WHITE PLAINS CITIZENETREPORTER SETS RECORD VISITS FOR YEAR 7,017,658 VISITS! 2,098,003 VISITORS MADE 6 VISITS A DAY EVERY DAY. 63,330 UNIQUE VISITORS MADE 133,730 VISITS IN DECEMBER. WPCNR AVERAGED 17,284 VISITORS A WEEK, VISITING 31,270 TIMES.

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WPCNR CORONAVIRUS SURVEILLANCE. Statistics from the New York Covid-19 Tracker. Observations and Analysis by John F. Bailey. October 15, 2022:

Covid-19 infections this week in first 5 days continue to show on pace to match the infections of the 4 weeks in September of over 1,000 new infections a week getting sicker faster (within two days) at the rate of 178 covid cases a day, Sunday through Thursday, October 24, totaling 894 infections with Friday figures out this afternoon Saturday.

Looking at covid infections the last three months, Westchester County new infections a month dropped. July infections of 10,298 dropped 40% to 6,325 in August and to 5,595 in September. Now they are infecting others at a rate that keeps the presence of the disease where it is about 1,000 new cases a week.

In the first two weeks of October new Westchester infections have been 2,377, 182 new persons coming down with covid a day. If Friday and Saturday infections equal that 178 a day, the week of Oct 6 through 15 will total 1,250 new cases, with 34 cases of last week when we had 1,284.

Since the July high of 10,298 new cases. Westchester has continued to infect at the rate of 1,000 new cases for 10 consecutive weeks.

The figures for new cases are going up in the beginning of each week and declining by Friday, meaning people socialize or go out on the weekends, or after a week of school children socialize and catch it, or family get togethers spread it. Since the new covid bivalient of covid is infecting faster, the midweek numbers are shifting to Monday-Tuesday and Wednesday.

The 6.395 persons infected August 1-31 ,spread the disease to 5,595.dividing 5,595 into the 6,395 infections in August we find the unfortunate persons infected with covid in August spread it to 1.14 persons, meaning the disease is not lasting as long.

If the 5,595 infected in September follow this infection spread 1 infectee giving the disease to one other person, we can expect 6,378 infections in October. I hope it will reach that high, even though people are seeing more people now and are not as wary of the disease and the schools are wide open with few covid protection precautions. And, we have have no idea of school infections the last month, since the state is not reporting them.

At roughly the 200 persons a day getting infected in the county through the next two weeks for 16 days we should see 3,200 new cases of covid, added to the 2,777 we already have October 1-13, We could see 5,997, that’s is considerably more than the 2,567 infections of October 2021, almost double.

Completion of vaccinations, and booster are your only protection against the carelessness of others and the unwillingless of officials to tell us the facts about the spread of the disease.

Though less serious in duration, it is spreading faster and well ahead of last fall infection pace which lead to the highest covid cases.

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GOVERNOR HOCHUL SIGNS LEGISLATION ENDING THE PRACTICE OF CHARGING ADDITIONAL FEE ON OUTSTANDING STUDENT DEBT     

Legislation (S.7862B/A.10261) Ends 22 Percent Fee on Outstanding Debt Owed to the State Resulting from Educational Expenses    

Ends Punitive Law That Prohibits Students from Clearing Debts    

Governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation (S.7862B/A.10261) ending the practice of charging an additional fee to debtors when collecting outstanding debts owed to the State resulting from educational expenses. Prior to this law, a fee of 22 percent was added by state law on top of the total debt due.     

“When students across New York spoke up about the difficulties of digging out of debt, my administration listened,” Governor Hochul said. “By signing this legislation, we are removing a barrier to higher education and ensuring that students can graduate without debilitating debt that has disproportionately hurt students least able to afford it. Every New Yorker deserves access to a quality education without fear of getting trapped in a cycle of debt.”    

Legislation (S.7862B/A.10261) adds a provision to the state finance law prohibiting state agencies from collecting a 22 percent fee when enforcing debt collection on educational debt. Various state agencies collect educational debts owed to the State, and when unable to collect through traditional means, these debts may be referred to the Office of the Attorney General’s Civil Recoveries Bureau. Prior to the signing of this legislation, state law provided that the Attorney General recover its costs in pursuing collection of this educational debt through an additional fee of up to 22 percent of the outstanding debt; That fee was then added on top of the total debt due, which substantially increased the amount owed by student debtors.    

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Governor Kathy Hochul Wednesday announced that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Metro-North Railroad set a pandemic-era ridership record yesterday, Tuesday, October 11 with 193,000 riders, topping the previous record set on Tuesday, September 20. 

In addition, on Saturday, October 8, the New York City subway carried 2,396,000 riders constituting 73.4 percent of pre-pandemic levels, topping the previous pandemic weekend ridership record of 2,388,000 set two weeks prior.

Subway OMNY also had a record high of 1,071,000 million taps for weekends that day.  

Access-A-Ride also reached a pandemic record of 28,500 trips booked on Thursday, October 6, approximately 90 percent of pre-pandemic levels.

“I am thrilled to see New Yorkers continue to break ridership records and am eager to see how far this momentum can take us,” Governor Hochul said. “Public transportation is not only an environmentally friendly and affordable way to travel around New York City and State but is also the best way to enjoy all that New York has to offer.”

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New York Governor Kathy Hochul stood firm on the GUN CARRY IMPROVEMENT LAW with its new procedures and protocols as to what places in New York are gun-free. She issued this statement late this afternoon:

STATEMENT FROM GOVERNOR KATHY HOCHUL CONCEALED CARRY IMPROVEMENT ACT COURT DECISION

“The interim administrative stay of the district court’s temporary restraining order is an important and appropriate step and affirms that the Concealed Carry Improvement Act will remain in effect during the appeals process. My top priority will always be to keep New Yorkers safe, and we will continue working with the Office of the Attorney General to defend our gun safety laws.”