White Plains CitizeNetReporter - Mayor Sy Schulman Dies

Mayor Sy Schulman 1926-2012 WPCNR MILESTONES. September 2,2012: The Journal News reported Sunday that former White Plains Mayor Sy Schulman died Saturday at his White Plains home of pancreatic cancer at the age of 86. White Plains Mayor Thomas Roach in a statement to WPCNR, observed,

"I was deeply saddened to learn of Mayor Shulman's passing. Our community has suffered a great loss. Many of the things we all love about White Plains and Westchester County for that matter are directly related to his vision and commitment."

According to a remembrance by White Plains' Milton Hoffman, Schulman was a planner for Westchester County from 1955 and served as County Planning Commissioner from 1962 to 1968. He is credited with planning the expansion of the county parks system and contributing to planning for the Cross Westchester Expressway. Schulman was selected by Governor Nelson Rockefeller to serve as general manager of the State Park Commisson and is credited with placing a park on the roof of the sewage plant on New York's West Side. He was President of the Westchester County Association from 1973 for about twenty years. He was a member and then Chairman of the White Plains Planning BoardHe was elected to the White Plains Common Council in 1992, and elected Mayor in 1993, serving through 1997. Mayor Schulman is credited with pioneering the city comprehensive plan during his administration. This reporter remembers that Schulman was the Mayor who invested in putting a roof over Ebersole Ice Rink that greatly improved the enjoyment of the old rink for the citizens. Reporter Hoffman notes that during Schulman's term as Mayor, property taxes were not raised.


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