THE WORLD READS WHITE PLAINS CITIZENETREPORTER — 8,324,077 VISITS IN ONE YEAR

IT WAS THE LAST OFFICIAL DAY OF SUMMER MONDAY, THE END OF LABOR DAY WEEKEND AND IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. PLAYLAND OFFICIALLY CLOSED AND HAD TWO GOOD WEATHER DAYS WHICH SHOULD PERHAPS PUSH ATTENDANCE FOR THE PARK UP CLOSE TO 300,000. THIS WILL PUT PRESSURE ON THE COUNTY TO CONSIDER LIBERALIZING THE CURRENT COUNTY VISION FOR THE PARK.

IF YOU CALL STANDARD AMUSEMENTS WANTED TO ADD MORE RIDES AND EXPAND OPERATIONS OF THE PARK ALL YEAR ROUND WITH THE ADDITION OF A CATERING FACILITY AND MORE RESTAURANTS ON THE BOARDWALK. WELL THAT WAS OPPOSED BY COUJTY EXECUTIVE GEORGE LATIMER LEADING TO THE BANKRUPTCY JUDGE TO TELL THE COUNTY AND STANDARD AMUSEMENTS TO RENEGOTIATE.

WELL THE SAME SITUATION NOW REMAINS IN EFFECT; WILL STANDARD IN LIGHT OF THE 300,000 ATTENDANCE AT PLAYLAND—RENEW ITS VISION TO EXPAND PLAYLAND TO BRING IN THEIR ELIXIR OF YEAR ROUND OPERATION WITH MORE RESTAURANTS. THIS IS COMPLICATED BY THE USE OF THE BOARDWALK BY THE CHILDREN’S MUSEUM WHICH HAS TURNED INTO A FEEL GOOD WHITE ELEPHANT WITH NO APPRECIABLE GROWTH SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN THE LAST YEAR OF THE ASTORINO ADMINISTRATION.

STANDARD STILL MAY CONSIDER WALKING AWAY FROM THE DEAL. OR PROPOSE MORE BOARDWALK ATTRACTIONS.

CURRENTLY THE COUNTY IS REDOING THE  PLAYLAND POOL. THEY THE COUNTY  MIGHT CONSIDER ROOFING THE POOL FACILITY SO IT COULD BE USED YEAR ROUND AND ON RAINY DAYS.

THE BATHHOUSE JUST DOWN FROM THE CHILDREN’S MUSEUM WHICH HAS YET TO “MUSEUM” ANYTHING AND WE HAVE BEEN WAITING 5 YEARS FOR THAT TO REALIZE ITS ORIGINAL MISSION.

 STANDARD MAY LOOK AT TRYING TO DEVELOP THE  AREA AROUND THE EDITH REID SANCTUARY INTO A SWANK ART DECO CATERING FACILITY TO INFUSE REVENUE ALL YEAR ROUND. OR STANDARD MAY DECIDE THERE IS NO POTENTIAL HERE. STANDARD IS SUPPOSED TO TAKE OVER MANAGEMENT OF THE PARK NEXT YEAR

I DROVE THROUGH LARCHMONT AND MAMARONECK YESTERDAY AND SAW PLENTY OF WATER RUINED DEBRIS AWAITING PICK-UP AND WONDER EXACTLY WHAT THE COUNTY CAN DO TO FIX THE MAMARONECK AND SHELDRAKE RIVER PROBLEM. WE AWAIT A STUDY ABOUT WHAT CAN BE DONE.

MEANWHILE WE CAN PERHAPS BRACE FOR MORE  RAIN PROBLEMS FROM HURRICANE LARRY PERHAPS BEARING IN ON EASTERN LONG ISLAND IF IT DOES NOT TAKE A MORE WESTERLY DIRECTION.

THIS FLOOD FIX MAY OFF ANOTHER 10 YEARS IN THE FUTURE—AND HOW GOOD IS THE  ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AT FIXING FLOOD PLAINS JUST AS LOUISIANA. THIS PROBLEM EXISTED 11 YEARS AGO WHEN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WAS RUNNING THE COUNTY AND THEY DID NOTHING ABOUT IT THEN.  A WORK IN PROCESS DESPITE THE FEEL GOOD PRESS CONFERENCES OVER THE LAST WEEKEND.

MEANWHILE, THE COUNTY  WAS OUT TO PLAY OVER THE WEEKEND, AND THE COVID NEW CASES CONTINUE TO COME  FROM THOSE INFECTED  TWO WEEKS AGO CONTINUED TO  STAY STEADY AVERAGING 175 NEW CASES A DAY FROM LAST MONDAY TO SUNDAY.

THERE WERE 1,231 NEW CASES OF COVID IN WESTCHESTER  IN 6 DAYS WHICH CERTAINLY DO NOT COMPARE TO THE NUMBERS OF LAST JANUARY,BUT THE NEW CASES ARE COMING FROM THOSE INFECTED WITH COVID TWO WEEKS AGO  AT A RATE OF 1 NEW CASE INFECTING 1 OTHER PERSON. THAT KEEPS COVID A VERY REAL THREAT. I SAW LITTLE MASKING WHEN I WAS WALKING IN MANOR PARK MONDAY AFTERNOON AND PEOPLE HAVE TO TAKE IT MORE SERIOUSLY.

WHAT CONCERNS ME IS THE NUMBERS OF PERSONS BEING TESTED IS EERILY PARALLEL TO THE NUMBERS TESTED LAST FALL WHEN WE STARTED TO DEVELOP THE SECOND WAVE OF COVID.

ON OCTOBER 31, 2020, 11 MONTHS AGO, 7,400 WERE TESTED AND 149 TESTED POSITIVE , 2% SPREAD RATE OF ONE PERSON INFECTING 2 OTHER PERSONS. ONE MONTH LATER  THAT WENT UP 7,706 TESTED AND 178 POSTIVE , 2.3% . BY DECEMBER WE TESTED  12,800 AND  570 TESTED POSITIVE. ON JANUARY 1 2021 1,000 PERSONS TESTED POSITIVE UP GOING UP 10 TIMES IN 3 MONTHS,

THE BIG DIFERENCE BETWEEN THEN AND NOW, THERE WAS NO VACCINE AND PEOPLE ARE NOT GETTING THEIR VACCINATIONS. NOW LOOKING AT  SUNDAY’S LATEST FIGURES, 148 OF  4,660 PERSONS TESTED POSITIVE.. TWO WEEKS FROM NOW THE 1,231 NEW POSITIVES WILL TRANSLATE IN AS MUCH AS 1,200 MORE CASES. IF WE CONTINUE TO NOT MASK, SOCIALIZE  IN LARGE GROUPS THIS IS NOT GOING TO GO DOWN. VACCINATIONS ARE DOWN.

THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY COMMUNITIES THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2 BEFORE LABOR DAY:

YONKERS HAD 621 NEW CASES, MOUNT VERNON 237, NEW ROCHELLE, 225, AND WHITE PLAINS 122, GREENBURGH, 117, HARRISON 86

 THE RYES  74 PORT CHESTER 54, UP NORTH COUNTY YORKTON HAD 123, MOUNT PLEASANT 100, CORTLANDT 66, SOMERS 61, LEWISBORO 48. , THAT’S 1,934 NEW CASES—WHOSE IMPACT ON WHOM THEY CONTACTED BEFORE BEING TESTED POSITIVE…HAS YET TO BE FELT IN POSSIBLE NEW CASES

NOW SPEAKING OF SOCIALIZING—THE WHITE PLAINS FARMERS MARKET OPENS  WEDNESDAY WITH A JAZZ CONCERT TOMORROW FREE.

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

“We continue to keep a close eye on the numbers, and while we know we’ve come a long way in beating back the virus and getting a good number of New Yorkers vaccinated, our work is not yet done, my friends,” Governor Hochul said. “COVID is still out there, and we cannot get complacent because we all know what it’s capable of. If you still need to get vaccinated, it’s imperative that you do so as soon as possible because your safety and the safety of others is on the line.”   
   
Today’s data is summarized briefly below: 

• Test Results Reported – 157,302
• Total Positive – 5,030
• Percent Positive – 3.20%
• 7-Day Average Percent Positive – 3.28%
• Patient Hospitalization – 2,359 (+5)
• Patients Newly Admitted – 298
• Patients in ICU – 532 (+8)
• Patients in ICU with Intubation – 260 (+0)
• Total Discharges – 193,930 (+252)
• New deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS – 28
• Total deaths reported by healthcare facilities through HERDS – 43,697

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 – 55,654

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 – 23,921,319
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 24 hours – 67,962
• Total vaccine doses administered over past 7 days – 388,164
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose – 77.8%
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series – 70.4%
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) – 80.3%
• Percent of New Yorkers ages 18 and older with completed vaccine series (CDC) – 72.1%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose – 65.6%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series – 59.1%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with at least one vaccine dose (CDC) – 67.9%
• Percent of all New Yorkers with completed vaccine series (CDC) – 60.6% 

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

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

Yesterday, 5,030 New Yorkers tested positive for COVID-19 in New York State, bringing the total to 2,281,283. A geographic breakdown is as follows:  
  

Yesterday, 28 New Yorkers died due to COVID-19, bringing the total to 43,697. A geographic breakdown is as follows, by county of residence: 

All New York State mass vaccination sites are now open to eligible New Yorkers for walk-in vaccination on a first-come, first-serve basis. 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.  

Yesterday, 40,278 New Yorkers received their first vaccine dose, and 29,262 completed their vaccine series. A geographic breakdown of New Yorkers who have been vaccinated by region is as follows: 

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