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COVID SUPER SPREADER: Margarita’s Restaurant & Lounge At 332-334 South Broadway In Yonkers Has Its Liquor License Suspended – By Brian Harrod
The New York State Liquor Authority (SLA) said that YPD officers also found a DJ performing, with music audible a block away in an a dangerously overcrowed bar that was in violation of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Executive Orders SLA investigators conducted a follow-up inspection, once again finding a DJ, two employees not wearing facial coverings, and patrons not…
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HOTEL TRADES UNION: New York Should Bring Full Casino Gaming Downstate To Create Good-Paying Jobs And Tax Revenue
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Back in 2013, the Hotel Trades Council (HTC) — the union I lead that represents nearly 40,000 hotel, hospitality, and gaming industry workers across New York City and the surrounding suburbs — negotiated a landmark contract that nearly doubled workers’ wages, guaranteed free family health care, and provided retirement security to…
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Stop & Shop Launches Pickup at Yonkers Store
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Stop & Shop continues to provide Westchester residents with faster and more convenient ways to shop. PRESS RELEASE: Neighborhood grocer announces a new Pickup location in Yonkers, NY, at 111 Vredenburgh Avenue. YONKERS: Shoppers will be able to place an order at stopandshop.com or on the Stop & Shop® mobile app, head to the store…
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Yonkers Board of Education’s New Trustee
YONKERS: Mayor Mike Spano with new Yonkers Board of Education Trustee Sheila Greenwald. “I am proud to appoint Ms. Greenwald to the Board of Education as her extensive work in academia, in and outside the classroom, make her an ideal Board Trustee,” said Mayor Spano. “Working together, we can further address the needs and concerns of…
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Westchester Gets Over 330 New Coronavirus Cases Following Yellow Zone Designations In The County – By Brian Harrod
Cases of the coronavirus increased by 337 in Westchester County on Thursday as five municipalities receive a yellow zone designation due to mounting COVID-19 infection rates. There have now been a total number of 45,672 positive cases recorded in Westchester since the start of the pandemic, according to the state tracker. With the additional positive…
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COVID-19 Cases In Westchester County Double Over Two Weeks
Westchester County now has more than 3,500 active cases of the virus. “That is a significant number, it is a number that correlates to where we were in the month of May,” County Executive George Latimer said. “One week ago today when I last gave this report we had 2,252 active cases. That is an…
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Yonkers Housing Authority’s New $296 Million Masterplan To Turn Cottage Place Gardens Into A Modern, Mixed-Income Community – Brian Harrod
YONKERS: The city of hills construction on this project to transform an obsolete public housing site into a neighborhood of choice for people with a mix of incomes. QUOTE: Cottage Garden’s redevelopment points to the positive momentum happening right now in Yonkers as we revitalize our neighborhoods and improve the lives of the residents who…
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ShopRite donates $77,000 to support Make-A-Wish Hudson Valley – Brian Harrod
YONKERS: The ShopRite of Greenway Plaza and ShopRite of Tuckahoe Rd. in Yonkers and Twenty-four ShopRite stores throughout the Hudson Valley collected donations at checkout from June 7–20. The funds raised will support Make-A-Wish® Hudson Valley and its mission to ensure that every child who qualifies for Make-A-Wish® services is granted his or her wish. Since its inception in…
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Yonkers’ Bicycle Sundays In Westchester Are Extended – By Brian Harrod
Not this Sunday, but-Westchester’s recreation tradition, Bicycle Sundays will continue for two more Sundays to end the extended 2020 season on October 18 and 25, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the Bronx River Parkway. There is no Bicycle Sunday today (October 11th). During Bicycle Sundays, a portion of the Bronx River Parkway is closed…
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YONKERS ON THE MOVE: What Pandemic? New Yonkers Apartments Lease Up In Just 4 Months – By Brian Harrod
YONKERS: Blue Communities, a lifestyle residential brand owned by Doron Pergament, said its newest 94-unit luxury apartment building, Hudson Blue in Yonkers, was 100% leased after only four months. Move-ins at Hudson Blue began this past April. “We built Hudson Blue in Yonkers to meet the growing demand for luxurious rental apartments at reasonable prices in this highly…