Mount Pleasant, NY
News
COVID-19: New Data On Deaths By Age Group, County Released By New York State COVID-19: New Data On Deaths By Age Group, County Released By New York State
Covid-19: New Data On Deaths By Age Group, County Released By New York State New data on the number of deaths in New York due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) by age group and county has been released by the state health department. The age group with most of the state's  4,159 COVID-19 deaths is 70 to 79 with 1,096 (26.3 percent). It's followed closely by the 80-89 age group with 1,076 (25.8 percent). (See image above showing breakdown by all age groups). The majority of deaths have been New York City residents. Here is a breakdown of deaths by residents of these counties: Kings (Brooklyn), 973 Queens, 949 Bronx, 663 Manhattan, 390 Nassau, 381 Westcheste…

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by Joe Lombardi
Mahopac, NY
News
Tracking Process Underway For First Putnam County Patients Quarantined With COVID-19 Tracking Process Underway For First Putnam County Patients Quarantined With COVID-19
Tracking Process Underway For First Putnam County Patients Quarantined With Covid-19 Tracking is underway for the first two Putnam County patients diagnosed for testing positive for the novel strain of the coronavirus,  the Putnam County Department of Health said in a statement early Sunday evening, March 15.  Under the tracking process, health officials determine who the patients had contact with recently, where they work and where they visited. Those that are found to have had contact with a confirmed COVID-19 case will be notified by the PCDOH and precautionary or mandatory quarantine will be established for each person, the department said. The two are am…

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by Joe Lombardi
Mount Pleasant, NY
News
Cuomo Calls For Army To Join COVID-19 Fight As Number Of NY Cases Hits 729 Cuomo Calls For Army To Join COVID-19 Fight As Number Of NY Cases Hits 729
Cuomo Calls For Army To Join Covid-19 Fight As Number Of NY Cases Hits 729 With New York now having more than 100 COVID-19 cases than any other state, Gov. Andrew Cuomo called for the Army Corps of Engineers to quickly convert military basesand SUNY college dormitories into temporary medical centers in anticipation of an expected rise in hospitalizations of novel coronavirus patients. In a news conference Sunday afternoon, March 15, Cuomo outlined the five main steps New York State is taking on its own in an effort to contain the outbreak. (See first image above.)  "Our goal is to slow the spread of the virus to a rate that the healthcare …

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by Joe Lombardi
Brentwood, NY
News
20 New Long Island COVID-19 Cases Confirmed, With Drive-Through Testing Facility Coming 20 New Long Island COVID-19 Cases Confirmed, With Drive-Through Testing Facility Coming
20 New Long Island Covid-19 Cases Confirmed, With Drive-Through Testing Facility Coming Twenty new cases of the novel strain of the coronavirus have been reported on Long Island the last 24 hours. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he's authorized mobile, drive-through testing facility that is expected to open next week at a sign to be announced on the Island. The announcements came Saturday afternoon, March 14, just hours after the first New York state resident died of COVID-19, an 82-year-old woman with underlying respiratory issues in New York City. Seventeen of the new Long Island cases are in Nassau County. The breakdown through the state is now as follows: Albany County…

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by Joe Lombardi
Mount Pleasant, NY
News
Positive Test At College In Area Gives Hudson Valley 197 COVID-19 Cases; Trump Awaits Results Positive Test At College In Area Gives Hudson Valley 197 COVID-19 Cases; Trump Awaits Results
Positive Test At College In Area Gives Hudson Valley 197 Covid-19 Cases; Trump Awaits Results Counties in the Hudson Valley, including Westchester, now account for 197 of 525 cases in New York State. The fourth positive case of the novel strain of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Dutchess County has been confirmed as being a member of the community at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson. Dutchess County announced the positive result early Saturday afternoon, March 14, just hours after the first New York state resident died of COVID-19, an 82-year-old woman with underlying respiratory issues in New York City. The breakdown through the state is now as follows: Albany County:…

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by Joe Lombardi
Bedford, NY
News
New Positive Coronavirus Cases In Westchester Bring County Total To 148, 328 In State New Positive Coronavirus Cases In Westchester Bring County Total To 148, 328 In State
New Positive Coronavirus Cases In Westchester Bring County Total To 148, 328 In State The first positive cases of the novel strain of the coronavirus in Orange and Dutchess counties were among 34 new cases reported in the Hudson Valley for the last 24 hours. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo provided the update on the spread of COVID-19 on Thursday, March 12, which has now impacted 328 New Yorkers across 14 counties. As of Thursday, March 12, coronavirus cases were confirmed in: Westchester: 148 cases (27 new); New York City: 95 cases (43 new); Nassau: 41 cases (13 new); Suffolk: 20 cases (14 new); Rockland: Seven cases (one new); Ulster: Four (three new); Saratoga: Three (one n…

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by Zak Failla
Massapequa, NY
News
Man Convicted In Murder Of 22-Year-Old College Student From Long Island Man Convicted In Murder Of 22-Year-Old College Student From Long Island
Man Convicted In Murder Of 22-Year-Old College Student From Long Island A former Binghamton University student who sparked an international manhunt has been convicted by a Nicaraguan judge of killing a Long Island woman over a jilted love affair. 
Orlando Tercero, 23, a former Binghamton University nursing student, was found guilty of killing Westbury native Haley Anderson, 22, in March last year. He will face up to 30 years in prison when he is sentenced. No sentencing date has been set. Tercero, who is a citizen of both the United States and Nicaragua, still faces a second-degree murder charge in Broome County, though Nicaraguan officials have so far refuse…

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by Zak Failla
Paramus, NJ
Police & Fire
Paramus Officer Chases Ex-Con Car Thief Down GSP Following Route 17 Pier One Mercedes Theft Paramus Officer Chases Ex-Con Car Thief Down GSP Following Route 17 Pier One Mercedes Theft
Paramus Officer Chases Ex-Con Car Thief Down GSP Following Route 17 Pier One Mercedes Theft A Paramus police officer nabbed an ex-con with a history of pursuits after a car stolen from Pier One Imports on Route 17 was involved in a chase down the Garden State Parkway Monday night that ended in a crash in East Orange. The store employee’s 2013 Mercedes Benz was warming up during Monday’s Arctic-like temperatures when at least two thieves jumped in and took off just after 9 p.m., Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. Officer Anthony Mordaga spotted the stolen car headed south on the Garden State Parkway a short time later and chased it to Exit 147 and into East Orange, Ehrenberg said…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mount Pleasant, NY
Politics
Thanks, Obama: Ex-President Endorses Hudson Valley Congressional Candidate Thanks, Obama: Ex-President Endorses Hudson Valley Congressional Candidate
Thanks, Obama: Ex-President Endorses Hudson Valley Congressional Candidate A Congressional candidate in the Hudson Valley received an endorsement from former President Barack Obama on Wednesday. Rhinebeck resident Anthony Delgado, a Schenectady native challenging first-term Republican John Faso in the 19th District in November’s midterm elections, was among 81 Democrats who received the former Commander-in-Chief’s vote of approval this week. The 19th district - where Delgado is running - includes parts of Dutchess, Ulster, Greene, Columbia, Sullivan, Delaware, Schoharie, Otsego, Rensselaer, Montgomery and Broome counties. 
“Today I’m proud to endorse such a wide …

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by Zak Failla
New City, NY
Schools
Hudson Valley School Districts Among 26 Flagged As 'Fiscally Stressed' Hudson Valley School Districts Among 26 Flagged As 'Fiscally Stressed'
Hudson Valley School Districts Among 26 Flagged As 'Fiscally Stressed' Twenty-six school districts, including two in the Hudson Valley, have been designated as fiscally stressed under New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli's Fiscal Stress Monitoring System.  Rhinebeck Central School District in Dutchess County was flagged as one of seven New York districts that are experiencing "moderate fiscal stress."  Port Chester-Rye Union Free District, which approved a nearly $80 million school construction bond issue last spring and has another one on the ballot next month for major Middle School renovations, was labeled "susceptible to fiscal stre…

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by Jon Craig