Yonkers Roundup

The Municipal Housing Authority for the City of Yonkers (MHACY) will be partnering with owners of market-rate buildings in the city and expand the inventory of affordable housing units. MHACY CEO Wilson Kimball has sent out a request for proposals (RFP) inviting landlords to participate in the Section 8 Housing program. Section 8 provides vouchers…

WESTCHESTER AND THE BRONX: The battle for Yonkers’ 16th district, where longtime Riverdale Rep. Eliot Engel struggled to fend off a challenge from left-wing Yonkers insurgent Jamaal Bowman. Jamaal Bowman, 44 is an ex-Bronx charter school principal has successfully framed the 73-year-old Congressman Engel as out-of-touch with the district’s constituency of color. Engel, who’s been…

The Yonkers Police Department blocked Nepperhan Avenue at Ashburton Avenue after gunshots were fired and a large crowd gathered at 6 a.m. on Sunday morning. The YPD later located the victims who made it to the hospital. No arrests have been made in the incident that is still under investigation.

Vincent Patalano (Vinny), 87, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida  died peacefully on June 15, 2020 at his home Vinny joined the Yonkers, NY Police Department in 1964 and graduated from the NYC Police Academy. He was assigned to the 4 th Precinct in Yonkers and retired in 1987 with the rank of Detective 1 st Grade.…

Yonkers Police Department sources say that on Tuesday evening at Park Hill Avenue and Lakeside Drive. YPD insiders say a car refused pull over, but came to a stop as one suspect took off. The Yonkers Police Department has not released a description of the suspect that escaped from them.

As Apple has reopened several stores across the country amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the tech company announced several locations in New York, including Yonkers, will reopen this week. Yonkers will be open by “appointment only,” meaning customers would need to schedule a time to receive services. Several other locations will reopen for curbside service and…

The Town of Monroe, with 22 percent unemployment in April, had the highest percentage of joblessness in the Hudson Valley, according to the State Labor Department. The Town of Haverstraw had the second highest rate at 19 percent. The City of Yonkers was rated third with 18.6 percent joblessness. That was followed by the City…

WASHINGTON – The US Department of Housing and Urban Development has allocated millions of dollars in Emergency Solutions Grants funding to support homeless Americans and individuals at risk of becoming homeless because of hardships such as job loss, wage reduction, or illness due to COVID-19. The funds may be used to: Make more emergency shelters…

YONKERS: The program featured former New York State Governor David Paterson; NYS Senator and Majority Leader Andrea Stewart Cousins; Westchester County Deputy County Executive Ken Jenkins and The Rev. Julius Walls and they shared their experiences of discrimination. The program was moderated by Wilson Kimball, President and CEO of the Municipal Housing Authority for the…

Congressman Eliot Engel has issued the following statement for immediate release: “Because of the opinion column calling for using the military against American citizens on American soil – and the obvious pain it causes for the paper’s journalists of color – I have decided not to seek the New York Times endorsement and I call…