THE WORLD READS WHITE PLAINS CITIZENETREPORTER — 8,324,077 VISITS IN ONE YEAR | 2,905,611 VISITORS VISIT 8,324,077 TIMES 3 TIMES EVERY DAY IN ONE YEAR. HIGHEST ACTIVITY IN WPCNR HISTORY.White PlainsCitizeNetReporter lifted its worldwide visits from unique visitors to wpcnr.com to 8,324,077,a 1,306,419 increase in visits in one year from 7,017,658 visits to the site last year which covers White Plains and Westchester County. The 8,324,077 visits were made by 2,005,611 unique visitors who visited wpcnr an average of 3 visits a day. ON JULY 20- -2026 visitors have accessed wpcnr and made 3,072 visits an average of 1.6 visits. In the last week 33,495 individual vistors made 54,458 visits, averaging 1.6 visits. In the last month, 152,940 visitors recorded 229,338 visits (1.5 visits)

COMPROMISE PLEASE! COUNTIES, LEGISLATORS, MAYORS, SUPERVISORS SHOULD COMPROMISE ON HOCHUL HOUSING PROPOSAL.

Posted on March 5, 2023 by John Bailey

WPCNR THE LETTER TICKER . From Greenburgh Town Supervisor Paul Feiner March 5, 2023:

The NYS Legislature should reject Governor Kathy Hochul’s proposal that would enable NYS to override local zoning if a locality does not comply with state quotas to build affordable housing and to address NY’s severe housing shortage. Instead- the state should provide financial incentives to taxpayers who live in communities that do their fair share or build more than what the state is expecdting each local government to address our housing shortage.

The Westchester Municipal Officials Association, many Town Supervisors and Mayors object to the plan to give the state power to overturn local zoning. Local zoning enables a community to maintain the character and integrity of the community. Communities have different needs.

I believe that we need to address the affordable housing shortage and offer another suggestion. NYS should provide financial incentives to residents who live in communities that meet or exceed their housing quota. When the NYS Legislature approved the tax cap when Andrew Cuomo Governor – a provision was included. Only taxpayers who live in communities that complied with the tax cap would be eligible for a tax rebate. Local governments that voted to exceed the tax cap would have to explain to their constituents why they wouldn’t get the tax credit. This incentive worked. Most communities comply with the tax cap.

NYS should do something similar with housing. Each community should be asked by the state to build a certain amount of affordable housing units in their community. If they comply the taxpayers who live in that community would be eligible for additional tax relief. If the locality does more than required the tax relief check would be greater.

An obstacle to housing development proposals has always been NIMBY-not in my back yard. If taxpayers would get a check from NYS because their community did more NIMBY could possibly be replaced by YIMBY–yes in my back yard.

PAUL FEINER
Greenburgh Town Supervisor

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Posted on March 4, 2023 by John Bailey

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ANTI-VACCINE MOVEMENT NEEDS TO BE CHALLENGED, DEBUNKED, SHOWN TO BE WRONG BY HEALTH PROFESSIONALS — THE LANC

Posted on March 3, 2023 by John Bailey

ANTI-VACCINE MOVEMENT NEEDS TO CHALLENGED, DEBUNKED, SHOWN TO BE WRONG BY HEALTH PROFESSIONALS–THE LANCET

Health policy experts call for confronting anti-vaccine activism with life-saving counter narratives

In The Lancet, health experts demand immediate public outreach to save lives

WPCNR CORONAVIRUS SURVEILLANCE, FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, RIVERSIDE. March 3, 2023:

Public and private sector health officials and public policymakers should team up immediately with community leaders to more effectively disseminate accurate narratives regarding the life-saving benefits of vaccines to counter widespread, harmful misinformation from anti-vaccine activists.

Such is the message of a UC Riverside-led Viewpoint piece published Thursday, March 2, in the leading international medical journal, The Lancet.

“We need to consistently amplify the best science and find the best ways of communicating so that people are hearing it through multiple channels instead of through one or two sources,” said Richard M. Carpiano, lead author on the paper and a public policy professor at UCR.

“This is a matter of life and death. People don’t always see it that way,” he added. “We’ve forgotten how many people have died, have been sick, or continue to get sick from COVID-19 as well as many other vaccine-preventable diseases.”

The paper comes out just after California marked the grim milestone of more than 100,000 COVID-19 deaths.

Nationally, more than 1.1 million people have died, and the worldwide toll is estimated at 6.8 million.

The disease continues to spread as vaccines have been found to greatly reduce illnesses that require hospitalization or result in death.

Carpiano and 20 leading public health experts describe in The Lancet paper a perfect storm that still allows anti-vaccine activism, once a fringe subculture, to become a well-organized form of right-wing identity with narratives that associate refusing vaccines with personal liberty.

This narrative was consistently repeated and amplified by social media influencers, pro-Donald Trump political operatives, and right-wing blogs, podcasts, and other media as the COVID-19 pandemic spread worldwide.(Click here for more information)

ALBANY LEGISLATORS CONSIDER DELAY IN MATCHING $12 TO EVERY $1 OF SMALL DONORS’ CONTRIBUTIONS IN FALL ELECTIONS BECAUSE IT COULD AFFECT THEIR REELECTION.: LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS BLOWS WHISTLE

Posted on March 3, 2023 by John Bailey

New York State’s Public Campaign Finance Program is at risk. Call your legislator TODAY
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Call your legislator and tell them to not delay the Public Campaign Finance Program and to fully fund this program.

For decades we’ve fought against the influence of big donors in Albany.But after over two decades of grassroots organizing, campaigning and collaboration with legislative champions, we WON a statewide program that helps diminish the impact special interests have on our elections, the landmark New York State Public Campaign Finance Program.

This new program, in effect for the 2024 State Senate and Assembly elections puts the power in the hands of the people of New York.

The system helps candidates spend more time engaging with constituents and fund campaigns without depending on big donors.

It’s a small donor public matching funds system with a 12-to-1 match on the smallest contributions. The system is up and running for all candidates for State Senate and Assembly. But the rumors from the State Capitol are that incumbent legislators, afraid of competition, want to delay the system before it even starts by not funding it with the necessary $100 Million in the state budget due April 1st.

Meanwhile a poll released Monday showed that 70% of New York voters want elected officials to prioritize countering wealthy donors’ influence in politics.

In every region of New York State, the majority of voters said they support the state’s public campaign financing program. And 62% of New York voters say lawmakers must give the state’s public campaign financing program sufficient funding.

Call your State Senator and Assemblymember TODAY and tell them to fund the Public Campaign Finance Program!

The Public Campaign Finance Board has requested $114.5 million in funding for FY 2024.

Governor Hochul appropriated $39.5 million in her executive budget.

Now it’s time for the legislature to fund the program in full. Our communities deserve a state government responsive to the needs of the people, not big industry donors and the wealthy elite. Together we won this system. Together we’ll make them fund it.