WPCNR CITY HALL CIRCUIT . April 14, 2008: The Mayor’s Office announced a news conference toward the end of the week in which Mayor Delfino will, with the help of Westchester Residential Opportunies and financial institutions in the area will begin an initiative to help White Plains homeowners  faced with the possibility of foreclosures. The Mayor also questions figures released earlier this month by the County Clerk's Office on the number of foreclosure actions initiated in White Plains.

Mayor Joseph Delfino, last week at the Common Council Meeting.

Mayor Joseph Delfino, noting the County Clerk’s Office figures on White Plains foreclosures,  reported in a news release from the County Clerk at the beginning of April, disagrees with the figures issued on the number of homes where foreclosure proceedings have begun, (54 in the first quarter of this year, according to the County Clerk).

Paul Wood, the Mayor’s Executive Officer, said Mayor Delfino had contacted County Clerk Timothy Idoni to discuss how the figure for White Plains was compiled. Wood said Mr. Idoni was looking into how the foreclosure report for White Plains was put together.

Wood said that the city feels that the inclusion of zip codes 10603 (North White Plains) , 10604 (West Harrison), and 10607  (portions of Greeburgh) might have lead to the so-called inflated figure on White Plains foreclosures. The County Clerk news release reported that in the first quarter of 2008 there were 54 foreclosure actions begun in White Plains  and 10 Foreclosure Judgments.

Wood said there were 28 foreclosure actions in the last quarter of 2007, and 23 in the first quarter of 2008 according to White Plains figures.

The County Clerk’s office spokesman said she would check into how the figures were compiled by Zip Code, and would attempt to get a response from County Clerk Idoni.