Welcome to “News & Notes” During January 2021 Where We Look at the Happenings in Westchester Count
By MARK JEFFERS
BEDFORD HILLS, NY — January 11, 2021 — We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season; apparently, I was naughty last year, as Santa jammed enough coal in my stocking to heat all of Katonah… Once again, I have outsmarted myself by making my New Year’s resolution, “not to make any resolutions,” well Ha-ha, just by saying that …
By MARK JEFFERS
Statement on the January 6, 2021 Attack on Our Nation’s Capitol Building
By Town of Bedford Supervisor MARYANN CARR
TOWN OF BEDFORD, NY — January 7, 2021 — We condemn the attack on democracy we witnessed yesterday… January 6th, 2021 was supposed to be a day that avowed the soundness of American democracy. Instead, it evolved into one of the most alarming in our nation’s history. The attack on our Nation’s Capitol Building was equally an assault on a core …
By Town of Bedford Supervisor MARYANN CARR
2021 Operating, Capital and Special District Budgets Passed
Operating Budge Reduces Tax Levy & Overall Spending; Preserves & Increases Human Services WHITE PLAINS, NY — December 14, 2020 — The Westchester County Board of Legislators today unanimously approved the 2021 operating budget for Westchester that reduces the County tax levy and lowers overall spending while preserving essential services. The Board also unanimously adopted 2021 County capital and special …
DiNapoli: Feds Must Step Up or NYC Metro Region Faces End of Public Transit As We Know It
ALBANY, NY — November 22, 2020 — New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli last week released the following statement in response to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s release of its November budget and financial plan: “Our regional transit system is on the edge of a precipice. Without a significant infusion of federal funds, the region faces service cuts in 2021 …
ZEISS of White Plains, NY Announced the ZEISS SCOPEs Grant for K-12 Science Teachers in Putnam / Rockland and Westchester Counties, Bergen County, and Fairfield County
WHITE PLAINS, NY and YONKERS, NY — November 18, 2020 — Many teachers across the country are facing the new challenge of educating students through remote learning. The need for creative lesson planning is particularly acute in science classrooms because of the need for hands-on laboratories or live demonstrations that supplement traditional lectures. In order to help teachers and …
New York Online Bar Exam: A Hit or a Miss
By ANNA SEVCHIK
NEW YORK, NY — October 26, 2020 — New York was one of the first states to administer the online bar exam in the country’s history. Whether the exam was a success or not will depend on whom you ask. According to the Bar examiners, the New York BAR exam was quite successful. In fact, Judith Gundersen, the NCBE president, …
By ANNA SEVCHIK
By BILLY CRYSTAL
Westchester County Executive George Latimer Presents a COVID-19 Briefing and an Active/Total of County Cases as of October 14, 2020
WHITE PLAINS, NY — October 13, 2020 —Westchester County Executive George Latimer’s full briefing can be viewed here: The Active/Total Westchester County Cases as of October 13, 2020