HUDSON VALLEY, NY — Village elections set for Wednesday have been postponed. Gov Andrew Cuomo took the action in an effort to keep New Yorkers safe during the new coronavirus outbreak.
The elections have been rescheduled for the April 28 primary election.
"Our top priority has been keeping New Yorkers safe and stopping the spread of the novel coronavirus," Cuomo said.
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"Public health officials have been clear that reducing density is one of the most effective ways to stop the spread, and delaying village elections will help ensure poll workers and voters are not potentially exposed to the virus and at the same time maintain integrity in our election system," he said.
In Westchester, there were contested village elections in Bronxville, Scarsdale and Tuckahoe. Other elections were to take place in Briarcliff Manor, Buchanan, Hastings-on-Hudson, Larchmont, Pelham, Pleasantville and Sleepy Hollow. In Putnam, Nelsonville will be holding an election.
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In Dutchess County, village elections were set to take place in Rhinebeck, Tivoli and Wappingers Falls. Only Saugerties had an election scheduled in Ulster County.
Orange County villages that will have to reschedule elections are Warwick, Florida, South Blooming Grove, Goshen, Otisville, Greenwood Lake, Cornwall-on-Hudson and Walden.
EDTIOR'S NOTE: This article has been modified from its original version to include the village elections in the mid-Hudson Valley.
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