Mayor as being based on “obsolete technology,” in a statement released January 24, 2004.

Seidel, personally viewing the Main Street sewer pipe from overhead at a distance of 20 feet, Friday at 1:30 P.M. told WPCNR, “it looked like it was running 2/3 to ¾ full.” He reported Department of Public Works personnel also observing said the present flow level within the pipe was 2/3 to 3/4. Seidel in casual conversation with the DPW crew was shocked to learn that the 300 Mamaroneck Avenue Jefferson was also on the Main Street sewer line.

WPCNR spoke with an engineer familiar with the sewer line, our source said the Mamaroneck Avenue sewer runs down Mamaroneck Avenue North, flowing downhill and connecting with the 16-inch Main Street sewer at Mamaroneck Avenue. The combined payload then flows down under the Bronx River to Yonkers.