‘Sexually Violent’ Offender Moves To Yonkers From Mount Vernon

The New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services issued an alert this week to Westchester residents regarding the residency of 54-year-old Maurice Mitchell, who has moved from an apartment in Mount Vernon to a residence on Garfield Street in Yonkers. The Division of Criminal Justice Services has assigned Mitchell as a Level 3 threat, which means he is a "high-risk repeat offender and possible threat to public safety."

Yonkers Man Sentenced To 21 Years For Rape Of 14-Year-Old

A 40-year-old man was sentenced to 21 years in prison for raping a 14-year-old girl, according to the Westchester County District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino, Jr. Abdool Azeez was sentenced after a jury found him guilty in November of three separate counts of felony rape, the DA's office said. Azeez met the victim in 2013 while doing construction work on her grandmother's Mount Vernon-based business and home.

‘Sexually Violent’ Offender Reports Move To Mount Vernon

The New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services issued an alert this week to Westchester residents regarding the residency of 54-year-old Maurice Mitchell, who has moved from an apartment in Yonkers to a residence on Mount Vernon Avenue in Mount Vernon. The Division of Criminal Justice Services has assigned Mitchell as a Level 3 threat, which means he is a "high-risk repeat offender and possible threat to public safety."

Westchester & Fairfield Cheat Sheet: Forest City sells Yonkers mall…

Clockwise from left: A rendering of Stamford Museum's new education center; the former Ossining estate of Ira and George Gershwin and Mount Vernon's new affordable housing development, the Modern. Forest City Realty Trust announced this week that it would sell its ownership stake in Ridge Hill, a 1.3 million-square-foot retail, entertainment and medical office complex in Yonkers, to new owners headquartered in Australia.

Suspect Sentenced To Prison For Role In Fatal Stabbing Of Yonkers Man

A Westchester County man has been sentenced to more than a decade in prison after pleading guilty to his involvement in the fatal stabbing of a 24-year-old Yonkers resident. Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr. announced on Wednesday athat 22-year-old Mount Vernon resident Donte Pace has ben sentenced to 14-years in state prison after pleading guilty to one count of first-degree manslaughter earlier this year for his role in the fatal assault of his victim last October.

Man Charged In String Of Cab Robberies In Yonkers, Mount Vernon, Bronx

A Westchester man who committed a string of knife-point robberies and a car jacking of cab drivers was charged in Manhattan Federal court on Monday, according to Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Mount Vernon resident Allanmon Mavumkal, 30, conducted a spree of robberies involving at least 10 livery cabs in the Bronx, Mount Vernon and Yonkers, during which he robbed the cab drivers of cash, personal items, and their cabs at knife-point, according to Kim.

Deputy County Exec Kevin Plunkett Visits Summer Reading Buddies Program

Not to be left out of the Summer Reading Buddies craze, Westchester Deputy County Executive Kevin Plunkett lent his services as a guest reader at the JCY-Westchester Community Partners program at Yonkers' Riverfront Library. The program has been a huge success this year with hundreds of kids and their parents signing up to take part in the events held at the Yonkers, Mount Vernon, and Ossining Public Libraries.

Westchester Deputy County Exec Kevin Plunkett Gives A Read At JCY

Not to be left out of the Summer Reading Buddies craze, Westchester Deputy County Executive Kevin Plunkett recently volunteered as a guest reader at the JCY-Westchester Community Partners. The program has been a huge success this year with hundreds of kids and their parents signing up to take part in the events held at the Yonkers, Mount Vernon, and Ossining Public Libraries.

Westchester Deputy County Exec Gives A Read At JCY

Not to be left out of the Summer Reading Buddies craze, Westchester Deputy County Executive Kevin Plunkett recently volunteered as a guest reader at the JCY-Westchester Community Partners. The program has been a huge success this year with hundreds of kids and their parents signing up to take part in the events held at the Yonkers, Mount Vernon, and Ossining Public Libraries.

Rapper DMX Under Full House Arrest In Westchester

Earl Simmons, the rapper DMX who has been accused of cheating the government out of $1.7 million in taxes, was placed under full house arrest in his Westchester home Friday and ordered to wear an ankle bracelet after court officers found cocaine and other drugs in his system. A Mount Vernon native who grew up in Yonkers, the 46-year-old Simmons lived near the Bedford border on McLain Street in Mount Kisco with now estranged wife Tashera Simmons before putting the home into foreclosure in 2016 after filing for bankruptcy.

NY Times Reports On ‘Flurry Of Development’ In Westchester Cities

According to the New York Times , cities like Mount Vernon, New Rochelle, and Yonkers are starting to play host to developers as the housing crunch hits New York City. Mount Vernon is the home of a $48 million five-building 179-unit rental project near the Fleetwood station and this fall will see the opening of the Mount Vernon brewery at a site that used to manufacture fake Christmas trees, according to the Times.