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Cuomo announces $200M in infrastructure funding

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Monday, Jan. 25, the availability of $200 million in BRIDGE NY funding for local governments to make their infrastructure more resilient to extreme weather events. The new funding will allow localities to rehabilitate and replace bridges and culverts statewide.  It builds upon $500 million previously […]

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State ramps up Covid-19 vaccine distribution

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Jan. 24 updated New Yorkers on the state’s vaccination program.  The total week 6 federal allocation of vaccine delivery to providers was completed last Sunday. Delivery of the week 7 allocation from the federal government does not begin until the middle of this week.  As of […]

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Announcement paves way for high-risk sports

After months of uncertainty regarding the viability of some high school sports in New York State, student-athletes had reason for optimism last week when Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, announced that high-risk scholastic and recreational sports could begin as early as Feb. 1, pending approval by local county health officials. […]

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Latimer promotes Lopez to senior operations position

Westchester County Executive George Latimer is proud to announce the promotion of Blanca Lopez to serve as the county’s new assistant director of operations. Currently, Lopez serves the county as an adviser on Fair and Affordable Housing.  She also serves as liaison to various county departments such as Planning, Probation, […]