Westchester County NY Government

“One of the most important pillars of democracy is a free and open press. The job of a journalist is to hold leaders - on all levels of government - accountable while also telling the stories of the people, places and events that make up who we are as a society. To put it more simply, without a free and open press we would live in a vacuum and in a world where decisions were made without fear of consequence - and that is not democracy. On this 26^th annual World Press Freedom Day, join me in commending those who do this work and calling for the freedom to report both here locally and around the world.”