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Westchester Caseworker Dies More Than Month After Attack During Shift: 'Enraging' Westchester Caseworker Dies More Than Month After Attack During Shift: 'Enraging'
Westchester Caseworker Dies More Than Month After Attack During Shift: 'Enraging' A Westchester caseworker has succumbed to her injuries more than a month after she was brutally attacked while performing her duties.  Maria Coto, age 56, died on Wednesday, June 19 as a result of injuries she sustained during an assault in Peekskill on Tuesday, May 14, according to Peekskill Police Lieutenant Adam Renwick.  On the day of the attack, just after 3 p.m., Coto was assaulted by a suspect identified as 31-year-old Haseem Jenkins inside a Peekskill apartment on South Street while making contact with clients, according to county officials and Peekskill Police. Coto…

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by Ben Crnic
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Westchester County Homeless Shelter To Be Run By New Operator, Officials Report Westchester County Homeless Shelter To Be Run By New Operator, Officials Report
Westchester County Homeless Shelter To Be Run By New Operator, Officials Report Officials shared plans to change the operator of a Northern Westchester homeless shelter. According to a WARN Notice posted on Wednesday, Nov. 23, the Westchester County Department of Social Services has not renewed its contract with Volunteers of America-Greater New York to operate the Grasslands Homeless Shelter in Valhalla. County officials said the facility, located at 25 Operations Drive, will remain open under a new operator. Thirty-five employees are set to be impacted by the decision, according to the WARN Notice. Volunteers for America said in a statement that it was in…

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by Nicole Valinote
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13-Year-Old Raises Funds To Give Gift Cards To All Teens In Westchester Foster Care System 13-Year-Old Raises Funds To Give Gift Cards To All Teens In Westchester Foster Care System
13-Year-Old Raises Funds To Give Gift Cards To All Teens In Westchester Foster Care System A 13-year-old girl from Westchester County has spread some holiday cheer this year, raising enough money to give every teenager in the county's foster care system a gift card. Sky Sams, of Port Chester, raised enough money to purchase 118 $25 Visa Gift Cards, enough for all 116 teens in Westchester County Foster Care, after posting a video to social media and asking friends, family and peers for help. Sky is also a STEER student athlete, according to the announcement from the county. “Sky’s compassion is an example to us all," said Leonard Townes, Commissioner of the Westchester Count…

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by Nicole Valinote
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COVID-19: Retired, Non-Working Nurses Asked To Contact Westchester County COVID-19: Retired, Non-Working Nurses Asked To Contact Westchester County
Covid-19: Retired, Non-Working Nurses Asked To Contact Westchester County As the number of cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) climbs across the state, Westchester County officials are putting out the call for nurses. Westchester County Executive George Latimer said on Wednesday, March 18, that all available licensed nurses are needed to step forward and once again work in service of their neighbors.  “The reality is we don’t have enough nurses to meet our current demand – and that demand will only grow," Latimer said. "We need you now more than ever – your expertise, your education, your experience- you.” The call applies to retired or currently non-work…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Westchester County Offers Help To Reunite Separated Families Westchester County Offers Help To Reunite Separated Families
Westchester County Offers Help To Reunite Separated Families County Executive George Latimer has offered Westchester's Department of Social Services to assist the federal government reunite children currently housed in local facilities with their families. Under state law, county Departments of Social Services (DSS) are required to have plans and systems to return children separated from family and relatives if they have been removed from a parent or parents. On Monday, June 25, Latimer, a Democrat from Rye, said: “The Westchester County Department of Social Services, as part of its child protection mission, has the ability to link children up with…

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by Jon Craig