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.
The Greenburgh Public Library has received a construction grant from the State of New York, which will provide the library with the opportunity to create a café adjacent to its lobby, Greenburgh Town Supervisor said in a recent email. The
Read MoreState Supreme Court Judge Joan Lefkowitz presented her decision on Aug. 24 to reject two separate legal challenges to the City of White Plains Common Council’s grant of Special Permit and Site Plan approval for the French American School of
Read MoreLooking for ways to encourage new business in Westchester, County Executive George Latimer convened a meeting of business, education, government and other County leaders last week. The discussion sought to identify ways in which Westchester can assist new businesses looking
Read MoreThe New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is urging Hudson Valley and Long Island residents to use caution when offered free fill material for use to level or grade properties. In July, the DEC announced the ongoing results of a
Read MoreA Minority and Women Owned Business (MWBE) Task Force was established by Westchester County Executive George Latimer last week. The group met for the first time Aug. 14 to discuss action plans to enhance NWBE inclusion in more projects in
Read MoreState Assemblyman David Buchwald (D-White Plains) and Senator Shelley Mayer (D-Yonkers) have announced that New York State library construction grants are being awarded for building improvements to support new programs at libraries in the Towns of Harrison and North Castle. The
Read MoreWestchester County Court Judge Barry Warhit sentenced Julius Reich (DOB 1/27/54) of Scarsdale to 20 years in state prison for the death of his wife, Robin Goldman, M.D. in January 2016. Reich pleaded guilty in May 2018 on the eve
Read MoreWith the advent of dockless bike sharing in White Plains, more cyclists are hitting the pavement and some of them are riding on the sidewalks. While not all White Plains Councilmembers agree that rental company bike users are the offenders,
Read MoreRose Associates, the new owners of 440 Hamilton Ave., formerly the AT&T building, and the associated parking lot on Barker Ave., were before the White Plains Common Council at a public hearing, Aug. 4, in relation to a reconfigured site
Read MoreThe public hearing on a zone change for the 16-acre parcel at 52 N. Broadway, formerly the Good Counsel Campus, now owned by WP Development NB, Inc., continued at the Aug. 6 White Plains Counsel meeting. Several new speakers took
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