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Cases of the coronavirus increased by 337 in Westchester County on Thursday as five municipalities receive a yellow zone designation due to mounting COVID-19 infection rates.
There have now been a total number of 45,672 positive cases recorded in Westchester since the start of the pandemic, according to the state tracker. With the additional positive cases, the county has 4,130 active coronavirus cases.
One more death was reported on Thursday, according to the state tracker, resulting in a total of 1,494 COVID-19-related deaths since March. The county’s positivity rate is currently 3.45 percent, a decrease from 4.91 percent that was reported on Wednesday, according to state data.
Portions of Ossining, Peekskill, Tarrytown, Yonkers and New Rochelle received the designation on Thursday, requiring specific zip codes to follow new restrictions and state mandates to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
As a result, there will be increased community testing, tracing support, enforcement, education, and compliance efforts.
Targeted areas include zip codes 10562, which contains most of the Village of Ossining and a small corner of the Town of Ossining; 10566 in Peekskill; 10591, which spans Tarrytown and portions of Sleepy Hollow; 10801 in New Rochelle; and areas 10703 and 10705 in Yonkers.
Port Chester remans in an orange warning zone.
“The yellow zones highlight where there is a concentration of infection and therefore we are now tasked with putting additional effort to try to reduce the infection into that area so we will not see it expand further and potentially cause life-threatening realities of Covid,” County Executive George Latimer
New restrictions will limit mass gatherings both indoor and outdoor to 25 people, with restaurants scaling persons per table for both indoor and outdoor dining to four people. Houses of worship will now be restricted to 50 percent capacity and schools can remain open with mandatory weekly testing of 20 percent of students, teachers, and staff for in-person settings.
George Latimer said the county will work with school districts to provide the testing it needs.
Violators who incite mass gatherings will be fined up to $15,000, according to Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Executive Orders.
Westchester Active Coronavirus Cases by Municipality
Here are the active cases by municipality in Westchester as of Wednesday. With a lag between the total number of cases confirmed by the state and the tally of cases by town, the total number of municipal cases might be slightly different than what the county’s active cases reflects.Ardsley – 8
Bedford – 65
Briarcliff Manor – 20
Bronxville – 16
Buchanan – 10
Cortlandt – 85
Croton-on-Hudson – 20
Dobbs Ferry – 42
Eastchester – 66
Elmsford – 21
Greenburgh – 110
Harrison – 105
Hastings-on-Hudson – 19
Irvington – 13
Larchmont – 16
Lewisboro – 33
Mamaroneck Town – 28
Mamaroneck Village – 61
Mount Kisco – 68
Mount Pleasant – 69
Mount Vernon – 217
New Castle – 48
New Rochelle – 372
North Castle – 43
North Salem – 19
Ossining Town – 19
Ossining Village – 158
Peekskill – 145
Pelham – 16
Pelham Manor – 13
Pleasantville – 27
Port Chester – 241
Pound Ridge – 7
Rye Brook – 46
Rye City – 50
Scarsdale – 30
Sleepy Hollow – 75
Somers – 66
Tarrytown – 32
Tuckahoe – 17
White Plains – 184
Yonkers – 568
Yorktown – 150
The FBI’s crime rate includes seven crime categories: three property crimes — larceny, burglary, and motor vehicle theft, and four violent crimes — aggravated assault, robbery, rape, and murder.
Port Chester Village has a lower overall crime rate than the vast majority of U.S. cities. For comparison, the national total crime rate is 2,489 incidents for every 100,000 people.
Port Chester Village’s overall crime rate is 56% lower than the overall crime rate in New York. Statewide, there were 336,919 crimes reported in 2019, or 1,732 for every 100,000 people.
The vast majority of crimes in America are property crimes, accounting for 85% of total crimes in 2019. In Port Chester Village, however, property crimes account for about 90% of all offenses.
Despite accounting for a higher than average share of total offenses, property crime is much less prevalent in Port Chester Village than it is nationwide. There were 200 property crimes in Port Chester Village in 2019, or 682 for every 100,000 residents. Meanwhile, the national property crime rate is 2,110 incidents per 100,000 people.
Larceny is by far the most common type of property crime in the U.S. It is also the most commonly committed type of property crime in Port Chester Village. There were 172 larcenies reported in Port Chester Village in 2019, or 587 for every 100,000 people. Nationwide, the larceny rate is 1,550 per 100,000.
There were 18 break-ins reported in Port Chester Village in 2019, or 61 for every 100,000 residents. For reference, there were 341 reported burglaries for every 100,000 people nationwide in 2019.
Across the United States, the annual motor vehicle theft rate is 220 for every 100,000 people. In Port Chester Village, meanwhile, there were 10 motor vehicle thefts in 2019, or 34 for every 100,000 people.
Violent crime accounts for a relatively small share of crimes nationwide. These offenses, which are generally more egregious than property crimes, account for about 15% of the nearly 8.2 million offenses reported across the U.S. in 2019. In Port Chester Village, however, violent offenses account for a smaller 10% share of all reported crime.
At 72 incidents for every 100,000 people, the violent crime rate in Port Chester Village is well below the national violent crime rate of 379 offenses per 100,000 people. Law enforcement in Port Chester Village reported a total of 21 violent crimes in 2019.
Aggravated assault is by far the most common type of violent crime reported in the U.S. It is also the most commonly reported violent offense in Port Chester Village. There were 11 aggravated assaults reported in Port Chester Village in 2019, or 38 for every 100,000 people. Nationwide, the rate is far higher, standing at 250 aggravated assaults per 100,000 people.
Robbery is the second most common type of violent crime in America. There were 7 robberies reported in Port Chester Village in 2019, a rate of 24 robberies for every 100,000 residents. For comparison, the national robbery rate was 82 per 100,000 in 2019.
There were 2 rapes reported in Port Chester Village in 2019, or 7 for every 100,000 people. Nationwide, there were 139,815 rapes in 2019, a rate of 43 per 100,000 people.
There was one homicide reported in the city in 2019. Adjusted for population, the murder rate in Port Chester Village is 3.4 for every 100,000 people, lower than the national murder rate of 5 per 100,000 people.
PORT CHESTER, NY — The Westchester County Health Department and Open Door Family Medical Center will offer increased testing for the new coronavirus.
The testing will take place at Open Door Port Chester, 5 Grace Church St. in Port Chester.
Testing will be available as follows:
Appointments are necessary. To make an appointment, call 914-995-7425 or go to this web page.
Infighting on the Port Chester Board of Trustees has delayed and hampered New York State mandated police reform measures in the village.
Governor Andrew Cuomo’s executive order requires the Board of Trustees to meet as the Port Chester Board of Police commissioners and receive community based input on needed police reform measures.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s required steps have been delayed, because of a contentious attitude by some Board of Trustee members, who are opposed to the criminal justice reform laws passed by New York State after civil unrest in Port Chester and other communities this summer.
Port Chester Mayor Richard ‘Fritz” Falanka and the Trustees must give the public ample time time to comment and the new reforms drafted on April 1, 2021
Public outreach is key to meeting the executive order’s requirement that Port Chester modify and modernize policing strategies, policies, procedures and practices that addresses the needs of the communities of color in this minority majority village.
Community activists say that Port Chester will lose state aid and grants that are desperately needed during this pandemic if the Mayor and Trustees continue with the delays and infighting.
Port Chester’s newly engaged voters want the village’s elected officials to closely adhere to the guidelines in the governor’s executive order and specifically target police actions in communities with a high level of police interactions.
Some trustees want to replace multiple community listening sessions with a diverse community reform committee that they appoint from party loyalists of color.
One trustee is supposedly seeking to replace the multiple community listening sessions with a survey bulk mailed to addresses in the 10573 zip code.
And then there are trustees that say all of the above should be done and perhaps an independent consultant to run the process for the village.
But community leaders say the clock is ticking as the mayor and trustees continually argue with each other instead of listening to the community.
PORT CHESTER: Many disgusted Port Chester families are concerned about what will happen if Thomas Corbia continues to refuse to co-operate with the Board of Education’s $20,000 plus investigation.
Energized Port Chester voters tired of the status quo in the minority majority village want to know what individual school board members will do if the school board president continues to turn over his devises for evidence of a hacking attack that spewed racial hatred into the community.
Community activists say the village has been two previous investigations where Tom Corbia has refused to cooperate and faced no repercussions.
They say four years ago, Tom Corbia had a disregard for school policies and procedures, when in a lawsuit against the district, he admitted under oath in a 2016 deposition, that he had passed confidential information to the person suing the school districts taxpayers and it was determined that it was a flagrant violation of his BOE duties and fiscal responsibilities to protect the schools.
Then, in 2018, another investigation involving Tom Corbia occurred, concerning information being about contract negotiations for the current superintendent – that was leaked prior to the contract being finalized.
At that tom Corbia refused to cooperate with the investigation to determine who leaked the sensitive information, thus making it impossible for the investigation to be completed.
Now Tom Corbia is involved in a third investigation, with in a four-year period, this time involving racially insensitive social media posts being made on his personal Facebook account.
The village jumped from 96 to 119 active cases between Thursday and Friday, according to #WestchesterCounty data.Westchester County Health Department and Open Door Family Medical Center are expanding testing in Port Chester until Tuesday. The testing initiative was made in consultation with the New York State Department of Health.Testing will be available:
Those who wish to make an appointment should call 914-995-7425 or click here to do so online. Walk-ins will only be accepted on a limited basis.Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the micro-cluster designation in a Friday morning news briefing. It is a strong reminder that the COVID-19 pandemic is not over, Westchester County officials said.Additionally, County Executive #GeorgeLatimer and his Health Department is:
The move to put Port Chester on the micro-cluster list comes as state health officials downgraded the restrictions on #RocklandCounty’s and #OrangeCounty’s micro-cluster.Rockland has been moved to the orange category from red. Orange has been moved to the yellow category from orange….
SEE ALSO: The Yonkers Newswire, Where The City Of Yonkers Has Also Had A jump Of Daily Cases.
PORT CHESTER: At 8;30 PM New Haven Line trains were held at their stations for about an hour to investigate and remove a body from the tracks.
The MTA Police reported that it appears the death was not non-criminal and not accidental.