Yorktown Seeks COVID-19 Site at FDR State Park

Yorktown officials asked Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday to establish a Covid-19 testing site at Franklin Delano Roosevelt State Park.

“Our local healthcare system and regional hospitals are under extreme stress as testing demand remains at an all-time high,” four bipartisan Town Board members wrote in their letter. “Patients are traveling from as far as Long Island in a desperate attempt to get a test at our local urgent care centers. The strain has caused our local police department to assist with crowd control at times.”

State officials have declared the state park an emergency staging ground in the past. After Tropical Storm Isaias, Con Edison used the park as a crew-dispatch site for power-line repairs.

A copy of the officials’ letter is attached. Supervisor Matt Slater will be available for early morning phone/video chat interviews on Thursday.

Contact:  Yorktown Supervisor Matt Slater, 914-962-5722 x201 or [email protected]