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The solemn event began with an interfaith prayer service led by Father Luke Hoyt, from Holy Innocents Catholic Church; Rabbi Annie Tucker, from Temple Israel Center; and Imam Shaffieq Chace, from Islamic Center of New Rochelle. In this year where we have all experienced so much pain and loss, we stand in solidarity as brothers and sisters praying for safety and healing for our families, our community, and our world, Tucker said.
The prayers were followed by remarks from Latimer, Jenkins, and Board of Legislators Chairman Ben Boykin; poems read by the county s Poet Laureate B.K. Fischer and the county s Youth Poet Laureate Danielle Kohn; and a musical interlude from a string quartet made up of students and faculty from White Plains High School.
NY county marks 1-year anniversary of 1st COVID case, opens new vaccine center
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Westchester County marked the one-year anniversary of its first COVID-19 case Wednesday, this as another vaccination mega-site run by the state of New York and FEMA opened in Yonkers.
County Executive George Latimer held commemoration ceremony in the lobby of the Michaelian Office Building in White Plains, where the county s Ribbons of Remembrance memorial now stands.
Westchester has lost over 2,000 lives to the virus to date, and the first large scale outbreak in the East Coast occurred at the Young Israel of New Rochelle synagogue, with the so-called patient zero a congregant, a lawyer who lives in the area.
The state is opening two more COVID vaccination sites in New York City, and beginning Wednesday, the sites at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn and York College in Queens will be able to vaccinate up to 3,000 people a day.
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NJ Transit will resume full weekday service on Wednesday on all bus, light rail and Access Link services systemwide. Atlantic City Rail Line will operate on a regular weekday schedule. All other rail lines will operate on a Level 1 Severe Weather schedule.
Ban on Commercial Vehicles on I-84 Corridor Lifted
Bans of commercial vehicles, empty trailers and tandem trailers on state highways across New York State have been lifted and truck traffic can now safely return to normal. Similar bans have also been lifted on bridges and tunnels maintained by the MTA and Port Authority. All motorists are also being reminded that advisory speeds of 45 mph remain in effect on a number of state highways and should plan accordingly.