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.
Combining poetry and art to bring thought-provoking images to entertain shoppers in downtown White Plains has become an annual tradition. This is the fourth year the White Plains BID (Business Improvement District) and a SUNY Purchase design class have combined
Read MoreAlfred Del Vecchio, former Mayor of White Plains, died Dec. 5. Del Vecchio was the longest serving mayor in White Plains, serving four terms, from 1976 to 1993. During his tenure downtown White Plains saw significant change. Mayor Del Vecchio
Read MoreThe White Plains My Brother’s Keeper Program has hired two Youth Bureau graduates to implement the My Brother’s Keeper Academy. Samuel Alexis, a graduate of White Plains High School, holds an Associate Degree in Building Trades & Construction from Alfred
Read MoreDuring its Monday meeting, the Westchester County Board of Legislators passed the Fair Chance to Work legislation by a vote of 11 to 5. The measure, which was created to ensure that people with criminal records in their past have
Read MoreBy Madeline Zevon (Opinion Editorial): In New York State, a Blue Wave. Democrats won 40 of the 63 NY Senate seats. The win is momentous: Since WW II, due to gerrymandering and side deals with renegade Democrats, Republicans have controlled the
Read MoreLifting Up Westchester (LUW), a nonprofit agency providing homeless and poverty services to individuals throughout Westchester County, is in the midst of its third annual Holiday LIFT campaign. The number one question we get during the holiday season is “How
Read MoreThe Westchester County Board of Legislators, last week, approved changes to the county’s law governing the licensing of home improvement contractors to strengthen protections for workers. The new provisions, passed unanimously, explicitly require the county to consider judgments against contractors
Read MoreLast week, the Westchester County Board of Legislators passed a bipartisan measure that will create new rules for the sale of co-op apartments in the county. The new rules are designed to make the process faster for buyers and sellers,
Read MoreAndrea Stewart-Cousins (D-Yonkers) is set to make New York history as the first woman to lead the state senate after a vote by the Democratic Conference on Monday secured her position as Senate Majority Leader, beginning in January 2019. Representing
Read More(Updated 11-27-18) Olivia J. Hooker, of Greenburgh, the first African-American woman to have entered the U.S. Coast Guard, which she did in Feb. 1945, died peacefully in her home on Nov. 21. She was 103. Dr. Hooker was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma,
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