Westchester GOP Nominates 'Giant Slayer' for County Board

Former Super Bowl Champion, New York Giant and successful local businessman Bob Hyland to challenge Bill Ryan

White Plains, New York (June 24, 2009) -- The Westchester Republican County Committee tonight selected former New York Giant and successful local businessman Bob Hyland to challenge embattled Board of Legislators Chairman Bill Ryan in the November Election.

Upon receiving the GOP endorsement, Hyland pledged, “If I am elected to the County Board, I will take my experience that includes 36 years as a successful businessman, 16 years in the financial services industry and 11 years as a professional football player and apply those experiences to county government. My years in the financial services industry have shown me what families and businesses need to do to survive in today's economy.”

“Our current county government clearly does not understand these issues or they would not be asking to raise taxes and spending. They would not be attempting to raise their own salaries in today's economy. I know that if I ran my restaurant and insurance practice the way the incumbent has run the county legislature, my businesses would have failed many years ago,”concluded Hyland.

Said Westchester GOP Chairman Doug Colety, “We are excited to be nominating Bob Hyland for the County Legislator in Scarsdale and White Plains. Bob’s experience in business and the financial services industry will make him an outstanding addition to the County Board and a breath of fresh air after the scandal-plagued Bill Ryan.”

Continued Colety, “ Westchester County needs elected officials who strive to serve the public –not politicians who are obsessed with raising their own salary and amassing their own power. In Bob Hyland, the voters of Scarsdale and White Plains will gain a reformer who will stop the tax madness and restore ethics and integrity to the office he seeks.”

Bob Hyland, a registered Independence Party Member, was born and raised in White Plains and was educated at Archbishop Stepinac High School in White Plains, followed by Boston College. After a successful eleven-year career in the National Football League including winning a Super Bowl under legendary coach Vince Lombardi and five seasons with the New York Giants, Hyland returned to White Plains to raise his family and open a family business. He currently is the owner of the Sports Page Restaurant in White Plains and his own insurance practice.

Hyland will be running on the Republican, Independence and Conservative lines in the November Election. District 5 includes all of Scarsdale and part of White Plains.

White Plains Doctor Receives Service Award

New York, NY (June 3, 2009) — Westchester plastic surgeon Robert W. Bernard, MD, is the recipient of the Distinguished Service Award from the 2400-member American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS), the nation’s leading educational organization of board-certified plastic surgeons specializing in cosmetic surgery.  Dr. Bernard is a Past President of ASAPS and the Founding Editor of the Society’s peer-reviewed international journal, Aesthetic Surgery Journal.  He received the award on May 5 in Las Vegas at the ASAPS 2009 Annual Meeting, attended by plastic surgeons from around the world.

Dr. Bernard has served as an ASAPS volunteer leader and spokesperson since 1981.  “My particular interest has been helping to educate the general public on how to make well-informed choices about plastic surgery,”he says.  Dr. Bernard (www.drrobertbernard.com) is Chief of Plastic Surgery Emeritus at White Plains Hospital and Northern Westchester Hospital.  He is the author of the book Surgical Restoration of the Aging Face. 

Certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery, Dr. Bernard has served as President of the New York Regional Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and President of the Plastic Surgery Section of the New York State Medical Society.  He was formerly an Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery at New York University.

Dr. Bernard's offices are located in White Plains and Mt. Kisco, NY.

FIREWORKS POSTPONED

The Independence Day celebration has been POSTPONED to Thursday, July 2 at 6:30 p.m. Rain or Shine at White Plains High School.

This is a monthly opportunity for folks to learn how they can save $$ and energy as well as network and join others in Greenburgh creating a more sustainable lifestyle.

June's topic is a NYSERDA (NY State Energy Research and Development Authority) workshop for Building Trade Professionals.

Please click on the "Greening Greenburgh" link at www.greenburghny.com for more info.

White Plains named in article along with top cities from other states as the best places for entrepreneurs to start a business.

NEW YORK, NY –April 8, 2009 –BusinessWeek announced White Plains as the best city for starting up a business in New York. Using patent-pending technology by ZoomProspector.com, BusinessWeek determined the list using a variety of demographic, business, and geographic variables that impact the probable success of a business start-up.

Read complete article

More Than One Million New Yorkers Expected To Benefit From UI Provisions In Federal Economic Stimulus Plan

Filing for Extended Unemployment Insurance Benefits Allowed Until December 31st; $25 Added to Weekly UI Benefits                       

Albany, NY (March 10, 2009) - New York State Deputy Commissioner for Employment Security Nancy Dunphy, together with Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey and Westchester County Executive Andrew Spano, today announced that more than one million unemployed New Yorkers statewide will benefit from the provisions for unemployment insurance compensation that are included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).

Read complete article

No more financial nonsense!

By James C. Benerofe

It is time to stop the financial nonsense.  The stock market seesaw is helping to drive the economy into a ditch filled with financial quicksand.  The first thing we need to do is stop day trading.  For at least the next year, all stock investments in the stock market would have to be held for six months before they could be sold (no exceptions!!!). 

Buying stock would clearly become an investment not a gamble or a speculation.   Investors would be a lot more careful about where they were putting their money. Companies would be a lot more careful with information they were putting out to potential investors  about their company.  Most of all,  this action would stabilize the stock market.  It would give companies a source of capital for a period of time to straighten out problems.

The stock market is vehicle for investing capital over a period of time, to hopefully generate a reasonably steady return on your investment  or reasonably  steady capital appreciation .  It is not vehicle for becoming an instant millionaire—though it can happen-- it is not an intelligent way to make careful investments. The stock market has been turned into a financial roller coaster filled with investment gimmicks. This is one of the major reasons for our lousy economic situation.

New York Lottery Invites High School Seniors to Apply for $5000 Leaders of Tomorrow Scholarship

SCHENECTADY (03/06/2009; 1000)(readMedia)-- The New York Lottery is now accepting applications for the $5,000 Leaders of Tomorrow Scholarship for the 2009-10 academic year.

"One graduating senior from every participating public and private high school across New York State will receive a Leaders of Tomorrow Scholarship this year," said New York Lottery Director Gordon Medenica. "I strongly encourage those community-minded students in the Class of 2009 to learn more about this important financial aid opportunity to help them complete their higher education here in New York State.

Read complete article

Please click here
to visit our sister site:

White Plains Week

Click the TV below to watch the current edition of White Plains Week, a synopsis of the White Plains political scene, with:

John Bailey, Jim Benerofe
and Peter Katz:

Fridays at 7:30
Mondays at 7
on
WPPA-TV
Channel 76 Verizon FIOS TV 45

Check out the WhitePlains.com Restaurant Guide
to see what's new!