{"id":286095,"date":"2026-07-03T18:44:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T18:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/286095\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T18:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T18:44:09","slug":"massive-raw-sewage-discharge-into-hudson-river-prompts-health-advisory-in-nyc-and-westchester-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/286095\/","title":{"rendered":"Massive raw sewage discharge into Hudson River prompts health advisory in NYC and Westchester County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A health advisory in Westchester County couldn&#8217;t have come at a worse time, considering <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/sail4th-250-list-of-tall-ships-where-to-watch\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the holiday weekend<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/extreme-heat-warning-weather-nyc-nj\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the heat wave<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Westchester County health officials say people should avoid recreational activities along a stretch of the Hudson River until further notice.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A power outage at the Yonkers Sewage Treatment plant has resulted in hundreds of millions of gallons of untreated, raw sewage discharging into the Hudson River.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So from New York City north to Tarrytown, people are advised to avoid any contact with Hudson River water.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/yonkers-sewage-affects-wcbsibdq-hi-res-still-00-00-1615.jpg#.jpeg\" alt=\"yonkers-sewage-affects-wcbsibdq-hi-res-still-00-00-1615.jpg \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  A power outage at the Yonkers Sewage Treatment facility led to a sewage discharge into the Hudson River on July 3, 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                CBS News New York<\/p>\n<p>Westchester County officials say the following communities could be impacted:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>New York City\u00a0Yonkers\u00a0Hastings-on-Hudson\u00a0Dobbs Ferry\u00a0Irvington\u00a0Tarrytown\u00a0Sleepy Hollow\u00a0Briarcliff Manor\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you&#8217;re swimming, or you&#8217;re in the water, there&#8217;s a chance that you could swallow water, you could get contaminated water in your eyes or your nose, or open wounds. A person could experience [gastrointestinal] symptoms if they consume the water. If they have an open wound, the wound could become infected,&#8221; Westchester County Health Commissioner Dr. Sherlita Amler said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Because of the risk from the raw sewage, the county has closed the Philipse Manor Beach Club in Sleepy Hollow.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The county says the risk may be low, but there is a risk, and advises avoiding all contact with Hudson River water, including swimming, kayaking, paddleboarding, boating, fishing &#8211; anything involving contact with the Hudson River.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A health advisory in Westchester County couldn&#8217;t have come at a worse time, considering the holiday weekend and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":286096,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[3376,9,24,55,54,56,1628,3048],"class_list":["post-286095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-hudson-river","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-ny","tag-westchester-county","tag-yonkers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286095\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}