BOOKS-TAPES-MUSIC CURBSIDE PICKUP BEGINS MONDAY AT THE LIBRARY

We are excited to be offering Contactless Curbside Pickup starting next Monday, June 15. This service will be offered Monday-Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Every White Plains cardholder can request three items a day and pick them up during those hours. You can borrow books, movies, music, and audiobooks for yourself or your children. Here’s how to get started:

  • Call (914) 422-1400. We’ll ask for your name, library card number, phone number, and email.
  • Let us know what you are looking for. If you have a specific book or movie, great! If you want us to pick out items for you, let us know the last few books or movies that you really enjoyed. We’ll hang up and start searching.
  • Once we have collected your titles, we will call you back to review and to check the items out to you. You will have three days to pick up the material.
  • Drive to the Library Monday-Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and when you pull in to our cut-out, call (914) 422-1490 and provide your name. Stay in your car, and a library worker will leave your items—bagged and with your name prominently on the exterior—on a table in front of the Library.
  • Walking? Just give us a call when you get to the corner of Martine Avenue and Martin Luther King or South Lexington, and we’ll leave your items on the table.
  • Retrieve your items and enjoy.
  • Please don’t engage our staff in conversation. If you have questions, call (914) 422-1400.
  • To return materials, use the book drop on the left of the entrance, open every day 24/7. Please keep the bags—they are reusable, recyclable, and biodegradable.
  • We are not accepting book donations at this time.
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MIDHUDSON VALLEY MOVES TO PHASE 2

WPCNR CORONAVIRUS NEWS. From Benjamin Boykin, Chair, Westchester County Board of Legislators. June 9, 2020:

Westchester County will begin Phase 2 reopening under Governor Andrew Cuomo’s New York Forward reopening plan on Tuesday, June 9, as we continue to recover from the COVID-19 epidemic.

Businesses that will be able to begin reopening in Phase 2 are:

  • Offices
  • Real Estate
  • Certain In-Store Retail
  • Vehicle Sales, Leases, and Rentals
  • Retail Rental, Repair, and Cleaning
  • Commercial Building Management
  • Hair Salons and Barbershops
  • Outdoor and Take-Out/Delivery Food Services

Safety mandates will continue to be in place for each of these industries.  For example, in Phase 2, offices must limit occupancy to a maximum of 50%, maintain a minimum of 6 feet of distance among individuals, and, if a six-foot distance cannot be maintained, acceptable face coverings must be worn.

A full list of mandatory and recommended practices are available on an industry-by-industry basis at https://forward.ny.gov/phase-two-industries.

Pursuant to the Governor’s Executive Orders, the following businesses remain closed:

  • Indoor Malls — however, any stores without their own external entrances may continue to operate via curbside pickup as in Phase 1
  • Indoor on-premise restaurant and bar service
  • Large gathering/event venues
  • Gyms, fitness centers, and exercise classes, except for remote or streaming services
  • Video lottery and casino gaming facilities
  • Movie theaters, except drive-ins
  • Places of public amusement, whether indoors or outdoors, including but not limited to, locations with amusement rides, carnivals, amusement parks, water parks, aquariums, zoos, arcades, fairs, children’s play centers, funplexes, theme parks, bowling alleys, family and children’s attractions.

As with Phase 1, reopening businesses must develop a written Safety Plan outlining how the business will prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the workplace.

Industry-specific Safety Plan templates for Phase 2 businesses are available at https://forward.ny.gov/phase-two-industries.

For more information and guidance about the New York State phased reopening plan, please visit: https://forward.ny.gov.

Please forward this e-news to family and friends who may be interested in this information.

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