Patricia Keegan, longtime aide to former U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey, has joined the Westchester County Department of Social Services as Assistant to Commissioner Leonard Townes, and will work on internal and external communications. Keegan served for more than 26 years as District Director to Congresswoman Nita Lowey, supervising constituent services and community outreach in her two offices in Westchester and Rockland, until the Congresswoman retired in January. Prior to that, she was Director of Communications for the New York State Education Department and also previously worked as a reporter and editor for the then Gannett Westchester Newspapers