Neighborhood Know-It-All: Parking Ticket Increase, B-Ball on Wheels, More

Let's face it—everyone likes being a know-it-all. Arm yourself with knowledge and find out what’s happening this week in White Plains.

In this week's Neighborhood Know-It-All: 

Will You Be Paying Even More to Park in Your City?

As if the parking situation in White Plains wasn’t brutal enough, the City is looking to increase parking ticket and other fees in 2011-12 to bring in more revenue, “standardize its ticketing,” and reduce the need for parking garage office workers.

According to The Journal News, the City’s parking department is proposing to raise overtime fees to $10—instead of gradual fines of $2 to $10—as well as parking permit fees by 15 percent. Click here for more in that story. The Journal News also reported that some parking officers say they are being force to meet ticket quotas. Click here for that story.

Pace Plants for the Earth

Local officials, The White Plains Beautification Foundation and Pace Law School planted three cherry trees and installed a bench on North Broadway in honor of Earth Day on Friday. Click for more on that story.  Mon. April 25 marks the start of the City’s first week-long celebration for earth. Click for a full list of Earth Week events.

Basketball Tournament on Wheels

Westchester County will host the fourth annual youth wheelchair basketball tournament on Tues. April 26. A team from Cerebral Palsy of Westchester will face-off against another from the Westchester School for Special Children. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., the game starts at 6 p.m. The event is free, parking is $5. Doors Call 914-995-2958 for more information.

City Delays Newspaper’s FOIL Lawsuit

The City’s lawyers have requested an extension until May 13 to respond to a Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) lawsuit filed by The Journal News. Both parties will appear in court before May 27, according to the newspaper’s story here.  The Journal News is suing the City to release documents related to the White Plains Ethics Board investigations into former Mayor Adam Bradley. Click here for background information on that story.

City Meetings

The White Plains Common Council will discuss the budget at a special meeting at 6 p.m. Mon., April 25. There is also a special meeting scheduled for Thurs. April 28 at 6 p.m. 

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