Westchester County Executive George Latimer gave his daily briefing via Zoom updating both statistics and the County’s efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic.
You may also go to YouTube to watch the full press conference.
Municipality Name Cases
Ardsley 26
Bedford 44
Briarcliff Manor 22
Bronxville 25
Buchanan 5
Cortlandt 155
Croton-on-Hudson 22
Dobbs Ferry 59
Eastchester 94
Elmsford 21
Greenburgh 206
Harrison 85
Hastings-on-Hudson 29
Irvington 23
Larchmont 19
Lewisboro 22
Mamaroneck Town 46
Mamaroneck Village 54
Mount Kisco 74
Mount Pleasant 99
Mount Vernon 428
New Castle 51
New Rochelle 527
North Castle 34
North Salem 5
Ossining Town 30
Ossining Village 220
Peekskill 109
Pelham 30
Pelham Manor 27
Pleasantville 35
Port Chester 190
Pound Ridge 4
Rye Brook 50
Rye City 44
Scarsdale 102
Sleepy Hollow 68
Somers 43
Tarrytown 53
Tuckahoe 32
White Plains 266
Yonkers 939
Yorktown 136
Unknown 7,231
Westchester County Numbers
- Total Number hospitalized (cumulative): 568
- Total currently in hospital: 344
- Number of Hospitalized in Westchester: 301
- Number of Deaths: 67
Note
- Town numbers reflect the unincorporated sections of the part of town outside villages within the town.
- Numbers reflect the actual residents of the municipality, not “zip code” residents who live in an adjacent community.
- Data lags state number by as much as 3 days, due to State release of data to the County only after the tested individual has been informed of their status.
Taxes
- I have proposed County legislation to ease the financial burden now on County residents.
- The introduced legislation amends the Westchester County Tax Law to authorize towns in Westchester County to waive penalties for the late payment of County taxes, County district taxes and assessments until July 15, 2020. The provision would be based on hardship determination presented to the town, and does not cover town taxes. This would allow a penalty free additional 76 days to pay County taxes.
- The hardship must be caused by the public emergency relating to COVID-19. Penalties under this provision could be waived for a two and one-half month period including the months of May and June and up to July 15. If taxes are not paid by July 15, the 5 percent penalty would begin to run as of July 16.
- A group of town officials will help develop the criteria to qualify for the hardship determination and maintain a list of taxpayers within their jurisdiction qualifying for the hardship determination. Hardship determinations can be based upon objective criteria related to the COVID-19 pandemic such as: loss of employment, illness, closure of a business or other loss of income or revenue.
- The July 15 date coincides with the extended deadline to file New York State and federal income taxes. Under the proposed legislation no town is required to offer the temporary waiver of penalties upon a hardship determination and may choose to opt-out of this law.