School Requirement Remains in Effect Westchester County removed its mask requirement for entry into most county buildings on Monday as statewide COVID-19 infection levels have fallen to their lowest points in more than three months. County Executive George Latimer announced
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As COVID-19 cases continue their sharp descent, the pressure on state and education officials to drop mask mandates in schools continues to grow. On Saturday afternoon more than 200 Mount Pleasant School district parents, community members and some children held
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Even as COVID-19 cases across the area and the state continue their sharp decline, Gov. Kathy Hochul last Friday renewed the public indoor mask mandate statewide at least through Feb. 10. Hochul said the state is on the right path
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The Cortlandt Town Board is offering incentives to encourage employees to get vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus. Supervisor Dr. Richard Becker said about 20% of the town’s workforce, which amounts to approximately 40 employees, have yet to be vaccinated, putting
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The worst of this winter’s COVID-19 surge appears to be over as cases locally and statewide continue to plunge but an increase in deaths from the Omicron variant continues to hit the area. During the past week the percentage of
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New York State has seen a significant drop in COVID-19 cases over the past week, giving officials hope that the worst days of this winter’s surge fueled by the Omicron variant may soon be over. Positive cases fell on Sunday
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Gov. Kathy Hochul pledged last week to help New York recover from COVID-19 with policy priorities that restore the ranks of health care workers and educators, provide middle-class tax relief and make green initiatives a priority. In her first State
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The rapid rise in COVID-19 cases and now hospitalizations and deaths since the Omicron variant arrived early last month has prompted Westchester officials to use the County Center as a testing and vaccination site. County Executive George Latimer announced Monday
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A former Westchester Community College assistant teacher who altered a COVID-19 Vaccination Record Card to obtain a full-time position at the college was recently arraigned. According to Westchester County District Attorney Miriam E. Rocah, Sonya Tarter Wilson, 50, of Mount
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Yorktown officials have written to Gov. Kathy Hochul asking to open a mobile testing site in FDR State Park to help fight the latest spike in COVID-19 cases that have ravaged the state. Hochul has announced that the state plans
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