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COVID-19: Westchester Community College Gets Grant To Train Future Frontline Healthcare Workers COVID-19: Westchester Community College Gets Grant To Train Future Frontline Healthcare Workers
Covid-19: Westchester Community College Gets Grant To Train Future Frontline Healthcare Workers Westchester Community College has received a $100,000 grant to be used to train future healthcare workers. The grant, provided by the Westchester Workforce Funders Collaborative amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, will enable the college to create a network with government and industry partners that will provide funding for at least 40 participants. The network will be housed at the college’s Mount Vernon Extension Center, and recruit and train the students for healthcare occupations, the college said. Successful participants will earn college credits and a health career creden…
COVID-19: NY Will Ramp Up Testing For Frontline Workers, Allow Pharmacies To Conduct Tests COVID-19: NY Will Ramp Up Testing For Frontline Workers, Allow Pharmacies To Conduct Tests
Covid-19: NY Will Ramp Up Testing For Frontline Workers, Allow Pharmacies To Conduct Tests New York State is expanding testing for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) to include more frontline workers as a result of rapidly increasing diagnostic testing capacity.  The expanded criteria will now allow all first responders, healthcare workers and essential employees to be tested for COVID-19 even if they aren't symptomatic, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Saturday, April 25 at his daily news briefing in Albany.  The state will continue to expand testing criteria as testing capacity increases. Cuomo also announced he will issue an executive order allowing more than 5,000 phar…
Westchester Man Chased Down, Beaten To Death After Alleged Attempted Break-In Westchester Man Chased Down, Beaten To Death After Alleged Attempted Break-In
Westchester Man Chased Down, Beaten To Death After Alleged Attempted Break-In A Westchester resident was beaten to death with a metal pipe after allegedly attempting to break into a home.  Harold Bates, 29, of Mount Vernon, was killed around 11:53 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 19, after being hit with a metal pipe, said the New York City Police. Police found Bates after responding to a call of a burglary in progress on East 223 Street in the 47 Precinct, said the NYPD. When officers arrived on the scene, they found Bates, unconscious and unresponsive, with trauma to the head. He was rushed to Montefiore Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.  According to m…
Westchester Man Sentenced For Fatally Stabbing Wife Westchester Man Sentenced For Fatally Stabbing Wife
Westchester Man Sentenced For Fatally Stabbing Wife The 63-year-old man who admitted to killing his wife in their Scarsdale home more than two years ago, was sentenced Wednesday morning to 20 years in prison. In May, Julius "Jules" Reich pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter, a violent felony, in the fatal stabbing of his wife, Robin Goldman, who was a pediatrician at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx. It was the first homicide in Scarsdale in nearly four decades.  Shortly after 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016, first responders from the police department and Scarsdale Volunteer Ambulance Corps rushed to 50 Lincoln R…
Westchester Man To Be Sentenced For Wife's Fatal Stabbing Westchester Man To Be Sentenced For Wife's Fatal Stabbing
Westchester Man To Be Sentenced For Wife's Fatal Stabbing Julius Reich, who admitted to killing his wife in their Scarsdale home more than two years ago, is due to appear in court this week for sentencing. In May, Reich, 63, has pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter, a violent felony, in the fatal stabbing of his wife, Robin Goldman, who was a pediatrician at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx. It was the first homicide in Scarsdale in nearly four decades. Reich will face up to 25 years in state prison. Shortly after 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016, first responders from the police department and Scarsdale Volunteer Ambulance Corps …
Westchester Man Pleads Guilty To Wife's Fatal Stabbing Westchester Man Pleads Guilty To Wife's Fatal Stabbing
Westchester Man Pleads Guilty To Wife's Fatal Stabbing A man has pleaded guilty to the first homicide in Scarsdale in nearly four decades. Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr. announced on Tuesday that Julius Reich, 63, has pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter, a violent felony, in the fatal stabbing of his wife, Robin Goldman, who was a pediatrician at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx. Shortly after 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016, first responders from the police department and Scarsdale Volunteer Ambulance Corps rushed to 50 Lincoln Road when Reich alerted the police that a woman had been “seriously inj…
Westchester Dentist Found Dead Inside Running Car Westchester Dentist Found Dead Inside Running Car
Westchester Dentist Found Dead Inside Running Car A Westchester dentist once affiliated with the Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx was found dead inside a running car in the Bronx, according to the NYPD. NYPD officials said they received a report of Dr. Jeremy Wertman, 38, of Scarsdale, sitting in a running car in a parking garage at 2690 E. 188th St. in Fordham Heights about 8:45 a.m. Tuesday. Police sources say Wertman had an IV tube connected to his foot with a bag filled with propofol, according to the New York Post. Propofol is the same drug Michael Jackson used before his death. The drug can be highly addictive and its side eff…