Yonkers Tribune

Yonkers Jewish Guild for the Blind in Yonkers Sold

Yonkers, NY --  March 31, 2010 -- Rand Commercial Services (RCS) yesterday formally closed a $14 million sale on the 100 years old Jewish Guild for the Blind’s Yonkers campus.

The property was purchased by Westchester ALP Property, LLC, a managing company specializing in properties hosting assisted living and special adult care facilities. 

Yonkers Police Department Blotter - March 31, 2010 By Detective Sergeant Patrick McCormack

 Yonkers, NY -- March 31, 2010 -- In October of 2008, the Yonkers Police Department Uniform Review Committee met to make recommendations concerning the current police uniform.  The committee was comprised of supervisory and non-supervisory personnel who conducted research, interviews and surveys to identify potential improvements to the Department’s uniform.  The committee consulted with several different vendors and also had to consider various collective bargaining agreements in making their recommendations.  In August of 2009 the Uniform Review Committee submitted a final report containing numerous recommended changes to the Police Commissioner.  One of these recommendations was the adding of nameplates to the Department uniform.  A revised uniform policy is currently near completion.

Inspector General Dan Schorr's Freedom of Information (FOIL) Report

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Yonkers Mayor Phil Amicone, You’re Fired! By Vox Populi

 If I was in charge,  I would say,  “Mr Mayor, you have failed and now you’re fired.”

Like ancient Egypt, we have had seven good years preceeding your election as  mayor to the City of Yonkers. Unfortunately for us, you have given us the seven bad years. Very soon it will be time for the people of Yonkers to be delivered from your grip and be led to better times.

Mayor Marvin and Administrator Porr III from the Village of Bronxville On the Level on WVOX-1460 AM

New Rochelle, NY --  On the Level co-hosts Richard Narog and Hezi Aris will open this week’s show with a telephone interview of Fairway Market CEO Howard Glickberg. Mr Glickberg will divulge the upcoming grand opening of the Fairway Market to open near Pelham Manor. Mr. Glickberg is the grandson of the founder of Fairway Market. At about 10:15 am, Mary C. Marvin, mayor of the Village of Bronxville, and Howard Porr III, administrator of the Village of Bronxville, will speak to us of the challenges confronting Bronxville and how they manage the village of approximately 7,000 residents. A full program to be heard  this Tuesday, March 30, 2010, from 10 through 11 on WVOX-1460 AM on the radio dial or by way of Internet audio streaming technology worldwide at www.WVOX.com.

Ed Koch Commentary Never Again Should We Be Silent By Edward I. Koch

President Obama’s abysmal attitude toward the State of Israel and his humiliating treatment of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is shocking.  In the Washington Post on March 24th, Jackson Diehl wrote, “Obama has added more poison to a U.S.-Israeli relationship that already was at its lowest point in two decades. Tuesday night the White House refused to allow non-official photographers record the president’s meeting with Netanyahu; no statement was issued afterward. Netanyahu is being treated as if he were an unsavory Third World dictator, needed for strategic reasons but conspicuously held at arms length.  That is something the rest of the world will be quick to notice and respond to.”

Yonkers Police Department Blotter - March 29, 2010 By Detective Sergeant Patrick McCormack

 Yonkers, NY -- March 29, 2010 -- On 03-27-10 at approximately 1:03 a.m., 3rd Precinct units responded to the area of Highland Avenue and Jackson Street on a report of shots fired.  A 19 year old male city resident was located on the sidewalk with a gunshot wound to his back.  The officers immediately aired a description of two black males observed running in the area and responding units canvassed the area for the suspects.  Emergency Service Unit officers rendered aid to the victim at the scene, and he was subsequently transported to an area trauma center where he underwent surgery for his injuries. The victim was last reported to be in stable condition.  

Helio Camargo: Yonkers Hero By Katherine Sutton

 Yonkers, NY -- March 29, 2010 -- The Yonkers Police Department is lucky to have Helio Camargo, a new auxiliary police recruit. He recently exhibited his heroism when he pulled a man, trapped within his vehicle, burning out of control, saving him to live another day. Helio responded without hesitation. While some would drive by not knowing what to do, Helio ran to the burn car and saved a life.

The Hezitorial: Conduct Unbecoming of Lesnick and Terrero in Yonkers By Hezi Aris

 Yonkers City Council President Chuck Lesnick and Yonkers City Councilman and Education Chairman Wilson Terrero (District-2) attended the Yonkers Board of Education (YBoE) meeting held Wednesday, March 24, 2010. It was at that meeting that Mssrs Lesnick and Terrero suggested that they, supported by Yonkers Majority Leader Patricia McDow (District-1) had framed an approach by which the YBoE could move forward on capital Improvement projects it requested for rebuilding the education district’s decaying infrastructure. 

Presenting Yonkersites with the Budget / Forecast for Yonkers 2010 By Hezi Aris

 Yonkers, NY -- March 28, 2010 -- Yonkers Mayor Phil Amicone will preside over a Town Hall meeting he has called over the “Budget / Forecast for Yonkers 2010. The flyer mailed to residents is replicated for the benefit of the Yonkers Tribune reader  The flyer beseeches Yonkersites “Come to ask questions and learn about issues facing Yonkers in 2010“ on Monday, March 29, 2010, from 7:00 to 8:30 pm, at the Grinton I. Will Library, located at 1500 Central Park Avenue. The flyer does not specify whether the theme of the evening will center exclusively on the mid-year budget deficit divulged by Mayor Amicone in the $3 million range yet contested by NYS Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli to be upwards of $7 million, or will center on Mayor Amicone’s Projected 2010 -2011 Budget burdened under the weight of his expression for a projected $109.5 million deficit.

Bait and Switch in Yonkers By Hezi Aris

 Yonkers, NY -- The follow-up meeting of homeowners and tenants who reside at the Fr. Pat Carroll Green complex was held on March 24, 2010, exactly three weeks after the initial meeting of March 3, 2010. The catalyst for the March 3rd meeting was to air all the issues, concerns, and complaints about the lcomplex built less than one year ago. The issues , concerns, and complaints were many. They were fully recollected for interested readers in The Hezitorial: Malfeasance, Travesty, and Political Coverup By Hezi Aris

Westchester Herald - Volume 5 * Number 179 - March 29, 2010

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Nor’easter Foments Calamity Designed by Lack of Scrutiny by Yonkers City Hall By Hezi Aris

 The Nor’easter that ran people out of house and home, some for as long as a week, was a calamity waiting to happen. Some will say it was Mother Nature’s fault; in reality it is a lack of planning that has caused Yonkersites to be susceptible to such repetitive calamity. Let’s decipher this issue, layer by layer, branch by branch.

Yonkers Police Department Blotter - March 26, 2010 By Detective Sergeant Patrick McCormack

 Yonkers, NY -- March 26, 2010 -- On 03-24-10 at approximately 3:46 p.m., 4th Precinct units responded to Sacred Heart High School on a report of a robbery.  A 14 year old student related that he was with two friends in front of 122 Lake Avenue when they were approached by five males in front of 122 Lake Avenue.  The five suspects demanded money and a cell phone from the victims.  The victims were subsequently chased through Lennon Park and they were able to escape to Sacred Heart School.  A 16 year old male was subsequently placed under arrest and charged with Attempted Robbery 2nd degree.

Senator Klein Send Census Video to Clear Confusion

 New York, NY -- March 26, 2010 -- Today, Senator Jeff Klein (D-Bronx/Westchester)  received the following video from the U.S. Census Bureau. It gives a clear, easy-to-understand explanation of how Census data collection works and clears up any confusion regarding the town listed on the Census forms.