Westchester Insider: County Executive George Latimer Directs County Flags To Be Flown At Half-Staff In Honor Of Westchester Residents Who Have Died From COVID-19.

 

County Executive George Latimer Directs County Flags To Be Flown At Half-Staff In Honor Of Westchester Residents Who Have Died From COVID-19.

Directive Part of County COVID-19 Commemoration.

 

(White Plains, NY) – On Wednesday, March 3, Westchester County Executive George Latimer is directing flags at all County facilities to be flown at half-staff in honor of the over 2,000 Westchester residents who have died from coronavirus.

 

The flags will be flown at half-staff as a part the County’s COVID-19 commemoration event taking place one year after the first confirmed case in Westchester. 

 

Latimer said: “Westchester has suffered great losses and we must honor them in each way that we can. Flying our flags at half-staff is a message to all of us that we will not forget the tragedy that this virus has caused. Each death is a person, not just merely a point on a chart.”