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)
PLANNING BOARD MEETING Farrell Estates at Ridgeway
The Planning Board Work Session tonight is canceled. The application for subdivision of the former Ridgeway Country Club property will be discussed at the regularly scheduled meeting of the Planning Board on December 20, 2022.
Planning Board Meeting for Farrell Estates at Ridgeway Date: December 20, 2022 Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Address: White Plains City Hall 255 Main Street- Common Council Chamber White Plains, NY 10601 Contact: Planning Department 914.422.1300
For questions/comments regarding the proposed Farrell subdivision, please email Eileen McClain, Planning Board Secretary, at [email protected] – emails will be forwarded to all Planning Board members. Please note that your questions/comments will not be part of the official record for the subdivision. Only comments submitted during the public comment period become part of the official record.
You can also mail your questions/comments to: WP Planning Board City Hall, 255 Main Street White Plains, NY 10601
WPCNR COUNTY-CLARION LEDGER. From the Westchester County Board of Legislators. December 6, 2022:
On Monday night, Chairwoman Catherine Borgia and the Board of Legislators announced proposed additions to the County’s FY2023 capital and operating budgets. Included in the $2.2 billion budget proposal are critical investments in areas such as childcare, mental health, and criminal justice reform.
Legislators are mandated by the County Charter to review and approve the proposed budgets submitted by the County Executive’s office no later than December 27. Before final approval, Legislators are allowed to suggest additions to the allocations by the first Monday in December, colloquially called “Adds Day”. No new items can be added to the budget after this point. Before final adoption, the Board’s Committee on Budget & Appropriations, chaired by Legislator Vedat Gashi can further review the joint proposal but only to delete items from the appropriations list.
Most notably incorporated in the BOL’s budget proposal additions are:
· Reopening of two mental health clinics previously closed by the former County Executive
· A reduction from 10% to 5% for parent share contributions for families eligible for subsidized childcare
· $500,000 for neighborhood community health centers in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds
· $750,000 in in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds for Westchester Connects, a partnership with Westchester County Association to increase internet access to residents
· Funding to establish the Office of Police Accountability (OPA)
· Increases to community-based organizations to help fund services
· $350,000 of additional smoking-cessation funding for education and outreach, and to increase coordination with NYS smoking cessation programs.
The BOL weighed public recommendations on which items to add to the Executive’s proposal through a series of mini-public hearings, with a Charter-mandated public hearing at the Board’s Chamber scheduled for Wednesday, December 7, 2022. After hearing feedback from the public, the Board has firmly committed to working toward the following items for future budgetary consideration:
· Reducing Bee-Line Paratransit fees
· Zero Waste initiatives
· Access to Counsel, a legal services program for tenants fighting eviction
Chairwoman Catherine Borgia stated, “We know that for our communities to thrive, we need more funding for health care, mental health, and social services. We know that a strong investment in early education and childcare are building blocks to a great future for both children and parents. We’re prioritizing items that will set the County on a course toward equity, stability, and prosperity.” She continued, “I thank County Executive George Latimer for his collaborative leadership in developing a robust budget centered around shared values and principles.”
FIRST PHASE OF HAMILTON GREEN THE LONG AWAITED RENAISSANCE OF THE NOW RAZED WHITE PLAINS MALL WILL BREAK GROUND THURSDAY MORNING ON PHASE 1 CONSTRUCTION OF 2 APARTMENT BUILDINGS DEPICTED IN OUTLINES SUPERIMPOSED ON THIS RENDERING, WITH CEREMONIAL REMOVAL OF THE FORMER WHITE PLAINS MALL MARQUEE .Rendering from RXR and The Cappelli Organization
RXR and The Cappelli Organization to Join with City andCounty Officials for Groundbreaking of Hamilton Green
RXR and The Cappelli Organization will break ground on Phase I of their inaugural mall-to-housing conversion project currently referred to as Hamilton Green.The state-of-the-art residential project will replace the shuttered White Plains Mall with four mixed-income multifamily buildings totaling 860 rental units, including 78 on-site affordable units, accessible open space, underground parking, as well as a variety of dining, retail, and commercial spaces. Phase I of Hamilton Green includes the creation of two residential buildings: 7 Cottage – a 12-story, 162-unit building, and 240 Hamilton – a 25-story, 308-unit tower.
Covid, respiratory diseases and flu cases are filling hospitals with cases U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said on GOOD MORNING AMERICA Friday. He urged Americans to take precaution.
In Westchester County this week, there have been 1,858 new cases in 7 days since Thanksgiving Day, 265 a day up from 202 a day the previous 7 days November 17 to 23, and up from 173 a day November 6 o 12. The fall wave is ahead of last November positives 6,676 through November 30 compared to 4,074 from last November.
The 1,858 Covid infections are the highest in Westchester since the week of July 31 to August 6, when the county recorded 2,062 after the July surge.
In 18 days since the Veterans Day 3-Day weekend Westchester has seen the number of cases go from 1,214 a week to 1,388 after the first days of this week.
The county is on its way to its 39 consecutive week of over 1,000 cases a week.
Nationally, Pediatric hospitals are seeing high cases of children suffer from the three diseases and many are making room in office, gift shops and play areas and tents.
Adult hospitals are being overwhelmed.
Murthy announced health officials are poised to send in troops and FEMA personnel, ventilators from the Strategic National Stockpile, declaring the U.S. at epidemic levels of the flu.
Murthy strongly advised persons to handwash, mask in crowds, stay home if sick.
He again called for yet another time, to get the COVID and flu vaccines.
“It’s more important than ever … that we take these measures, because they’re one way that we can take care of our kids, [and] also relieve the strain on health care workers.”
“We are also working closely with them (hospitals) to coordinate so that across a given region or a state, beds can be utilized at the most efficient.”
U.S. COVID hospitalizations are rising.
The seven-day average approached 5,000 last week after hovering for months.
U.S. flu hospitalizations doubled from last week, according to the CDC. Flu cases this week were the highest since fall 2010, 9 million cases of flu this fall, and 4,500 deaths.
“But we need people to use these tools,” he added, urging Americans to get the new Omicron booster if it’s been two months or longer since their last COVID jab.
In Westchester County this week, there have been 1,858 new cases in 7 days since Thanksgiving, 265 a day. The 1,858 Covid infections are the highest iin Westchester since the week of August July 31 to August 6, when the county recorded 2,062 after the July surge.
