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.
By Bridget Bonanni A large crowd of residents and officials from throughout Westchester gathered peacefully in Tibbits Park late Monday afternoon aiming to highlight the importance of the need for police reform in Westchester and beyond. The Westchester Rockland Guardians
Read MoreWhite Plains Police Public Safety Commissioner David Chong, a former commanding officer of counterterrorism for the New York City Police Department just after 9/11, grew animated Saturday afternoon in a conversation with The White Plains Examiner as protests continued in Westchester
Read MoreWhite Plains police on Friday evening arrested a local man who has groped at least two women late at night in the Battle Hill neighborhood over the last two weeks. After receiving a description of the alleged groper, plain-clothed officers
Read MoreWhite Plains police have arrested a 25-year-old city resident for the murder earlier this week of Deron Strange. On Wednesday night Strange, a 35-year-old White Plains resident, had a dispute with the alleged murderer, Brandon Williams, police said. The two
Read MoreWhite Plains Police are looking for a male suspect who fatally shot another man Wednesday night behind a building at 225 Martin Luther King Boulevard. Deron Strange, 34, of White Plains, died at White Plains Hospital about 3 a.m. Thursday
Read MoreTwo men have been charged by county police with spray-painting racist and anti-Semitic graffiti discovered Monday on county-owned property on the Bronxville-Yonkers border. Nodar Kikvisize, 22, of Bronxville and Thomas Hasselt, 23, of Yonkers, were charged with Criminal Mischief 3rd
Read MoreA panel of State Appellate Division judges last week upheld a previous court decision that Ferncliff Cemetery on Secor Road in Greenburgh is prohibited from using a 12.5-acre parcel on the south side of the property to expand its cemetery.
Read MoreBy Albert Coqueran Despite the rain, on Saturday morning, the White Plains High School Softball Team, while adhering to social distancing guidelines, gathered with their families at WPHS, to make preparations to pay tribute to their three graduating seniors. The
Read MoreWhite Plains Public Safety Commissioner David Chong told the Common Council last week his proposal to add five new officers and three firefighters in the 2020-21 budget was more than justified. Chong, who oversees the largest department in the city
Read MoreThe White Plains Business Improvement District (WPBID) has announced the establishment of its COVID19 Assistance Program (BIDCAP) to support businesses in the downtown district. The BIDCAP program is a multifaceted initiative that supplements existing federal, state and city efforts to
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