WPCNR CITY HALL CIRCUIT. By John F. Bailey. March 31, 2006: Commissioner of Finance Gina Cuneo-Harwood handed over the Railside Avenue Land Auction bid information WPCNR was denied this week this afternoon. Executive Director of the Committee on Open Government Robert Freeman advised WPCNR yesterday that if the sealed bids on the Railside Avenue property auction were opened in public, they were public information and WPCNR and any citizen was entitled to see them regardless of whether bidders had been notified. Today the City released the bid sheet to WPCNR.

The sheet shows that one bidder, Joseph S. Petrillo of White Plains purchased 5 of the 8 properties for a total of $1,815,000. HCG Drywall of Scarsdale purchased one property for $345,995. S & J & J Holding  of White Plains acquired another property for $351,188, and Ricardo Tedesco and Frank D'Ambrosio (no address given) puchased another lot for $400,000. There were 10 separate bidders who participated  and submitted bids.  A total of $2,912,183 in winning bids was generated by the sale.  (BOXED BIDS Mark the Winning Bids) DocuPhoto by WPCNR News

Rental Masters of The Bronx, NY. submitted a $3,000,000 bid for the entire original nine lots, but was disqualified for not conforming to the guidelines of the bidding which forbid a total bid. The bid, according to Councilperson Rita Malmud, was also rejected because the city hopes to sell Lot 1 which was withdrawn from the sale to have an easement placed on it, meaning, Malmud said that a $3,000,000 bid would have valued Lot 1 at only $87,817.

Commissioner of Finance, Gina Cuneo-Harwood said that Lots 10 and 11 on the Commerce Ave and Railside Avenue connection sold for $450,150 and $365,000 previous to the Wednesday auction of Lots 1 through 9 respectively bringing the total generated by the Railside-Commerce land sell-off to $3,727,333. If the city sells off Lot 1 after the easement is applied to it that could push the total of land sale money over the $4,100,000 mark Cuneo-Harwood said today.

Key to Lots and Where they Are on Railside Avenue. DocuPhoto by WPCNR News

So Long, Woods. Railside Avenue Lots 2 through 9 alongside the Greenway. At end of street, the mound in the distance is the City Dump.  Photo, WPCNR News Archive.