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.
Saturday, May 15, 2010
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
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
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
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".
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
05/05/10 Emergency Response Plans
US Senate Candidate Michael Sepe issued the following Statement:
Emergency Response Plans:
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
Saturday, May 1, 2010
04/30/10 The Raw White Plains News Feed
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04/30/10 Jury selection begins in trial of Deputy Barbara Dunn
White Plains News - April 30, 2010
Jury selection begins in trial of Putnam Deputy Barbara Dunn (The Journal News)
Jury selection began Thursday in the trial of Putnam County Sheriff's Deputy Barbara Dunn. Outdoors (The Riverdale Press)
THE GREENBURGH Nature Center will host the official grand opening of its brand new barnyard, on Sunday, May 2, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Travis Brady, the GNC's curator of living collections, will introduce guests to the expanded collection of barnyard animals that are now residing in spacious new digs. People use their cell phones for everything these days - shopping, banking, taking pictures, and now, paying for parking.
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Former treasurer of co-op complex charged with stealing over $180,000 (Mid-Hudson News)
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05/01/10 WPW on Bradley, Labor, the Options, Drinkin District Blues, Oil Slick Bomb
White Plains News - May 1, 2010
Resolution calling for Bradley to resign fails (Journal News)
WHITE PLAINS - Following a long debate that strained the unity of the city's party in power, the Democratic City Committee on Thursday night rejected a call for Mayor Adam Bradley to resign immediately. ITT first-quarter profit falls to $146 million (Market Watch)
On an adjusted basis, the White Plains, N.Y., engineering company said it earned 84 cents a share. School candidate information sought; see interviews on-demand (The Journal News)
Candidates in select contested school board races are invited to discuss the issues in interviews webcast LIVE on LoHud.com. The schedule follows. Boys lacrosse: Mahopac tops White Plains; more games... (Journal News)
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