From left, White Plains Mayor Thomas Roach, New Rochelle Mayor Noam Bramson and Yonkers Planning and Development Commissioner Wilson Kimball From left, White Plains Mayor Thomas Roach, New Rochelle Mayor Noam Bramson and Yonkers Planning and Development Commissioner Wilson Kimball

WHITE PLAINS—While the long-term impacts of the recently imposed moratorium on new natural gas connections on most of Westchester County by utility Con Edison are still to be determined, the mayors of White Plains and New Rochelle say that less than a month into the ban, no major development projects have been cancelled.

Con Edison first notified customers and government officials in January on the problem of natural gas supply in lower and mid Westchester County and imposed the ban on new natural gas connections in Mount Vernon, White Plains, Yonkers and New Rochelle on March 15.

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John Jordan

John Jordan is a veteran journalist with 36 years of print and digital media experience.