Transit District Study Stakeholder Task Force: any work products? Any work?

What the heck? This group was formed back in October 2015. They have yet to appear publicly as a group. Mayor Thomas Roach and Planning Commissioner Chris Gomez have conducted the three public meetings on the Trancenter area Transit District ... whatever. Both Roach and Gomez are well versed, enthusiastic and diligent. But it makes one wonder if this isn't all just a Kabuki dance with the task force a mere show for what is basically a two man operation with 90% of the outcome predetermined.

Does this task force meet?

Does it have conference calls, ...?

What, if anything, has it produced?

How would anyone know any of this?

Mayor Roach is working hard on this. How about the rest of you putting a little effort into it? And show your faces as a group and face the residents of White Plains.

And how about reaching out to the condo and co-op boards and apartment renters, which represent way more White Plains residents than those self appointed community associations that compose the Council of Neighborhood Associations (CNA)? Pandering to the CNA and its most vocal couple of "Hill" associations is not responsible engagement.

Here is the list of task force members from the city website:

http://www.cityofwhiteplains.com/index.aspx?nid=616

Mayor Roach, Chair City of White Plains

Michael Shiffer V.P. Planning, MTA Metro-North Railroad

Ed Buroughs Westchester County Planning Commissioner

Todd Westhuis NYS Dept. of Transportation, Division of Operations and Asset Management

Justin Brasch Metro-North Commuter; resident

Larry Salley Chair, White Plains Housing Authority; Former Commissioner, Westchester County Department of Transportation; resident

Mary Cavallero Former Chair, White Plains Planning Board; resident

Patty Cantu Co-President, Battle Hill Neighborhood Association; resident

Peter Mosbacher Senior V.P., Community Development, Webster Bank; placemaking advocate

Richard Payne Cycling advocate; resident

Robert Weisz CEO, RPW Group

Susan Fox President & CEO, White Plains Hospital

Tim Jones Managing Member, Robert Martin Company, LLC

William Cuddy Executive V.P., CBRE Brokerage Services
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