Harold N. Adel, MD, MPH
Commissioner
Department of Health
Andrew J. Spano
County Executive
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FOR
MORE INFORMATION
October 10, 1999 Contact Mary Landrigan
Mosquito spraying for tonight postponed
(914) 637-4713The Westchester County Department of Health has postponed the scheduled mosquito spraying for tonight, due to rain. The areas scheduled to be sprayed tonight will be sprayed tomorrow night. Mosquito spraying for each of the remaining scheduled days will also be moved back a day. The new schedule is included below.
Mosquito spraying will be conducted on each scheduled evening beginning at 6 pm and concluding by 9 pm, conditions permitting. If mosquito spraying cannot be conducted on a given evening due to adverse weather conditions, the entire schedule will be shifted to begin on the next available evening. For example, those communities scheduled for Monday would drop back to Tuesday; those scheduled for Tuesday would drop back to Wednesday, etc. Updated schedules will be made available on a daily basis through the media, the County website
www.westchestergov.com, the Health Department website, www.westchestergov.com/health and the Encephalitis Hotline, 285-2032.The new schedule is as follows:
Sunday evening, October 10:
No mosquito spraying, due to adverse weather conditions.
Monday evening, October 11
Communities bordered on the north and east by Croton Point Park, Route 9A, Taconic State Parkway, Route 22 and Cooney Hill Road to the Connecticut State line; bordered on the south by I-287 and the Hudson River to the west.
This area includes the communities of Sleepy Hollow, Briarcliff Manor, and parts of Tarrytown, Ossining, Mount Pleasant, North Castle, Greenburgh ,Harrison and White Plains.
Tuesday evening, October 12:
Communities bordered by the Croton River, and the New Croton Reservoir to the north; I-684 to the east; Route 9A to the west; and the Kensico Reservoir to the south.
This area includes the communities of New Castle, Mount Kisco, Pleasantville, and parts of North Castle, Bedford, Mt. Pleasant, Yorktown and Cortlandt.
Wednesday evening, October 13:
Communities bordered to the north by Route 35, to the east and south by the Connecticut state line and and to the west by I-684.
This area includes the communities of Pound Ridge, parts of Bedford, Lewisboro and North Castle.
Thursday evening, October 14:
Communities bordered to the north by the Putnam County line, east to the Taconic Parkway, west to the Hudson River and the Croton Reservior, and south to the Croton River.
This area includes the communities of Peekskill, Buchanan, Croton, most of Cortlandt and the northwest section of Yorktown
Friday, October 15:
The area bounded by the Putnam County line to the north, Taconic Parkway to the east, the Hudson River to the west, and the Croton Reservoir and the Croton River to the south.
This includes the communities of Somers, a small part of Lewisboro and the east sections of Yorktown.
Saturday, October 16:
The area bounded by the Putnam County line to the north, the Connecticut state line to the east, Route 35 to the south and I-684 to the south.
This includes the communities of North Salem and parts of Lewisboro and Bedford.
In addition to aerial spraying, the Westchester County Department of Health is encouraging municipalities to clean out storm drains and catch basins on a routine basis. These are the areas where mosquitoes often breed.
The County continues to offer free insect repellent containing DEET, in strengths for children and adults, at local firehouses. Residents should contact their fire department to find out how to get the repellent.
Additional information on West Nile-like virus and mosquito spraying is found on the Westchester County Department of Health website, www.westchestergov.com/health. Residents can also call the Encephalitis Hotline at (914) 285-2032 between the hours of 8am and 8pm.
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