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5:40 Westchester County Executive George Latimer hosted a COVID-19 commemoration Wednesday, marking one year since the county’s first confirmed case. New Rochelle became the epicenter of the virus in New York early in the pandemic. Westchester Deputy County Executive Ken Jenkins recalled March 3, 2020. “The county executive, George, called at 10 minutes to 8 on the 3rd, and it’s, it was unusual because we do a lot of texting because that’s the world we live in, but for him to call that early in the morning, I thought something must be wrong, and the county executive said that we had our first case here in Westchester County,” Jenkins says. “Five minutes after 8, the mayor of New Rochelle Noam Bramson called and was validating that information, and then we’ve been all working through this particular scenario together.” ....
Reply(1) Westchester County Executive George Latimer spoke at the commemoration of the one-year anniversary of the first confirmed case of the new coronavirus in the county. (Westchester County Government) WHITE PLAINS, NY To commemorate the one-year anniversary of Westchester County s first confirmed coronavirus case, a ceremony was held Wednesday in the lobby of the Michaelian Office Building The lobby is the site of the county s Ribbons of Remembrance memorial. To date, the county has lost more than 2,000 lives to the disease. Subscribe County Executive George Latimer said, in the past year, Westchester residents have rallied together in so many ways, but was imperative to take time to grieve and heal together. ....