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A Stormy Dracula Day in the 100-Acre Wood
Sometimes it’s good to be a Housecat
“But, you said it was a good day to come out.” said one daffodil to another.
“Springtime, are you kidding me?”
106 Years Ago Early This Morning: The Titanic Sank sending over 1,500 persons to their deaths in the frigid North Atlantic. 705 Survived. An evening and morning to remember
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WPCNR MILESTONES. By John F. Bailey. April 15, 2018.
She began her voyage, four days ago, 106 years ago, April 10, 1912.
She carried over 2,200 passengers and crew and was the largest ocean liner of her time ever built.
They were the rich and famous, the poor and hopeful.
She was guaranteed unsinkable.
Her owners the White Star Line wanted to set a new speed record for crossing the Atlantic.
Her captain had been warned their northerly course would take it through an iceberg field.
Saturday evening, 106 years ago, sailing under a crisp clear starlit sky at 11:40 PM after an evening of partying aboard ship, prior to arrival in New York on today, Sunday the ship sideswiped an iceberg.
She was the Titanic.
She was the ship of dreams.
Today, she is the ship of nightmares as her hundreds of passengers from all walks of life perished together in the sea. The cold fateful, unforgiving frigid indifferent eternity of the sea.
The Titanic’s fate was a lesson that changed maritime laws.
Two and a half hours after the iceberg collision the Titantic sank at 2:20 A.M., this morning on that night to remember.
This is an excerpt from the testimony of a survivor, Emily Maria Borie Ryerson watching from a lifeboat desperately trying to row away from the suction of the sinking ship, at the 1912 U.S. Senate SubCommittee Hearing on the Titanic sinking:
“The order was given to pull away. Then they rowed off—the sailors, the women, anyone – but made little progress; there was a confusion of orders; we rowed toward the stern, someone shouted something about a gangway, and no one seemed to know what to do. Barrels and (deck) chairs were being thrown overboard.
“Then suddenly, when we (in the lifeboat) still seemed very near, we saw the ship was sinking rapidly. I was still in the bow of the boat with my daughter and turned to see the great ship take a plunge toward the bow, the two forward funnels seemed to lean and then she seemed to break in half as if cut with a knife, and as the bow went under, the lights went out; the stern stood up for several minutes, black against the stars, and then that, too, plunged down and there was no sound for what seemed like hours, and then began the cries for help of people drowning all around us, which seemed to go on forever.”
Dorothy Gibson, the silent screen actress and survivor – from her testimony before the committee—observed from a lifeboat– in an excerpt from her testimony before the same committee, said::
“Suddenly there was a wild coming together of voices from the direction of the ship of the ship and we noticed an unusual commotion among the people huddled about the railing. Then the awful thing happened, the thing that will remain in my memory until the day I die.
The Titanic seemed to lurch slightly more to the side and then the fore. A minute, or probably two minutes, later she sank her nose into the ocean, swayed for a few minutes and disappeared, leaving nothing behind her on the face of the sea but a swirl of water, bobbing heads and lifeboats that were threatened by the suction of the waters.”
The Titanic’s fate was traced to the negligence and reckless disregard of the risk of sailing at 22 knots through an icefield, insufficient number of lifeboats. And in recent years, analysis of the hull plates recovered from the wreck of the ship on the ocean floor indicated a faulty, economical bolt selection in constructing the hull.
The White Star Line owner J. Bruce Ismay, onboard that night, callously saved his own life by slipping into a lifeboat.
Ismay in a statement, denied telling the Captain of the Titanic to set a new speed record and denied telling the Captain to increase the ship speed in the ice field region. Also said he just happened to be near a lifeboat about to be lowered and no more women and children around to board, and that was why he got into the lifeboat.
So much for corporate responsibility and guilt of any kind, even then.
Not much has changed in corporate world over the decades since this night ad morning to remember.
WHITE PLAINS WEEK INTERNETTING ACROSS THE UNIVERSE NOW–THE FRIDAY APRIL 13 ROUNDUP ROUNDS UP NOW
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INTERNET IMMEDIACY INSTANTLY
ON
THE HOLOCAUST REMEMBERANCE
COUNTY EXECUTIVE ELIMINATES PRIOR CONVICTIONS QUESTIONS ON COUNTY APPLICATIONS; SIGNS LAW PROHIBITING SALARY HISTORIES ON ALL EMPLOYER APPLICATIONS
SERVICE EMPLOYEES DECRY FIRING OF UNION EMPLOYEES WITHOUT LEGAL NOTICE AT BUILDING NEXT CITY HALL
GINSBURG DEVELOPMENT
BUYS INTO WHITE PLAINS DOWNTOWN MAKEOVER WITH “CITY SQUARE” DEVELOPMENT.
THE CONTINUUM TO OPEN
Hail Zuri Full of Grace! Sister Zuri takes you to Heaven in WBT’s Sister Act Resurrection
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Zuri Washington is Delores Van Cartier on her way to Heaven in Sister Act. All Photos Courtesy Westchester Broadway Theatre by John Vecchiolla
WPCNR STAGE DOOR. First Rushes Theatre Review by John F. Bailey. April 13, 2018:
I just love young talent with all the future before them, just out there– seizing it!
They just take something old and dated wrangle it make it their own and SO new at the same time. The right star can make it shine. Zuri Washington is that performer.
Zuri Washington, takes over the Whoopi Goldberg role as Delores Van Cartier a disco singer on the run, hiding in a convent. She stars in the musical Sister Act based on the old Touchstone movie.She takes WBT audience higher and higher beating on your disco soul with a big bass drum.
Her lift-you-to-the sky crystal stained glass voice never quits and just fills the place with light that shivers the soul. I’d love to hear her sing in a real cathedral!
She Out-Dianas Ross, matches Donna Summer,and “Audra’s” McDonald. But she’s Zuri, Zip, Zing and Ginger—A new Diva for All Seasons. Lookout Broadway here she comes!
You can see her now and the rest of her Nuns who are knockout comics, mimics and shimmyettes like My Sister Kate. Look for the little redheaded nun’s (Lani Corson, far right) great solos of The Life I Never Led while delivering completely believable character growth from timid to total confidence.
The Monsignor O’Hara (played over the top by Ken Jennings) is a hilarious Catholic evangelist emcee especially when hosting the “Resurrection Fund” campaign (I loved that bit).
Mary Jo McConnell is the Mother Superior above is the Perfect Foil with attitude and correctitude with great tension and chemistry with Ms. Washington.
Sister Act has no overture. The disco beat starts deep grabs you deep with the pitch perfect Hustle parishioners in the WBT Band led by Bob Bray, with Jim Bowen, James Mack, Jordan Janez, Brian Uhl, Steven Bleifess, Wayne Teissa throbbing with that gotta-move-and-flow feeling bringing it all back.
Out struts and shimmies Ms. Washington singing Fabulous Baby about being bold and fabulous and a goddess and a star and boom! You’re back in Studio 54, the Limelight and those disco palaces of the 80s as she dances in her manager’s night club hoping for a big break.
When she stumbles on her manager (the menacing Philip Michael Baskerville) rubbing out a police informant. She has to go on the lam where an old school friend Eddie Souther, played engagingly by Danny Wilfred, gets an idea he can hide her in Queen of Angels convent.
Ms. Washington has The Bronx style and attitude and confidence that just is not going to work in Mother Superior’s tight ship of nuns. Smoking, taking two nun pals to a bar. Well, Zuri’s Delores Van Cartier is stirring up the nuns. Mother Superior assigns her to the choir because of her musical talent.
The nuns inform Delores in the very cute song, It’s Good to Be A Nun. But can’t take the diva out of the new nun.
Ms Washington takes the very dainty choir of nuns and sings you’ve got to Raise Your Voice, culminating in the signature song of the show Take Me to Heaven, (I wanted to take Brenda Starr sitting next to me out on the dance floor and give her a spin.)
Take Me to Heaven is a must-see-number. Never have I seen a WBT ensemble enjoy a number so much, work so hard, and dance out to the edge of the audience. All the steps, the gowns (habits in red, fabulous swank “habits with habadashery.”) Admiration to the former disco queen who put these threads together and cornered the spangles exchange,(Heather Carey)
The newest sound of the Queen of Angels Choir around coming out of the Queen of Angels church, which is in danger of being sold, starts to fill up the pews.
The show builds in Act II, with tense momentum. Monsignor O’Hara romps about in a red and white pastor’s robes with a microphone in between versions of Sunday Morning Fever performed by Zuri and the discoing nuns. Mass was never like this!
However a television appearance of the swinging nuns alerts the hoods looking for Delores where she is. They come to get Delores in the church and the nuns protect Delores. How does it all end up? Smashingly!
Special kudos to all the cohesive high energy actors, especially to the redheaded nun in the third row in the choir, Lani Corson (Sister Mary Robert) who does terrific solos on The Life I Never Led with her full rousing rising voice with emotional edge that carves out the essence of yearning, regret and resolve.
Donna Drake directed and choreographed the works and never has disco dancing entertained as strongly as this one here. Ms. Drake she made the show move—like Dancing With the Stars, ladies and gentlemen. Hand me down my white tuxedo, next week I’m coming back for more.
Jayson Elliot as Joey is hysterical in his come-on-to-women moves in act II as are his buddies Corben Williams as TJ and Jason Long as Pablo, who keep the audience chuckling at their long ago popular disco postures. You’ll remember some of these guys’ moves, guys, much to your embarrassment.
So Father John recommends you say a dozen Hail Zuri’s and see this show.
You’ll boogie all night after this mass. The only extravagance missing is communion at intermission.
Zuri Washington was so thrilled after the final number, as the applause rained down on the performers, she stretched out both her arms saying, (to the audience),
“You guys are fabulous. Just fabulous.”
That’s because she was. And is. And all the other performers, too.
Sister Act plays the WBT through July 1. For box office information go to www.BroadwayTheatre.com or call (914) 592-2268.
Masterworks with Commentary in Between the Notes at Library, April 22
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You won’t want to miss pianists Matthew Harrison and Vlada Yaneva who will perform on Sunday, April 22 at 2:00 p.m. in the Library Auditorium. Harrison and Yaneva—who performed here several years ago—have brought Masterwork Conversations to audiences since their inaugural Chopin series in 2010.
Their performances have taken them from stages in Europe to Carnegie Hall to the airwaves of WQXR. This open conversation recital format has brought new musical insight and enjoyment to audiences of every age and experience. In 2015, they released their debut CD, The Imagination of the Folk.
Their program on the 22nd is called “A Night in the Garden of Spain” and will feature a selection of Spanish composers, including Manuel de Falla, as well as composers such as Ravel and Debussy who were inspired by Spain. Join us for what will certainly be a delightful musical siesta.
“A Night in the Garden of Spain” is supported by the Friends of the White Plains Library.
200 Gather at Garden of Remembrance on Yom Hashoah Holocaust Commemoration
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Rememberers gathered at the Garden of Remembrance today in tribute and commemoration of the 6 million who died in the Holocaust from 1933 to 1945 under Nazi Germany in vicious acts of violence and in deliberate premedidated extermination/concentration camps in Europe.
Holocaust Survivor Agnes Vertes noted that fewer and fewer survivors of the Holocaust remain with us each year, closing her talk charging those in attendance it is their mission to never forget the Holocaust and to always remember it.
The remembrance program was highlighted by a procession of rescued Torahs, such as the one shown in the center of this picture above, as its bearer left the ceremony.
At the closing of the somber ceremony, Cantor Leslie Friedlander and Fredda Mendelson of Kol Hazzanim-The Cantors of Westchester performed the following evocative, haunting close. WPCNR shares it with you on this link:
Union Cleaners Lose Jobs in Favor of Non-Union Workers in WP Downtown. Union Says Action Violates County Law
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Members and supporters of 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union protesting the firing of 7 of their union members by Caspi Development, owners of the building in the background, adjacent City Hall today in White Plains.
WPCNR MAIN STREET JOURNAL. From the Service Employees International Union with WPCNR Interview. April 12, 2018.Updated 9:45 A.M.
Seven union office cleaners were given notice within the last two weeks, when Caspi Development, owners of 235-234 Main Street, the building adjacent White Plains City Hall, changed cleaning contractors without notice.
Today the union held a protest on Main Street in front of City Hall. Tim McGrath, Field Supervisor for the Hudson Valley Region for 32BJ SEIU told WPCNR what Caspi did and what SEIU is going to do next in this WPCNR video at this link
The union workers dismissed were making $15 an hour, plus health and vacation benets, and were dismissed in favor of Integrated Building Management workers whom Caspi would be paying less and were non-union, according to Frank Soults, a spokesperson for the SEIU 32BJ union.
Soults told WPCNR this morning the 32BJ SEIU had filed two complaints with the National Labor Relations Board on Monday of this week.
When the cleaners reported to work on Monday, April 2, the union says a new company was operating at their building site, and they were told they could not apply for their old jobs because they belonged to a union. The 32BJ SEIU states the action by the new company violates Westchester County’s Displaced Service Employee Protection Law.
The union held a protest today at 12:15 P.M. in front of 234-235 Main Street to demand the workers be reinstated and rehired by the new company, International Building Management, not necessarily at the same wage. “We want to negotiate with them,” Soults said.
Members of the Communication Workers of America joined the protest, as well as Assemblyman David Buchwald.
Soults said Caspi Development by law should have given the dismissed employees 60 says notice according to the Westchester County Displaced Service employee Protection Law, signed by former County Executive Robert Astorino after it had passed the County Board of Legislators, 16-0.
Soults said Westchester County could choose to take some kind of legal action under their (the county’s)own law.
“This is not the way to treat the people who have been cleaning this building for years,” Lenore Friedlaender, Assistant to the President of 32BJ SEIU, the workers’ union. “The owner not only violated county law, he has displaced longstanding and productive members of the local workforce and upset good relations with building tenants. Caspi Development can surely afford to behave decently. We are very grateful to elected officials and community members who are joining us to ask Caspi to do the right thing and bring these committed workers back on the job by requiring its contractor to comply with the law and hire these workers back.”
According to the Westchester County Displaced Service Employee Protection Law:
Under the DSEPL, a successor employer of building service employees is required to extend a written offer of employment to the predecessor employer’s incumbent employees and retain such employees for a period of 60 days, subject to the existence of just cause or a change in the number of employees needed to perform the applicable work.
At the conclusion of the 60-day period, the just cause protection no longer applies, and any continued employment shall be under the successor employer’s policies and applicable law.
In order to facilitate the successor employer’s retention obligations, the DSEPL requires that the awarding authority to provide certain notifications to the successor employer, affected employees and any collective bargaining representative at least 15 days before terminating any service contract.
The DSEPL is enforced through a private right of action in New York Supreme Court for employees who have been discharged or not retained in violation of the law.
The court may order injunctive relief, as well as a damage award that includes back pay, cost of benefits the successor employer would have incurred if it had complied with the law, attorneys’ fees and costs, and any damages caused by the awarding authority’s failure to comply with its obligations.
County Executive Signs Ani Pay Discrimination Equality Bill
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WPCNR COUNTY CLARION-LEDGER. From the Westchester County Department of Communications. (Spanish translation is at the end of the article.) April 12, 2018:
On National Equal Pay Day, Westchester County Executive George Latimer signed the Wage History Anti-Discrimination Law. The measure passed the Board of Legislators with a resounding 16-0 vote.
The law prohibits employers from asking prospective employees about their previous salary history. Employers often ask prospective employees to provide prior salary histories in order to set salary pay rates, a practice that perpetuates discrimination against women and people of color who historically earn lower salaries throughout their careers.
According to A Better Balance and PowHer New York, in New York State, women working full-time make only 89 cents for every dollar a man earns.
The gap for women of color is even wider. Black women in New York earn just 66 cents for every dollar a white man earns. Even further, Latina women earn an astonishing 56 percent of what white men in New York earn.
Latimer said: “In 2018, it is time we do something about the 1950’s Mad Men-esque workplace conditions women and people of color in Westchester face when it comes to pay equity. An applicant’s salary should be based on the quality of work they will do – nothing else. Working families depend on income from all members of the household; this legislation aims to boost incomes across all levels. I am proud to stand with my colleagues in government today and sign this important piece of legislation.”
New York State Assemblywoman Sandy Galef said: “I am so proud to live in Westchester County and to have this very critical legislation passed. I really view this as an issue that is not just about women. I’ve had men come to me in my office and say they are in the same situation. This legislation is good for everyone, and hopefully we’ll be able to get this done statewide.”
Westchester County Legislator Catherine Borgia said: “This legislation makes the transaction between a job seeker and an employer much cleaner. The legislation does not prevent applicants from saying their salary if they feel it is of an advantage to them, but if we want to make real change, we have to start looking at these systemic biases. This was truly a team effort, and we thank the business community and all the advocates who fought hard to make sure this became law in Westchester County.”
Board Member of the Westchester Women’s Agenda CarLa Horton said: “The Westchester Women’s Agenda commends the Board of Legislators and County Executive George Latimer for their leadership in supporting legislation that would make it an unlawful and discriminatory practice to rely upon, request, or seek the wage history of a prospective employee. The WWA fully supports the wage history legislation and sees it as a giant step forward in reducing the gender wage gap for women. If progress toward closing the gender wage gap continued at the current rate, women in New York would not achieve equal pay until the year 2049.”
Equal Pay Day is recognized each year to bring further attention to the gender-wage gap which exists in our society. The Wage History Anti-Discrimination Law takes effect in 90 days.
UN DÍA DE IGUALDAD DE PAGO, LATIMER FIRMA LA LEY EN CONTRA DE LA DISCRIMINACIÓN SALARIAL
En el Día Nacional de Igualdad Salarial, el Ejecutivo del Condado George Latimer firmo la ley Anti-Discriminatoria en la historia salarial. Esta medida fue aprobada por la Junta de Legisladores con el rotundo voto de 16-0.
La ley prohíbe que empleadores pregunten a prospectos empleados su salario historial. Una norma que a menudo los empleadores usan para determinar las tasas salariales, una práctica que ha perpetuado la discriminación en contra de mujeres y personas de color que historialmente han ganado sueldos más bajos a lo largo de su carrera.
De acuerdo al Better Balance and PowHer en Nueva York – Mejor Balance de Poder Femenino (en Ingles), la mujeres que trabajan tiempo completo solo ganan 89 centavos por cada dólar que un hombre gana. La brecha salarial para mujeres de color es aun todavía más grande. Las mujeres afroamericanas en Nueva York solo ganan 66 centavos por cada dólar comparado con cada dólar que ganan los hombres blancos.
Latimer dijo. “En el 2018, es tiempo de que hagamos algo sobre las condiciones que las mujeres y gente de color en Westchester han enfrentado cuando viene a ser sobre desigualdad salarial que existía en los años ’50. El salario de un solicitante debe ser basado en la calidad de trabajo que él o ella han desempeñado – nada más. Familias trabajadoras dependen del ingreso familiar; el propósito de esta legislación es dar estimulo salarial a todo nivel. Me siento orgulloso de apoyar a mis colegas gubernamentales hoy para firmar esta ley tan importante en nuestra legislación”
La Asambleísta del Estado de Nueva York Sandy Galef dijo: “Me siento orgullosa de vivir en el Condado de Westchester y ver que esta ley fue aprobada. Veo que este tema no toca solamente a mujeres. Muchos hombres han venido a mi oficina a decir que se encuentran en la misma situación. Esta ley cubre a todos, y espero que se pueda llevar a cabo en todo el estado.”
La legisladora del Condado de Westchester Catherine Borgia dijo: “Esta ley hace que la transacción entre el solicitante y el empleador sea más fácil. Esta ley no impide que los solicitantes mencionen su salario si piensan que les beneficiaria, pero si queremos ver un cambio, tenemos que ver estos sesgos sistémicos. Esto que se llevó a cabo fue un esfuerzo de equipo, y le damos las gracias a la comunidad negociante y a todos aquellos defensores que pelearon mucho para que esta ley se llevase a cabo en el Condado de Westchester.”
Carla Horton, un miembro de la Agenda de Mujeres de Westchester elogio a la Junta de Legisladores y al Ejecutivo del Condado George Latimer por su liderazgo en apoyar la legislación que haría ilegal la práctica discriminatoria de basarse en el historial salarial del prospecto empleado. La Agenda de Mujeres de Westchester apoya totalmente la legislación historial salarial y lo ve como un gran paso reduciendo la brecha salarial de mujeres. Si el progreso hacia el cierre de esta brecha salarial de genero continua como lo estamos viendo ahora, las mujeres en Nueva York no lograrían la igualdad salarial hasta el año 2049.”
El Día de Igualdad de Pago se reconoce cada año para atraer más atención a la brecha salarial de género que existe en nuestra sociedad. La Ley Salarial Anti-discriminatoria toma efecto en 90 días.
Ginsburg Devopment Plans “City Square” Development, to Renovate White Plains Financial Center
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WPCNR MAIN STREET JOURNAL. From Ginsburg Development Companies. (Edited) April 11, 2018:
Martin Ginsburg, founder and principal of Ginsburg Development Companies, LLC (GDC), today announced the acquisition of The Westchester Financial Center, a 571,000-square-foot landmark office complex located on a square block between Main Street and Martine Avenue across from the White Plains Metro-North train station.
The property was purchased by entities affiliated with principals of GDC and Robert Martin Company, LLC (RMC), the original developer of the property.
“I have always admired this important gateway complex and so we are thrilled to be working with Robert Martin Company and its founder Bob Weinberg on this exciting project that will reinvent these iconic buildings as a key component of the new 24 hour live-work-play environment envisioned by the City of White Plains at its gateway and train station,” said Ginsburg. “Given its strategic location, we are confident that City Square will be Westchester County’s premier business address,” he added.
The new ownership plans to bring this landmark property up to the highest contemporary standards as a mixed-use development comprised of offices, retail shops, restaurants and residences.
Rebranded City Square, the redevelopment project will look to create a synergy with the new City of White Plains Transit District Strategic Plan to transform this Main Street gateway into a new pedestrian friendly district.
50 Main Street, a 15-story, 309,000-square-foot Class A office building will be renovated with a new lobby and an entire floor of amenities, including a fitness center, yoga studio, game room, lounge, and business center. The café will be renovated and expanded to have indoor and outdoor dining. The lobby will be extended, and new art and sculpture displays will be added to enliven the interiors.
The main feature of the complex is a unique two-acre central court which will feature a variety of attractions including a ¼ mile (2,000- step) “walk-around” which will go past landscaped areas, a water feature, sculptures, and different types of gathering places, including an outdoor lounge and sun deck.
The garage will also be upgraded with new lighting and signage. 1-11 Martine Avenue, a 14-story, 262,000-square-foot Class A office building will be converted into a mix of luxury residential apartments and office space, each with its own new lobby and elevator banks.
Westchester Financial Center was built in the mid-1980s by Robert Martin Company as a three-building complex and was sold by RMC in 1997.
The third building, The Metro, a 124-unit luxury apartment building was purchased separately by GDC in 2017. The complex occupies a full city block, bordered by Main Street, Martine Avenue, Bank Street and South Lexington Avenue.
“I have always admired this important gateway complex and so we are thrilled to be working with Robert Martin Company and its founder Bob Weinberg on this exciting project that will reinvent these iconic buildings as a key component of the new 24 hour live-work-play environment envisioned by the City of White Plains at its gateway and train station,” said Ginsburg. “Given its strategic location, we are confident that City Square will be Westchester County’s premier business address,” he added.
“Projects such as City Square align with the goals of the White Plains Transit District Strategic Plan, including activating the street with retail and restaurants, new residential units, improved pedestrian experience, placemaking, and proximity to mass transit. I am pleased to see it moving forward,” said White Plains Mayor Tom Roach.
“We look forward to working with Martin Ginsburg and the real estate and business communities to add to the positive momentum that has been driving recent demand in the downtown office market. The tenants and office brokers are all very excited about what’s going to be happening at 50 Main and 1-11 Martine. It’s going to be very special,” said Robert Martin Principal Robert Weinberg.
In addition to the significant physical improvements to the property, GDC will market and manage City Square with the high standards that have historically exemplified the company over its more than 50-year history.
“We look forward to working with Martin Ginsburg and the real estate and business communities to add to the positive momentum that has been driving recent demand in the downtown office market. The tenants and office brokers are all very excited about what’s going to be happening at 50 Main and 1-11 Martine. It’s going to be very special,” said Robert Martin Principal Robert Weinberg.
City Square is just a block away from the White Plains Metro-North Station, which just began a $94 million restoration and offers 35-minute express service to Grand Central Station. It is also easily accessible to I-287 and Bronx River Parkway and a short walk to Federal and County courthouses, Galleria mall and the White Plains Transportation Center.
Greenburgh Cable Television Interviews Holocaust Survivor.
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WPCNR The Feiner Report. From Greenburgh Town Supervisio Paul Feiner. April 11, 2018:
Tomorrow is Yom Hashoah—Holocaust Day of Remembrance to remember of the victims of the Holocaust. We must never forget the stories of the victims of the Holocaust. And must try harder to avoid repeating the horrors that took place during the years the Nazi’s were in power.
In recognition of Yom Hashoah our cable TV access channels will air 4 interviews with holocaust survivors.
We just produced a fascinating interview with Kurt Rothschild, a resident of Ardsley—a great story of a young boy fleeing from Nazi Germany, and returning to liberate Europe with the US Army. Kurt lost his mother, father, sister, and many relatives to the Nazi horror.
On a good note Hannah & Kurt will be married 70 years this May. A great love story and an enduring one What a positive story. You can watch the interview with Hugh McAuley on your computer by clicking on to the following link:
And Kurt Rothschild http://greenburghpublicaccess.com/veterans-living-history/04102018-1741
Other interviews that we feature on Yom Hashoah can be viewed below:
Holocaust Program link, features three different interviews: http://greenburghpublicaccess.com/holocaust-living-history/04102018-1868
The Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center and the Westchester Jewish Council are proud to present the Annual Westchester Countywide Yom Hashoah Holocaust Commemoration this Thursday, April 12th from 12noon – 1pm at the Garden of Remembrance in White Plains, 148 Martine Avenue