YONKERS, NY — November 28, 2014 – Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano announced in September that the Youth Advisory Board, established by executive order in January 2013, would be accepting applications to select three new board members. After a month long selection process, Mayor Spano has made his selections, appointing Ashley Mendola, Peter Kusick and Brianna Noriega to…

This evening our Jewish community celebrates the first night of Hanukkah, the eight day “festival of lights” celebrating the reclamation, cleansing and rededication of the Second Temple following the Maccabean Revolt, and the miracle of light over darkness which we recognize with the lighting of the Menorah.  As families across the world gather to observe the many traditions of Hanukkah during…

Yonkers Finance Commissioner John Liszewski>>> People create every conceivable protocol and standard in the hope that everyone will follow the standards set. These protocols are devised to protect the workers and the institutions for which they are employed. It seems a simple scenario, one that transpired yesterday, has maligned an error of judgment that has since…

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…

Spano Announces Proposed School Construction Program Money Saved to Fund Neighborhood School Construction “The City spends more than $1,700 per year, per student to take them back and forth to schools on buses,” said Spano, “We will never eliminate the need for bus transportation, but we can reduce our reliance on it by putting new schools closer…

Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Anthony Mangone pled guilty today in White Plains federal court to conspiracy, bribery, extortion, and tax evasion charges. In January 2010, a Grand Jury returned an Indictment against Sandy Annabi, the former Democratic Majority Leader of the Yonkers City Council, Zehy Jereis, the…

The Yonkers Firefighters of the International Association of Fire Firefighters (I.A.F.F.) Local 628 will hold a press conference to announce the Yonkers Fire Department’s “FIREFIGHTERS IN PINK” campaign to support Breast Cancer Awareness and to raise money to help find a cure for breast cancer. Several fire engines and trucks will be on hand for the unveiling of…

Click to read Westchester Herald – Vol.4 – No. 164 – November 23, 2009