[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 […]
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Astorino launches N.Y. Senate campaign
[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 […]
Policing reform efforts underway for new group
[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 […]
Phase 1: Westchester enters ‘new normal’
[dropcap]W[/dropcap]estchester County began what many believe to be a “new normal” on May 26. Tuesday marked the first day a subset of non-essential businesses—construction and manufacturing, in particular—could resume operations injecting a boon into the Westchester economy. “We’re getting back to the new normal in terms of our business and […]
Mid-Hudson OK’d to reopen region, economy
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]fter more than two months battling the deleterious effects of COVID-19, Westchester County took its first steps toward restarting the economy on Tuesday. The county, part of the Mid-Hudson Valley region, began “Phase One” of a reopening plan developed by New York state termed “NY Forward.” The May 26 phased […]