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WPCNR POLICE GAZETTE. From the Westchester County District Attorney. July 25, 2016:
Acting Westchester County District Attorney James A. McCarty announced Monday that Devante Rainey (DOB 06/02/92) of 34 Snowden Avenue, Ossining, New York has been arraigned on a twenty seven count felony complaint charging him with the following:
Rainey has been the target of a two year investigation by this office. He is a prolific check forger who has a distinct modus operandi: it is believed he purchases photographs of co-defendants payroll checks, then he uses the routing numbers and checking account numbers on those checks to create forged checks using Versacheck small business software.
He then deposits the checks via mobile deposit into co-conspirators bank accounts, making the fraudulent activity one step removed from him. He uses fictitious payor names and addresses on the checks to further mislead law enforcement.
In March 2016, search warrants were executed on two premises that Rainey was using as forgery “mills.” Computers, printers, forged checks, and phones were recovered.
Forensic analysis of the phones and computers revealed large scale fraudulent activity. Search warrants were also executed on Rainey’s Facebook page that resulted in the recovery of additional evidence.
The defendant was arraigned on these charges in Ossining Village Court on July 12, 2016 and in Cortlandt Town Court on July 18, 2016.
Rainey pled not guilty.
The defendant is remanded to the Westchester County Jail.
His next court date is July 26, 2016.
The defendant faces a sentence of imprisonment, the minimum of which is two years, up to a maximum of seven years in state prison.
Assistance in this investigation was provided by the Village of Ossining Police Department.
Assistant District Attorney Cheryl Lee of the Investigations Division is prosecuting the case.
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HEZI ARIS–THE WESTCHESTER NEWS LEGEND–IN FRONT OF THE YONKERS RAILROAD STATION
JOHN BAILEY
INTERVIEWS
HEZI ARIS
FOUNDER OF YONKERS TRIBUNE
WORLDWIDE RADIO TALK SHOW HOST ON BLOGTALK RADIO’S
ON THE LEVEL
ON THE STATE OF WHAT PASSES FOR JOURNALISM TODAY
THE TROUBLE WITH GOVERNMENT
16 YEARS THE WATCHDOG OF THE COUNTY
SEE PEOPLE TO BE HEARD
ON TV
WHITE PLAINS CABLEVISION CH. 76
VERIZON CHANNEL 45 COUNTYWIDE 8 PM
AND SATURDAY AT 7:30 PM
and
ON THE INTERNET AT
www.whiteplainsweek.com
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MIKE GORDON
CEO OF SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER
INTERVIEWED BY
JOHN BAILEY, PETER KATZ AND JIM BENEROFE
EXCLUSIVE!
EXPLAINS HOW SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER WILL LOWER
YOUR ELECTRIC BILLS IN THE FUTURE AND SUPPLY MORE SUSTAINABLE GREEN ENERGY SOURCES
ON TV
THURSDAY JULY 14
8 PM ON VERIZON FIOS CH. 45 AND CABLEVISION 76
AND ON
www.whiteplainsweek.com
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WPCNR POWER NEWS. By John F. Bailey. JULY 13, 2016:
It was hot, humid, steamy last week and no where did we see any calls for conserving electricity by energy suppliers.
This is unfortunate because we are coming up on the highest demand day anniversary, July 29. If we exceed the demand set that day, then your Sustainable Westchester rates will go up.
Thursday evening on my program on White Plains Television, PEOPLE TO BE HEARD, (8 PM THURSDAY, 7:30 PM SATURDAY, televised countywide on Verizon FIOS Channel 45 and in White Plains, and viewable right now on the internet at www.whiteplainsweek.com),
I interview Mike Gordon the CEO of Sustainable Westchester, the consortium that signed up 24 cities and towns, including White Plains to advance the cause of sustainable, green energy creation. On the program he explains how his program eventually hopes to lower electric rates by creating more solar energy facilities in the 24 towns.
Gordon called for a strong public relations campaign this month by electricity suppliers and delivery companies to plea with the public to cut back on their use of electricity to lower demand in the peak summer months to enable setting a lower lock-in electric rate for Sustainable Westchester when it completes its pilot program in a year and a half.
So far that public relations campaign is nowhere to be seen — not even a flier in my Con Edison Solutions bill.
June was the first month of the Sustainable Westchester new program in effect in White Plains for those who went with the Sustainable “all green solution.” My Electricity Charge for “All green energy” went up 11.5% over Sustainable’s Basic Rate
The result was, as WPCNR and WHITE PLAINS WEEK pointed out was that despite the fact that I used significantly less electricity, my bill from Con Ed Solutions went up, because the White Plains green solution rate was 7.76 cents per kilowatt hour compared to 7.3 cents per Kilowatt hour for those who opted for the basic supply rate. If you chose to remain with Con Edison or your Esco you could do so.
The upshot is I was charged $74.36 for my electricity through Con Edison Solutions, a Con Ed “separate and distinct” facility for my “green energy.”
Had I opted for the Basic Rate of 7.3 cents offered by Sustainable, I would have paid $66.71, compared to the 7.6 cent per kwh rate I took by taking the green option, $74.36.
This means that going for the White Plains choice to give me the all green option automatically, raised my electric supply charge 11.5% for the electricity. The Delivery Charge from Con Edison for less electricity than I used in June of 2015, was $132.60. So we have the rather annoying situation of delivery costing more than the cost of the energy itself, which did not go down.
On the program coming up, PEOPLE TO BE HEARD, Mr. Gordon explains that the next setting of the Sustainable Westchester Rates after the two year pilot program, will depend on this year’s highest demand day of the year which came on July 29 of last year.
Gordon said that it was up to the public to conserve on electricity which he hoped would be reinforced by a public relations campaign on behalf of electricity suppliers and power delivery. He also remarks that funding for the solar panels his organization plans to build could be financed by a public offering, the taxpayer, or the electricity user, or grants. He gives you the details on the program. But, at present the funding is not clear where it is coming from. Around $2 Billion is needed to build the panels Mr. Gordon envisions.
The electricity you get though at “Green Rates,” may not be green-sourced.
Another intriguing factor is that though I and White Plainsians and other citizens of the 24 communities in the program who have opted for the “All Green Option,” the energy you get is not guaranteed to be from green sources.
Richard Rathvon, Vice President of Retail Commodity Services for Con Ed Solutions told WPCNR the electricity is supplied off the grid and that solar, wind and hydro sources will definitely contribute to the grid, but I the user cannot assured of receiving exclusively green-sourced energy off the grid. Rathvon said it was not possible to give a percentage of what part was of my electricity was green generated. He said that Con Ed Solutions had contracted with solar, wind and hydro sources and traditionally created dirty electricity sources to guarantee the Sustainable Westchester rates for two years.
Gordon on the program PEOPLE TO BE HEARD, advises that aggressive public awareness campaigns are needed to lower consumption to lower Sustainable Westchester Rates after the two trial period ending in June 2018. White Plains started with Sustainable Westchester June 1.
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WPCNR TRANSIT DISTRICT QUESTION OF THE WEEK. JULY 11, 2016:
There’s a new question the city would like residents to answer on the transit district survey website at www.wptransitdistrict.com. You have to log in with your email to answer…and have until July 18 to mark your preferences.
Here it is:
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ANOTHER OPENING, ANOTHER SHOW AT WESTCHESTER BROADWAY THEATRE–THE MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET COMES TO TOWN
WPCNR STAGE DOOR. From Pia Haas, Westchester Broadway Theatre. July 22, 2016:
The international smash hit musical,opening this week, MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET is set on December 4, 1956, when an auspicious twist of fate brought Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley together.
Sam Phillips, the “Father of Rock ‘n’ Roll” who was responsible for launching the careers of each icon, brought the four legendary musicians together at the Sun Records studio in Memphis for the first and only time. The resulting evening became known as one of the greatest rock ‘n’ roll jam sessions in history.
The jam session consisted largely of snippets of gospel songs that the four artists had all grown up singing. The recordings show Elvis, the most nationally and internationally famous of the four at the time, to be the focal point of what was a casual, spur-of-the-moment gathering of four artists who would each go on to contribute greatly to the seismic shift in popular music in the late 1950s.
During the session, Phillips called a local newspaper, the Memphis Press-Scimitar. The newspaper’s entertainment editor, came over to the studios with a photographer. The article about the session, appeared the following day in the Press-Scimitar under the headline “Million Dollar Quartet”.
The jukebox Musical Million Dollar Quartet”, written by Floyd Mutrux and Colin Escott, dramatizes the impromptu recording session which is considered a seminal moment in rock and roll history.
It brings that legendary night to life with an irresistible tale of broken promises, secrets, betrayal and celebrations featuring an eclectic score of rock, gospel, R&B and country hits including; “Blue Suede Shoes,” “Fever,” “Sixteen Tons,” “Who Do You Love?,” “Great Balls of Fire,” “Matchbox,” “Folsom Prison Blues,” “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On,” “Hound Dog,” and more.
The Broadway production premiered at the Nederlander Theatre on April 11, 2010, with a cast featuring Eddie Clendening as Elvis Presley, Lance Guest as Johnny Cash, Levi Kreis as Jerry Lee Lewis, Robert Britton Lyons as Carl Perkins and Hunter Foster as Sam Phillips. The musical transferred to New World Stages in July 2011. The production closed on June 24, 2012. A US national tour and International productions followed.
The musical was nominated for three 2010 Tony Awards including Best Musical and Best Book of a Musical. Levi Kreis won the award for Best Featured Actor for his portrayal of Jerry Lee Lewis.
Our Production is Directed By Broadway favorite, Hunter Foster, who appeared in the original production. Jennifer Cody is the Associate Director and Choreographer, David Sonneborn, a veteran of the national tour, is The Musical Director.
Our production stars: John Michael Presney as Carl Perkins, Dominique Scott as Jerry Lee Lewis, Sky Seals as Johnny Cash, Ari Mckay Wilford as Elvis Presley, Jason Loughlin as Sam Phillips, David Sonneborn as Fluke, Bligh Voth as Dyanne, Sam Weber as Jay Perkins, and Jason Cohen is the Standby.
: Call (914)-592-2222. Also at: www.BroadwayTheatre.com