GOVERNOR HOCHUL: NEW YORK STATE CONCEALED CARRY IMPROVEMENT LAW, RESTRICTIONS ON WHERE YOU CAN ENTER WITH A GUN STILL IN EFFECT AS APPEAL WORKS WAY THROUGH THE COURTS
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.”
SERIOUS FUN ARTS FEST GETS ON THE WAY IN WHITE PLAINS NY USA THROUGH SUNDAY
A wall hanging in ArtsWestchester’s gallery for the new The Social Fabric exhibition that opens this weekend as part of the Serious Fun Arts Fest.
The Serious Fun Arts Fest will celebrate public art, music, and dancing over five days in downtown White Plains starting Wednesday, October 12.
ArtsWestchester’s festival brings monumental works of art to the city’s streets, including a six-story vibrant fabric sculpture by internationally renowned artist Amanda Browder that will be installed on the front façade of ArtsWestchester’s headquarters. The celebration’s headliner concert event is Sunday, October 16 with performances by Sammy Rae & The Friends, The Brighton Beat and ANDROMEDA.
“We expect this event and all five days of public art celebration to offer vibrant art on and off the walls in White Plains for visitors and residents alike,” said ArtsWestchester CEO Janet Langsam.
“This festival combines public art projects that have been completed and many new ones in a 5-day event that will attract new visitors and position White Plains as a creative force in the county well into the future,” said White Plains Mayor Tom Roach.
The festival’s highlights include:
- The ticketed Sunday headliner Sammy Rae & The Friends, an electrifying act that is selling out concert venues in New York City and throughout the East Coast. The band channels a kaleidoscope of influences ranging from classic rock to soul in high-energy performances.
- The free Saturday Block Party, including performances by the Slambovian Circus of Dreams, REMY, Westchester Dance Artists, Matt Turk & Friends, Will Evans and Porter Carroll, Jr.
- The Social Fabric, the new exhibition at ArtsWestchester’s gallery, features recent works and site-responsive commissions by artists who use textiles and fabrics to explore issues of broad social consequence.
- The Serious Fun Art Fair, a five-day pop-up in at the former Macy’s Backstage at The Galleria with more than 200 artists organized by the Blue Door Art Center, New Rochelle Art Association, and others. Live mural painting will be by artists Katie Reidy, Ian Rizzo, and Ramiro Davaro-Comas.
The Serious Fun Arts Fest is supported by a grant awarded to ArtsWestchester by Empire State Development and I LOVE NY/New York State’s Division of Tourism through the Regional Economic Development Council Initiative.
Empire State Development Vice President and Executive Director of Tourism Ross D. Levi said, ” I LOVE NY is happy to support the Serious Fun Arts Festival as another great reason to visit Westchester County and the Hudson Valley. Arts and cultural tourism mean serious business in New York State, creating jobs and supporting economic growth, and we encourage residents and visitors alike to come be a part of it all and find what they love during a seriously fun New York State Fall getaway.”
Monumental public art displays around the downtown include sculpture installations by artists Shelley Parriott, Margaret Roleke and Cheryl Wing-Zi Wong.
The festival is ArtsWestchester’s latest investment in a public art program that since 2020 has provided artists with more than $700,000 in grants and commissions and delivered two dozen new works throughout Westchester County.
Major support is also provided by Montefiore Einstein, the festival’s presenting sponsor.
Click here for tickets for the October 16 concert.
For a complete list of events, visit the Serious Fun web
VACCINES HERE! BIVALENT BOOSTERS, FLU SHOTS HERE!
The Westchester County Health Department will offer both the flu vaccine and COVID-19 bivalent booster by appointment. every Monday and Friday in October from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at 134 Court Street in White Plains.
County Executive George Latimer announced yesterday: “As we have seen since over the past two years, COVID-19 infection rates tend to rise during the fall and winter months, and the same goes for transmission of the flu. We should all be taking careful precautions to prevent the spread of COVID and the flu, and getting your vaccines will help us do that. It is strongly recommended to get both the bivalent COVID booster and the flu shot at the same time, to better protect yourself from both illnesses.”
Health Commissioner Sherlita Amler, MD, said: “Combining vaccines is safe, and it is much more convenient to schedule both at the same time. Children often receive multiple shots at once, and you are much less likely to skip a vaccine if both are given together. Vaccines for flu and COVID-19 offer the best protection we have to fight these diseases, so the sooner you get vaccinated, the better.”
Go to www.westchestergov.com/health to book your vaccine visit. Flu shots are available for anyone age three and older, and high-dose flu vaccine is available for people ages 65 and older. Children may receive a COVID-19 vaccine at the same time as they get a flu shot on Friday mornings this month. Bivalent COVID-19 boosters are available for adults and children ages 12 and up who received their most recent COVID-19 vaccine at least two months ago.
Additional Health Department Flu and COVID Bivalent Booster vaccine clinics are as follows:
Thursday, October 20, 2022
2 to 6:30 p.m.
Yonkers Riverfront Library
Main Entrance Atrium and Children’s Library on Second Floor
1 Larkin Center, Yonkers, NY 10701
Friday, October 28, 2022
9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Don Bosco Community Center
22 Don Bosco Place, Port Chester, NY 10573
Thursday, November 3, 2022
2 to 6:30 p.m.
Yonkers Riverfront Library
Main Entrance Atrium and Children’s Library on Second Floor
1 Larkin Center, Yonkers, NY 10701
For more information, visit the Health Department Website.
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