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A retired NYPD officer who was fired for carrying his gun to work at a Yonkers movie theater
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…
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Yonkers police hope that surveillance video will help them find the two gunmen who shot a 12-year-old boy on Sept. 8th
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…
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The Yonkers Tennis Center is making sure kids across the city are getting a chance to pick up and a racket and learn the game
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…
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Wings, music and beer were all on display in Yonkers as hundreds turned out for Westchester Magazine’s 3rd annual Wingfest at Empire City Casino
Over 20 restaurants, five food trucks, beer vendors and music were all part of the festivities last night in Yonkers. Top honors went to Dobbs Ferry’s The Rare Bit and Peekskill’s New York Firehouse Grille. Rye Smokehouse won the people’s choice contest.
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A man with ALS has been appointed as an honorable Yonkers police officer
Pat Quinn, 36, says he always strived to be in law enforcement until his diagnosis with Lou Gehrig’s disease, also known as ALS, in 2013. On Thursday, a number of sergeants, lieutenants and captains, along with the Yonkers mayor and police commissioner, swore Quinn in as an honorary police officer. The city also honored Quinn…
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Tainted cocaine suspected in multiple deaths in Yonkers and the Bronx
YONKERS – The Yonkers Police Department is investigating two recent apparent overdose incidents in the City of Yonkers and is aware of three other apparent overdoses in the Woodlawn area of the Bronx that may be connected to the same source of tainted cocaine. All five incidents resulted in the deaths of the victims. The…
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Police are reporting five apparent overdose deaths on the border of the Bronx and Yonkers
Yonkers authorities say multiple deaths in the Bronx and Yonkers are being tied to tainted cocaine. An investigation is underway to find what is in the tainted cocaine and who is selling it. Officials say two middle-aged men died over the weekend in Yonkers, and three other apparent overdose incidents happened just over the border…
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The promotion of Yonkers firefighter Richard LaPeruta to lieutenant resulted in an outcry across the city and the county from leaders in the African-American community
Yonkers African-American leaders want Firefighter Richard LaPeruta fired, and not promoted, for a racist post he made on Facebook two years ago. The debate over what should be done with fireman LaPeruta has been ongoing since his post on Facebook in 2017, which included a photo of an African-American man with his arm around an…
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One of the four men serving time for the murder of a baseball player from Yonkers will be eligible for early release in December
Michael Nolan was 23 years old when his life was cut short by a bullet in a drive-by shooting outside a Yonkers Burger King in September 2015. Nolan was a prospect for the Oakland Athletics. Garth Cole, also 23 at the time, was the getaway driver for the gunmen. He’s serving a five-year sentence for…
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Yonkers has become the first city in New York to officially ban flavored e-cigarettes
The city council unanimously approved the ban Tuesday night following a heated public hearing last week. The vote comes the same day state health officials approved an emergency ban on flavored e-cigarettes making New York the first state in the country to do so. Some residents are worried about lung illnesses tied to vaping while…