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Governor Kathy Hochul announced last week the City of White Plains has been officially certified as a bronze-level Climate Smart Community. Climate Smart Communities (CSC) is a New York State program that helps local governments take action to reduce greenhouse
Read moreThe Westchester County Board of Legislators last week unanimously approved a lease agreement for a new affordable senior housing development in White Plains. The property at 143 Grand St. was purchased by the county in 2000. It is partially occupied
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Three additional police officers and three new firefighters will be funded in the City of White Plains’ 2023-24 budget. Budget Director James Arnett told the Common Council during a special meeting April 17 seven positions overall were being added to
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Most of Westchester’s state legislature delegation has thrown its support behind a proposal that would increase the state’s minimum wage to $21.25 by 2026 to help thousands of lower-paid workers keep pace with inflation. The Raise the Wage Act would
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Dr. Aliza Erber may have been too young to remember the Holocaust, but she was a victim along with millions of others whose lives and families were decimated by the Nazis. Erber, a rabbi and a podiatrist, was born in
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A 51-year-old White Plains man was charged with manslaughter last week in connection with the fatal stabbing of a man found in a parking garage in Yonkers. According to the Yonkers Police Department, officers discovered an unconscious man inside a
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White Plains Hospital has appointed Dr. Gregory Pontone as Associate Medical Director for Ambulatory Quality & Physician Services, where he will be responsible for working with the Hospital’s clinical and administrative teams to advance the quality of outpatient care. He will
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Last weekend, renowned chef, entrepreneur, philanthropist and artist David Burke opened his 16th restaurant, Red Horse by David Burke, in the space formerly occupied by BLT Steak at The Opus Westchester hotel in White Plains. Conceived as a modern steakhouse
Read moreThe White Plains Common Council has set a public hearing to double the expenditures limit for the city’s Downtown Business Improvement District (BID). The April 10 hearing will focus on a proposed amendment to increase the permitted expenditures of the
Read moreThe Westchester County Industrial Development Agency (IDA) has voted final and preliminary approval of financial incentives for two projects in downtown White Plains – an affordable housing complex for seniors and a transit-oriented development. The IDA also heard a presentation
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