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THE WHITE PLAINS SCHOOLS DRAFT REOPENING PLAN SENT TO ALBANY

Posted on August 1, 2020 by John Bailey

WPCNR SCHOOL DAYS. August 1, 2020:

The White Plains School District filed its proposed 91-page reopening of schools plan Friday with the Governor’s Office as required, ontime, comprehensive and staggering in its breadth and detail. The plan was based on a complex 80 question survey of parents and stakeholders, and was hammered out in a month of intensive meetings of staff administration and community stake holders, in a decision making process that is unprecedented. As in the School District response to the Governor’s requirement to conduct classes on line when the schools were closed at the outset of the Covid-19 epidemic, when the district devised an online learning process in 48 hours, the district has once again come through with an efficiency and team effort that is evident in the report.

The plan was posted on the school district website, and you may review it here:

https://www.whiteplainspublicschools.org/cms/lib/NY01000029/Centricity/Domain/2450/WPCSD%20COVID-19%20Reopening%20Plan%20DRAFT%201%20Posted%207-31-20.pdf

The plan as previously described to WPCNR last week by Superintendent of Schools Dr. Joseph Ricca follows the plan ourline Dr. Ricca described in this interview:

Dr. Joseph Ricca’s interview describing basically how the plan will work. Previously recorded two weeks ago for WPCNR

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Posted on July 31, 2020 by John Bailey

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NEW YORK HEALTH HELP ON THE WAY TO UTAH, HOUSTON, ATLANTA, ST. PETERSBURG

Posted on July 30, 2020 by John Bailey

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that New York State and Northwell Health will deploy at least 30 healthcare personnel to Utah to support Intermountain Healthcare – the state’s largest healthcare provider. Intermountain Healthcare previously sent dozens of healthcare workers to New York to support Northwell and other hospitals. New York State will provide PPE and equipment as needed, and the first group of healthcare workers will travel to Utah this Sunday.

“We’re taking new steps in New York State’s continuing effort to repay the gratitude that we’ve been shown by people all across the country, and also on a practical level to keep us safe–an outbreak anywhere is an outbreak everywhere,” Governor Cuomo said. “We will be sending health staff to Utah to the Intermountain Healthcare Hospital System, Utah’s largest hospital system. Utah and that hospital system were very generous to New York when we needed help, sending dozens of staff to the Northwell Hospital System which was a major provider for us during COVID. So, we are going to be sending primarily Northwell personnel and Department of Health personnel, about 30 people, as well as any PPE, and equipment that is needed. I thank Governor Herbert and all the people of Utah, and as I’ve said on behalf of New Yorkers, we won’t forget and we will do for them what they did for us, because that’s the American way.”

“During the height of the pandemic here in New York, we were grateful for the extraordinary support provided by the Intermountain Health System who sent us over 60 front-line staff including physicians and nurses,” said Michael Dowling, president and CEO of Northwell Health, New York’s largest health care provider which treated the most coronavirus patients in the US. “We are now delighted to be able to reciprocate by sending staff to assist them in their current battle against this disease.”

New York’s Commitment to Helping Cities and States Fight COVID-19

During the fight against COVID-19, New York State has provided PPE and equipment to Florida, Georgia and Texas. In addition, the state has provided the following resources:

On July 29, Governor Cuomo announced that New York State will establish a testing site in St. Petersburg, Florida.
On July 20, Governor Cuomo announced that New York State will establish two church testing sites in COVID-19 Hotspots in Savannah, Georgia.
On July 16, Governor Cuomo announced that New York State has established two church testing sites in COVID-19 hotspots in Houston, Texas.
On July 13, Governor Cuomo announced New York State will send testing and contract tracing teams to Atlanta, Georgia.
On July 10, Governor Cuomo announced New York State would send the COVID-19 medication Remdesivir to Florida as the state struggles with a resurgence of cases.

he governor also announced that the State Liquor Authority and State Police Task Force yesterday visited and observed 835 establishments across New York City and Long Island, and found violations at 41 establishments, or 5 percent.

Today’s data is summarized briefly below:

Patient Hospitalization – 586 (-33)
Patients Newly Admitted – 83
Hospital Counties – 29
Number ICU – 142 (-12)
Number ICU with Intubation – 72 (-4)
Total Discharges – 72,973 (+73)
Deaths – 13
Total Deaths – 25,145

Of the 73,546 test results reported to New York State yesterday, 777, or 1.06 percent, were positive. Each region’s percentage of positive test results reported over the last three days is as follows:

REGION	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY
Capital Region	1.2%	1.8%	2.1%
Central New York	0.9%	0.8%	1.1%
Finger Lakes	0.4%	0.6%	0.6%
Long Island	1.1%	1.1%	1.2%
Mid-Hudson	1.1%	1.3%	1.3%
Mohawk Valley	2.0%	1.8%	0.9%
New York City	0.9%	1.1%	1.0%
North Country	0.6%	0.3%	0.3%
Southern Tier	0.6%	1.3%	0.7%
Western New York	0.9%	1.6%	0.5%

The Governor also confirmed 777 additional cases of novel coronavirus, bringing the statewide total to 414,370 confirmed cases in New York State. Of the 414,370 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:

County	Total Positive	New Positive
Albany	2,493	13
Allegany	74	0
Broome	1,029	14
Cattaraugus	157	0
Cayuga	141	0
Chautauqua	224	1
Chemung	162	1
Chenango	206	1
Clinton	125	2
Columbia	513	3
Cortland	90	0
Delaware	101	0
Dutchess	4,468	15
Erie	8,434	24
Essex	55	0
Franklin	48	0
Fulton	275	5
Genesee	270	3
Greene	287	2
Hamilton	7	0
Herkimer	239	3
Jefferson	128	0
Lewis	34	0
Livingston	164	1
Madison	396	3
Monroe	4,677	21
Montgomery	152	0
Nassau	43,158	58
Niagara	1,434	4
NYC	224,863	312
Oneida	2,062	9
Onondaga	3,459	22
Ontario	349	2
Orange	11,072	38
Orleans	291	0
Oswego	240	1
Otsego	107	0
Putnam	1,418	2
Rensselaer	718	24
Rockland	13,860	8
Saratoga	709	8
Schenectady	1,018	8
Schoharie	68	0
Schuyler	20	0
Seneca	84	0
St. Lawrence	260	1
Steuben	290	0
Suffolk	43,170	86
Sullivan	1,479	3
Tioga	184	1
Tompkins	227	2
Ulster	2,010	37
Warren	298	0
Washington	254	0
Wayne	243	0
Westchester	35,913	39
Wyoming	111	0
Yates	52	0

Yesterday, there were 13 deaths due to COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 25,145. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence:

Deaths by County of Residence
County	New Deaths
Albany	1
Bronx	2
Broome	1
Erie	1
Herkimer	1
Kings	1
Manhattan	1
Queens	2
Tioga	1
Westchester	2

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WHITE PLANS ENDS FISCAL YEAR WITH 18% DECLINE IN JUNE SALES TAX RECEIPTS ($3 MILLION). 20-21 NEW BUDGET SHOULD HANDLE IT IF REOPENING ACCELERATES $$. IF NOT, TOUGH DECISIONS AHEAD.

Posted on July 29, 2020 by John Bailey

WPCNR QUILL & EYESHADE. By John F. Bailey. Based on Statistics From the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance. July 29, 2020:

The Covid-19 virus dealt a blow to the White Plains economy in June, as expected.

Sales tax revenues were down $3 Million to $2,381,120 compared to the $5, 047,352 in June 2019. The $2,666,232 decline meant the economy in White Plains declined 52%.

The Sales tax revenues for 2019-20 fiscal year for the City of White Plains was $47,714,688, down from $50,115,543 last year. The $2,400,855 decline is 4.8%. The city budgeted that decline into their adopted 2020-21 budget, cutting their expected sales tax revenue $2,700,00 in the new budget just begun, thanks to their policy of never budgeting more than they collect the previous year in sales tax revenues,

The worry that the city faces is how fast sales tax revenues will rebound to the averaged $4 Million plus a month to put the city back up to the $50 Million a year number and more. Will July bounce back? Will August boom with back to school sales (if we go back to school) ? Will internet sales be fully accounted for by the state by municipality?

The city also faces the disasterous renovation of the Ritz Carlton, which means a big slump in hotel tax. The city budget for 2020-2021 predicts a $600,000 slump in hotel taxes. Hopefully the “ever booming” real estate market, if you believe realtor news releases, may save further deficits.

If you are budgeting for next year, the city may have to consider at least a 6% property tax increase to make up the 4.8% (at present rate) Covid-19 related decline to maintain city services and anticipate furture wage increases. Ironically, the approximate 5% decline is exactly the amount the city transfers into the Taxpayers Relief Fund, which funds annual payroll increases. That $5 Million or so has to come from somewhere if the White Plains economy fails to recover quickly the next three months.

White Plains because it does not wildly expand its budgets on wishing and hoping, always appears ready to whether the interim financial challenges that come along, instead of anticipating financial futures that may never happen. The delay in starting a half dozen apartment complexes in the downtown in White Plains due mainly to financing problems developers are facing as well as delay in developing the city parcels adjacent the Metro North Station upgrade is an example of how conservative planning in White Plains budgets spares White Plains the pain that cities, towns and villages in Westchester face in the months ahead.

The city does not have to make cuts in this new budget yet, but they may want to consider using their fund balance to correct the sales tax covid-related shortfalls if the recover such as it already is continues as it is. Capital projects also could be delayed. But with a new round of labor negotiations coming up, the city development has got to get rolling. Those apartments cannot open soon enough.