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White Plains Mayor Convicted of Domestic Violence Salon (blog) At times, it appeared that Bradley's attorneys were less interested in convincing the judge than in persuading the voters of White Plains. ...

Ridgeway Country Club in White Plains sold to French-American School The Journal News LoHud.com By Ben Rubin • bfrubin@lohud.com • December 11, 2010 WHITE PLAINS — Ridgeway Country Club, which has been in existence for 58 years and the site of a golf ...

Five generations of family cared for White Plains home that nurtured them The Journal News LoHud.com When Karen Gallo's family bought the 1925 four-bedroom Dutch Colonial at 22 Ogden Ave. on the corner of Sterling (now Stratford) Avenue, White Plains was an ...

White Plains deserves better The Journal News LoHud.com Yet, White Plains Mayor Adam Bradley's conviction, while deplorable, is not my point. Nor are the alleged ethics violations he faces. ...

White Plains Mayor Convicted Of Abusing Wife North Country Gazette The first incident occurred at the couple's home on Fernwood Road in White Plains, New York on Jan. 11 approximately 6:30 pm when Bradley, ...

Senior appointments announced in US attorney district Mid-Hudson News WHITE PLAINS – US Attorney Preet Bharara announced a number of appointments to the senior staff of the White Plains office Friday. Diana Gujarati was named ...

'Full-court press' by cops brings 4 arrests in $230G Walmart heist The Journal News LoHud.com 29 armed theft of $230000 from the White Plains Walmart. "This was a full-court press by our detectives and our law enforcement and security partners," ...

Bryant Gardens Annual Holiday Ceremony Westchester.com White Plains, NY - The Bryant Gardens Cooperative in White Plains, NY will hold its Annual Holiday Lighting Ceremony on Sunday, December 12, ...

Westchester lawmakers approve 2011 budget with two percent tax reduction Mid-Hudson News WHITE PLAINS – By a 16 to one vote, the Westchester County Board of Legislators Friday approved a 2011 county budget of $1.79 billion that is $28.5 million ...

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WHITE PLAINS BRIEFING: Walmart Robbery Suspects Arrested

White Plains News - December 11, 2010

Walmart Robbery Suspects Arrested (White Plains CitizeNetReporter)
WPCNR POLICE GAZETTE. From the White Plains Department of Public Safety. UPDATED 4:40 P.M. E.S.T. December 10, 2010: Commissioner David E. Chong and the City of White Plains Department of Public Safety announce the arrests of four subjects in the ongoing investigation of the armed Walmart robbery that occurred at approximately 0248 hours on Monday ...

Showcase to spotlight commercial properties (RecordOnline)
Commercial Realtors and brokers from New York City to Albany will have the chance to review top commercial opportunities during Tuesday morning's Hudson Valley Showcase.

Ridgeway Country Club in White Plains sold to French-American School (LoHud)
Ridgeway Country Club, which has been in existence for 58 years and the site of a golf course since 1923, will be a country club no more.

Roach concedes to Castelli in 89th A.D. (The Journal News)
Westchester County's last contested race from the Nov. 2 election ended today when incumbent Robert Castelli of Goldens Bridge claimed victory in the 89th state Assembly District.

Bag of quarters, screwdrivers lead to parking-meter-theft charges in Scarsdale (The Journal News)
A White Plains man was accused of stealing over $170 from 25 parking meters early Thursday.

Cohen named to Appellate Division (Mid-Hudson News)
ALBANY Governor David Paterson appointed Justice Jeffrey Cohen to the Appellate Division, Second judicial Department, Thursday.

4 arrested in $230G White Plains Walmart robbery, eyed in Rockland robbery (Journal News)
WHITE PLAINS - City police have arrested four people in connection to a Nov. 29 robbery at a downtown Walmart, where thieves dressed as painters got away with $230,000. Public Safety Commissioner David Chong said some of the four arrested were also believed to have robbed an Old Navy at the Galleria mall on Sept.

Hockey: White Plains defeats Pelham 6-2; more games ... (Journal News)
Stepinac 11, St. Raymond 0: At the E.J. Murray Memorial Skating Center in Yonkers, David Butterworth had two goals and an assist.

Brian Sabia,16, gets 7 years in crash that critically injured Irvington cop (The Journal News)
Maria Osso fought back tears as she described the pain that she and her husband, Irvington police Officer Luigi Osso, have endured because of a teen car thief who nearly killed him in a head-on crash.

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05/15/10 White Plains sales tax increases in June

The Common Council this week authorized a quarter-percent sales-tax increase, which the city will start collecting on June 1.

The city sales tax will rise from 2.25 to 2.5 percent, on par with Yonkers, Mount Vernon and New Rochelle, which all have a combined state and local sales tax of 8.375 percent.

The extra money collected — expected to be $4.5 million to $5.5 million annually — will go into a new tax stabilization fund, which can only be tapped to pay down property-tax increases higher than 2.5 percent, fund unforeseen emergency expenses and fill drops in major revenue sources. Approval by a supermajority of the council would be required before any of the funds are used.

The new money won't have an impact on next fiscal year's proposed tax increase, which could be as high as 18.9 percent, but could help shore up budgets in future years.

"It's just good practice to have this," said city Finance Commissioner Michael Genito. "It's got the force of law behind it that ensures it's going to be a good financial practice."

The city requested the increase in February, and the state Legislature and Gov. David Paterson finalized the change last week.

Mayor Adam Bradley, in his former role as a state assemblyman, blocked former Mayor Joseph Delfino's efforts to increase the sales tax last year, after supporting a similar increase in 2008.

Council President Thomas Roach said he was pleased the new sales tax money would help replenish the city's drained reserves and smooth out future property tax increases.


As the fiscal year 2011 budget process nears an end, decision night, when the council sets out its blueprint for the final budget, was pushed from today to Monday.

Genito said he requested the delay to allow his staff to crunch a large amount of new information on city contracts and tax revenues coming into his office.

In the meantime, Bradley's administration will have more time to garner concessions from police and firefighter unions.

05/15/10 Chuck Schumer Is Hopelessly Clueless About The Terror Threat Facing The City

Forget About Terrorism, I Must Use All Of My Resources To Fight Against An Airline Bag Fee !!!!!!

New York City Looses Terror Funds As Chuck Schumer Holds Press Conferences About Facebook And Airline Carry On Bags

Chuck Schumer Should Stop Holding Press Conferences And Start Lobbying Fellow Republican Barack Obama To Restore New York City's Lost Terror Funds

The federal government is severely cutting funding to subway and other transit anti-terror programs, while Schumer is holding press conferences about Facebook.

Schumer should quit holding mindless press conferences and start put pressure on the White House to restore $57 million in Terror Funds.... See More

Over the past five years Schumer has held countless press conferences as New York City has lost an additional 56 Million in terror funds.

New York City should not be forced to settle for less than its fair share of these security funds.

Eleven percent of port security funding does not reflect the fact that time and again New York is the prime target for terrorism in the United States.

It is alarmingly, that Chuck Schumer sat by as the city is only getting 11 percent of the total Federal Transit and Port Security Grants.

Schumer doesn’t hold the president responsible.

Instead, he said officials at Homeland Security and the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, rather than the president, when discussing the terror fund cuts.

The bottom line is, New York City continues to be the No. 1 target for terrorism in the United States and it's Chuck Schumer's job to make sure that federal anti-terror funding reflects that reality.

If Chuck Schumer was doing his job properly, then New York City would be able to get 3,000 surveillance cameras in Midtown Manhattan, if more UASI funding is appropriated to the city—something both Mayor Michael Bloomberg and NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly have pushed for.

05/15/15 White Plains man, 18, accused of rape of 12-year-old - The Journal News | LoHud.com

A White Plains man was arrested Wednesday after police said he had sex with a 12-year-old girl.

Ivan Alonzo-Ramirez, 18, of 23 Washington Ave., was charged with first-degree rape, a felony, after police picked him up at his home.

His arrest came after cops were contacted by the girl's mother, who said she found out that her daughter skipped school on Monday and spent the day at Alonzo-Ramirez' apartment. The mom confronted her daughter and Ramirez, and told police they both admitted to having sex.

Cops said Alonzo-Ramirez told them the girl was his girlfriend and that she had told him that she was 15.

No other information was available

05/12/10 Nancy Pelosi asking the Catholic Church to support illegal immigration

Senatorial Candidate Michael Sepe issued the following statement:

Nancy Pelosi should get a handle on the Commandment "Love thy neighbor". Americans didn't break the immigration laws. Those who chose to break our laws must start "Loving thy neighbor" by respecting our laws. Those who chose to jump in front of others, waiting in line to come to America, must start "Loving thy neighbor" by waiting their turn. "What would Jesus do?" Jesus would say "Respect thy neighbor's laws".

05/05/10 Emergency Response Plans

US Senate Candidate Michael Sepe issued the following Statement:


Emergency Response Plans:

Since it is obvious the American Government did not have a fully tested emergency response plan in place to deal with an oil rig disaster, the President must order a full review of all our nuclear facility's response and safety plans. We do not want to hear more sad stories and excuses in case of a nuclear mishap. http://Sepe2010.com