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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 Guidance on Limiting Non-Essential and Non-Urgent Procedures at Certain Hospitals Experiencing Limited Capacity

159,560 Vaccine Doses Administered Over Last 24 Hours

49 COVID-19 Deaths Statewide Yesterday

Governor Kathy Hochul Fridday updated New Yorkers on the state’s progress combating COVID-19.

“New York State has confirmed five cases of the omicron variant. Let me be clear: this is not cause for alarm, we knew this variant was coming and we expect to see more cases,” Governor Hochul said. “I want to remind all New Yorkers to use the tools they have at their disposal to keep themselves and their communities safe: get your vaccine, get your booster, and wear your mask. We will get through this.”

The Governor and the Department of Health today also released written guidance on Executive Order No. 11, which enables the Department to protect access to critical health care services by limiting non-essential, non-urgent procedures at certain hospitals currently experiencing limited capacity. While this order is effective today, determinations will be issued to facilities by December 6 to apply to procedures scheduled to occur on or after December 9.

Editor’s Note: On Thursday, Westchester County suffered 359 new covid infections, on December 1, up from 311 on Tuesday November 30. The covid tracker still is lagging 48 hours behind reporting daily results. It marked the 16th day in the last 21 days the Mid-Hudson Region and Long Island had more new covid cases than New York City. Long Island reported 1,958 new infections of the 3,137 infections in Mid-Hudson Region and Long Island combined. Westchester r has an infection rate of 3% testing positive a long range possibility of the 359 cases December 1st infecting 622 new persons in two weeks.

Today’s data is summarized briefly below:

· Test Results Reported – 230,961

· Total Positive – 11,242
· Percent Positive – 4.87%

· 7-Day Average Percent Positive – 4.85%
· Patient Hospitalization – 3,107 (+14)
· Patients Newly Admitted – 437
· Patients in ICU – 595 (+4)
· Patients in ICU with Intubation – 309 (-5)
· Total Discharges – 216,609 (+391)
· New deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS – 49
· Total deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS – 46,673

The Health Electronic Response Data System is a NYS DOH data source that collects confirmed daily death data as reported by hospitals, nursing homes and adult care facilities only.

· Total deaths reported to and compiled by the CDC – 60,354

This daily COVID-19 provisional death certificate data reported by NYS DOH and NYC to the CDC includes those who died in any location, including hospitals, nursing homes, adult care facilities, at home, in hospice and other settings.

· Total vaccine doses administered – 30,164,634
· Total vaccine doses administered over past 24 hours – 159,560
· Total vaccine doses administered over past 7 days – 668,526
· Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose – 86.1%
· Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series – 78.5%
· Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) – 91.2%
· Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series (CDC) – 80.9%
· Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose – 74.5%
· Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series – 66.8%
· Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) – 78.6%
· Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series (CDC) – 68.7%

Each region’s 7-day average of cases per 100K population is as follows:

Region	Tuesday, November 30, 2021	Wednesday, December 1, 2021	Thursday, December 2, 2021
Capital Region	52.96	55.74	60.31
Central New York	45.52	49.67	56.08
Finger Lakes	58.96	61.53	66.75
Long Island	38.16	41.63	47.44
Mid-Hudson	27.75	29.87	33.17
Mohawk Valley	61.08	64.17	70.77
New York City	17.41	18.66	20.42
North Country	59.06	62.53	68.40
Southern Tier	53.30	56.71	63.26
Western New York	67.54	68.88	73.06
Statewide	33.98	36.11	39.73

Each region’s 7-day average percentage of positive test results reported over the last three days is as follows:

Region	Tuesday, November 30, 2021	Wednesday, December 1, 2021	Thursday, December 2, 2021
Capital Region	8.13%	8.15%	8.17%
Central New York	7.54%	8.12%	8.41%
Finger Lakes	10.46%	10.69%	10.89%
Long Island	5.17%	5.50%	5.83%
Mid-Hudson	3.73%	3.98%	4.26%
Mohawk Valley	9.20%	8.90%	9.31%
New York City	1.94%	2.10%	2.23%
North Country	9.54%	9.36%	9.67%
Southern Tier	6.30%	6.49%	6.77%
Western New York	10.60%	10.92%	11.32%
Statewide	4.37%	4.61%	4.85%

Each New York City borough’s 7-day average percentage of positive test results reported over the last three days is as follows:

Borough in NYC	Tuesday, November 30, 2021	Wednesday, December 1, 2021	Thursday, December 2, 2021
Bronx	1.89%	2.02%	2.15%
Kings	1.70%	1.89%	1.97%
New York	1.46%	1.61%	1.67%
Queens	2.59%	2.70%	2.94%
Richmond	3.33%	3.45%	3.71%

Yesterday, 11,242 New Yorkers tested positive for COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 2,734,874. A geographic breakdown is as follows:

County	Total Positive	New Positive
Albany	34,983	219
Allegany	6,146	66
Broome	28,730	181
Cattaraugus	10,254	78
Cayuga	9,902	52
Chautauqua	15,410	163
Chemung	13,095	91
Chenango	5,679	51
Clinton	8,279	61
Columbia	5,842	60
Cortland	6,164	30
Delaware	4,576	71
Dutchess	38,356	138
Erie	127,410	799
Essex	3,059	24
Franklin	5,578	54
Fulton	7,997	58
Genesee	8,869	74
Greene	5,058	57
Hamilton	525	6
Herkimer	8,557	80
Jefferson	11,657	90
Lewis	4,298	38
Livingston	7,402	75
Madison	7,563	59
Monroe	99,510	574
Montgomery	7,353	66
Nassau	228,510	856
Niagara	29,420	202
NYC	1,139,942	2,389
Oneida	33,796	190
Onondaga	60,557	443
Ontario	11,974	108
Orange	62,994	317
Orleans	5,676	59
Oswego	14,513	104
Otsego	5,533	67
Putnam	13,290	41
Rensselaer	17,811	178
Rockland	55,844	114
Saratoga	25,383	216
Schenectady	19,693	124
Schoharie	2,794	48
Schuyler	1,989	12
Seneca	3,360	49
St. Lawrence	13,212	140
Steuben	12,858	145
Suffolk	258,510	1,102
Sullivan	9,830	74
Tioga	6,517	62
Tompkins	7,557	56
Ulster	19,396	136
Warren	7,559	71
Washington	6,913	72
Wayne	10,563	115
Westchester	149,124	359
Wyoming	5,463	60
Yates	2,041	18

Yesterday, 49 New Yorkers died due to COVID-19, bringing the total compiled through HERDS to 46,673. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence:

New Deaths by  County of Residence
Albany	1
Broome	1
Cattaraugus	1
Cayuga	1
Erie	10
Genesee	1
Herkimer	2
Kings	3
Montgomery	1
Niagara	2
Oneida	1
Onondaga	4
Ontario	2
Orange	1
Oswego	3
Queens	4
Rensselaer	2
Richmond	1
Schenectady	2
Seneca	1
St. Lawrence	2
Suffolk	1
Tioga	1
Westchester	1

All New York State mass vaccination sites are open to eligible New Yorkers aged 12 years and older for walk-in vaccination on a first-come, first-serve basis, with 10 sites open to eligible New Yorkers aged 5 and older. People who would prefer to schedule an appointment at a state-run mass vaccination site can do so on the Am I Eligible App or by calling 1-833-NYS-4-VAX. People may also contact their local health department, pharmacy, doctor or hospital to schedule appointments where vaccines are available, or visit vaccines.gov to find information on vaccine appointments near them.

New Yorkers looking to schedule vaccine appointments for 5-11-year-old children are encouraged to contact their child’s pediatrician, family physician, county health departments, Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), rural health centers, or pharmacies that may be administering the vaccine for this age group. Parents and guardians can visit vaccines.gov, text their ZIP code to 438829, or call 1-800-232-0233 to find nearby locations. Make sure that the provider offers the Pfizer-BioNTechCOVID-19 vaccine, as the other COVID-19 vaccines are not yet authorized for this age group.

Visit our website for parents and guardians for new information, frequently asked questions and answers, and resources specifically designed for parents and guardians of this age group.

Yesterday, 28,274 New Yorkers received their first vaccine dose, and 27,808 completed their vaccine series. A geographic breakdown of New Yorkers who have been vaccinated by region is as follows:

	People with at least one vaccine dose	People with complete vaccine series
Region	Cumulative Total	Increase over past 24 hours	Cumulative Total	Increase over past 24 hours
Capital Region	802,721	1,479	721,882	1,701
Central New York	617,652	766	563,848	921
Finger Lakes	818,066	1,421	747,165	1,590
Long Island	2,018,356	3,631	1,790,234	3,441
Mid-Hudson	1,572,781	3,086	1,373,599	2,719
Mohawk Valley	310,315	444	285,144	570
New York City	7,237,249	15,303	6,435,253	14,370
North Country	288,325	402	257,093	354
Southern Tier	415,772	427	378,727	545
Western New York	898,594	1,315	812,388	1,597
Statewide	14,979,831	28,274	13,365,333	27,808

The COVID-19 Vaccine Tracker Dashboard is available to update New Yorkers on the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine. The New York State Department of Health requires vaccinating facilities to report all COVID-19 vaccine administration data within 24 hours; the vaccine administration data on the dashboard is updated daily to reflect the most up-to-date metrics in the state’s vaccination effort. New York State Department of Health-reported data from NYSIIS and CIR differs slightly from federally-reported data, which is inclusive of federally-administered doses and other minor differences. Both numbers are included in the release above.

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WPCNR COVID MONITOR. From the NY State Covid Tracker. Observations by John F. Bailey. December 2, 2021:

THE 4-DAY Thanksgiving holiday began a new surge of covid cases that appeared Tuesday November 30.

Today Thursday, the state Covid tracker routinely has the results of new cases the previous day. They are currently 48 hours behind in reporting., which this reporter never recalls happening before. Hopefully this will be corrected by Friday which should report Wednesday and Thursday results to see whether this 4-day holiday has caused a surge

The confluence of Thanksgiving and this holiday week of celebration, office parties and travel may be starting a trend of new cases in the county as it did last year at this time.

Last week, Westchester at this time in the Tuesday, November 23 through Tuesday November 30 averaged 164 new positive covid cases a day.

Tuesday, November 30, 9,872 persons were tested and 3.2% tested positive 311, 164 more than Monday when Westchester had 179, acompared to last week’s average 2.7% a day positive rate. The average tests daily last week were 6,078 a day for 9 days.

The 7 MidHudson region counties including Westchester totaled 1,079 Tuesday, compared to 638 on Monday, a 69% increase in 24 hours.

The numbers that chill me are the health disaster unfolding in Nassau and Suffolk Counties on Long Island.

The two counties on Long Island had 1,969 positive cases virtually DOUBLE the cases the counties Monday. Nassau and Suffolk Counties reported 1,068 case Monday. That is 85% new positives in 24 hours. The hospitals on Long Island, according to WCBS radio Sunday announced they had no capacity problems and would not limit elective surgeries as Governor Hochul’s Emergency Executive Order said.

The 9 counties now have lead New York City in new cases for 15 of the last 20 days.

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WPCNR THE LETTER TICKER. December 1, 2021:

December 1, 2021 Dear Neighbors, The long FASNY saga is finally over.  We received news yesterday that FASNY has sold the entire property to Farrell Building Company, a residential developer from Long Island. It has been over 10 years since FASNY purchased the former country club and announced plans for a regional school complex.  Locating such a facility in the middle of a residential neighborhood with limited accessibility to regional roads was always a bad idea.  The effort to defend our neighborhood against this plan required significant financial costs and time-consuming hours.  Numerous committees of neighborhood residents were formed to evaluate all aspects of the FASNY proposal.  Countless public hearings were attended by vast numbers of the community as well as numerous e-mails and letters sent to our elected officials. I would like to thank the Gedney Association Board members during this period who gave their time so generously to this effort and the majority of White Plains neighborhood associations who supported our position, as well as the over 2,000 residents of the City who signed the petition rejecting the FASNY proposal.  Lastly, I want to thank former Common Council Members Milagros Lecuona and Dennis Krolian who, despite enormous outside pressure, maintained their independence and supported preserving the integrity of the Gedney Farms neighborhood. We look forward to hearing from the Farrell Building Company.  We expect that the property will be developed pursuant to the existing zoning which permits detached single-family homes on 30,000 square foot lots.  Further, any development should be compatible with the existing historic character of the neighborhood while preserving as much open space and natural features for this designated environmentally sensitive site. Best Wishes for the Holiday Season. John E. Sheehan President

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WPCNR POLICE GAZETTE. From White Plains Police. December 1, 2021 UPDATED 4:23 P.M. E.S.T.:

An abortion clinic in White Plains was the subject of a demonstration Saturday afternoon.

Commissioner of Public Safety David Chong in a statement described what happened.

” It was not an “attack” but a demonstration of around 20-25 people.  Most of the demonstrators stayed on the sidewalk.

Three people made entry into the medical facilities and after 3 warnings were arrested for criminal trespass, they were issued Desk Appearance tickets because that’s what the law allows for trespass.

No injuries reported by police or demonstrators.This happened between 130 pm-330 pm.”

White Plains Police Chief Joseph Castelli identified those arrested in this statement this afternoon:

 “Willaim Goodman and Christopher Moscinski charged with NYS Penal Code Section 140.10 Criminal Trespass 3rd- Subsection, a Matthew Connolly charged with NYS Penal Code Section 140.05 Trespass.
All other press inquiries are being deferred as this is an ongoing investigation.”

Demonstrations like this have occurred regularly at the clinic for sometime.

WPCNR was advised of this incident through a Choice Matters e-mail describing the incident.

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