Our recommendations for White Plains
Despite the slowdown in the economy and in development, things are looking up in White Plains, where an exceptionally strong group of candidates are vying for city offices. Even if mayoral hopeful Glen Hockley had not been knocked off the ballot for failing to complete election paperwork, he could hardly have competed with Adam Bradley, the detail-oriented, results-driven state legislator whom White Plains residents will soon elect as their mayor.
White Plains council candidates pitch ways to save money
WHITE PLAINS - The candidates for Common Council bring a range of backgrounds to the table, from finance to private retail to city government. The question will be which of those backgrounds voters want at the helm during an especially tough budget year.
Three Democrats and two Republicans are running for three open council seats. Democrat Tom Roach is the only incumbent on the ballot, as Councilman Glen Hockley is leaving the council to run for mayor and Councilwoman Rita Malmud will retire after 20 years.
White Plains budget critics; spare the library
WHITE PLAINS - After imposing a round of budget cuts on the city library this year and proposing even deeper cuts for the fiscal year beginning June 30, Mayor Joseph Delfino last night got the book thrown at him by a roomful of bibliophiles, including the women who lead the library's board and its foundation, several library employees and members of the League of Women Voters.
COUNCIL TORPEDOS SALES TAX BID; VOWS TO CUT MAYOR’S BUDGET; HANSBURY APPOINTED.
WPCNR COMMON COUNCIL CHRONICLE-EXAMINER. By John F. Bailey. May 5, 2009 UPDATES IN ITALICS, 10:50 A.M. E.D.T.: Monday night the Common Council, with the exception of Councilman Glen Hockley collectively rejected Mayor Joseph Delfino’s proposed 2009-2010 $160.7 Million budget, with Councilpersons Roach, Power, Malmud and Boykin all calling the budget inadequate and “dire.”
Changing Faces of White Plains Politics
By: Pat Casey Published: April 24, 2009: Monday evening the White Plains Democratic City Committee officially endorsed New York State Assemblyman Adam Bradley as their candidate for Mayor of White Plains, along with two-term incumbent Tom Roach, and newcomers Beth Smayda, and David Buchwald for White Plains Common Council. Councilwoman Rita Malmud, a Democrat, had announced her decision earlier in the year not to seek a fifth four-year term on the Council.
White Plains Democrats nominate Adam Bradley for mayor, unveil ticket
WHITE PLAINS - City Democrats last night gave state Assemblyman Adam Bradley their unanimous nomination for mayor and launched a campaign they hope will give the party all seven seats on the council for the first time in the history of this once solidly Republican city.
Bradley was in Albany and did not attend the session. Reached afterward, he said the Democratic slate - which also will include Common Council candidates Tom Roach, a two-term incumbent, and newcomers David Buchwald and Beth Smayda - has "high-caliber people" to guide the city "through some very difficult times."
Bradley for Mayor; Buchwald, Roach, Smayda Nominated for Council
WPCNR BACK ROOM BULLETIN. By John F. Bailey. April 21, 2009: The White Plains Democratic City Committee, as has been reported previously by WPCNR, nominated New York State Assemblyman Adam Bradley to run for Mayor of White Plains in the fall, and agreed with the Party Nominating Committee choices of David Buchwald, a tax attorney, Beth Smayda, a financial marketing executive and analyst for MBIA, the insurance company, and Tom Roach, local lawyer and incumbent councilperson to run for a third four-year term.
