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Racial Injustice

COVID-19: Pop-Up Vaccination Sites Added In Westchester, Rockland COVID-19: Pop-Up Vaccination Sites Added In Westchester, Rockland
Covid-19: Pop-Up Vaccination Sites Added In Westchester, Rockland Two new pop-up COVID-19 vaccination sites are being set up in the Hudson Valley this week to provide first doses to thousands of New Yorkers. Those sites are: Westchester County: St. Thomas Episcopal Church on West Boston Post Road in Mamaroneck on Thursday, March, 18.  Rockland County: Haverstraw Community Center on Broad Street on Saturday, March 20. Appointments have already been filled at each site. They are among 16 new community-based pop-up vaccination sites coming online this week at churches, community centers, public housing complexes, and cultural centers in downstate N…
COVID-19: CDC Issues New Guidance On Events, Gatherings COVID-19: CDC Issues New Guidance On Events, Gatherings
Covid-19: CDC Issues New Guidance On Events, Gatherings With nearly two dozen states seeing increases in novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued guidance on events and gatherings. The advisory, released Friday, June 12, comes amid thousands of large outdoor protests of racial injustice and police brutality. The higher the level of community transmission where a gathering is being held, the higher the risk of COVID-19 spreading, the CDC said. "The size of an event or gathering should be determined based on state, local, territorial or tribal safety laws and regulations," according to the…
Protest Drawing Nearly 2,000, Including Yankees Legend, Leads To Road Closure In Westchester Protest Drawing Nearly 2,000, Including Yankees Legend, Leads To Road Closure In Westchester
Protest Drawing Nearly 2,000, Including Yankees Legend, Leads To Road Closure In Westchester Nearly 2,000 people, including a first-ballot Major League Baseball Hall of Famer, flooded the streets of one of Westchester’s largest cities in support of racial justice following the death of George Floyd at the hands of police in Minneapolis. On Wednesday, June 3, demonstrators of all ages, races, and backgrounds in New Rochelle marched down North Avenue to City Hall holding signs and shouting rallying cries over Floyd’s death and racial inequality. “A truly impressive protest last night at City Hall in support of racial justice,” New Rochelle Mayor Noam Bramson said. “Impressive not on…