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 The post White Plains Designated Bronze Climate Smart Community first appeared on The Examiner News ..read more

The 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 The post County Board Approves Lease for Affordable Senior Housing in WP first appeared on The Examiner News ..read more

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 The post New Cops, Firefighters to be Added in White Plains Budget first appeared on The Examiner News ..read more

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 The post Westchester Remembers the Six Million Lost at Holocaust Remembrance first appeared on The Examiner News ..read more

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 The post White Plains Man Charged in Fatal Stabbing in Parking Garage first appeared on The Examiner News ..read more

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 The post Dr. Pontone Joins White Plains Hospital as Associate Medical Director for Ambulatory Quality & Physician Services first appeared on The Examiner News ..read more

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 The post White Plains Welcomes Celebrity Chef’s New Restaurant – and His Art first appeared on The Examiner News ..read more

Our Special Report Shows How Area People in Need ‘Fall Off a Cliff’ After High School This is the second installment in a continuing series about issues impacting local people with disabilities, and the need for improvement. By Adam Stone The post SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: Job Program Fails Disabled Locals first appeared on The Examiner News ..read more

A history of discrimination, zoning restrictions, and today’s prohibitive cost of construction have combined to create a supply shortage of affordable housing, particularly in Westchester but also in areas throughout the nation as well. The nonprofit Westchester Residential Opportunities, which The post Symposium on How Westchester Can Foster Affordable Housing first appeared on The Examiner News ..read more

A new Veterans Memorial Garden will be created at White Plains City Hall next year to honor those who have served and defended the country through the generations. Mayor Tom Roach, state Sen. Shelley Mayer (D-Yonkers) along with veterans and The post Groundbreaking for New Vets Memorial Garden in White Plains first appeared on The Examiner News ..read more