As active COVID-19 cases soar to pandemic highs, Westchester County is increasing its testing for residents who show symptoms or have been exposed to someone who has tested positive for the virus. County Executive George Latimer said Monday that Westchester
Read MoreWestchester County Board of Legislators Chairman Ben Boykin reflected last week on the achievements of the board over the last four years in an end-of-term report. Boykin (D-White Plains), who was re-elected to a fifth two-year term representing District 5
Read MoreThe presumed Republican frontrunner for the party’s nomination in the 2022 gubernatorial race slammed Gov. Kathy Hochul’s mask mandate last week, warning that it jeopardizes myriad business owners and infringes on personal freedom. Long Island Congressman Lee Zeldin visited Jefferson
Read MoreFive-term Westchester County Legislator MaryJane Shimsky plans to challenge veteran Assemblyman Tom Abinanti in a Democratic primary next year after announcing her candidacy Tuesday for the 92nd Assembly District seat. Shimsky, the Board of Legislators’ current majority leader, said she
Read MoreWestchester’s Deputy County Executive Ken Jenkins and White Plains Mayor Tom Roach tested positive for COVID-19 within three days of each other as the explosion of active cases likely fueled by the Omicron variant accelerates. Jenkins, who said he was
Read MoreA Bronx man wanted on an attempted murder charge in New York City was arrested Wednesday after he led officers on a wild chase along two parkways through Westchester and onto local streets in Yonkers. Dwayne Tucker, 27, of East 224th Street
Read MoreRising COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations will force Westchester County Executive George Latimer to declare a state of emergency this week in hopes of heading off more serious consequences related to the virus. Latimer said Monday he intends to craft a
Read MoreGov. Kathy Hochul said Monday it is only a matter of time before the new COVID-19 variant Omicron appears in New York State but was optimistic that if residents take common-sense precautions, they will be protected. Last Friday, Hochul declared
Read MoreIn March, Rep. Mondaire Jones (D-White Plains) stood outside Greenburgh resident Ayeshah Parker’s family home and promised to fight to lift the State and Local Tax (SALT) deduction cap from $10,000. Nine months later, Jones, alongside elected officials and community
Read More(Editor’s Note: Subscribe to Examiner+ to join and support our community: https://www.examiner-plus.com/subscribe) Inside the suffocatingly crowded work session meeting room in Peekskill City Hall, a fellow weekly newspaper reporter plops down next to me on the comfortless seat where my
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