Yonkers Mayor Amicone: ‘Smooth Operator’ - An Engineering Feat BY DR. ED U. CATOR
May 15, 2010, Yonkers, NY -- The changing of the “guard” at the Yonkers Board of Education (YBoE) from Bernadette Dunne to Andy Api is about the continuation and prolongation of the Phil Amicone regime at City Hall. Api is, and will be, the personification of Phil Amicone at the YBoE; this will extend Phil Amicone’s term and influence and serve to protect Phil’s interests at the YBoE.
Let’s be clear about one thing.... This has nothing to do with the educational side at 28 Wells Avenue; it has everything to do with the business side.
Where Bernadette Dunne served at Phil’s altar, Andy Api will now continue in the role of acolyte. Amicone, Dunne, and Api all have Manhattan College connections. Only the venue has changed. Mrs. Dunne served herself and Manhattan College on the educational job placement side. Andy Api will make sure “projects” on the capital side, under the aegis of his friend Mr John Carr, are implemented through the “Family and Friends Club”.
The assumption is that Mrs Dunne is retiring from her “position” at Manhattan College and therefore is no longer in need of the opportunities presented to her at the YBoE. Mr Api, recently retired as the head of the Engineering Department at City Hall, also a close personal friend of Mayor Amicone, and clearly one of the founding members of the “Family and Friends Club”, can be trusted to protect and implement the Mayor’s “vision” at the YBoE.
After all, Superintendent Bernard Pierorazio will soon be leaving and the reappointed Rt. Rev. Gerald Sudick has readily aqcuiesced in his first term as a Trustee to be the perfect foil for Mayor Amicone. None of these Trustees spend any real time at the YBoE!.
Actually, Bernard’s Pierorazio’s superintendency should benefit immensely from the fact that with Mrs Dunne’s departure no one will challenge him educationally, and for that, the entire school system will suffer the consequences.
In his final year in office, Mayor Amicone will be able to accomplish what he wanted to do seven years ago, that is, to take over the YBoE and transform it into a city department. With Api’s appointment, that will come to bear.
Editor's Note:Read Yonkers Board of Education president Bernadette Dunne Steps Down BY HEZI ARIS.
ugh...this is the Api who periodically took his taxpayer funded city car to visit his kid in Rochester (or Syrcuse, I forget). Just what we need.
Posted by: Engineers for mass destruction | May 16, 2010 at 08:25
Will Phil the dirtbag make his employees and staff start paying for health care as Astorino is doing? or will he cotinue to go on RAPING YONKERS and its proud citizens...
whats the answer Phil?
WILL YOU EVER ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS???
Posted by: FU BLAMER. | May 16, 2010 at 12:31
How is Api even knowledgable, qulaified, or experienced to run the BOE? Its the same thing as Pinto running the Waterfront development, Sansone running the downtown BID, Simpson running communications, and Peterson running the driving service...none of these (& more) are close to qulaified for thse positions. Andy Api is sneeze away from a heart attack...but I guess he promised to keep the books closed for Phil.
Posted by: Open Z Books | May 16, 2010 at 13:08
Open Z Book.
Simple effective and right on the money.
THANK YOU.
IMPEACH THE BLAMER AMICONE BEFORE ITS TOO LATE!
Posted by: Republican for a REAL Mayor! | May 16, 2010 at 15:09
Open the books!! What are you hiding??
Posted by: Rightstuff1 | May 16, 2010 at 18:59
API,S KID PAUL IS A DRUG ADDICT COP WHO HAS BEEN PROTECTED BY CITY HALL,WHO SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIRED. ILL BET MY HOUSE THAT HE CANT PASS A DRUG TEST TODAY.
Posted by: MYLIFE | May 16, 2010 at 20:33
Open Z Books, how dare you say I am not qualified to run the driving service. No one, and I mean no one, not Mario Andretti, not Dale Earnhardt, Jr.can whiz around those pot holes like me.
Posted by: NASCAR Marty | May 16, 2010 at 20:41
What we need is the FEDS to do an audit on the BOE books, I am sure that there is a lot of shady deals being funded through the BOE. If the FEDS get involved, the mayor can kick and scream but they wont need his permission.
Posted by: anonymous | May 16, 2010 at 21:42
The FEDS are already aware of the Yonkers BOE games. The Department of Education IG chased Andre Hornsby in the past when he moved down south and they have been informed of the state of affairs in Yonkers.
Posted by: anon | May 17, 2010 at 00:11
When it boils down to something, its always seems like no one in Yonkers Government does their job becasue thats what they want to do. Everyone is out for power & greed. What a great city!
Posted by: Gekko | May 17, 2010 at 12:32
sir. 31 may 10 ????????????????????
Posted by: perry marchigiani | May 18, 2010 at 17:55