Yonkers Tribune

Councilmember McDow Remembers Yonkers’ Enslaved Africans

Reprinted through the courtesy of “The Yonkers Historian,” the quarterly newsletter of the Yonkers Historical Society.

Yonkers, NY -- Yonkers City Councilwoman Patricia McDow will conduct an intimate ceremony in the vicinity of 50 North Broadway on Friday, May 1, 2009 at 5:30pm to acknowledge and honor the lives of freed Yonkers enslaved Africans that remained with their former owner, the Philipse family, until their deaths in reflection over Yonkers role in the abolition of slavery.

 

McLaughlin Demands Board of Education Cooperate with Inspector General’s Inquiry

Sees “Serious Consequences” if Board Fails to Comply

Yonkers, NY -- Yonkers City Council Minority Leader Liam McLaughlin (R-C, 4) today warned the Yonkers Board of Education that there would be “serious consequences” if it failed to comply with an inquiry from the Yonkers Inspector General Phil Zisman regarding the Board’s annual $65 million health care expense.

Cappelli: “…It is Unclear if the Project Can Proceed” By Hezi Aris

Heavy moving equipment litter the prophesized $1 billion resort set to rise above the Concord hotel in Kiamesha Lake , in the Catskills, but the steel girders and concrete frames of a new racino and hotel complex is situated under a tarp, covering an incomplete foundation . The ruling by Supreme Court Judge Burton Ledina on behalf of the Department of Environmental Conservation on March 31st, 2009 to deny Cappelli’s Concord Associates’ two-years-long legal request to expand an additional 20.57 brownfield acres to Louis Cappelli’s present brownfield approved 14.53 acres cleanup area has capped the project at $25 million in brownfield cleanup funds dashing Louis Cappelli’s hopes for more.

 

Lowey Announces $3 Million for Community Services Block Grants

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-Westchester/Rockland) today announced the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) will provide more than $3 million in Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) funding for organizations serving Westchester and Rockland Counties and the City of Yonkers to reduce hunger and poverty and promote economic self-sufficiency.

 

Stewart-Cousins Announces Launch of New York State Senate’s Anti-violence Initiative

Albany, NY -- State Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D – 35th District) announced today that the Senate has launched a new program designed to cut down on illegal guns and gang violence that plagues our communities.

Special Meeting of the Yonkers City Council Called for April 30th at 5:00pm

A Special Meeting of the Yonkers City Council has been called for April 30, 2009, at 5:00 p.m., in the City Council Chambers, Fourth floor, City Hall, Yonkers, New York for the following purpose: 

To discuss and take action on: 

 

Sleepy Hollow Detective Faces Federal Charges for Use of Excessive Force on Handcuffed Citizens

White Plains, NY -- Lev L. Dassin, (pictured) the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Joseph M. Demarest Jr., the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced today that Jose Quinoy, a Detective with the Sleepy Hollow, N.Y., Police Department, has been indicted on two counts of violating civil rights through the use of excessive force. Quinoy was arrested today in Sleepy Hollow.

Yom Ha'Atzmaut - Israel Independence Day

Listen to Prime Minister Beyamin Netanyahu's Yom Ha'atzmaut (Israel Independence Day) Message to the Diaspora Communities: http://www.pmo.gov.il/files/greeting%20.wmv

Legal Notice - Public Hearing Notice

Corporation Notice

City Of Yonkers-New York

Public Hearing Notice

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to law, that the City Council of the City of Yonkers, New York will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 at 8:00 P.M. in the City Council Chambers, City Hall, Yonkers, New York on the following GENERAL ORDINANCE to wit:

Legal Notice - Public Hearing Notice

 

Corporation Notice

City of Yonkers-New York

Public Hearing Notice 

Notice is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Yonkers, N.Y. will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday May 5, 2009 at 8:00 P.M. in the City Council Chambers, City Hall, Yonkers, N.Y. on the following matter to wit:

Legal Notice - Public Hearing Notice

Corporation Notice

City of Yonkers-New York

Public Hearing Notice

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to law, that the City Council of the City of Yonkers, New York will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday, May 5, 2009, at 7:00 P.M. in the City Council Chambers, City Hall, Yonkers, New York on the following General Ordinance and Special Ordinances, to wit:

Legal Notice - Public Hearing Notice

Corporation Notice

City of Yonkers-New York 

Public Hearing Notice 

Notice is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Yonkers, N.Y. will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday May 5, 2009 at 7:00 P.M. in the City Council Chambers, City Hall, Yonkers, N.Y. on the following matter to wit:

Emergency Sewer Repairs Force Lane Closures on Yonkers Avenue

East- and West-bound Lane Closures between Walnut and Elm Streets on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 28and 29, 2009

Closures from Tuesday, April 28 at 6:00 p.m. to Wednesday, April 29 at 1:00 p.m.

Yonkers, NY -- The City of Yonkers will be conducting emergency repairs on deteriorated sections of the sewer main on Yonkers Avenue between Walnut and Elm Streets on the city's west side. The emergency repair work will force multiple lane closures in both the east- and west-bound directions. However, one lane in each direction will remain open at all times.

Senator Arlen Specter Switches Party Affiliation

Senator Arlen Specter today announced he will switch to the Democratic Party, a move that draws the Democrats within reach of two votes in the Senate.

Ed Koch Commentary: Pakistan Disintegrating By Edward I. Koch

Pakistan, a nuclear nation, is in danger of falling to the Taliban.  The Pakistani army, which the world has relied on to prevent the Taliban from taking over the northwest frontier tribal areas, is collapsing.  The Taliban, by agreement with the army, has already moved into the SwatValley and recently partially occupied the adjacent Buner area which is 60 miles from the Pakistan capital of Islamabad.