Latimer Transition Team Met Sunday To Discuss Westchester County Strategies

More than 75 community and government leaders from across Westchester met Sunday in Port Chester with County Executive-elect George Latimer to set the tone for his transition to office in January. Transition team co-chairs Ken Jenkins, a county legislator from Yonkers, and John Nonna, former Pleasantville mayor and county legislator, led "the process of restoring strong leadership and community-driven commitment to Westchester County government," according to Joseph Glazer, a spokesman for Latimer.

Bartaco in Port Chester, N.Y. on Thursday, May 4, 2017.

A New York State attorney has filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of people who were potentially exposed to hepatitis A at the restaurant bartaco in Port Chester, N.Y. Paul V. Nunes, a senior partner of Underberg and Kessler in Rochester, N.Y., filed the complaint on behalf of Yonkers, N.Y. resident Crystal Lopez, a bartaco patron who dined at the restaurant on Oct. 12. Lopez was advised by health officials to get a blood test and hepatitis A vaccine or Immune Globulin for treatment, like others who ate or drank at the popular spot between Oct. 12 and 23. "Everyone has a right to expect that the food they are served at a public restaurant is free on contaminants and is safe to eat," Nunes said this week.

Woman Sues Westchester Restaurant Over Hepatitis Exposure

A class action lawsuit has been filed against bartaco, the popular Port Chester restaurant that had to be temporarily closed down last week because of a potential Hepatitis A exposure that may have left customers vulnerable to the disease. A lawsuit was filed by a Rochester-based law firm on behalf of Yonkers resident Crystal Lopez and the thousands of people who were required to obtain a blood test and receive a vaccination for Hepatitis recently following the outbreak.