May - 2020

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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

Last Updated: May 9, 2020 at 2:44PM • Nonessential businesses will stay closed through May 15th. • All K-12 schools and college facilities statewide will remain closed and continue to provide distance learning, meal delivery and childcare services for the remainder of the school year. • Governor Cuomo issued executive orders 202.17 and 202.18 requiring all people in New York to wear masks or face coverings in public, including when taking public or private transportatio

Westchester County Remembers Over 1,100 Residents Who Have Died of COVID-19

YONKERS, NY – Overlooking the Hudson River and the Palisades at Lenoir Preserve stands a new memorial, the Ribbons of Remembrance, dedicated to Westchester County residents who have lost their lives to COVID-19. Visitors will find the memorial a short walk away from the Lenoir Preserve parking lot in front of the Wightman Mansion. Ribbons and permanent markers will be available at the memorial. Visitors are encouraged to write the name of someone they have lost on the ribbon

Local doctors recommend county postpone Bicycle Sundays on BRP

Dear Editor: Last week the Greenburgh Medical Advisory Committee made up of local Greenburgh Doctors unanimously recommended that the county postpone Bicycle Sundays. The concern: Cyclists wouldn’t practice social distancing and some people without masks could infect others. They were right. I recognize that county leaders share concerns for public safety. Although I did not ride my bicycle on the parkway today, I rode on side roads and took photo of cyclists biking a

Mount Vernon had the LOWEST CENSUS RESPONSE RATE in Westchester County

Dear Friends: You received several of these electronic reminders from me on the importance of The 2020 U.S. Census. Our community must make serious effort to responded. As of May 1, 2020, Mount Vernon had the LOWEST RESPONSE RATE in Westchester County at just 41% while some communities are as high as 72%. Ten years ago, Mount Vernon had the lowest response rate in the County and one of the lowest in the United States. As the result, we lost millions of dollars in Federal Fun

Latimer Directs County Health Department to Test All Westchester Nursing Homes for Covid-19

(White Plains, NY) –Westchester County has been granted permission by New York State to begin testing in all nursing homes. Westchester County Executive George Latimer directed the County’s Department of Health to test all Westchester nursing homes for the virus beginning on Monday, May 4. Latimer said: “Nursing homes have accounted for a significant number of fatalities. Obviously, residents there have existing health care issues and that creates a climate for the worst poss

Entergy’s Indian Point Contributes $50,000 for COVID-19 Related Relief

BUCHANAN, N.Y. – Entergy’s Indian Point Energy Center granted a total of $50,000 to four local non-profits in direct support of COVID-19 relief efforts. “The COVID-19 pandemic has hit some of the most vulnerable in this region the hardest,” said Indian Point’s site vice president and top official, Tony Vitale. “We are pleased to be able to assist some of the organizations which play a critical role helping those most affected during this crisis.” In addition to the four grant

‘This Never Happened,’ Former Vice President Joe Biden Speaks on Sexual Assault Allegation

Former Vice President Joseph Biden denied an allegation of sexual assault by a former Senate aide, Tara Reade, breaking a month of silence on the allegation. Biden was vetted before being selected as President Obama’s Vice President in 2008. Biden served in the Senate for 36 years and also served as Vice President for eight years. The first time Reade’s allegation became public was March of 2020. However, Reade has four people corroborating that she told them of the alleged a

Walk-In Coronavirus Testing Center Opens in New Rochelle

NEW ROCHELLE, NY -- (May 3, 2020) -- Thanks to a partnership with New York State, Montefiore New Rochelle and the City of New Rochelle, a new walk-through coronavirus testing facility will open in New Rochelle on Monday. Located on Lockwood Avenue across from Montefiore New Rochelle and easily accessible from population centers in the downtown, West End, and Lincoln and North Avenue corridors, the site will be open Monday from 12PM to 5PM and then weekdays by appointment from

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