Neighborhood-Know-It All: City Showcase, Chamberlain Update, Contract Negotiations Fail

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White Plains City Showcase

The Westchester County Association’s Blueprint for Westchester showed regional developers and business owners what White Plains is made of during the first-ever White Plains City Showcase on Wednesday.  The event included breakfast, a two-hour bus tour of the city and a luncheon featuring White Plains Mayor Tom Roach as a keynote speaker. Click here for the story in The White Plains Examiner, and here for the story in The Journal News.

Update on the Death of Kenneth Chamberlain Sr.

Lawyers for the family of Kenneth Chamberlain Sr. announced that White Plains Officer Steven Hart is the officer who shouted racial slurs at Chamberlain before police shot him, according to WPIX.com. WPIX also reports that Hart is currently facing a federal civil right suit for allegedly unlawfully arrested a man, breaking his nose, and slamming him on the ground causing injury to the man’s arm. Click here for that story.

Racial tension is the elephant in the room for Westchester County, according to The Journal News’ Phil Reisman. Click here to read his latest editorial.

Kenneth Chamberlain Jr. gave an emotional speech at the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem on April 22 to a church packed with more than 1,000 who attended an 11 a.m. service. Click here to watch the video on The Journal News.

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Little League Season Starts in White Plains

Play ball, it’s Little League Season in White Plains! The White Plains Little League celebrated opening day on Saturday in the annual White Plains Little League parade. Click here for the story in The Daily White Plains.

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City Counsel Confirms Union Talks Go To Mediation

The City of White Plains was unable to negotiate contracts with the White Plains Police Benevolent Association and White Plains Professional Firefighters Local 27, so the issue is going to the mediation stage. Read about it in The Journal News here. 

Gas Leak on Church Street

A natural gas leak closed down Church Street Thursday afternoon between Barker Avenue and Rockledge Avenue. Get the details in The Journal News here 

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