Because the Mid-Hudson Region, including Westchester, has been responsible and met all of the governor’s metrics, its residents get to take another big step forward, starting Tuesday morning, June 9th, in the return to “business as usual.” Barber shops and hai... More »
On behalf of our readers and advertisers, we salute the men and women who keep our villages running and protect us in a time of great peril. Here’s to the doctors, nurses, orderlies and other healthcare workers. Here’s to the police officers, fire fighters and... More »
In his daily briefing Friday, Governor Cuomo allowed that, if their metrics on hospital deaths and recruiting tracers continues on their current path, the seven counties, including Westchester, that make up the Mid-Hudson Region will be allowed to begin Phase ... More »
By Robert Kimmel He doesn’t hold political office, but Jared Rosenberg has made his voice heard clearly in the pursuit of more federal financial aid for states and municipalities managing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Rosenberg, a Greenburgh police offi... More »
Looking for ways to increase use of protective face masks, Governor Cuomo appointed his daughter Mariah Kennedy Cuomo to oversee a contest to see who could create the most persuasive 30-second spot selling the importance of wearing a mask. Out of more than 600... More »
As of midnight Thursday night, fully half of New York State’s ten designated “regions” will be qualified to begin Phase One of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s metric-driven reopening plan. That is when the Central New York area, consisting of Cortland, Cayuga, Madison... More »
By Barrett Seaman Ever the disciplined disciple of data, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced at his Monday press briefing that three regions of the state appear to have met the seven metric criteria he established and can thus commence a partial re-opening of thei... More »
By Barrett Seaman Yet another day of gradual improvement in key indicators—lower numbers of new cases, intubations and deaths—provided a stage from which New York’s governor could announce how the state will decide and then manage a re-opening process. First, ... More »
After sorting things out with Washington, Governor Andrew Cuomo has launched all the testing he promised last week. Over the weekend, he signed an Executive Order allowing some 5,000 pharmacies in the state to conduct diagnostic testing and work with the state... More »
A U.S.-based charitable group called the American Chinese United Care Alliance has donated over 17,000 masks and other protective equipment to Westchester County, the Town of Greenburgh and two area hospitals. “This disease has devastated our entire world and ... More »
By Barrett Seaman With Northwell Health CEO Michael Dowling at his side during a Sunday press briefing. Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that the state will launch a campaign to test as many residents as possible to see how many carry the antibody to the corona... More »
On April 16, Michael Dowling (in suit facing camera), CEO of Northwell Health, visited Phelps Hospital in Sleepy Hollow, one of two hospitals in the Hudson Valley and 23 altogether within the Northwell Health System. Mr. Dowling visited several floors to indiv... More »
The Governor’s edict, made official today, that all New Yorkers must wear masks when unable to practice social distancing, will have its greatest impact on city dwellers—less so here in the rivertowns. Those riding subways and buses must have something, even i... More »
By Barrett Seaman From the villages of the rivertowns, through the county and the state and even throughout the region, elected officials are cautiously optimistic that the terrible arc of the coronavirus may have hit its peak in the New York metropolitan area... More »
By Roya Wolfe I never thought I could maintain perfect attendance at school within the walls of my bedroom, but now that is the reality for me, my classmates, and millions of students across the country. From kindergarteners learning how to read, to seniors in... More »
“Encouraging news” is the term Greenburgh Town Supervisor Paul Feiner used Monday in relating that some of the Town’s employees who tested positive for the coronavirus are back on their jobs. Others, he said, are “on the road to recovery.” Among the Town’s 20... More »
On Wednesday, highlighting the availability of mental health resources, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo commended the thousands of mental health professionals in New York State who stepped up as volunteers to address people’s mental health needs related to coronaviru... More »
Big food service operations have the wherewithal to run delivery operations–small stores not so much. In Irvington, several proprietors have banded together to bundle deliveries, coordinated by Irvington Printing’s Kristy Schmitt. It just might work for stores... More »
George Latimer and Feeding Westchester Vice-President Matthew Honeycutt discuss the work Feeding Westchester is doing, what issues they have encountered, how they are taking safety precautions and how residents can help their neighbors suffering from food inse... More »
County Executive George Latimer is proposing legislation that would waive penalties for late payment of County taxes until mid-July. The proposal applies only to County taxes, not town or village or schools. “This deferment of taxes for two months is a way to ... More »
