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2020 CENSUS UPDATE: Transportation and Response Rates
WHITE PLAINS, NY -- (5/25/2020 -- Results of the 2020 Census will impact how much federal money New York receives for its roads. Transit...
May 26, 20201 min read


MEET THE CANDIDATE: Asha Castleberry-Hernandez
Asha Castleberry-Hernandez, one of eight Democratic candidates running for New York’s 17th Congressional District, has received a series...
May 26, 20204 min read


$3 Trillion HEROES Act promises more COVID-19 relief for consumers and businesses
As the nation’s Center for Disease Control (CDC) tracks the spread of COVID-19, by mid-May, at least 1.6 million infections and over...
May 26, 20204 min read


WC Youth Bureau Offers Development Training in Collaboration with Cornell University
WHITE PLAINS, NY -- As a part of the Westchester County Youth Bureau’s Professional Development series, Director of Training with ACT for...
May 26, 20201 min read


LWV Announces Virtual Candidates Forum for District Attorney Candidates
TARRYTOWN, NY -- The League of Women Voters of Westchester County Education Foundation announced today that it will sponsor a virtual...
May 26, 20201 min read


Former Westchester County Resident Elected a Biden Delegate
Melvin Burruss, Esq. of Louisa,VA was elected a Biden delegate to the Democratic seventh congressional district and state convention for...
May 23, 20201 min read


OLD, SICK AND INCARCERATED
There were 4623 incarcerated people over 65 in federal prisons during the first week of May. Until May 12, Paul Manafort, Mr. Trump’s...
May 18, 20203 min read


NYS Coronavirus Update: Find a Testing Site Near You -- Reminder of Mental Health Resources
Back on March 13th, which feels like a lifetime ago, New York set a goal that was ambitious at the time: conduct 6,000 tests per day....
May 18, 20202 min read


Investigate Not Just Ahmaud’s Death, But the System that Let His Killers Escape
“The sad truth is that Ahmaud’s case isn’t unique at all. He is a representation of the ongoing level of distrust that a large part of...
May 18, 20203 min read


President Obama Addresses HBCU Class of 2020
(5.17.2020) -- On Saturday, May 16, 2020, Barack H. Obama II, the 44th president of the United States, joined the celebration of more...
May 18, 20205 min read


Oprah Asks Graduates of 2020: “What will Your Essential Service Be?”
(05.17.2020) -- During “#Graduation2020: Facebook and Instagram Celebrate the Class of 2020”, which streamed live on May 15, 2020, the...
May 18, 20204 min read


NAACP Issues Statement on Manafort Release from Federal Prison Due to COVID-19
Washington, D.C. (May 13, 2020) – Derrick Johnson, president and CEO, made the following statement about today’s release of former Trump...
May 13, 20202 min read


NYS Coronavirus Update: North Country Added to Regions Ready to Begin Reopening -- New Results of Fr
In the face of the challenges presented by the pandemic, we have worked to provide up to date, clear information. As we reopen we are...
May 13, 20202 min read


Ida B’s Pulitizer – Both Too Late and Right On Time
Exactly one hundred and thirty-six years to the day after Ida B. Wells was thrown off a Chesapeake and Ohio railroad train, she was...
May 13, 20203 min read


Cities are the Economic Engine of the Nation; Congress Must Act to Deliver Relief
“Cities are the economic engines of the nation and home to the workers who make those engines run. The result of the growing pandemic is...
May 13, 20203 min read


May 13: Westchester County Executive George Latimer Gives COVID-19 Update from Mount Vernon City Hal
View County Executive George Latimer’s full briefing at this link: https://youtu.be/H_RV2b7H3RA
May 13, 20201 min read


Latimer Delivers Masks Donation to Mount Vernon
(MOUNT VERNON, NY) – Following last week’s donation to churches in Greenburgh, County Executive George Latimer delivered masks today in...
May 13, 20201 min read


Governor Announces Phased Reopening
Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced that as of today, the Finger Lakes, Southern Tier and Mohawk...
May 12, 20201 min read


NYS Coronavirus Update: NY Forward Reopening Plan -- Regional Monitoring Dashboard -- Control Room M
Today we enter a new phase of our battle against COVID-19. When we turn to reopening our state we will rely on data, science and metrics...
May 12, 20202 min read


2020 CENSUS UPDATE: Hard-to-Count Communities
WHITE PLAINS, NY -- (5/10/20) -- Every ten years, the U.S. Census Bureau is tasked with counting every person in the United States and...
May 11, 20202 min read
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