Peekskill to Hold New Year’s Eve Ball Drop; Yorktown Cancels Over COVID
By Rick Pezzullo
The City of Peekskill is proceeding with plans to usher in 2022 with a downtown New Year’s Eve Ball Drop, while the Town of Yorktown has canceled festivities over rising COVID-19 cases.
The free Peekskill celebration kicks off at 10 p.m. in the area of South Division St. and Central Ave., hosted by Kenny Lewis.
Live music will be performed throughout the evening by the band What It Is and fireworks will light up the skies after the midnight countdown.
Sponsors of the event are the City of Peekskill, the Peekskill Business Improvement District, Hudson Valley Gateway Chamber of Commerce, Brian Fassett, Sepp Spenlinhauer, Inn on the Hudson, Steve Laker, JK Fence and Highland Welding.
Peekskill’s first New Year’s Eve Ball Drop was held in 2014.
Meanwhile, in neighboring Yorktown, Yorktown Chamber of Commerce President Sergio Esposito announced last week the decision was made to pull the plug on this year’s New Year’s Eve bash in the downtown because of health and safety concerns with COVID-19.
Yorktown Supervisor Matt Slater said it was the prudent thing to do not to put anyone in unnecessary danger.
Yorktown’s first New Year’s Eve Ball Drop was held in 2015.
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