Westchester Insider: Westchester County: 3/10 - 230PM - COUNTY EXECUTIVE GEORGE LATIMER, BUILDING & REALTY INSTITUTE (BRI) & 32BJ TEAM UP TO DISTRIBUTE COVID-19 TEST KITS.

 

COUNTY EXECUTIVE GEORGE LATIMER, BUILDING & REALTY INSTITUTE (BRI) & 32BJ TEAM UP TO DISTRIBUTE COVID-19 TEST KITS.

 

Thursday, March 10

2:30 p.m.

Michaelian Office Building

148 Martine Ave.

9^th Floor

White Plains, NY 10601

Watch live on https://www.facebook.com/westchestergov

 

(White Plains, NY) – Westchester County Executive George Latimer will be joined by 32BJ SEIU and the Building & Realty Institute of Westchester (BRI) to announce the distribution of COVID-19 test kits supplied by Westchester County to residential building service workers represented by 32BJ and managing agents whose companies are members of the BRI.

 

Latimer said: “As we strive each day to return to normalcy and get test kits out to the people who need them to keep people safe and working, these partnerships are essential to completing our mission. I am grateful to BRI and 32BJ SEIU for working with us to provide a path forward from COVID-19.”

 

The disbursement is part of an ongoing, proactive effort by the County to make testing accessible to Westchester residents.

 

Westchester County’s allotment of COVID-19 Test Kits came from New York State and have also been distributed to housing authorities, child care centers, community health centers, police departments, fire departments, EMS agencies, senior centers, Chambers of Commerce, hotels, restaurants, food pantries, homeless shelters local municipalities, Department of Public Works facilities, non-profit organizations and houses of worship.