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New School Bus Stop-Arm Camera Program Announced In Westchester To Catch Illegal Passings New School Bus Stop-Arm Camera Program Announced In Westchester To Catch Illegal Passings
New School Bus Stop-Arm Camera Program Announced In Westchester To Catch Illegal Passings Nearly a dozen districts in Westchester will be participating in an all-new enforcement program that will use artificial intelligence to catch those who illegally pass stopped school buses, officials announced.  In an announcement on Tuesday, Oct. 22, Westchester County Executive George Latimer unveiled a new school bus stop-arm photo program meant to reduce the number of illegal passing.  According to Latimer, every vehicle in participating school districts' fleets will be equipped with cameras that will use AI to detect cars that pass stopped buses. The equipment will be provide…

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by Ben Crnic
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Taconic Parkway Reopens After Rollover Crash Involving School Bus Taconic Parkway Reopens After Rollover Crash Involving School Bus
Taconic Parkway Reopens After Rollover Crash Involving School Bus Update All lanes on the Taconic State Parkway have reopened after a crash earlier Wednesday morning involving a school bus. Original report All southbound lanes and one northbound lane of the Taconic State Parkway are closed due to a school bus crash, according to the New York State Police. The rollover took place around 8:18 a.m. Wednesday north of Bryant Pond Road in Putnam Valley, said Trooper AJ Hicks, a spokesman for the state police. The mini-bus, from the Tarrytown Union Free School District, had only the driver onboard, who was slightly injured, Hicks said.  No other vehicles we…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Westchester School Employee Pleads Guilty To Stealing $10,000 From District Westchester School Employee Pleads Guilty To Stealing $10,000 From District
Westchester School Employee Pleads Guilty To Stealing $10,000 From District The longtime Tarrytown Union Free School District secretary and Putnam County resident accused of stealing more than $10,000 from her employer has pleaded guilty to a corruption charge. Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr. announced on Thursday that Lake Peekskill resident Carol Ressa, 53, has pleaded guilty to a felony count of third-degree grand larceny as a public corruption crime. According to Scarpino, between October 2011 and March last year, Ressa “used her position as a public employee to steal thousands of dollars from the Tarrytown Union Free School District,…

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by Zak Failla