New York reached the targeted 70 percent vaccination rate for adults 18 years old and up last week as the state continues to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic. Gov. Andrew Cuomo congratulated New Yorkers when the state officially crossed the
Read MoreThe Town of Yorktown has relaxed many of its COVID-19 health restrictions. Effective last Thursday, only unvaccinated visitors to Town Hall and the town pools will be required to wear masks. Unvaccinated people must also remain in socially distanced areas
Read MoreNewYork-Presbyterian is requiring all staff to be vaccinated to continue to prevent hospitalizations, death, and spread of COVID-19. In a letter to employees last week, Steven J. Corwin, M.D., President & Chief Executive Officer and Laura L. Forese, M.D., Executive
Read MoreThe COVID-19 infection rate in New York is diminishing slowly but the steadily rising vaccine rate has put the state on the verge of a near full reopening. On Monday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the vaccination rate for adults 18
Read MoreNew York State is on the verge of removing virtually all COVID-19 restrictions as the percentage of fully vaccinated adults approaches 70 percent. Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday that once the percentage of all adults reaches that threshold there will
Read MoreIt’s not just Westchester and Putnam counties that have had plunging COVID-19 positivity rates, but the entire state of New York. New York State had the lowest positivity rate in the nation on Wednesday, prompting Gov. Andrew Cuomo to laud
Read MoreWith a continued focus on the Westchester community, the Pleasantville Farmers Market will once again join with Phelps Hospital and the Ossining Volunteer Ambulance Corps (OVAC) for a pop-up COVID-19 vaccination site this Saturday, June 5. Free vaccines will be
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By Alexa Jindal and Annie Dineen As vaccination eligibility opens up to children as young as 12 years old, many Westchester County teenagers who saw their age group allowed to take Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for weeks, have had to grapple
Read MoreNew York reached its lowest statewide positivity rate in eight months on the seven-day average on Sunday, clocking in at 0.9 percent. The encouraging trend prompted Gov. Andrew Cuomo to proclaim that with the current flattening of the infections, he
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County Executive George Latimer said Monday that he supported Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s decision to follow the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s new (CDC) guidelines from last week as COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations and deaths continue to plummet. When the CDC
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