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January 1, 2021 | Vol. 9, Number 1 | www.ryecityreview.com
County police to increase enforcement
New York state COVID-19 vaccine distribution information New York state began receiving its first deliveries of COVID-19 doses last week and the first New Yorkers have already begun to be vaccinated. For more information about the vaccines and their distribution in New York, visit: www.ny.gov/ vaccine. (Submitted)
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has laid out the following guidelines for the distribution of the vaccines in New York Phase One Vaccine Recipients
Photo/Power Lai • High-risk health care workers (i.e. hospital and emergency room workers, ICU staff and pulmonary department staff) • Long-term care facility staff who interact with patients and the most at-risk long-term care facility patients Phase Two Vaccine Recipients • First responders • Teachers and school staff • Public health workers • Essential frontline workers that regularly interact with the public • Individuals in the general population deemed particularly high risk due to comorbidities and health conditions • Other long-term care facility patients and those living in congregate settings Phase Three Vaccine Recipients • Individuals over 65 years of age • Individuals under 65 years of age with high-risk comorbidities and health conditions Phase Four Vaccine Recipients • All other essential workers Phase Five Vaccine Recipients • Healthy adults and children
Westchester County police will be conducting increased enforcement through New Year’s Day to curb speeding, aggressive driving and driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. “Our goal as always is to do everything we can to keep Westchester’s parkways safe for those who will be traveling on them during the holiday season,” Commissioner Thomas A. Gleason said. “There is zero tolerance for drivers who put others at risk by speeding, driving aggressively or driving while impaired.” Gleason also said the county police are prepared to respond to flooding or other emergencies that may result from a potential storm. Patrol officers will be deployed to close parkways or sections of parkways that become flooded. Additional Emergency Service Unit, ESU, officers will also be on duty. ESU officers carry equipment that can be used to clear downed trees that are blocking parkways and are trained to conduct rope rescues and swift water rescues of persons trapped by flooding. The commissioner said county police have observed an increase in speeding and other aggressive
driving this year because traffic volume was lighter due to the pandemic. County police have continually conducted enforcement throughout the year, issuing more than 13,000 summonses for violations of Vehicle & Traffic Law. The Department of Public Safety and other agencies in Westchester are participating in a STOP-DWI enforcement campaign that will began on Dec. 24 and continue through New Year’s Day. The county police will be increasing its enforcement of Driving While Intoxicated laws along the Bronx River, Cross County, Saw Mill and Hutchinson River parkways. The county’s Office of Drug Abuse Prevention and STOPDWI assists in coordinating joint law enforcement initiatives such as the current enforcement campaign. The Office of Drug Abuse Prevention and STOP-DWI also conducts numerous programs for schools and community groups to educate the public about the dangers of impaired driving, the increased certainty of arrest and the serious penalties faced by drivers convicted of DWI. (Submitted)