Westchester County

The Mayor of Mt. Vernon has ordered an investigation into whether any employees improperly tried to profit off the federal Paycheck Protection Program, a city spokesman said.  The city review is underway after some area residents report being questioned by FBI agents about a possible Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) fraud scheme that could involve dozens of people in Mt....

A former New York public school teacher has pleaded guilty to criminal sexual act, a felony, for allegedly engaging in a sexual act with an underage student on school property during school hours, prosecutors said Tuesday.

New technology installed by Con Edison is helping home owners detect natural gas before a potentially deadly explosion. Ray Villeda reports.

Residents in a close-knit neighborhood in Westchester County are alarmed by the number of white supremacist and hateful stickers that have been placed on their Black Lives Matter signs and on random road signs. One of the hateful stickers causing neighbors in New Rochelle to be concerned for their safety states, “White children are already a minority. Take back our…

NBC New York’s Checkey Beckford reports.

After almost 100 years, Epstein’s is closing for good, but thankfully not due to the pandemic, Lynda Baquero reports.

At least one person was transported by medical personnel to the hospital after a vehicle flew off an embankment and into the back of a parked school bus in Westchester County. The crash occurred near Franklin Avenue in Thornwood around 4:20 p.m., according to Mt. Pleasant Police. Medical personnel were seen carrying at least one person away from the scene…

Emergency officials transported at least one person from a crash after a vehicle drove off a parking garage and into a parked school bus nearby.

Three young people died early Friday morning in a single-vehicle crash on the Cross County Parkway, local authorities said.

The district did not say if any of the alleged partying has lead to a confirmed COVID-19 case yet, and they are asking asking any students who have been at the parties to voluntarily quarantine for 14 days

Officials are asking students who attended the parties to quarantine for 14 days. News 4’s Marc Santia reports.

The 29-year-old woman accused of stabbing a co-worker to death with a kitchen knife during an argument two years ago at the Westchester County restaurant where they worked has been sentenced to up to life in state prison. Rosa Ramirez, of New York City, pleaded guilty in February to charges of second-degree murder in the fight that killed her prep…

An unofficial “Welcome to Dobbs Ferry” shirt was left at the home of three Black families, with the front of the shirt seeming harmless — but on the back was written something that has angered many in the small New York town

NBC New York’s Checkey Beckford reports.

Four people were hurt when an SUV flew off the road and nearly crashed into a Westchester County reservoir but ended up sideways on the waterbed Tuesday, authorities say. Few details were immediately available on what happened near Miller Avenue and Route 202 in Somers around 11 a.m. Somers fire officials said all four people were out of the vehicle…

Authorities in Westchester County are warning that two priests and staff member at a local church who tested positive for COVID-19 may have exposed “many people” to the virus over four days of services. The alert from the Westchester County Department of Health identifies Holy Innocents Catholic Church on Bedford Road in Pleasantville as the potential exposure site. Anyone who…

Two priests and staff member tested positive for Covid-19 and are urging church-goers to get tested as well, Myles Miller reports.

The county DA says it’s professional thieves from New Jersey and Connecticut coming into Westchester, looking for unlocked cars with one thing commonly left inside

Authorities blame keyless ignition systems — and driver carelessness — for the stolen car spike, News 4’s Marc Santia reports.

Andrew Siff and Greg Cergol have team coverage of back-to-school efforts amid the coronavirus pandemic.