The Greystone Jewish Center (Chabad of Yonkers) is getting a security boost as part of a plan to combat anti-Semitism. Officials say over the last year, the number of hate crimes has increased. This week alone, the Garden of Remembrance Holocaust Memorial in White Plains was the target of hate acts. As the investigation continues,…

A search is now underway for suspects in the case. The shooting happened in front of 73 Highland Avenue. Police Investigators say the young victim was in front of a building with a group of people when a vehicle drove up and two suspects allegedly each fired a single shot in their direction. The boy…

Luis Alturet-Rivera is suspected of shooting and killing 29-year-old Diana Casado. Authorities say he shot her as she sat in her Jeep in a parking lot in Yonkers back in January 2017. After the shooting, Alturet-Rivera reportedly fled to Connecticut, then to his native Puerto Rico. In February, Yonkers cold case detectives tracked him down…

Mike Khader is proposing a “Plastic-Free Yonkers and part of his plan would require restaurants and stores in the city to provide alternatives to plastic straws, while still allowing customers with a valid reason to request one. Khader says single-use plastics, like straws, are one of the biggest polluters of the environment and contributors to…

In 2009, 39-year-old Patrick Joyce Jr. and two others jumped 30 feet to escape a fire they were called to put out on Waverly Street. The two other firefighters survived, but Joyce died from his injuries. He left behind his wife and two daughters. Raphael Roldan, convicted of setting the fire, is now serving 20…

The “Joker” is one of the most highly anticipated movie premieres of the year and it has the Yonkers Police Department worried and on alert. Yonkers officers are stepping up patrols at theater for the premiere amid a concern that the Joker character could somehow inspire someone to commit an act of violence. The dark…

Phoenix Transportation Services officials say the county terminated its five-year, $14 million contract with the bus company as of Monday at 11:59 p.m. The bus company owners say they were in the third year of the five-year agreement to transport homeless children from shelters to schools and foster children to see their biological families. The…

John Mazarakes, of Yonkers, says he never leaves home without his gun. That includes when he was working as a bartender at Showcase Cinema de Lux Ridge Hill He says an incident in August where his gun was exposed wound up costing him his job. Mazarakes says he helped an older man who was injured…

Yonkers Police Investigators say they’re hoping the release of the video, and a $2,500 reward, will lead to the arrest of the two gunmen who fired shots on Highland Avenue just before 2 a.m. A 12-year-old boy who was standing with a group of other young people, just out of the camera’s view, was shot…

The center hosted a fundraiser for the Coach Pat Project, a program named after one of their coaches, Pat Rogers, who passed away from cancer. Their goal is to bring the sport of tennis to young students in Yonkers Public Schools, none of which have tennis teams. Pat Rogers did his part to try and…