WPCNR Mayberry RFD Record December 12, 2007: The White Plains Council of Neighborhood Associations chose by acclamation its 2008 slate of officers Tuesday evening. New Co-President Charles Lederman announced a series of Task Force Committees he was seeking members to work on from any neighborhood association who is interested. The task would be for members of such committees to research issues and report to the associations to streamline the CNA ability to react in timely fashion to developing issues.

Council of Neighborhood Associations Officers 2008: L to R, Paula Piekos, Secretary; Joel Rudikoff, Treasurer; Candyce Corcoran, Co-President; Charles Lederman, Co-President; Tony Spinelli, Co-Vice President. Not pictured: Patti Cantu, Co-Vice President. Don Hughes, a representative of the North Broadway Association appointment as Corresponding Secretary was pending, dependent on whether the North Broadway Association Board desires to rejoing CNA officially. The organization has not formally rejoined.

The meeting centered on the homeless issue temporarily moved forward at last Monday evening’s Common Council work session. The organization felt that the warring governmental entities, the County Executive and the Mayor, and other interested parties around the county should be brought together in a public meeting to solve the problem of the drifting homeless, putting politics aside.  There was a strong consensus that the association needed to reach out and proselytize to other associations of the advantages of CNA encouraging them to bring their issues to the monthly CNA meetings in order that CNA could ally with them on their position.

The organization heard several issues that concerned various representatives: the Orchard Street development coming up December 18 at the Planning Board; the resurfacing of the Station Development issue and the continuing threat of burglaries in the outer neighborhoods.