WHITE PLAINS – A 56-year-old Haverstraw woman has been charged with grand larceny in connection with the theft of more than $390,000 from Eileen Fisher, Inc., of Irvington, her former employer.

It is alleged that Catherine Johnson was employed as an accounts payable manager with the company and over a seven-year period from August 24, 2012 to August 26, 2019, she stole approximately $391,120 by making personal credit card charges on her corporate credit card which were then paid by the company. She allegedly diverted funds directly into her own personal bank account by writing unauthorized checks to herself or to cash; and by making checks payable from an Eileen Fisher account to pay her own personal credit card bills and mortgage.

She was released on her own recognizance pending a future court appearance.

MIDDLETOWN – Dozens of nurses and other healthcare professionals gathered in Middletown on Wednesday to walk to the early polling site at the senior center.

The men and women, members of Healthcare Workers 1199SEIU, wanted to express their concerns about the issues in this election, said union organizer Krystal Shorette.

“There’s a lot on the plate right now, especially for our surrounding medical facilities. Medicaid, Medicare, especially for the older communities; healthcare as a whole is up in the air right now. So, it’s important to us to make sure that we support that and we actually get out the awareness right now that healthcare is the number one priority right now, especially with this pandemic going on,” she said.

State Senator Jen Metzger said the healthcare workers are on the front lines of the pandemic and “they have a huge stake in our elections.”

MIDDLETOWN – Dozens of nurses and other healthcare professionals gathered in Middletown on Wednesday to walk to the early polling site at the senior center.

The men and women, members of Healthcare Workers 1199SEIU, wanted to express their concerns about the issues in this election, said union organizer Krystal Shorette.

“There’s a lot on the plate right now, especially for our surrounding medical facilities. Medicaid, Medicare, especially for the older communities; healthcare as a whole is up in the air right now. So, it’s important to us to make sure that we support that and we actually get out the awareness right now that healthcare is the number one priority right now, especially with this pandemic going on,” she said.

State Senator Jen Metzger said the healthcare workers are on the front lines of the pandemic and “they have a huge stake in our elections.”

MIDDLETOWN – Dozens of nurses and other healthcare professionals gathered in Middletown on Wednesday to walk to the early polling site at the senior center.

The men and women, members of Healthcare Workers 1199SEIU, wanted to express their concerns about the issues in this election, said union organizer Krystal Shorette.

“There’s a lot on the plate right now, especially for our surrounding medical facilities. Medicaid, Medicare, especially for the older communities; healthcare as a whole is up in the air right now. So, it’s important to us to make sure that we support that and we actually get out the awareness right now that healthcare is the number one priority right now, especially with this pandemic going on,” she said.

State Senator Jen Metzger said the healthcare workers are on the front lines of the pandemic and “they have a huge stake in our elections.”

NEWBURGH – Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler told local residents that Orange County has statistics showing evidence there is no systemic police misconduct or use of excessive force problem occurring in the county.

This assertion came Friday morning, at a Coffee with the DA event following nights of rioting in Philadelphia resulting from the police shooting a civilian there.

Hoovler said he believes the shooting in Philadelphia to be isolated and in general, large cities have very different policing than is present in Orange County.

He said there were over 200,000 calls for service last year and only five incidences resulted in the DA’s office investigating. Out of those five, he said all of the officers were found to have acted appropriately.

“The numbers, when you look at Orange County, don’t say that there is a systemic, excessive force problem, do not give you the picture that there is a systemic problem of malfeasance, nonfeasance, or conduct unbecoming. Do you always have a case where there’s one officer acts improperly in a situation- yea, that can happen all the time,” said Hoovler.

Specifically, what the DA’s office and social justice advocates are looking to correct are issues of malfeasance, nonfeasance, unbecoming conduct and excessive force, which they colloquially call the “Big Four.” These categorizations cover direct violation of duty and procedure, or lack to perform duty and procedure, with the exception of unbecoming conduct. Hoovler said this is why finding officers have been disciplined multiple times, without explanation, can paint a deceptive image.

“If an officer gets disciplined because they continually wreck a car, that’s not an issue that we’re here to really talk about, or an officer gets disciplined because their uniform is dirty, or their car,” said Hoovler. “That’s a different issue all together. We’re here to talk about the big four,” he said.

Hoovler maintains that the Orange County DA’s office is very concerned with public transparency and cited their releasing of video evidence to the public in a recent use of force investigation in the City of Newburgh.

Hoovler said over the next seven to eight months, he plans to visit every village and town in the county for a Coffee with the DA event where residents can come and speak with him directly about any concerns they have pertaining to law enforcement or the DA’s office.