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Holiday Grinch Delivers Layoffs to the County’s Largest Two Unions

Posted on December 19, 2011 by John Bailey

WPCNR WATCH ON THE RHINE. News & Comment by Westchester County Roving Correspondent, Nancy King. December 19, 2011:

Members of CSEA units 9200 and 9201 received pink in their holiday stockings this year. As of Monday December 19^th, 105 employees from the Westchester Medical Center had received layoff notices. County workers were looking at 30 layoffs as a result of County Executive Rob Astorino’s budget.

Nancy King

While Mr. Astorino vetoed 27 line items in a budget that was agreed on by both the County Board of Legislators and the CE himself, he did still veto those 27 line items that included cutting funding to community health centers and the Cornell Cooperative Extension. It is believed that when the legislators meet again on Monday, they will restore some of these program cuts and perhaps workers as well.

County Executive Astorino and Westchester Medical Center CEO Michael Israel have defended their respective layoffs claiming that they both need to close budget gaps caused by the loss of state funding. Also playing a role in the layoffs is the fact that both unions are preparing to negotiate new contracts in 2012.

At this time, neither locals 9200 or 9201 contribute to their medical benefits. Both executives are calling for union members to contribute anywhere from 15% to 34% for their fringe benefits. They are also calling for increases in employee pension contributions. However, union officials claim that while both Astorino and Israel have been cutting programs not to just save money, but that their tactics are really nothing more than union busting.

According to County Executive Rob Astorino who has been appearing all over the various media outlets that he is proposing a “jobs for savings” program to local 9200 which represents county workers. Karen Pecora, President of this local has stated that no one from her union has seen this proposal. It is believed that this proposal has employees making hefty contributions to their benefits in return for the privilege of keeping their jobs.

And it seems that the CE is calling out his reinforcements for this negotiation season by calling on the Westchester County Association to help mediate what is sure to be a contentious bargaining session. As expected, 9200 has said thanks but no thanks to this offer.

On the other hand, CEO of the Westchester Medical Center which is formally known as the Westchester County Health Care Corporation, laid off 105 civil service workers on Friday December 17^th. Included in those cuts where the clerical and facilities staff members who keep the cogs in that big wheel moving smoothly.

In the last two years, the Medical Center has closed the Taylor Care Center converting it to executive offices and has also cut the CPEP program which provided emergency psychiatric care to county residents. Also privatized at WMC has been laundry and courier services thus reducing the number of civil service employees to around 1400. It is also believed that 15 of the 45 vice presidents who oversee WMC have also been let go and that several department managers and supervisors have been downgraded.

Even sadder has been the termination of several hundred nurses.

One can suppose that you can always get a clerical worker or a tradesman to double up on the work of a terminated colleague but what happens when you are laying off the very individuals who actually provide patient care? Poor patient care one must assume. Of course, WCCHCC addresses that question by explaining that agency or “traveling” nurses will be called in ( at a much lower rate and with no benefits) to provide patient care when necessary.

As county residents wind their way through another holiday season, the season of fund raising, re-election and big bonuses is also coming into full swing. You can bet that it will be a bleak holiday and an even bleaker new year for those employees who got a pink slip from their respective CEO’s and CE. The next time you get an invitation to attend one of their black tie functions in the mail, just send your RSVP back on pink note paper with a big bah humbug.

Draft Hillary Movement Robo Calls Spread to Washington, D.C.

Posted on December 19, 2011 by John Bailey

WPCNR CAMPAIGN 2012. December 19, 2011 UPDATED 9:32 P.M. E.S.T. UPDATED 11:45 A.M. E.S.T. December 21, 2011:

Reports that the Hilary Clinton Run Hillary 2012 petition campaign have spread to the Washington D.C., area were received by WPCNR Wednesday morning, indicating that a national campaign to wrest the 2012 Democratic Presidential nomination from President Barack Obama may be developing.

WPCNR first confirmed reports as of 1:30 P.M. Monday that a series of recorded phone calls announcing the start of a draft Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for President 2012 went out to registered voters in Westchester County. No other news media by early Monday evening had picked this up, but the Huffington Post later Monday reported the calls are being made only in New York and North Carolina.

The recorded announcements urge recipients of the phone call to go to www.runhillary2012.net and “sign the petition.”

The website includes recent endorsement statements from Congresswoman Maxine Waters and Antonio Villaraigusa, Mayor of Los Angeles and earlier statements by journalist Bogdan Kipling, Rebecca Shambaugh and General Wesley Clark.

Original CATS Magic Is Back in WPPAC’s Best Show ever! Young talent Wows!

Posted on December 17, 2011 by John Bailey

WPCNR ON THE AISLE. Theatrical Review by John F. Bailey. First Rush. December 17, 2011:

CATS now showing for just 9 more performances at White Plains Performing Arts Center is a must-see for those who love enthusiastic, give-it-their-all young talent who reach out to the audience, involve, enchant and create all the magic of this classic show.

From the operatically gifted personality of Devon Yates(above, right) delivering delightfully the enthralling epiphany of Memory as the stately Grizabella reprising the classic Betty Buckley performance, to the antics of the 17 stars of the future who bring CATS to life with the reverence, care, and smaltz it is known for, to the pull-all-the-switches effects of Andrew Gmoser’s lighting that dazzles the eye, stills and uplifts the soul, to the choreography that has the young men and lady felines romping, flying, leaping into the aisles, slinking in the shadows – this show running two hours gets it all purr-fectly right, precisely right.

The show directed by Jeremy Quinn, creatively, smoothly, energetic for every minute, with no cat napping on the set, is by far the best production the White Plains Performing Arts Center has ever done turning WPPAC stage for this limited run at least into what it could be and aspired to be and what the city fathers thought it would be when the theatre opened nine years ago.

Taking on a Broadway production that ran for 18 years on Broadway is no easy task.

Mounted in three weeks, at one third the cost of some previous productions the production is a miracle and a testimony to committed talent can do. The junkyard set is there, detailed and reminiscent of the original Broadway show, you will not be disappointed. The lighting by the magical Mr.Gmoser, the lighting and design mastermind for Westchester Broadway Theatre the last 23 years, is beyond description, but I will try. It is as if Mr.Gmoser has been turned loose to use every lighting device in the book. Never has WPPAC been able to execute such lightning douses, elegant fades and illusions as you will see on the WPPAC stage.

Why am I starting talking production? Because production makes CATS: it’s a show about atmosphere,mood, feelings, spirituality and mystery and without inspired technical effects the illusion of human beings in cat suits does not come across or work. Well in the Quinn production, the special effects, the live orchestra lead sensitively by Kurt Kelley,the musical director in his first Mainstage production at WPPAC, is perfectly nuanced in laying the mood bed for the songs of each individual cat. Compliments to the woodwinds: reed players Dan Pearson and Ericka Shlenkermann for their eloquent mood-intensifying solos.

On stage you will see Deuteronomy the cat appear out of thin air. Mr. Mistoffeles (Michael Clement, a “Marcel Marceau-like” light-on-his-feet dancer who charms) as the conjuring cat disappears before your very eyes with no trap doors.

If you are one of the few who have never seen CATS, this is an excellent introduction to the show, but assuming you don’t know the story, it is based on Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot. The show introduces us to key personalities living in a band of Jellicle cats in a junkyard, outstandingly recreated by Scenic Designer Joseph Egan.

The show comes back between Christmas and New Year’s for matinees at 2PM on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, the 28, 29 and 30^th of December, and evening performances at 8, also on the 28,29, 30 of December.

Retiree Benefits Suit Moves On.PD Retirees Billed $1,000s Week Before Holidays

Posted on December 17, 2011 by John Bailey

WPCNR WHITE PLAINS LAW JOURNAL. By John F. Bailey. December 17, 2011:

Federal Judge Kathy Siebel this week ruled a federal lawsuit against the city, trying to protect full medical care benefits for prior 1995 police officers can proceed to trial.

But police retirees who joined the city before July 1, 1995 got surprise bills for thousands of dollars from the city owed for their share of medical benefits this week, the week before Hannukah and Christmas as part of the judge’s ruling that the retirees case as merit.

The retirees (retired police officers) are fighting the city effort (invented during the first year of the Adam Bradley administration) to force police department retirees hired before 1995 to pay 15% of their health benefits effective July, 2010. The Retirees claim this is a violation of their contract.

Albert J. Pirro (pictured, July 2010) who filed the suit on behalf of the police officers told WPCNR Friday the judge ruled the retirees’ case may proceed to argument in federal court, rejecting city efforts to have the suit dismissed.

However, as part of Judge Siebel’s ruling, close to one hundred city retirees received bills from the city for 15% of their health care premiums due for what WPCNR believes is the last 18 months (6 quarters of fiscal 2010-11, 2 quarters of fiscal 2011-12, and perhaps the next quarter, January, February, March.

Pirro said Judge Siebel lifted the restraining order he had obtained in July 2010, prohibiting the city from collecting the premium portion from retirees the last 18 months.

Officer Robert Riley, President of the White Plains Police Benevolent Association, confirmed bills had gone out. “One retiree has received a letter and a bill for $2,000 from the city, and that employee makes $17,000 in his pension,” Riley said. “I think it is a disgrace for the city to do this to the retirees who helped make this city what it is.It is unfair financially.”

Riley said he is watching the progress of the Retirees suit carefully, because he said he has 66 active police officers who joined the city before 1995, who will be affected by the outcome of this suit. Riley theorized that the lifting of the injunction obtained by lawyer

In a WPCNR interview Friday evening, with Albert J. Pirro, the attorney for 97 police retirees, said Judge Kathy Siebel ruled that there is merit to the retirees’ suit on constitutional grounds, and she will allow the suit to be argued in federal court.

The city had argued that the case should be dismissed. Now, Pirro believes the case will begin to be heard in March.

Police retirees, the exact number is not known, confirm having received bills for their medical benefits this week.

One WPCNR phone call, requesting a statement and an e-mail asking further questions to John Callahan, city Chief of Staff and Corporation Counsel, have not been responded to as of midnight. The Mayor has not issued a statement.

Unclear is how many bills have been sent out to those retirees, the average amount they are being billed for, whether payments the retirees make will be held in escrow by the city and interest accrued, and what the retirees pay per plan, and whether lump sums past due are now due, and whether all had to pay.

Pirro indicated that some retirees who were in circumstances that made it hard for them to pay the new medical benefits were excluded, but did not have time to give details because he was rushing to file court papers by 5 P.M.

Lyric Hi-Fi and Apogee Fitness Sue Former Bengal Tiger Owners for Negligence

Posted on December 16, 2011 by John Bailey

WPCNR WHITE PLAINS LAW JOURNAL. December 16, 2011:

In a Gannett report by Rebecca Baker this morning, the owners of Lyric Hi-Fi and Apogee Pilates and Wellness Center, White Plains, are reportedly suing the owner of the old Bengal Tiger restaurant for alleged “gross negligence, recklessness and misconduct,” and storing “combustible material” in the restaurant leading to the massive fire July 7, 2010 that burned the corner of Court Street and East Post Road to the ground..

Lyric Hi Fi seeks $405,863 in damages and Apogee, $468,562 in the suit.

Bengal Tiger fire just getting started July 7, 2011. Photo, WPCNR News Archive.

The Bengal Tiger Block. July 8,2010 after the fire. Photo, WPCNR News Archive

The city of White Plains investigation could find no determined cause of the fire which burned for 13 hours from 2 P.M. until 1 A.M. July 7, 2010.

Since that time the city purchased the property for over $1 Million from the owner Simson Kalathara, and has constructed a 23-space parking lot.

County Executive Fires off 27 Vetos of Items in Bi-partisan Budget. Legislator

Posted on December 14, 2011 by John Bailey

WPCNR COUNTY CLARION-LEDGER. From the Westchester County Department of Communications. December 14, 2011 UPDATED 1:20 P.M. E.D.T.:

County Executive Robert P. Astorino sent down 27 vetoes Wednesday, totaling about $10 million of the just-approved $1.689 billion budget. The number is about 10 percent of the 247 vetoes he issued last year.

While continuing to express overall satisfaction with the 2012 budget negotiated with the Board of Legislators, County Executive Robert P. Astorino today issued a targeted series of vetoes that express his concern over items in the budget that he considers wasteful, harmful to the funding and operation of county government, or not in the best interest of taxpayers.

Tara Martin, spokesperson for the County Legislature issued this statement on the veto burst: “Although the County Executive delivered the vetoes after the legal deadline, the Westchester County Board of Legislators has accepted their formal communication in the same spirit of good faith displayed last week upon passage of the bipartisan County budget. “

“That the number of vetoes is much smaller than last year is indicative of the fact that the 2012 budget was forged with bi-partisan support,” Astorino said.

“Republicans and Democrats delivered a budget within the broad goals I set – do not raise the tax levy, preserve essential services and protect the county’s triple A credit ratings. But the public also needs to know that there are areas where I think stronger or different actions were needed to address, rather than merely postpone, some of the county’s fundamental financial problems.”

Martin speaking for the legislature responded in her statement:

“We were well aware that the County Executive did not agree with certain items within the budget, and we expected the vetoes; however, we still remain committed to a new working partnership between the executive and legislative branches here in Westchester.

“The Board of Legislators is scheduled to hold a special meeting on Thursday, December 22 to reconsider the vetoes presented by the County Executive, finalizing a budget that reflects our priorities and commitment towards a 0% tax increase, being fiscally responsible, protects the county’s triple A bond rating and preserves essential investments in our infrastructure and prioritizes the maintenance of important programs that protect public safety, public health and the environment.

“In short, the Board of Legislators will continue to deliver a budget that is right for Westchester.”

Though he had initially proposed 210 layoffs, Astorino said he would not veto the roughly 180 jobs restored by the Board of Legislators. He hoped this action would be taken for what it is – a good-faith gesture intended to bring a sense of urgency and seriousness to the bargaining table – and not an excuse for the unions to delay talks until the brink of budget negotiations late next year.

“Once again I am renewing my offer of jobs for savings,” Astorino said. “The unions need to know that every month without healthcare contributions means more potential layoffs next year. The math is the math. Union members have to start contributing in a meaningful way for their healthcare – just like everyone else. Otherwise, layoffs are inevitable and the number will be determined by a board that no longer has a Democratic super majority.”

The vetoes for the 2012 budget targeted the following items:

· The board’s addition of $1.9 million for a non-mandated subsidy to three non-county neighborhood health centers, while cutting $848,000 from the Health Department’s mandated budget for Early Intervention. The non-county health centers all receive federal, state and private funds and have been operating with surpluses.

“To take money from county programs that are mandated and give it to outside agencies for non-mandated programs just doesn’t make sense,” said Astorino.

· The board’s addition of $4.3 million for non-mandated day care subsidies, while cutting $5.1 million from the Department of Social Services budget, including $1.3 million from Emergency Assistance to Families and $1.9 million from Child Welfare, both mandated programs. Overall the county will spend $26 million on day care subsidies in 2012.

To stretch those dollars to meet the demand, Astorino had proposed raising the parental portion to 35 percent from 20 percent, which would increase by 622 the number of children who could be served. DSS has warned that by keeping the level at 20 percent, it is likely to run out of money for the program in October.

· The board’s addition of $243,436 to restore the Route 76 bus line. The county had been losing $8 per rider on this route which only serves 160 passengers. The County Executive had proposed having the route largely absorbed by Route 13. The move would have affected only 30 passengers on Route 76, while eliminating the losses and adding a direct service between Rye and White Plains.

· The board’s addition of $990,000 for Cornell Cooperative Extension. Astorino continues to argue that the programs run by CCE duplicate other county-run programs and are non-essential.

· The board’s addition of $378,000 for Invest in Kids. Astorino leaves intact funding for $1.3 million in Invest in Kids programs (generally as proposed in his original budget), but vetoed funding for a number of programs run by outside agencies that had either not participated or passed muster during the county’s RFP (request for proposal) process.

Overall, Astorino reiterated his concern that the entire budget process could be more transparent and less rushed. Of specific concern is the board’s practice of having a budget vote the same day that it issues its final recommendation for budget deletions. “Until the deletes are presented, there is no way to have meaningful discussions on the final budget,” he said. He urged the board to change this “self-imposed” practice and allow sufficient time for the public and press to evaluate and comment on budget changes.

FBI Charges 13 With Narcotics Trafficking in Monticello

Posted on December 14, 2011 by John Bailey

WPCNR FBI REPORT. Special to WPCNR from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. December 14, 2011:

Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; Janice K. Fedarcyk, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”); James R. Farrell, the Sullivan County District Attorney; Douglas Solomon, the Chief of the Monticello Police Department; and Major Edward Raso of Troop F, the New York State Police, announced charges Tuesday against 13 individuals for narcotics trafficking offenses related to the distribution of crack cocaine and powder cocaine in and around Monticello, New York.

Eleven defendants are charged in an Indictment with conspiring to distribute 280 grams and more of crack as well as powder cocaine. Two other defendants are charged in separate Complaints with attempting to distribute 28 grams and more of crack cocaine. The 13 defendants were arrested over the last 24 hours and are expected to be presented in White Plains federal court later this afternoon.

According to the Indictment U.S. v. Jasaan Bastian, et al., unsealed today in White Plains federal court: From at least 2009 through April 2011, JASAAN BASTIAN, FRANK WILLIAMS, DELSHONDA KIMBLE, JESSE LEWIS, JOAN JAMES, JASON ELDER, FLOYD SPRUILL, MESSIAH LOCKHART, KENNETH MITCHELL, JR. ANDREA BROWN, and BASHEEM SMALLS, agreed to distribute 280 grams and more of crack and powder cocaine in the area around Monticello in Sullivan County.

Specifically, BASTIAN, LEWIS, and JAMES obtained quantities of crack and powder cocaine from various suppliers, including at least one supplier in New York City. In addition to directly distributing the drugs, BASTIAN arranged for WILLIAMS and KIMBLE to transport crack and powder cocaine to ELDER, SPRUILL, LOCKHART, MITCHELL, JR., BROWN, and SMALLS, who sold the crack and powder cocaine to other drug dealers and retail customers.

According to the Complaints U.S. v. Errol Davis and U.S. v. Darren Johnson, unsealed Tuesday in White Plains federal court: Between October 2010 and February 2011, DARREN JOHNSON and ERROL DAVIS each attempted to sell 28 grams or more of crack cocaine to a confidential informant. The deals were arranged over the phone. JOHNSON completed the transaction in Fallsburg, New York. DAVIS completed the transaction in Monticello, New York. * * * Each of the 11 defendants named in U.S. v. Jasaan Bastian, et al., faces a maximum sentence of life in prison and a mandatory minimum of 10 years’ imprisonment.

ERROL DAVIS and DARREN JOHNSON each are charged in a separate complaint with two counts: attempting to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 28 grams and more of crack cocaine, which carries a maximum sentence of 40 years in prison and a mandatory minimum of five years in prison, and with distributing and possessing with intent to distribute crack, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.

Mr. Bharara praised the outstanding investigative work of the FBI, the New York State Police, the Village of Monticello Police Department, the Sullivan County District Attorney’s Office, and the Hudson Valley Safe Streets Task Force. He also thanked the Sullivan County Sheriffs Office, the New York OCDETF Crime Strike Force, the U.S. Marshals Service, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, and the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. Mr. Bharara added that the investigation is continuing. These prosecutions are being handled by the Office’s White Plains Division. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jeffrey Alberts and Douglas Bloom are in charge of the prosecution. The charges contained in the Indictment and the Complaints are merely accusations, and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara stated: “Crack and powder cocaine descend like a plague upon a community, leaving a trail of violence, destruction, and addiction in their wake. Today marks another step in our campaign to clean up the neighborhoods in the northern counties of our District and to restore the quality of life to their residents.” Assistant FBI Director in Charge Janice K. Fedarcyk stated: “Narcotics trafficking adversely affects safety and quality of life in municipalities big and small. The illicit drug trade is not just an urban problem, and the FBI is as committed to Monticello as Manhattan.” Sullivan County District Attorney James R. Farrell stated: “The arrests that occurred today are the by-product of the hard work and combined effort of our federal and local law enforcement agencies.

“This joint initiative shows that when we work together, we can make a difference and protect our communities from the scourge of drugs and gangs. With shrinking budgets and New York’s revised drug laws, now, more than ever, partnerships with our federal counterparts are vital to our public safety mission. I want to commend the FBI, the U.S. Attorney’s Office and U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara for their commitment to making Sullivan County safe. I also want to thank Monticello Police Chief Doug Solomon, the New York State Police, and Major Edward Raso, Troop F Commander, for their commitment of local resources to this important work and their successful partnership with the federal authorities.”

Monticello Police Chief Douglas Solomon stated: “I am very pleased with the arrests made pursuant to this investigation. Under federal statutes, the significant prison time these defendants are facing should send a clear message to gang members and drug dealers, that the Monticello Police Department will use every resource available in order to protect our community. In addition, I would hope that these arrests have the effect of tamping down the spike in gun violence we have experienced this past year. I would also like to extend my sincere thanks to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, the New York State Police, and all the agencies that have been participating in the Hudson Valley Safe Streets Task Force for making this case possible.”

New York State Police Major Edward Raso stated: “This latest enforcement effort represents a continuation of the outstanding work of the Hudson Valley Safe Streets Task Force. As law enforcement officers we are aware that criminal enterprises stretch beyond geographical and political boundaries. These arrests represent the Task Force’s first in Sullivan County. We will continue to pursue these criminals across the Hudson Valley.”

Former Mayor Adam Bradley’s Latest Day in Court.

Posted on December 13, 2011 by John Bailey

WPCNR WHITE PLAINS LAW JOURNAL. Special to WPCNR from Westchester County Roving Correspondent, Nancy King in Westchester Family Court. December 13, 2011:

Former White Plains Mayor Adam Bradley reported to court this morning to answer the charges that he had violated the terms of his probation by calling his wife from his cell phone on three separate occasions. According to his estranged wife Fumiko, Bradley dialed her home phone three times since early July.

Nancy King

According to court papers,Mrs. Bradley claims that the last phone call, occurring on November 12th, had the former mayor laughing and squealing on the other end of the line.

Bradley has denied any wrongdoing and has maintained that the phone calls were pocket dialed from his cell phone while working out at a Scarsdale gym. He further alleges that since this is the number that his children call nightly, that it made perfect sense for the number to be logged into his phone.

He has maintained that while Mrs. Bradley has been deleted from his contacts, the phone is dialing the last incoming call. However, Acting Supreme Court Justice Susan Capeci didn’t quite see it this way.

After prosecutors presented their reasoning as to why Mr. Bradley should be jailed, she set bail at 10K dollars and had him remanded to a holding cell at the Westchester County Courthouse. In making her decision, Capeci stated that she had “sufficient concerns” about Mr. Bradley’s inability to follow the parameters of his probation. As Judge Capeci spoke and made her remand, Bradley was seen rolling his eyes and shaking his head no.

As he was led out of the courtroom, his attorney Randall Cutler mad a brief statement that Bradley would be posting bail this afternoon. By 3:00 Bradley had indeed posted bail but like all other prisoners, he had been transferred to the Westchester County Jail to wait while the conditions and paperwork of his bond were completed.

One must wonder what Bradley thought of that ride to the Westchester County Jail where inmates are handcuffed to the seat in front of them.

Or, did he ever think that this was how his life would end up; from New York State Assemblyman, to White Plains mayor to convict making the perp walk to a waiting transport van behind the very building he used to work in.

It is believed that while Bradley pled not guilty to this latest charge, it is also unclear whether he will ask for a jury trial to clear his name concerning these latest charges.

It is also unclear what conditions Bradley will have to agree to under terms of this release. As of this evening, Bradley remained behind the walls of the Westchester County Jail in Valhalla.

Adam Bradley Posts Bail. Waits in County Jail for Processing.

Posted on December 13, 2011 by John Bailey

BRADLEY WATCH:

Ex-Mayor posts bail.

In County Jail pending

processing.

WPCNR WHITE PLAINS LAW JOURNAL. Special to WPCNR From Nancy King, Westchester County Roving Correspondent. December 13, 2011 5 P.M. E.D.T.:

As of 5 P.M., former Mayor of White Plains Adam Bradley is in Westchester County Jail pending processing of his bail, correspondent King reports. King says a friend of Mr. Bradley’s whom he is living with posted Bradley’s $10,000 bail, which the resigned Mayor did not have access to this morning in family court.

King says Mr. Bradley will not be released until late this evening while the bail is being processed.

Adam Bradley went to jail this morning and as of 12:30 P.M. and cooled his heels in a holding cell in the White Plains Department of Public Safety, before being transferred to the county jail.

Former Mayor Adam Bradley was remanded to jail this morning by Judge Susan Capeci of Westchester Family Court when the former Mayor failed to post $10,000 bail in connection whith his charge of criminal contempt of court involving unauthorized phone calls to his former wife.

Assistant District Attorney Audrey Stone asked for jailtime from the judge when Mr. Bradley could not post bail.

Judge Capeci sentenced former White Plains Mayor Adam Bradley to probation on all counts March 13, 2011 on Mr. Bradley’s December 9, 2010 convictions for attempted assault, contempt, and three charges of harassment involving his wife. Mr. Bradley was subject to an order of protection prohibiting him from seeing or contacting his wife, Fumiko Bradley for five years, subject to modification for custody and visitation purposes.

Today’s jailing is related to alleged accidental cellphone calls Bradley made to his wife in violation of his terms of court-ordered probation.

WP SALES TAX Up 1.4% Pace for $46.3 Million for year if ’12 Mirrors ‘11

Posted on December 12, 2011 by John Bailey

WPCNR QUILL & EYESHADE. From the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance. December 12, 2011:

White Plains sales tax receipts through November, with five months of the fiscal year collection in the till, are up 1.4% on pace to beat the 2011-12 anticipated sales tax revenue ($44.5 Million) by $ Million if the next seven months equal December through June of 2011.

Westchester County sales tax revenue pace for November was up a robust 9.7% $33,830,173 to $33,056,729 of 2010. The county is on pace to wrap up fiscal 2011 with over $450 Million in sales tax revenues as predicted by WPCNR three months ago.

White Plains has earned $20.9 Million in sales tax revenues through November. If they earn the $25.4 Million earned from December 2010 through June 2011, they will earn $46.3 million in sales tax revenues, exceeding the predicted $44.5 Million.