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Milagros Lecuona will be the first woman to run for mayor.(Photo: White Plains)

WHITE PLAINS - A member of the White Plains Common Council says she plans to challenge the incumbent for the office of White Plainsmayor.

Milagros Lecuona, a Democrat, said she's going to run for the top-elected city position. Her official announcement will be 2 p.m. Sunday outside the Westchester County Democrats headquarters at 170 E.Post Road.

Lecuona has served on the Common Council since 2008.

She has more than 30 years of professional architecture and urban planning experience and has spent the last 15 years working primarily on education and cultural facilities. She's a former assistant adjunct professor at the Columbia UniversityGraduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation masters program and a current assistant adjunct professor at SUNY Empire State College.

Lecuona's spokesperson say she will wait until Sunday to talk about why she's running for mayor.

The current mayor, Tom Roach, also a Democrat, didn't return a call to see if he's running for re-election.

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