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The Westchester Brief | 10.12.26: Measles Order and ZIP Data
Description
New York has declared a measles emergency, and the governor's order does not name Westchester County. But the state publishes MMR vaccination rates for children by Westchester ZIP code, and they run from 71.7% to 91.7%. We look at what Executive Order 65 does, what the ZIP data does and does not measure, and what we could not find.
Executive Order 65, signed October 5, lets pharmacists vaccinate children 2 and older and lets paramedics, advanced emergency medical service providers and midwives give the vaccine under conditions set by the state. It runs through November 4. The state's ZIP report counts children aged 24 to 35 months with at least one MMR dose, as of January 1, 2026. It does not measure the two dose schedule, kindergarten entry or any single school, and some ZIP codes sit in Putnam County. We found no measles case reported in Westchester this year in the sources we reviewed.
In This Episode
(0:00) Cold Open
(0:18) Deep Dive: Executive Order 65 and Westchester's ZIP level MMR rates
(3:36) What's Happening in Westchester: Metro-North foliage trains
(3:58) Close
Sources:
Governor Hochul, measles state disaster emergency: https://governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-declares-state-disaster-emergency-response-ongoing-measles-outbreak
NYS Department of Health, MMR Vaccination Rates by ZIP Code, Westchester County: https://Health.NY.gov/diseases/communicable/measles/vaccine/docs/Westchester_MMR_vaccination_report.pdf
News12 Westchester, Metro-North weekend trains: https://westchester.news12.com/leaf-peepers-get-more-weekend-train-options-as-metro-north-expands-service
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