Westchester Economic Team Has Resources To Help Businesses

WHITE PLAINS, NY — The Westchester County Department of Economic Development Crisis Advisory team has identified a series of resources to help business owners remain viable during and after Covid-19.

During his daily news conference Friday, County Executive George Latimer said, on the Economic Development Catalyst website, there is a new page called Events, on which virtual events and recordings of events are posted, on the topics that the recent Business Survey identified as most needed by the business community.

Some of these events are hosted by the county, and some are hosted by other business organizations within Westchester.

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On Thursday May 7, from 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m., the county will present a workshop addressing Anxiety, and how it interferes with productive decision making. Registration details can be found on the Catalyst website: https://westchestercatalyst.com/events/.

Future webinars will cover topics such as “Analyzing your Cash Flow,” “How to Retain and Win New Customers” and “Social Media Tactics that will Work Now.”

To learn more about future events, go to the events page or subscribe to the Economic Development newsletter, go to westchestercatalyst.com, scroll to the bottom, enter your email and click “sign up.” If you have any questions about the Crisis Advisory team initiatives, please send an email to DNovick@westchestergov.com.

Latimer also announced receiving a donation of 50,000 protective masks for Westchester County’s front-line workers, from the Greater New York Automobile Dealers Association. The donation of personal protective equipment will go a long way in assisting the county’s doctors, nurses and first responders in their continuous fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The 50,000 masks that are being donated are part of a larger donation by the association to 12 different counties in New York State.

As of Friday, there were 29,232 confirmed positive cases of the new coronavirus in Westchester County. Latimer said 22,476 of those cases have resolved, meaning the person is no longer infected with the virus.

That leaves 6,756 active cases of the virus.

"That's a lot of cases, but a month ago there were 8,000," Latimer said, adding that further back than that there were 10,000 to 11,000 actives cases.

Hospitalizations remain flat, he said, but deaths have increased to 1,049 Westchester residents since March 1 when the first cases were identified.

Here is a map provided by the county with numbers of confirmed cases of the new coronavirus by municipality.

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