WPCNR THE HOMELESS NEWS. By John F. Bailey. January 18, 2006: About 30 White Plains "Hardcore Homeless" waited on the dank corner of Quarropas & Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard last night with the temperature at 40 degrees in a biting west wind, and  no bad weather to delay the Volunteers of America vans. After being picking up the homeless by 10:25 P.M.

The Homeless Are Picked Up Tuesday Evening. The time: 10:40 P.M. It's 40 degrees, damp dank, a chill knife of a wind blowing. The Volunteers of America vans assigned to transport the homeless to 85 Court Street did not arrive until 10:40 P.M. Monday evening. It was the 8th straight evening the vans were more than 15 minutes late. They have not arrived at 10 P.M., the scheduled pickup time yet. Photo, WPCNR News.

However, the crews loaded their vans within 10 minutes. The crew treated their clientele with new respect on arrival at 85 Court Street.

The vans did not back down the fenced in driveway as the first seven nights of the program.  They did not lock the loaded vans into the alley before clients were allowed to exit the van. Clients were instead invited to exit the vans at the top of the ramp and walk like free men down to the 85 Court entrance.

 They walked down the ramp, carrying their plastic bags of belongings in a dignified manner quietly with pride and no attitude whatsoever that this reporter observed.  WPCNR observed no County Police on duty last night in either the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard pickup point or at 85 Court Street.