She was plucked out of obscurity years ago by Yonkers economic guru Edward Sheeran. It was Ed’s wife who suggested she might be a loyal worker. She did as she was told. She would soon take a fancy to Deputy Mayor Phil Amicone when she was instructed to engage in a City Hall-wide effort to elect Phil Amicone to the office of mayor. And she did, particularly in earning the support of her church’s fellow congregants. Her effort would afford Phil Amicone the margin of victory he hadn’t even considered getting. With gratitude, Phil Amicone was known to have promised her the plumb position of Chief of Staff. The promise was not consummated until about two years later. Kathy Spring Spencer would hold onto her position of Chief of Staff beyond her service to her husband, the then Mayor John Spencer. In a sense, Kathy Spring Spencer was a bridge between the Spencer administration, under which Phil Amicone served as deputy mayor, and then to Phil Amicone as mayor to the consternation of the Chief of Staff in waiting. In time, the simmering disdain for Mayor Amicone’s inability to deliver on his promise to Lisa Mrijaj brought the two to verbal blows. Kathy Spring Spencer was dismissed; Lisa Mrijaj would accede to Chief of Staff. Her qualifications then and even now remained non –existent, at best, they should be designated as nil.

Alas, Mrijaj served in more ways than one would want to recount, much less imagine, for approximately six years, as the Chief of the Staff. Now, Mayor Phil Amicone has decided to reward Mirjaj the position of executive director to the Yonkers Parking Authority (YPA) at the sum of $155,000 annually and embellished with a long-term contractual agreement. Public notice of a vacant position with the Yonkers Parking Authority for the position of executive director is not known to have been made.  Last time an opening was evident, there were over 25 applicants for that same position. [Read the February 5, 2009 article: Yonkers Parking Authority Employment Opportunity Denied By Hezi Aris]….

https://www.yonkerstribune.com/2011/11/breaking-news-exclusive-mayor-amicones-chief-of-staff-to-become-executive-director-of-yonkers-parking-authority-by-hezi-a