Latimer Continued to Stress the Need for Strict Social Distancing in County Parks
Westchester County Executive George Latimer gave his daily briefing updating both statistics and the County’s efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, Latimer continued to stress the need for strict social distancing in County parks.
Latimer said: “We have kept open some parks and facilities around the County. We invite people to use them as a means to get proper exercise. It is becoming increasingly difficult to ensure social distancing in the parks. I am serious about this, we must maintain social distancing in our parks. If we fail to, we must shut our facilities. We do want to, but we must if we don’t adhere to the guidelines.”
Municipal Cases
- Ardsley 9
- Bedford 16
- Briarcliff Manor 9
- Bronxville 16
- Buchanan 0
- Cortlandt 48
- Croton-on-Hudson 7
- Dobbs Ferry 30
- Eastchester 55
- Elmsford 8
- Greenburgh 81
- Harrison 38
- Hastings-on-Hudson 13
- Irvington 10
- Larchmont 15
- Lewisboro 15
- Mamaroneck Town 22
- Mamaroneck Village 19
- Mount Kisco 34
- Mount Pleasant 49
- Mount Vernon 136
- New Castle 23
- New Rochelle 284
- North Castle 20
- North Salem 3
- Ossining Town 12
- Ossining Village 81
- Peekskill 41
- Pelham 21
- Pelham Manor 20
- Pleasantville 19
- Port Chester 82
- Pound Ridge 2
- Rye Brook 24
- Rye City 22
- Scarsdale 45
- Sleepy Hollow 24
- Somers 16
- Tarrytown 22
- Tuckahoe 9
- White Plains 98
- Yonkers 301
- Yorktown 55
NOTE –
- Town numbers reflect the unincorporated sections of the part of town outside villages within the town.
- Numbers reflect the actual residents of the municipality, not “zip code” residents who live in an adjacent community.
- Data lags state number by as much as 3 days, due to State release of data to the County only after the tested individual has been informed of their status.
Westchester Numbers
- Total number of hospitalized (cumulative) 91
- Total of residents currently in hospital 73
- Total hospitalized in Westchester County 67
- Deaths 10
- In an effort to help assist those on the front lines battling the COVID-19 pandemic, Westchester County is creating opportunities to supply child care for the children of healthcare workers and first responders in Westchester.
- *If you are a Westchester County healthcare worker or first responder seeking child care to be able to go to work, please contact Blanca Lopez at BPL3@WestchesterGov.com*
- A number of child care slots are available for children from newborn to age three, and ages five through 12. Many Westchester County school districts are providing a child care program for the children of essential workers, as required by the New York State Education Department. Contact your local school district for more information.
- The Child Care Council of Westchester is also working with child care providers, and has a list of programs that have openings for newborns up to age 12, with a priority for children of essential workers. Contact Executive Director Kathy Halas at kathyh@cccwny.org
- Westchester County Economic Development team is researching loans and grant programs for small business devastated by the shutdown of their businesses, communicating information through local Chambers of Commerce. For more information visit https://westchestercatalyst.com/coronavirus-updates/
- For people wanting to donate or sell PPE or other items, email Icanhelp@westchestergov.com
- Here in Westchester we set up a 2-1-1 hotline with the United Way to provide answers for Westchester residents with questions concerning Coronavirus.
- NYS hotline for testing requests: 888.364.3065
- Westchester County hotline: 866.588.0195
- County has set up an email address to respond to inquiries. This is another option to the hotline.
- Responses can be done in English or Spanish.
- Emails will receive an auto-reply stating their message has been received and they should expect a response within 24 hours. Then it has info about our hotline and then links to County, State, CDC websites. The emails are answered by DSS.
- COVID19FAQ@westchestergov.com
- A personal plea from County Executive Latimer calling for nurses, doctors and other health care professionals to assist with County COVID-19 response. To volunteer please email Lindsey Jackson lajc@westchestergov.com
- To date we have gotten 122 volunteers to our call to healthcare workers: 90 nurses, 12 doctors and 20 other.
- Some are being deployed starting today to work with the Department of Health. We expect some to work with childcare programs as well.
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