Friday, April 19, 2024
[dropcap]F[/dropcap]rom a staggering peak of 50 deaths a day due to COVID-19, Westchester County did not lose a single person to COVID-19 on Wednesday or Thursday. Tangible progress like that marked the June 23 opening of Phase Three of the Mid-Hudson Region, a region that includes Westchester. “We continue to […]
[dropcap]R[/dropcap]ob Astorino, arguably Westchester’s highest profile Republican, threw his hat back into the political arena today formally launching a campaign for New York State Senate. Astorino, the former two-term Westchester County executive, will attempt a comeback by looking to unseat Sen. Pete Harckham, a South Salem Democrat, in the state’s […]
[dropcap]O[/dropcap]n Wednesday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, announced a tri-state travel restriction for states with coronavirus infection rates topping 10%. Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Washington, Utah and Texas currently have numbers above that threshold, and will require a 14-day self-quarantine for those traveling to New York, […]
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]fter the senseless killing of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police last month, Westchester County officials immediately announced a 30-day review of policy and procedures at the county’s police academy. But before long, the governor widened that scope and required all communities statewide to dig deeper. On June […]
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n the midst of calls for police reforms and protests for social justice sweeping the nation, the often idyllic town of Eastchester was abuzz this week with claims of selective enforcement over one family’s support of Black Lives Matter. The dispute started when the Brown family was asked, via a […]
