News from The White Plains Examiner, mostly covering the City of White Plains along with stories from communities across the southern portion of Westchester County, NY.
Assemblyman Thomas Abinanti (D-Greenburgh) and state Sen. David Carlucci (D-Clarkstown) called on Gov. Andrew Cuomo Dec. 20 to sign the Toll Payer Protection Act into law to protect the public from outlandish fees and penalties. The two lawmakers made their pitch shortly after Cuomo
Read MoreAt the Dec. 18 meeting of the White Plains Planning Board, a site plan amendment for City Square in the White Plains downtown, was discussed. The city block that is well-known as one of the traditional gateways to White Plains,
Read MoreWestchester residents can reduce their cost of tuition at community colleges outside of the County. Certificates of Residence, which can be obtained from the Department of Finance, qualify students for residential rates at two-year SUNY and CUNY colleges. So far,
Read MoreNew York Attorney General Barbara Underwood announced today that the Trump Foundation has signed a stipulation agreement to dissolve under judicial supervision. The stipulation follows last month’s court decision allowing the attorney general’s lawsuit against the Trump Foundation to proceed. The lawsuit –
Read MoreGreenburgh has received a grant of almost $5 million from the New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation to upgrade its water booster infrastructure in Consolidated Water District 1 (CWD #1). The grant is earmarked for a project to improve the
Read MoreThe Greenburgh Human Rights Advisory Committee (GHRA), in partnership with the United Nation’s Association Westchester Chapter and the Greenburgh Public Library, honored several residents and a church for their work to promote human rights in the town at a ceremony
Read MoreThe Westchester County Board of Legislators approved the county’s $1.94 billion operating budget for 2019 Monday afternoon that will maintain essential services but result in a 2 percent tax levy increase. Following a month-long deliberation among county officials, lawmakers voted
Read MoreGunnar Hassard was arraigned in Harrison Town Court for Aggravated Harassment in the First Degree, a class E felony, for hanging posters with Nazi symbolism in areas of the SUNY Purchase campus. On Sunday evening Dec. 8, during the Jewish
Read MoreThe Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), a document adopted by the United Nations General Assembly guaranteeing freedoms to all peoples was adopted in Paris, France on Dec. 10, 1948. The Declaration consists of 30 articles affirming an individual’s rights, which have
Read MorePosters with anti-Semitic images were found at SUNY Purchase on Sunday. University police have identified a suspect and the investigation is ongoing. The posters, found at various locations on the Harrison campus, had images of Hitler and swastikas. “I was
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