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Posted on April 14, 2023 by John Bailey

THE WESTCHESTER HOUSING SQUEEZE ON THE YOUNG, THE OLD THE POOR. “HAS ANYONE GOT AN EXTRA $100,000 SO i CAN GET OUT OF THIS APARTMENT?” WHAT THE STATS DON’T TELL YOU!

GOVERNOR HOCHUL ORDERS UP MEDICAL ABORTION SUPPLIES FOR NEW YORKERS TO ANTICIPATE DEMAND

GUN BUYBACK IN PEEKSKILL NEXT SATURDAY. WESTCHESTER NEEDS MORE OF HIGHLY EFFECT COMMUNITY EFFORTS. ONLY THE SECOND IN 9 YEARS

GOVERNOR OUT MANEUVERS AMBITIOUS OPPOSITION IN THE NY SENATE

COVID ADMISSIONS AVERAGE OVER 50% OF WHITE PLAINS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER ADMISSIONS FIRST 2 WEEKS OF APRIL

INVENTORY BLUES, HOUSING SALES IN COUNTY STAGNATES. PRICES RISE MORGAGES OUT OF REACH FOR THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS.

BACK TO OVER 1,000 CASES A MONTH. COUNTS UNDERCOUNT REAL GROWTH OF NEW COVID CASES

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WESTCHESTER D.A. ANNOUNCES PEEKSKILL GUN BUY BACK APRIL 22. GIFT CARDS FOR GUNS. NO QUESTIONS ASKED. DETAILS BELOW:

Posted on April 13, 2023 by John Bailey

WESTCHESTER COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE

JOINS PEEKSKILL LEADERS

TO HOST COMMUNITY GUN BUYBACK

Up to $250 gift cards will be offered for handguns and assault rifles; to be held at United Methodist Church in Peekskill on April 22

WHITE PLAINS, NY – The Westchester County District Attorney’s Office, together with the Peekskill NAACP, the Peekskill Police Department and the City of Peekskill, will host a community gun buyback event to be held on Saturday, April 22 from 10am to 2pm at the United Methodist Church located at 1040 Main Street in Peekskill. Eligible participants will be offered up to $250 in pre-paid gift cards for surrendered firearms with no questions asked.

Westchester County District Attorney Miriam E. Rocah said: “Gun buybacks are a part of our ongoing efforts in promoting gun safety and ensuring unwanted weapons are disposed of safely. We thank our partners in the City of Peekskill—from the NAACP to the Peekskill Police Department and the Mayor’s Office–for their shared commitment toward reducing gun violence, including gun-involved suicides.”

Peekskill NAACP President Priscilla Augustin said: “As the first branch of the national NAACP to have established in Westchester County nearly 90 years ago, the Peekskill NAACP has been leading the fight against violence in our communities while promoting peace and safety for generations. It is meaningful to have valued partners at the Westchester County DA’s Office, Peekskill Police Department and the Peekskill City Mayor’s Office supporting events we have been organizing for decades. We encourage the public to take advantage of this opportunity to safely turn in any firearms in exchange for cash.”

Peekskill Police Department Chief Leo Dylewski said: “The Peekskill Police Department is proud to partner with the District Attorney’s Office, the Peekskill NAACP and the Mayor’s Office for this community gun buyback event, which is an opportunity for the public to help us potentially prevent the next possible gun-related incident, as well as keep guns out of the wrong hands. It’s also a chance to get rid of old firearms lying around the home as a good measure of safety.”

Peekskill Mayor Vivian McKenzie said: “Community gun buyback programs help get guns off the streets and out of our communities. I thank the DA’s Office, the Peekskill NAACP and our Police Department for hosting this event with the City of Peekskill, and supporting our fight against gun violence so we can ensure our residents feel safe and secure in our neighborhoods.”

Guns must be unloaded and placed in a plastic bag, paper bag or box.

If transported by car, guns must be unloaded and, in the trunk, placed in a plastic bag, paper bag or box.

Identification will not be required and no questions will be asked.

Participants will be offered money in the form of pre-paid gift cards: $250 for assault rifles, $200 for handguns, $100 for shotguns or rifles, and $25 for non-working guns.

Payment is subject to inspection and screening by onsite officials.

There is no limit to the number of firearms that can be surrendered.

3-D printed guns are not eligible for the buyback program.

Licensed gun dealers and active or retired members of law enforcement are not eligible to participate.

For more information, visit bit.ly/peekskillgbb

REAL ESTATE BLUES: WESTCHESTER HOME SALES DOWN 33%

Posted on April 12, 2023 by John Bailey

WPCNR REALTY REALITY. From the Hudson Gateway Assocation of Realtors. (Edited, Observation and analysis by John F. Bailey) APRIL 12, 2023:

The 1st Quarter real estate market shows a market that continues to struggle due to high interest rates and low inventory with prices od single family homes and multi-family homes rising and condos and coops even.

Westchester County total residential sales were down 32.7%. Putnam County saw a decrease of 31.7%, Orange County’s sales dropped 35.1% and Sullivan County’s sales were down 31.6%. Rockland sales had the largest drop, 38%.Bronx County saw the smallest decrease in residential sales, at 24.8%.

Westchester Single-family median price (half sales above, half below quoted price)sales rose 4.3% to $760,000.

Rockland County median price rose 4.2% to $625,000.

Orange County median was up 5.2% to $394,000.

Putnam County saw a 5.3% decrease in median price to $450,000.

Sullivan County saw a 5% decrease to $254,500.

Bronx County saw a 2.5% decrease in median to $585,000

The average price of a single family home in Westchester was $1,051,376 (inflated by homes bought for more than than $1 million).

The median prices for Condominiums sold in Westchester January through March was $444,000 down 11%

Cooperatives selling price median was $190,000 even with last year and 2-4 Family the lowest number of properties available had a median selling price of $727,000, up 4.2%

Westchester County saw an increase in the time it takes to sell a home in this market today in all categories except for condominiums, which had a marginal decrease of 0.7%. The numbers of homes for sale have dwindled.

There were 105 less single family homes for sale than a year ago; 34 less condos;185 fewer Cooperatives; 35 less 2-4 families for sale (in the entire county of Westchester). The total for sale 1,556 at the time of the HGAR report.

Available inventory continues to fluctuate, with inventory being down in all markets except for Orange (+11.3%) and Bronx (2.9%) counties, compared to availability at the end of Q1 2022.

When it comes to average days on the market (DOM) there were a few bright spots in several counties, especially for 2-4 family multi-family properties. Sullivan County saw the largest decrease in DOM for this property class, with a 41.6% drop. Rockland County saw a 31.4% decrease and Putnam County saw a 26% decrease in the same property category. Bronx County and Orange County saw an increase in DOM for all property classes this quarter, an

However, most of the HGAR market area saw already low inventory levels continue to decline as compared to a year earlier, with Putnam County’s inventory falling 34.9%, followed by declines in Westchester (-18.6%), Rockland (-12.0%) and Sullivan (-6.5%).

HGAR member firms are saying that buying demand remains high. However, buyer confidence has been shaken by the recent banking crisis, high interest rates, inflation and predictions by some economists of an impending downturn or recession later this year.

There has been some good news lately as mortgage rates have declined recently and many predict the Federal
Reserve may be nearing the end on its policy of raising rates to battle inflation. NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun recently said,

“Though week-to-week rate changes can move up and down, the longer-term prospect on rates is for further improvement, with a clear possibility of going under 6% by the year’s end. This is because, with so much apartment construction, the new empty units steadily hitting the market will limit rent growth and calm overall consumer price inflation.

The Federal Reserve can therefore stop tightening. With lower rates, more homebuyers will steadily appear. That is why it is critical to ensure more housing supply to help meet the recovering demand.”

COVID CASES DECLINE IN COUNTY. WESTCHESTER CASES POSSIBLY VASTLY UNDERCOUNTED BY PRESENTATION. WHITE PLAINS HOSPITAL CONTINUES 50% PERSONS ADDIMED TO BEDS BEING TREATED FOR COVID

Posted on April 11, 2023 by John Bailey

WPCNR COVID SURVEILLANCE. Statistics from NY State Covid Tracker. Analysis and Observation by John F. Bailey. April 11, 2023:

The actual growth and total new cases in the county is being undercounted,. Analysis of New York State Covid Statistics indicate.

Multiplying the published new daily case rate in Westchester the last week indicates actually daily new case rate in Westchester the last week will result in new cases for the month of April to reach over 1,500 new cases by May 1.

In the atmosphere of “covid is over,” this hardly seems possible. The message of covid even if you catch it, is not as serious if you catch it is very comforting.

The state obviously knows it is undercounting, but has not dramatized this covid stealthy surge brought on by careless behavior, that by the state statistics, if you multiply them out show it quite plainly.

New cases of covid in Westchester County Saturday dropped to the lowest total since the week ended April 1st, to 234 new lab-confirmed covid cases, (33 a day). from April 2 to April 9., averaging a daily new case rate of 3.7 per 100,000 of Westchester population.

That daily number of new covid case average when multiplied by 10.04 (the number of Westchester County population 100,000 segments, 1,004,000), yields 37 a day or 385 for a week (7 days x 37), or if that daily new case infection continues the next two weeks, Westchester will see in reality,384 infections a week.

Not 936, which is what you would get based on the 234 cases last week.

The troubling reality is the daily infection rate is not reflected in lab-tested covid case positives. I am getting an uneasy feeling that the number of covid cases are being undercounted.

(Rockland County showed a growth in daily cases last week 105 Sunday the 2nd, 792 Monday 862 on Tuesday the third, 76 on the 4th of April. The other five counties in the Mid-Hudson region did experience any infections over 50).

If the past week Westchester County daily infection rate per 100,000 shows you are actually getting 37 a day and 385 a week, Westchester will see 1,540 new cases of covid a month.

The new state method of only counting Covid new daily cases reported. What is the reason for this? How can more cases be happening that are not reported to the state?

White Plains Hospital Medical Center shows what has been happening the first 3 months of the year.

At White Plains Hospital Medical Center, when you look at the hospitalization of persons with covid admitted to the hospital the last week,according to the New York State Health Department, you find that last week White Plains admitted 48 persons to hospital beds, and 24 were admitted for Covid treatment. This figure for admissions for covid has fluctuated between 40% of patients admitted to 60% a week, the last three months.

If the infections are continuing, but not serious why are hospitalizations continuing at around half of admissions for 3 months.

I spoke with a research scientist whom I met on a recent trip. In the course of conversation, I asked him what he felt about the covid situation and the strategy used to develop the vaccine.

He said the strategy in creating the vaccine was to create antibodies that would fight the infections in persons which would fight the covid virus symptoms from taking hold and making you sick. He said the vaccine created did not kill the virus-the germ giving you the disease. This was never explained by the CDC.

In my naivete, I thought we were getting a vaccine that would prevent us from getting the disease period. Like the polio vaccine.

The facts that started to come out as the vaccine rolled out: people getting sick even though they had been vaccinated were attributed to variants of the disease. And boosters were created for them.

Could it be that since virus was not being killed, but just that the virus continued to exist in the body maybe and then made us sick later on, which would account for the number of relapse, long covid. I am not saying the variants did not infect and were made up,but to make a variant the covid germ had to be working on it by reproducing.Very frightening thought.

The anti-vaccination movement also helped contribute. It kept the disease spreading and killing and those that did not vaccinate through the full sequence of the vaccines were those who caught it the most during last year’s covid comeback (and it was a comeback).

My discussion with the research scientist made a lot of since.

We need a cure.

Just like we need a cure for cancer.

Just like you and I have to use our heads.

And just like we need information–more of it–lots of it– not less, not statistics that are cosmetically presented positive.

I hope we are still going to work on a cure for covid that kills the germ flat-out. The research scientist I talked to makes very rational sense.

It is numbing that the disease is stronger after 3 years, and ramping up infections.