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News from Westchester, NY’s, largest city from RoundupNewswires.com Editor Brian Harrod, who also covers Larchmont, White Plains, Mamaroneck, Mount Vernon, Peekskill, Port Chester, New Rochelle Tarrytown and the city of Rye

1 -We Have Got News For Your #Yonkers Landlord….

DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE: #NewYork state Legislature to stop evictions until May 1. What you need to know.

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2 – YONKERS TRIBUNE: What Is the Role of Parents in the Yonkers Public Schools (YPS)?

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3 – YONKERS: Very kind folks Handing out toys to children in need at the Nodine Hill Community Center

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4 – Year in review: 2020 in mid-Hudson Valley marked by tragedy, trials, perseverance….

JOURNAL NEWS: 2020: Remembering COVID conversations from an unforgettable year

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5 – HELP WANTED IN YONKERS: The Yonkers Public Schools is looking for experienced nurses to hire as a Per Diem Nurse.

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6 – VIDEO >>> PLEASE CONTINUE TO DONATE: This Is Why I Am Proud To Say That I Live In #Yonkers…..

YONKERS CARES: Branden Sierra’s family raised nearly $30,000 while a friend of Randy Brisbane’s raised nearly $19,000, according to their #GoFundMe pages.Tamari Watkins’ aunt, #TiannaDavon, has so far raised $24,992 and Anthony Cruz raised $22, 310 for his son’s funeral expenses.

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7 – COVID – 19 TESTS: Doctor James Sayegh offers coronavirus tests at 102 Park Avenue in #Yonkers.

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8. YONKERS ROTARY: New Rotarian, Club member James Nolan applied for and was awarded a New Member Project Grant from Rotary District 7230 to purchase and distribute holiday gifts to families and children in Yonkers.

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9. YONKERS TRIBUNE: BLUE TRUTH: Police Chase Leads to Gruesome Deaths

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10 – ONLINE CELEBRATION: The Yonkers Kwanzaa Virtual Celebration

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11 – New Coronavirus Rent Relief Application Period Will Be Open Till Monday, February 1stDON’T GO HOMELESS: The COVID Rent Relief Extension Program will provide eligible households with a one-time rental subsidy that will be sent directly to the household’s landlord.

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12; PLEASE BE SAFE: The Danger Is Still Out There….PLEASE BE SMART: The Latest #Yonkers COVID-19 New Confirmed Cases Map

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13. YONKERS EATS >>> YONKERS NEWSWIRE: Visit Lusitania Seafood Restaurant For Takeout And Delivery This Holiday Season

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14 – YONKERS: Mayor Spano donated toys and coats to 65 Yonkers children in need.

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15 BETTER INFO: #WestchesterCounty has just launched a new COVID dashboard for its residents.

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16 – YONKERS ROUNDUP: Yonkers’ State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins And Senator Shelley Mayer Hand Out Hams And Turkeys

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17 – Jacobson’s’ Trained Pharmacists Are Your Go-To Source For Fast Hassle Free Flu Shots.

JACOBSON PHARMACY: Hurry, These #Free Flu Shots From Jacobson Pharmacy Go Fast….

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18 – STATEMENT: From Yonkers Public Schools“This unthinkable tragedy, the loss of four young people with their lives ahead of them, breaks our hearts. These young men were beloved students.”….

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19 – CRY ME A RIVER: Mary J. Blige Said It Gets ‘Lonely & Sad’ Being Single During The Holidays

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20 – Dedicated Teachers And Students With The Right Equipment Is Makes Success Possible….

YONKERS STRONG: Board of Regents Names CSEE “Recognition School” for 6th Straight Year

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21 – NEW YORK POST: Father who left twins to die in hot car now an activis

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22 – FLASHBACK: Law enforcement can magnify or mitigate the risks posed by police vehicle pursuits

(November 27, 2021)JOURNAL NEWS OPINION: Nearly every day in the U.S., someone is killed during a high-speed chase between police and a suspect. On Monday afternoon, that tragic outcome occurred in Yonkers…..

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23 – NPR: Through Thick And Thin, Best Friends Make Room For Laughter And TearsThe two met in elementary school in Yonkers, N.Y., but became close friends in eighth grade. Since then, they’ve always had each other’s backs — literally.

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24 – FIRST FRUITS: Wishing a joyous and blessed first day of #Kwanzaa to all of the Yonkers Newswire members celebrating in the the city of hills and beyond.

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25 – YONKERS POLICE DEPARTMENT: Lt. Dean Politopoulos’ Community Affairs Division hosted another fantastic socially-distanced toy giveaway event at Palisade Towers:

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26 – REAL ESTATE: 16 Gavin Street, Yonkers, NY – For Sale

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27 – NEW YORK POST: Funeral fundraisers for teens in Yonkers crash raise nearly $100,000

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28 – YONKERS MAN: State Police investigated a serious personal injury crash on I-90 in the town of Leroy, NYA preliminary investigation determined that Donnavan Seymour, 18, of Yonkers, NY, was operating a 2020 Mitsubishi suburban….

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29 – ELY THE PEOPLE’S GUY: Yonkers police using Ballistic shield to searchEly is on the scene of a heavy Yonkers Police Department response on…

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30 – YONKERS VOICE: Video Journalist Ru Ros Covers The Swearing In Of #Yonkers City Court Judge Shako

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31 – NEW PROJECT: Yonkers Newswire Editor Brian Harrod Bought The Access Television Network Cable Channel Website And Is Now Turning It Into A #Free Streaming Video Service That Will Eventually Have 100 Channels

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32 – THE FUN HAS BEGUN: #Yonkers Congressman Jamaal Bowman Has Something To Say About The Pandemic

NEW YORK POST: Jamaal Bowman calls capitalism ‘slavery,’ says Dems should follow ‘Squad,’ not Obama…

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33 – VIDEO >>> YAHSHUIA THE UNIFIER: Sunken Fortress in Yonkers

The Poor Mormon Falls On His Tail End As He Tries To Connect An Old Yonkers Structure To Latter Day Saint Theology…

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34 – NEWS 12: White Plains and Yonkers schools switch to remote for a week after holiday recess

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35 – YONKERS PUBLIC LIBRARY: Community Meeting: AMS Yonkers Downtown

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And There Is Even More News About The City Of Hills At The Hyper Local Yonkers Newswire

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Visit Lusitania Seafood Restaurant For Takeout And Delivery This Holiday Season

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Start with the calamari and save room for the fresh catch at Lusitania Seafood Restaurant ? This Yonkers seafood spot has quite the selection. 

YONKERS EATS:Lusitania Seafood Restaurant

Since 1995, Lusitania Seafood Restaurant Has Served Authentic Portuguese Food

FEATURED ITEMS:

Classic Spanish Shellfish, Lobster, Shrimp Scampi, Prawns Mozambique Style, Mussels Lusitania, Shrimp, Scallops, Stuffed Clams, Fried Calamari, Stuffed Grilled Scallops, Lobster Tail, Swordfish, Mushrooms, Shrimp Cocktail, Broiled Red Snapper, Filet of Sole, Broiled Codfish, Chicken in Garlic Sauce And Broiled Quails

Lusitania Seafood Restaurant provides catering services to suit your unique requirements

BE SURE TO TRY:

Taste their delicious Shrimp Cocktail for $9.25, Fried Calamari for $8.75, Soup of the Day for $2.50 & Broiled Lobster Tail for $22.50

ADDRESS / CONTACT:

Lusitania Seafood Restaurant
15 Lockwood Avenue
Yonkers, NY 10701
(914) 969-4600

HOURS:

Sun – Thu 12:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Fri & Sat 12:00 pm – 11:30 pm

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YONKERS TRIBUNE: BLUE TRUTH: Police Chase Leads to Gruesome Deaths

YONKERS, NY — DECEMBER 23, 2020 — On Tuesday, December 22, 2020, at 9:20 pm, a white 2009 Infiniti was spotted by the Yonkers Police Department at South Broadway and Prospect Street being driven “in an erratic manner”, better known as a VNT (Vehicle and Traffic Violation).

#YonkrsPD followed the vehicle until they caught up with it when it turned onto Riverdale Avenue facing in a southerly direction.

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  • Zuzu SullivanDont cop cars have cameras !! Can we see that from the beginning before the “chase started
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    • Brian Harrodbadge iconZuzu Sullivan, if that video exists, it probably wont come out until the Yonkers Police Department is forced to release it in court by the families, who are now morning.
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    • Zuzu SullivanBrian Harrod exactly what I thought !!! All these false articles are just mind blowing smh1
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    • Neeca GibbonsBrian Harrod btw I seen 1 of the victims family members speaking, he said, why didn’t the guy stop, so don’t say the FAMILIESFyi the families of the 4 young men, are on the police’s side, all 4 victims families believe Devon Haywood is responsible al… See More3
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    • Brian Harrodbadge iconNeeca Gibbons, these are four very large extended families and at least one of the families has a couple of people are a part of The City of Yonkers friends and family network and like the handful of #YPD connected accounts and the #Fake Facebook accou… See More
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    • Neeca GibbonsBrian Harrod I have no Idea what you are talking about, you are really bugging out, when I state that i seen 1 of the family members speaking, it was on the NATIONAL TV news, CBS channel 2 news, and 1 of the Male cousin spoke about his young cousin, he… See More
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    • Neeca GibbonsAlso on the Yonkers voice LIKE page, I did see replies from Devon Haywood’s family threatening people, getting mad and saying that the police shot at Devon, their pages are not fakeI’m mad at you Brian GOOD BYE
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    • Brian Harrodbadge iconNeeca Gibbons, don’t you ever give up?nNeeca Gibbons, make your point that that you think that the families of these four teenagers killed in a #YPD involved pursuit dont deserve a free, open and transparent internal police investigation and then move on.And Neeca Gibbons, you can pretend not to know about the #Yonkers friends and family network and how it operates in #Yonkers, but you are not fooling any of the nearly 10,000 members of the Yonkers Newswire.Neeca Gibbons, I am not “blaming the police”, but I am saying there needs to be a fair, open and transparent investigation of this #YonkersPD involved deadly crash that slaughtered four kids.Neeca Gibbons, a reporter honestly seeking the truth is not seeking to be only “blaming the police”, it is merely asking for Police statement discrepancies to be explained to concerned public members.Neeca Gibbons, please take screen shots, but there is no desire to delete anything.Neeca Gibbons, people can see that there are a great many discrepancies in what the #YonkersPolice have told and released to the public.Neeca Gibbons, people also saw that you did not answer the question that asked…..Neeca Gibbons, why are you trying to obstruct a fair, open and transparent Yonkers Police Department investigation that brings out the truth and lets the chips fall where they may?
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  • Lauren Jamison Huber“Police chase” didn’t lead to this. The police were doing their job. The act of the person driving who clearly wanted to AVOID police by speeding to escape lead to this horrific event. Shame on you. Brian Harrod21
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  • Linda SaintYou could see the video of the cop car slowing at intersections while the felon blew through them.6
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  • Brian Harrodbadge iconLauren Jamison Huber, this a police involved crash that killed four #Yonkers teenagers over a minor traffic infraction, weather you want to be honest and admit it or not.Lauren Jamison Huber, there is a reason the Yonkers Police Department friends and family are attacking people and the media on social media, instead of mourning these young lives taken from our community.Sadly, Lauren Jamison Huber, the families will have to seek justice in the courts, because the #YonkersPD is not conducting a fair and transparent investigation that only seeks the truth.Lauren Jamison Huber, there is a reason the gas station crash surveillance video cuts off just before the speeding #YPD cruiser shows up less than 15 seconds later,Lauren Jamison Huber, why is the #YonkersPolice not showing the 20 seconds of video that followed deadly crash?https://roundupnewswires.com/…/video-vehicle-torn-in…/1
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  • Benny BurgosYou saw one intersection where the cop was slowing down meaning he was coming at a high rate of speed and only start letting off two blocks before the accident. It was a police chase. No one is blaming the police but the fact is that it was a police chase and they fight and argue that it wasn’t.2
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  • Benny BurgosThey also have cameras all the way through out where they attempted to pull him over why not post those videos to show they weren’t in a chase? There were multiple people that saw the chase by Riverdale and Vark, riverdale and Herriot. They had lights … See More5
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  • Lauren Jamison HuberThis is inflammatory. It was horrific but it was the fault of the driver.Seek justice? Although doubtful that the driver had insurance but if he did go to the insurance company. To in any way fan the flames that a reasonable pursuit by police caused this driver with an unlawful history to drive in a way to avoid prosecution and then kill 4 people is the culpable variable here is irresponsible.Some dirtbag lawyers are probably already out there.I have nothing to “admit”.Police chase bad guys. Bad guys make bad decisions. Innocent people get hurt.The fault here is at the feet of that driver. That’s it.5
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    • Brian Harrodbadge iconLauren Jamison Huber, if you really cared about uncovering the truth four the families of these four #Yonkers teens that were slaughtered on Riverdale Avenue – then you would demand that the Yonkers Police Department release their encrypted radio dispatch tapes, before and after the senseless and horrific crash.3
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    • Lauren Jamison HuberBrian Harrod tapes or no tapes.The person fleeing police killed these kids. No one else.A reasonable person with nothing to avoid by SPEEDING to AVOID prosecution or capture would have pulled over. Take the ticket. Move it on.Slaughter was by that person.Innocent lives lost due to his actions.3
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    • Brian Harrodbadge iconLauren Jamison Huber, the Yonkers Police Department has rules about hyper speed chases and the families of these dead teenagers are legally entitled to a fair and transparent investigation that lets the chips fall where they may.Lauren Jamison Huber, you seem not to be worried about if the #YonkersPD is honestly seeking justice for these grieving families.Lauren Jamison Huber, the #YPD should not try and cover up this police involved fatal crash that destroyed the futures of four Yonkers teenagers over an alleged minor traffic violation.1
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  • Brian Harrodbadge iconBenny Burgos, Yonkers Police Department cars come equipped with #GPS, so that the #YPD dispatchers can potentially know where the #YonkersPD cars are at anytime.That law enforcement grade #GPS equipment will show the dead teenager’s families just how fast the #YonkersPolice cruiser was going and if it in fact did disengage from a hyper speed chase over a minor traffic violation.
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    • Mary C McCrohanBrian Harrod You think you know it all about the YPD but you don’t, you didn’t go through their classes & training, Most of us know what the RPM’s have in & out of them.2
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    • Ru Rosbadge iconBrian Harrod I could be wrong and Keith Olson can correct me. I don’t think that PD cruisers have GPS.Also: When a Police cruiser starts a hot pursuit the Officers must transmit this this and Captain will authorize the pursuit or terminate the pursuit
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    • Keith OlsonRu Ros you are correct, no GPS and a supervisor can, and often does, terminate a pursuit. In this case that was not necessary because there was no pursuit to call off.
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    • Brian Harrodbadge iconOh boy, you two just will not stop, I have been told the Yonkers Police Department the cars are equipped with #GPS, but the Yonkers PBA union wont allow GPS to be used.Ru Ros, it sort of like how Keith Olson would not allow #YonkersPD officers to wear body cameras for years even though there were free federal grants to give the #YPD body cameras when Barack Obama was in office.Ru Ros, you often to show up to cover a relative minor incident and find over a dozen police cars up a down the street as people post on the Yonkers Voice Central that they call for help from the #YonkersPolice repeatedly for assistance, with out getting the help they need.Ru Ros, this is because the police officers basically choose which calls they respond to and dispatch themselves.Ru Ros in efficient police departments the inexpensive #GPS units are installed and functioning and the police dispatchers can see exactly where the patrol cars are and can immediately dispatch them to exactly where they are needed.Ru Ros, right now a commercial burglar alarm, that ninety percent of the time turns out to be nothing, will get four cars responding while a complaint about a large escalating argument at the Whitney Young Housing Project wont get an officer that wants to take the call.But Ru Ros after that large escalating argument at the Whitney Young Housing Project turns into a stabbing or shooting, then over a dozen @Yonkers Police Department cars will show up.Ru Ros, in my opinion Keith Olson should allow functional GPS units in all of the YPD vehicles and let the dispatchers start choosing which officer responds to which call based on their availability and position – instead of letting individual officers say if they will take the call or not.Ru Ros, too many quality of life issues get ignored, because Keith Olson wont allow inexpensive #PS units that would let dispatchers immediately assign nearby officers to a resident’s call.Ru Ros, we don’t need over a dozen police cars to most of the exciting police scenes you cover for the Yonkers Voice.Ru Ros, we need that residents call to be answered ASAP and make sure that Yonkers taxpayers should not have to call multiple times for police assistance.
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    • Keith OlsonBrian Harrod with every response you show your ignorance and your disdain for the YPD more and more. That last response was just ridiculous.
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    • Ru Rosbadge iconI don’t think that you are correct: Police Officers dont have the power of decision to decide if they want to respond or not. My understanding is that the calls go to a queue and response is based on priority of the call
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    • Brian Harrodbadge iconKeith Olson, I love the #YPD, but I think that it could be better managed to serve the residents of #Yonkers.Keith Olson, I do not agree with the Yonkers PBA opposing having functional GPS units in police vehicles.Nor, Keith Olson do I agree with the #YonkersPD administrators removing foot patrols in Getty Square and the Yonkers Downtown/Waterfront BID.And further, Keith Olson, I think it was foolish to diminish the #YonkersPolice to diminish the youth division and fold it into Yonkers Police Department community affairs publicity department.Especially, Keith Olson since the surge in violent crimes is mainly coming from youthful offenders.But, Keith Olson, just because I think there are some managerial problems doesn’t mean that I don’t appreciate or like the Yonkers Police Department.Keith Olson I even requested a support the Yonkers Police and Fire Department sign to place in my window, but I never got one.
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    • Keith OlsonBrian Harrod the PBA has NEVER opposed having GPS units in the car. Get your facts straight.
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    • Brian Harrodbadge iconKeith Olson, I was told this by two different sources.So Keith Olson are you saying the Yonkers PBA fully supports placing inexpensive and functional #GPS that allow Yonkers Police Department dispatchers to assign calls to #YPD officers based on their availability, instead of having #YonkersPD officers choosing which calls to accept?And Keith Olson will you allow the #YonkersPolice units have the GPS units without demanding that homeowners must pay officers more for allowing the equipment change?
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  • Jennifer KendrickWhy don’t we blame the pos that fled over as you say it a traffic violation. The man from mount Vernon should have just pulled over, place blame on him ! He caused everything & most of the time they won’t post video of the carnage.9
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  • Jacqueline PelzerYou know what the families are receiving based on what? Your source inside the department or your personal relationship with the families? Oh wait…..or is it by the unbiased news articles that don’t exist? This incident just happened and it’s under investigation. Before you continue this finger pointing how about you just take it easy and see what EVIDENCE is brought to light. Of course they aren’t revealing an active investigation. Anyone that has seen a crime show ever in their life knows that’s how it goes. So chill5
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    • Brian Harrodbadge iconJacqueline Pelzer, I have been contacted by members of the families who lost these teenagers in the police involved chase and there are going to be lawsuits that name the Yonkers Police DepartmentAnd Jacqueline Pelzer, the lawsuits may involve reques… See More
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    • Neeca GibbonsJacqueline Pelzer thank you, this is what I was about to post, this horrific car crash just happened on Tuesday, it’s only early afternoon Thursday, give it some time, Brian Harrod if it’s 3 months later and they still haven’t released other details, then you and his family members can make claim that the police is hiding something2
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    • Jacqueline PelzerBrian Harrod one thing I’ve noticed about your posts is that you are really quick to pick up the pitches and torches. In the last not even two days family members contacted you…..personally. In their grief and mourning. And also in that time managed to file lawsuits. In their grief and mourning of the last not even two days. Ok bro.2
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    • Neeca GibbonsBrian Harrod fyi I know someone up in Yonkers who told me what she knows about the details, she said that the police saw the driver, driving recklessly, so they put on sirens and alerted him to pull over, well I heard that he did pull over, but before the police could get out of their car, he accelerated his car and sped off like a maniac, so if that is the real deal, then that means that they weren’t chasing him from the beginning, in the video you can see him flying like a maniac down riverdale, you see the police, but they were far behind him, driving at a normal pace, people like you keep saying they need to release the full video, well give it a couple of days, most judges are on Christmas vacation, there is no one to arrest, because God don’t like ugly, and made sure that the devil took Devon Haywood to hell, it’s a major holiday, so of course they aren’t going to release anything, until next week
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    • Mary C McCrohanBrian Harrod Videos don’t lie, they should sue the driver from M.V. not the YPD!
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    • Mary C McCrohanBrian Harrod They would contact a Lawyer first not you Brian Harrod, That’s usually how it’s work!5
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    • Brian Harrodbadge iconJacqueline Pelzer and Mary C McCrohan, when I saw the Yonkers Police Department, initially not mentioning the police chase and then coming out swinging at the media after witness came forward saying there was a police pursuit then I knew there was a problem based in the history of how the #YonkersPD investigates #YPD officer misconduct.Jacqueline Pelzer and Mary C McCrohan, the Yonkers Police Department has a credibility problem when it comes to investigating #YonkersPolice officers.And Jacqueline Pelzer and Mary C McCrohan your #Trump like social media attacks against the media covering the Yonkers Police Department investigation, or lack of a proper investigation, only causes residents in #Yonkers to feel that they can’t trust internal police investigations in the city of hills.Jacqueline Pelzer and Mary C McCrohan why are you attacking the media that is calling for a fair, open and transparent Yonkers Police Department investigation of this deadly crash that destroyed the futures of four teenagers in the city of hills?
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    • Jacqueline PelzerBrian Harrod no one is attacking the media. No matter how many times you tag my name in a single comment doesn’t make conjecture truth. You also neglected to actually respond to my comment about the families contacting YOU directly and filing a lawsuit just less than two days after this accident. Not sure where the Trump reference came in since we are talking about Yonkers but I clearly see the pivot. Thanks for clarifying your bias and not some quest for truth as you like to try to portray with this posts and similar ones you make.2
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    • Mary C McCrohanBrian Harrod This has nuttin to do with Trump & I’m not interested in him at this time. U need to get your facts straigth, alot of us have been around before u were, we know how any PD can work, U just plain thick headed & do not like to face the truth, it been only 2 days, let these familes grieve & bury there love ones. Let the YPD do there job! This is not the first time u were pulled on other posts in the past. Right now you are really making the YPD look bad as if it was their fault, I stand by the YPD there was no high speed chase so give it a break! Your were not there your only going by a video that don’t lie, the media does.1
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  • Brian Harrodbadge iconJennifer Kendrick, no one is saying that #DevonHaywood of #MountVernon, but many in Yonkers are saying that it is inappropriate and suspicious that the Yonkers Police Department is officially coming out and saying that the #YonkersPD officer was in noway involved or responsible – before the deadly crash investigation is completed.Jennifer Kendrick, it highly concerning that the #YPD is only releasing two very short cherry picked videos and not releasing all of the full videos that they have collected, as well as, the #YonkersPolice radio transmissions bedfore, during and after the deadly police involved chase.Jennifer Kendrick, this is especially troubling when you see the great lenths that the YPD will go to to avoid legal Freedom of Information Requests for rouge officer’s disciplinary recordsDEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE: New York 50-a repeal: Six months later, police find ways to shield disciplinary recordsIn the Syracuse suburb of Manlius, police transparency carries a hefty price tag.In June, the Manlius Police Department received an open-records request from MuckRock, a nonprofit news site. The request sought documents detailing any allegations of misconduct against current or former officers and any discipline the department imposed.The department replied with a bill. For $47,504………Manlius, #Yonkers and Oneida County, have requested thousands of dollars to sort through and redact the records, seeking labor costs by pointing to a provision in state law allowing them to charge the “actual cost” of reproducing records…..https://www.democratandchronicle.com/…/new…/3964062001/New York 50-a repeal: Six months later, police find ways to shield disciplinary recordsDEMOCRATANDCHRONICLE.COMNew York 50-a repeal: Six months later, police find ways to shield disciplinary recordsNew York 50-a repeal: Six months later, police find ways to shield disciplinary records
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    • Jennifer KendrickBrian Harrod if Devon Hayward would have pulled over 4 young men would still be alive . Place blame where it’s due! Your making this into more then it is. You see lights you pull over and take your ticket you don’t slow down like your pulling over then speed off doing 120 . I’m actually pretty sad you would use this horrific event to spread your anti police sentiment4
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    • Brian Harrodbadge iconJennifer Kendrick, I have not seen one person say that #DevonHayward‘s choices did not cause the death of these four teenagers, but I have seen some trying to cover up the Yonkers Police Department‘s role in their deaths.Jennifer Kendrick, given you uncaring responses here its apparent that you and the #YPD minions are working hard to paint only one picture that a #YonkersPD officer can never do anything wrong, instead of seeking the full truth for these four families that wont have these kids at home for Christmas,Jennifer Kendrick, you can deny,deny, deny until you face turns blue, but this is not going to go away after you finish celebrating the holidays with your loved ones.1
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    • Jennifer KendrickBrian Harrod what uncaring response 🤣 I feel absolutely horrible for the 4 teenager’s and their families. As for the driver that killed these kids you better believe I could care less & honestly think he got off easy by dying. I also never said that officers can do no wrong I said as per the videos I saw the cop car was a decent distance behind and slowed down at intersections. Enjoy your Holidays
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    • Brian Harrodbadge iconBut, Jennifer Kendrick, you have not seen all of the video or answered the questions put to you as you act like #Trump and wildly swinging at the press on behalf of the Yonkers Police Department.Jennifer Kendrick, the truth of the deadly high speed #YonkersPD pursuit over an alleged and unnamed “equipment violation” is going to come out – whether you like it or not.Sadly, Jennifer Kendrick, the families may have to file lawsuits to get the truth from the #YPD.Jennifer Kendrick, what you and these other Yahoo #YonkersPolice supporters are doing on social media is a disservice to these four grieving #Yonkers families, who desrve the truth as there is an empty seat at the Christmas table.
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  • Al NigrelloThe fault is with the person speeding away to avoid police – any assertion otherwise is grandstanding and looking to perk up attention to the news wire – horrendous and shameless – may the innocent 4 boys Rest In Peace8
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  • Anthony RepettiWell this is strange. Ru Ros posted a video showing there was not a police chase. The cop did not have his lights or sirens on.2
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    • Neva MannAnthony Repetti Watch the video again, it looks as if there was a chase, lights on in the distance, then when they saw that he crashed, lights were turned off, look at the pedestrians in the street, watch thier reactions, not only the 2 people cowrossing but the person down the block, that stopped in the middle sidewalk. There is a lot more to this horrific loss than what is being said.2
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    • Angela Sansone DiMellaI would think if the sirens were blasting the other car would have heard them and not gone into the intersection! That alone should prove there was no actual chase. Maybe they should have gone with lights and sirens?2
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    • Melijara RobAnthony Repetti they are protecting the officer as well. Why is a police car behind another vehicle, while they are “racing”. Yet they are right in front of them. They dont pull them over or anything… they are hiding something.
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    • Anthony RepettiMelijara Rob IF you watch the video they aren’t directly behind them as a “chase.” They are a block behind the car racing through the streets of Yonkers with NO lights or sirens. Not protecting anyone, it’s literally in the video.
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    • C-Letta LettieI work at empress and herd the call on the police radio as it happened From the cops that stopped the Infiniti. They said the car pulled over when they started to get out of their car the Infiniti car sped off and crashed. There was no chase. He crashed in the next intersection. 4 were confirmed DOA on location and the infinity driver died at jacobi.2
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    • Melijara RobAnthony Repetti exactly no apparent “chase”. Let it be me and they will come after me with lights on. Yet why is it that the driver is right in front of him speeding and they are …. “ignoring”?????????????????????????????????
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    • Anthony RepettiMelijara Rob YPD apparently can’t chase cars. It seemed in Ru Ros video they were following the car from a distance with no lights or sirens before the accident happened. Focusing on what the cop did or didn’t do has nothing to do with the fact some asshole was driving down one of our streets at a high rate of speed and killed 4 teenage kids who just graduated in June and had there whole life ahead of them. Focusing on the cop car takes away from the 4 teenagers and that’s not fair to them.
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    • Melijara RobAnthony Repetti your right. I agree with you. SIP to them. May the lord help them find calm.1
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    • Ru Rosbadge iconNeva Mann There was no hot pursuit or shots fired as some folks are alleging.Watch this vide but pay attention to the intersection0:00 / 0:32
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  • Omar ColonWaiting to see if this has to do with some involvement on trumps part4
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    • Brian Harrodbadge iconOmar Colon soon they will probably start saying that in no way was the Yonkers Police Department at fault in this deadly police involved crash and Governor Andrew Cuomo and the liberal democrats are at fault, because they are not tough enough on suspects, banning choke holds and wanting to legalize marijuana .But, Omar Colon, most #Yoners residents understand that the #YonkersPD is not being as open and transparent, as they should be, to these four families that now must bury teenagers during the holidays.
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    • Omar ColonBrian Harrod regardless if its a chase or not a perps a perp. Devon coward was the 1, if pd shut their lights off then they felt it was unsafe to chase. Chase terminated it is no longer in their hands. Everybody wants to be a bodybuilder but dont nobody wants to lift no heavy ass weight – ronnie coleman1
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    • Brian Harrodbadge iconOmar Colon, if the Yonkers Police Department dangerous high speed chase had, in fact been been terminated, then the #YonkersPD cruiser would not have been not speeding into the deadly crash site less than 15 seconds later.And Omar Colon, the #YPD would not be editing out the #YonkersPolice cruisers arrival from the highly edited and looped gas station video showing the #Yonkers teens being slaughtered,Omar Colon, its odd that the video can show the catastrophic deaths of these kids, but not of the Yonkers Police Departmentcruiser flying into the scene less than 15 seconds later.Omar Colon, do you even understand what the word terminated means, as in “terminated the high speed police pursuit in accordance with department procedures.”?
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    • Omar ColonBrian Harrod so even if the pd woulda flashed his lights once this bum woulda kept going regardless if pd chased him or not. Your drinking some type of koolaid from another world. Once the light comes on u pull over simple as that. For him to leave he … See MorePause GIFTenor
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  • Mary C McCrohanIt was NOT a police chase, the police were way behind him, look at the video! Stop starting trouble.4
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  • Brian Harrodbadge iconMary C McCrohan, they edited the gas station crash video down to six seconds and looped it multiple times, instead of releasing the raw feed of showing the hyper speed crash and the #YPD cruiser slowing down to speeding into the deadly scene less than 15 seconds later.Mary C McCrohan its sad that how the Yonkers Police Department attempts to distort the facts by denying they were in a high speed pursuit of a motor vehicle violation.Mary C McCrohan, was four innocent Yonkers teenage lives worth the poorly preformed police chase?
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    • Neeca GibbonsBrian Harrod if it was a high speed chase on the police’s part, then there would have never been a chase if Devon Haywood would have pulled over, let that sink in3
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    • Mary C McCrohanBrian Harrod I feel 4 these boys & families May they R.I.P…3
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    • Omar ColonBrian Harrod is it worth it?Play GIFTenor2
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    • Brian Harrodbadge iconNeeca Gibbons, I would have preferred that the Yonkers Police Department would have fully stopped the high speed chase over a motor vehicle violation and put his plate number in the system, so that these four teenagers would at home with their #Yonkers families this Christmas.Neeca Gibbons, the man who bursted into a Hasidic rabbi’s in Rockland County, New York home and stabbing five Jewish people at a Hanukah celebration was apprehended after police used advanced technology to track the suspect as he made his way into #NewYorkCity.Neeca Gibbons, if you remember #GraftonThomas, 37, was caught, because his plate number was picked up by a high-tech police license plate readers all over the city.https://www.fox6now.com/…/5-stabbed-at-rabbis-house-on…Neeca Gibbons, if the Yonkers Police Department had fully stopped the high speed police pursuit and decided to have the #MountVernon police arrest #DevonHaywood the next morning for traffic violations and evading the police, then these four teenagers would have been at home with their families on Christmas day.5 stabbed at rabbi's house on Hanukkah; suspect arraignedFOX6NOW.COM5 stabbed at rabbi’s house on Hanukkah; suspect arraigned5 stabbed at rabbi’s house on Hanukkah; suspect arraigned
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    • Omar ColonYet if this perp had temp tags which im sure he did or even a stolen plate…no1 would ever find him. And you think theyll put his plate in the system for a minor infraction?3
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    • Anthony RepettiOmar Colon he seemed like a law abiding citizen. This POS ‘s actions took 4 young lives but some how it’s the cops fault. How about the guy who hit them take the blame?2
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    • Brian Harrodbadge iconOmar Colon, if, if, if if, but the #facts are they found crazy #GraftonThomas shortly after with plate readers.Omar Colon, when a suspect escaped from the #Yonkers warrant squad they had tracked down as a passenger in a friend’s jeep in minutes by triangulating his cell phone.Omar Colon, once you have the plate you have the name and address and can easily get phone and other contacts from their.Omar Colon, even someone like you can easily do this from home on your phone with a credit card.https://www.autocheck.com/vehicle…/search-by-license-plate
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    • Omar ColonBrian Harrod ok now lets look sit back..take a look at what u said. 1) a fuckin killer who hacked up some people, 2) a suspect with a warrant….now lets look at this filth that ran from cops. Probably had tints, are you gonna be the dipshit to put in the system man with fuckin 10% tints fled? Bro what biden harris shit you smokin1
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    • Brian Harrodbadge icon#OMG…Omar Colon, “are you gonna be the dipshit to put in the system man with fuckin 10% tints fled?”But Omar Colon, but you want the #YPD to chase the “dipshit to with fuckin 10% tints” at a high rate of speed into the car of four #Yonkers teenagers, who won’t be home for Christmas tomorrow.
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    • Linda WahlbergBrian Harrod the speeding car is wrong. Don’t give a crap what tbe police were doing… seriously people need to stop this nonsense…2
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    • Brian Harrodbadge iconNo one has said that the person being chased was wrong, but Linda Wahlberg its cruel of you to say “don’t give a crap what the police were doing”Linda Wahlberg, why are you opposed to a fair, open and transparent internal Yonkers Police Department investigation?Linda Wahlberg, if that was your family member senselessly slaughtered in a police involved chase over an alleged and unnamed “equipment violation” you would not be acting so selfishly.
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    • Dee CeeGeeLinda Wahlberg exactly!!!1
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  • Brian Harrodbadge icon#SMH…. Omar Colon, what you fail to realize is that the Yonkers Police Department knew the person thet were chasing very well and had many encounters with him.#FACTS: Anthony Repetti they could have picked him up on the motor vehicle violation at any time and did not need to chase him into the car of these four #Yonkers kids – who won’t be home for Christmas tomorrow.Mary C McCrohan there are #YonkersPD sources that are saying the #YPD even knew #DevonHaywood, had the street name “Telz”.Lauren Jamison Huber the Yonkers Police Department even put out a statement that he had a history of reckless driving in #Yonkers.Omar Colon the truth is #YonkersPolice sources say they knew “Telz” well and that he served four years in federal prison after pleading guilty to selling 5 grams of crack cocaine in 2005 and had been on probation in the city of hills.Anthony Repetti one police sources says that in 2018 “Telz” pleaded guilty to a drug possession charge and was sentenced to do a year in the #WestchesterCounty jail and might of fled, because he feared a late night curfew parole violation that would have sent him back to jail..Mary C McCrohan I am also told that the Yonkers Police Department knew “Telz” very well, because he had lived at various addresses in Yonkers, where all of his criminal activity occurred.Lauren Jamison Huber, the Yonkers Police Department, for some reason, is trying to make it out that they had no clue who this #MountVernon resident was.When in fact the Mount Vernon address is that of a relative.Omar Colon, it is strange that the @Yonkers Police Department has not released the exact equipment viiolations that lead to these four kids tragic deaths and this have caused some to question if “Telz” was even stopped legally.Anthony Repetti they did not find drugs at the crash scene and soon the #WestchesterCounty medical examiner’s autopsy report will tell us if “Telz” was intoxicated at the time of the traffic stop.Mary C McCrohanfor all we know “Telz” could have been running, because he feared a Yonkers Police Departmentass beating, but I highly doubt that.Lauren Jamison Huber this is why it is important fotr the Yonkers Police Department to release recordings of the police radio recordings, before and during the high speed police pursuit, as well as, the police radio recordings at the deadly crash scene.1
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    • Mary C McCrohanBrian Harrod My god u never stop so what if they knew him, they did pull him over & he chose to put the pedal to the medal & not stop, to he caused that fatal crash it was not the YPD’s fault! your making a mt. out of a molehill. I’m sure they know alot more felons! Go to church and pray for these boys R.I.P. and stop winding ppl up.1
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    • Omar ColonOo so he was a professional scumbag. The recordings are unimportant since he was gonna run regardless of watever they pulled him over for. And has history of wreckless driving even more of a reason to pull him over since he is a danger to society…as we clearly see. The fact that your defending scum just shows ur true nature. You must have gotten the squat and cough treatment and are forever traumatized to think its PDs fault. Some1 get brian some milkPause GIFTenor
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    • Brian Harrodbadge iconMary C McCrohan, the Yonkers Police Department is being so dishonest in this #YonkersPD police involved crash, that killed four kids, they wont even say what was the “equipment violation” was that lead to these #Yonkers teens funerals.Mary C McCrohan, there is a chance that there was not even an equipment violation.PEW CHARITABLE TRUST: Police ‘Pretext’ Traffic Stops Need to End, Some Lawmakers SayOn a family vacation in Virginia in 2017, Democratic Maryland state Del. Charles E. Sydnor III was driving in the left lane on a nearly empty, unfamiliar highway when a state trooper pulled him over.Sydnor’s wife and three daughters — ages 9, 10 and 13 — were in the car.“Are you going to jail?” one of his girls asked.The trooper said Sydnor, who is Black, had been driving too slowly. A new Virginia law made driving slowly in the left lane a primary offense, meaning an officer could pull over and ticket the motorist.Sydnor, then 44, explained he was following his sister and her family in the car ahead and was about to make a left turn. He had seen a 45 mph speed limit sign in a school zone so had slowed down from 55.The trooper proceeded to educate Sydnor on the law, saying the speed limit was 45 only if the sign’s lights were flashing, which they were not. White officers stopping Black motorists for routine traffic violations can have deadly results for Black men, and Sydnor’s mind flashed to how this one might go horribly wrong.The trooper “had this attitude. It felt as though he wanted to show he was in charge in front of my wife and daughters,” Sydnor said in an interview. “I wasn’t disrespectful to him. He didn’t need to talk to me like that.”….https://www.pewtrusts.org/…/police-pretext-traffic…
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    • Omar ColonOk and..broke the law broke the law. This guy already broke probation curfew and you dont see a problem with that. He should been home. So i assume you want all violations abolished and only a felony to be a the only case som1 gets pulled over.Play GIFGIPHY1
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    • Anthony RepettiBrian Harrod bro you seen the tapes. Ru Ros even posted it. There was no chase. Cop was behind him but not chasing him. Why are you trying to make something out of nothing? So Facebook can see your getting hits on the comments? You want to be a reporte… See More5
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    • Linda WahlbergBrian Harrod the speeding car is wrong and the ONLY one wrong… this is ridiculous..
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  • Mary C McCrohanGo to church and say a pray for these boys R.I.P. and stop winding ppl up! This was meant for Brian Harrod7
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    • Linda WahlbergBrian Harrod the speeding car is wrong … that is who is to blame…. alone… only them…2
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    • Brian Harrodbadge iconNo one has said that the person being chased was wrong, but Linda WahlbergLinda Wahlberg, why are you opposed to a fair, open and transparent internal Yonkers Police Department investigation?Linda Wahlberg, if that was your family member senselessly slaughtered in a police involved chase over an alleged and unnamed “equipment violation” you would not be acting so selfishly.Linda Wahlberg, maybe you should be more worried about these four suffering Yonkers families who deserve all of the answers.
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  • Keith OlsonMore inflammatory, misleading bullshit. No surprise that you teamed up with that other low life blogger on this one. On one hand you want to blame the police but then cry for an open and fair investigation. As usual you jump to your own anti-police conclusions.When the investigation is over you’ll be disappointed to know that you there was no pursuit. Yes, Haywood ran from the police but the police were not in pursuit. That’s why they were shown on video a full 15 seconds behind the suspect vehicle. Think about that for a second. If there was a pursuit, how can a car get a 15 second gap on the police car in only a few blocks. Count out 15 seconds and think about that. You know why there was a 15 second gap? Because there was no pursuit. Sorry Brian, you’re wrong again. To try and push your anti-YPD narrative using the incredibly tragic death of four teenagers is low even by your standards. Shame on you.12
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  • Keith OlsonAnother thing, Devon Haywood has a history of fleeing the police. You know how I know? Because he ran on me in 2006. When I pulled him over he fled so fast I was amazed and horrified at the same time. We gave up on the pursuit almost immediately for fear he would kill someone. We tracked him down later and arrested him for Reckless Endangerment. Not too long after that, he was a subject of an investigation we did with the FBI targeting violent gang members. We arrested him on federal drug conspiracy charges and he was sentenced to 5 years in federal prison.There is one person to blame here and that is Devon Haywood.15
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  • Lauren Jamison HuberI was waiting for you to eventually weigh in here Keith. I spent way too much time arguing with This idiot today but there was right and there is wrong. Merry Christmas to you and yours.6
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  • Brian Harrodbadge iconKeith Olson my wife is getting upset with me, because someone called me during her Christmas Eve dinner to tell me that you are commenting in this thread.Keith Olson, these Yonkers Police Department zealous yahoos, like Lauren Jamison Huber, on social media are going to have me sleeping on the couch this Christmas eve.Keith Olson, I and just about everyone in #Yonkers 100% agrees with you that this #DevonHaywood‘s choices caused the death of these teenagers and it seems to be coming out that he had a troubled pastBut, Keith Olson people are also concerned that the Yonkers Police Department engaging in a dangerous high speed chase over an alleged minor violation against a person that you and other #YonkersPD members had known for at least 15 years had a history of running from the #YPD played a role in the death of these kids that were slaughtered.Keith Olson from what you have told me and from what others have said, it appears that this guy should have possibly not been driving on the road.But Keith Olson, it still doesn’t negate the fact that the #YonkersPolice did not initially mention the police chase until a day after witness complained about it social media.Then Keith Olson, there is the problem that the Yonkers Police Department tried to pretend that this was some unknown guy from #MountVernon that could have been a murderer or some other dangerous person, when you and they knew him very well.Then Keith Olson you have the heavily edited gas station crash video that is looped over and over for 30 seconds instead of just sharing the raw video showing the police car arriving less than 15 seconds after the crash.Then Keith Olson, there are all of these very nasty police supporters being jerks all over websites and social media pages attacking people for just asking asking questions or reporting on the tragedy that has visited these four families.And Keith Olson on top of that the Yonkers Police Department wont even say what was the “equipment violation” that led to these four teens unnecessary deaths.Keith Olson, is like a chapter out of “How Not To Handle A Transparent Internal Police Investigation 101”Keith Olson I have never not shared anything from the Yonkers PBA or the Yonkers Police Department, but I still have an obligation to share items from other voices who question police actions in the the city of hills.Keith Olson, there has never been a time that if I was misled or got something wrong in the Yonkers Newswire, that I did not make a correction and apologize.Keith Olson, I wish you and yours a Merry Christmas and I assure you that I will continue to publish any Yonkers Police Department press release, statement or event directly to the 10,000 Yonkers households at the Yonkers Newswire.3
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    • Keith OlsonBrian Harrod I call bullshit. You hate the YPD and it shows in damn near every article you write about us. This twisted article is just one more.Listen to your wife Brian. Go back to the Yule Log.5
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    • Keith OlsonBrian Harrod another thing. When you often run from the police, have an extensive criminal history and have gone to federal prison, that is not simply a “troubled past.”But hey, let’s focus on what kind of traffic violation that criminal made, because that matters. 😐4
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  • Brian Harrodbadge iconUPDATE: I am told that #DevonHeywood currently has two open criminal cases in #MountVernon — a weapons possession and menacing case and a separate aggravated harassment case, all stemming from a recent November 19th arrest.
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  • Dylan Mckaylann ZEither way this driver was driving reckless not a care in the world about others stop blaming the police for once blame the other person!3
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  • Brian Harrodbadge iconDylan Mckaylann Z, why are the boot licking YPD zealots so afraid of letting the families of these slaughter teenagers have a fair, open and transparent investigation of this police involved deadly crash?Dylan Mckaylann Z, the Yonkers Police Department wont even say what the alleged “equipment Violation” was that lead to these kids deaths, or release the name of the #YPD officer that was involved.
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  • Brian Harrodbadge iconLinda Saint, like all decent people in #Yonkers we want the families of these dead teenagers to have a fair, open and transparent #YPD internal investigation into the police involved deadly crash took away these kids future.Linda Saint if one of those boys had been your son, you would not be commenting like this and would want a fair, open and transparent #YonkersPD internal investigation.Linda Saint, we don’t live in a police state and it should not to be too much to ask the Yonkers Police Department to give these families and all concerned residents of Yonkers a fair, open and transparent #YonkersPplice internal investigation.Linda Saint, your and the fake account along with the other police related profiles that keep posting never ending comments and trying to block aa fair, open and transparent police internal investigation are only causing many to mistrust the Yonkers Police Department in the city of hills.Linda Saint, whats up with your account having the #Brooklyn Pepsi sign and #NiagaraFalls? How is this even related to Yonkers?
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  • Lauren Jamison HuberBrian Harrod are you the kid that never got to live his “be a policeman “ dream? Wtf with the bitter need to make this something that it isn’t and to create division at a time when so much healing is needed?What’s your agenda?Gross negligence.1
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  • Lorraine Lopezbadge iconBrian, you need to give me your number so I can start calling your wife too!!! 🤣😂🤣 Oh wait, I have it! Stop this nonsense. You’re better than that. If anything please let the families grieve. You don’t want to put them through having to see this thread. Especially during the holidays. Although I don’t agree with you, you have everything right to believe what you believe. But let it be or I’m calling her! Merry Christmas.
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  • Brian Harrodbadge icon#OMG… Lauren Jamison Huber, you again?Lauren Jamison Huber, you have posted over 20 times with the other #YPD Zealots and the Fake Facebook accounts.Lauren Jamison Huber, we get it and understand that you don’t want the families of these kids to have a fair open and transparent #YonkersPD internal investigation of the police involved deadly crash.Lauren Jamison Huber, you don’t need to post anymore, we understand that you do not want the Yonkers Police Department officer ever investigated for anything.The truth is Lauren Jamison Huber, I am really getting yired of you spamming these threads over and over and over.Lauren Jamison Huber, your out of control posting that the #YonkersPolice officer should not be investigated for the pursuit is making more and more more #Yonkers resident think people are trying to cover up these teenage deaths in the city of hills.
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    • Lauren Jamison HuberBrian Harrod lol I’m out of control? Seriously? Hmmm. Hit a nerve I see. It is “ you’re” not “your” btw.Stupidity and bullshit are clearly your forte’. Laziness personified by being a de facto ambulance chaser in this scenario. Repeating yourself because you have no other evidentiary recourse. I think I hear your wife calling. Probably going to repeat to you exactly what that meme said.I’m done wasting my time with you.
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    • Brian Harrodbadge iconLauren, Lauren, Lauren, enough already, because you are really pushing your luck with me. You have filled the Yonkers Newswire with your never ending posts that add nothing new to the conversation.Lauren, how you and the Yonkers Police Department zealots think this is productive is beyond me.Lauren repeatedly spamming the Yonkers Newswire day after day after day is having the opposite effect that you and the #YPD Zealots are seeking.
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  • Brian Harrodbadge iconLorraine Lopez, I don’t know how anyone in their right mind could object to a fair, open and transparent #YPD internal investigation into the police involved deadly crash took away these teenagers lives.But Lorraine Lopez, there seems to be a small vocal group to try and suppress the truth by posting over and over in Yonkers Newswire threads – and even going so far as to use #Fake Facebook accounts to manipulate the situation.Lorraine Lopez the #YonkersPD has a job to do, but covering up and misinformation about what actually happened is what the public deserves.Lorraine Lopez you know full well #Yonkers residents remember the last serious minor accident where the Yonkers Police Department did not follow protocol and a mother and her two children were killed then.Lorraine Lopez, the family was destroyed over the Yonkers Police Department recklessly chasing teenage kids for stealing parking netter quartersLorraine Lopez, the #YonkersPolice owe the community and these families a fair, open and transparent investigation and we need to make sure others families are not destroyed in high speed pursuits over minor violations.1
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  • Brian Harrodbadge iconLorraine Lopez there is plenty of fault to go around.Lorraine Lopez, there are #YPD rules of pursuit and whether they were followed here or not should be investigated in a fair open and transparent manner.Lorraine Lopez, everyone agrees that reckless driver in the Infiniti and committed negligent homicide.But Lorraine Lopez if there are witnesses and video that show reckless pursuit by the police as well wouldn’t you want that investigated in a fair open and transparent manner, if it were your family?Instead of having people like Lauren Jamison Huber spamming discussion threads over and over and over with “don;t investigate the Yonkers Police Department?”1
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    • Keith OlsonBrian Harrod when it comes to the YPD it’s guilty until proven innocent. Hate to disappoint you (*sarcasm) but there was no pursuit.
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    • Brian Harrodbadge iconKeith Olson, I have multiple people telling me there was a pursuit, but if it turns out they were all wrong the I will make a public correction and apologize for the error.Keith Olson, the Yonkers Police Department could easily clear up the matter by releasing an unedited copy of the gas station surveillance video that showed the crash.Keith Olson, people say the #YonkersPD cruiser was less than 15 seconds behind the speeding infiniti and immediately arrived on the crash scene.Keith Olson, the #YPD says the terminated the pursuit and there was no chase.So Keith Olson, why not release the unedited version of the crash scene video so that it shows when and how fast the #YonkersPolice cruiser arrived at the crash scene.
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    • Keith OlsonBrian Harrod YPD released video showing that the police car was a full 15 seconds behind Haywood with no emergency lights on. It was clearly not in pursuit. Well, clear to those who care about the truth.
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    • Brian Harrodbadge iconBut, But, But…. Keith Olson the gas station video was released showings few seconds before the horrific crash, the shows the actual deadly crash and then shockingly loops it over and over for thirty seconds or so.#FACTS: The Truth id Keith Olson the Yonkers Police Department has this video and could release the the unedited version of the crash scene video so that it shows when and how fast the #YonkersPolice cruiser arrived at the crash scene.But, for some strange reason the #YonkersPD wants to release a short cherry picked video clip showing the #YPD cruiser 15 seconds behind instated of the raw unedited footage of the ghastly crash and rapid #YonkersPolice arrival.Keith Olson I am told the owner of the gas station has been told by the Yonkers Police Department not to give out that video to the media, community activists or the four families, who lost the four teenagers.Keith Olson, why wont the Yonkers Police Department release the video, that they have, that shows the catastrophic crash, as well as, when and how exactly the #Yonkers police cruiser arrived?
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    • Keith OlsonBrian Harrod the YPD could release 100 videos showing the same thing, that the cops didn’t have their lights on and that they were 15 seconds behind the murderer (which is likely 2 blocks away) and you’d write that the cops were wrong anyway. You don’t like the police Brian, we get it. Just stop pretending to be a journalist and admit that when you’re a blogger the truth doesn’t matter.1
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  • John ContrinoLet me say one thing that cop car is very fast they would never be 15 seconds behind that suspect
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  • Brian Harrodbadge iconJohn Contrino, a lot depends on how cautious the Yonkers Police Department officer is at intersections as he pursues the car with “equipment violations” before the deadly crash that took way the four #Yonkers kids lives.John Contrino, the #YonkersPD officer doesn’t want to be T-Boned and end up dead like these teenagers.John Contrino, this is why its important that the #YonkersPD releases the #YPD radio recording, before during and after the deadly crash, to see if in fact the #YonkersPolice did in fact terminate the pursuit.
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    • John ContrinoBrian Harrod It’s amazing how the Yonkers cops get blamed for something very serious like this me while that guy in the infinity was never gonna stop and if he coulda gone fast there he would of Don’t forget we’re talking about a bed guy behind the wheel who knows what he had in the car who knows why he Speeding to get away But right away it’s always somebody else’s fault
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    • Brian Harrodbadge iconJohn Contrino, no one is blaming the Yonkers Police Department officers, but there are concerns in the community that the #YonkersPD administration is not providing residents with a fair, open and transparent investigation of this police involve deadly crash that slaughtered four innocent #Yonkers teens.John Contrino, as long as the leadership of Yonkers Police Department continues to intentionally deceive the public there will always be mistrust in the community and that is not good for the rank and file officers on the street.John Contrino, most residents in the city of hills appreciate the the good efforts of #YPD officers, but there is a great deal of concern about the #YonkersPolice management that deploys them.And John Contrino that can’t be fixed with a stop and shake, when more transparency for the public is needed.John Contrino, why don’t you want more transparency from the Yonkers Police Department?
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    • John ContrinoBrian Harrod The driver of the infinity is the guy that slaughtered the for innocent Yonkers teens One of those teens brothers lives with somebody I know Very well
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    • Brian Harrodbadge iconJohn Contrino, reading is fundamental.John Contrino, you can’t show one post or comment in any thread in the Yonkers Newswire that says that he driver of the Infiniti is somehow not responsible.John Contrino, the problem is the Yonkers Police Department took a day to admit that there had been a #YonkersPD pursuit of the Infiniti over and alleged and unnamed “equipment violation”.John Contrino, the #YPD publicity machine initially tried to make it appear that they did not know who this potentially dangerous mystery driver from #MountVernon was, but it later came out that the #YonkersPolice had over decade long history with the suspect.And John Contrino, the suspect is reported to have ran from Yonkers PBA President Keith Olson in the past.But for some reason John Contrino you and others are seeking to obstruct or block a fair, open and transparent investigation of this police involve deadly crash that slaughtered four innocent #Yonkers teens.John Contrino, what’s wrong with having a fair, open and transparent Yonkers Police Department investigation of this police involve deadly crash – that allows residents in the city of hills to see all of the videos and hear all of the related police radio transmissions, as well as the officers name and history in the department.John Contrino, if the Yonkers Police Department truly cares about these kids being slaughtered on Riverdale Avenue, they will conduct fair, open and transparent investigation of this police involve deadly crash and not hold anything back.John Contrino, why are you afraid to let the chips fall where they may and seeking to force these four grieving families to go through great legal expense to get the truth from a judge?John Contrino, if that was your child dead in the street you would not be posting this crap trying to make points with those in The City of Yonkers, who want this to be covered up and forgotten in a week or so.
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    • John ContrinoBrian Harrod How about if the guy in the finity just stopped and obeyed the law1
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  • John ContrinoVery sad cops can even do their job because of technicalities I feel bad for the cops today
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    • Keith OlsonThis video shows that the police car was a full 15 seconds behind the murderer and did not have their emergency lights on. Yes, Haywood ran from the police but no, there was no hot pursuit. This intersection is one short block away from the accident scene.It’s irrefutable Brian Harrod.
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  • Ru Rosbadge iconBrian Harrod: Did you see the video showing the Infinity cross the traffic light on Cluver St???It clearly shows that Police was about 10 to 15 seconds behind.Do you call this a pursuit?I don’t0:00 / 1:07
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  • Ru Rosbadge iconThis is another video from a different angle that shows the speed of the Infinity.There was no high speed pursuit or shots fired like some folks are saying0:00 / 0:32
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  • Ru Rosbadge iconI have been in many crime scenes and talked to multiple eye-witness: Very often each eyewitnesses gives you a different story for the same incident.
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  • Brian Harrodbadge iconRu Ros, i agree that it is easy for some witnesses to get confused, but they all seem to agree that the @Yonkers Police Department was on top of catastrophic crash scene with in seconds.Ru Ros don’t you find it a little bit curious the #YPD will allow a manipulated and looped horrific and deadly crash crash video, but wont allow the raw unedited footage that actually shows when and how the #YonkersPD cruiser arrived?Ru Ros, why wont the Yonkers Police Department administrators simply release the video and clear up the matter instead spending days and days and days trying to trash this Yonkers Newswire news tread about a Yonkers Tribune news story?Ru Ros do you think the #YonkersPolice should the raw unedited video that actually shows when and how the #YonkersPD cruiser arrived?
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    • Al NigrelloBrian Harrod blah blah blah blah blah – making noise and obfuscating the real culprit – the man who drove with craven indifference for human life – weak and disgusting1
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    • Ru Rosbadge iconBrian Harrod An Investigation just started. Often, Police Dept don’t speak about on-going investigation.Personally, I do not think that there was a hot pursuit and for sure, no shots were fired.In my opinion, the blame for this, is the driver of the Infinity.
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    • Brian Harrodbadge iconRu Ros, I do realize that and it takes time to run out to a police cruiser start it up the police cruiser, turn on to the street and race down the street to an accident scene.Ru Ros, this can not be done in less than 15 seconds.
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A Yonkers Video Flashback

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Do You Remember When #Snooze12 And The #JournalSnooze Actually Covered Local News In Yonkers?

YONKERS PLAYGROUND: Yonkers #Cablevision report with #JenneneRose about a playground renovation.

Look how Yonkers politicians used to be forth coming and easy going with the press. Today press conferences in the city of hills are not as transparent.

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St Joesph’s Medical Center Director Elected To Charter School Board In Yonkers – By Brian Harrod

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Debra L Gerson, M.D., FAAFP

NEW CSEE BOARD MEMBER: Building upon its partnership with the Charter School Of Educational Excellence in Yonkers (CSEE), Saint Joseph’s Medical Center recently announced the election of Debra L Gerson, M.D., FAAFP to the #CSEE Board of Trustees. Gerson, who has been with Saint Joseph’s since January 2019, is the Medical director of Hospital Family Health.

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YONKERS POLICE: Business Security Initiative Community Outreach Program

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If you are interested in the video and/or the Business Security Initiative Outreach Program, please call the Community Affairs Division at (914) 377-7375. You may also send an email to police@ypd.yonkersny.gov.

The Yonkers Police Business Security Initiative Community Outreach Program is a collaboration between YPD and local businesses.

It is designed to protect merchants and fight crime, by training store managers and shopkeepers in crime prevention and store security.

Furthermore, a PBSI training session video conducted by our Community Affairs Division has been recorded and made available for public use.

Jacobson’s’ Trained Pharmacists Are Your Go-To Source For Fast Hassle Free Flu Shots In Yonkers – By Brian Harrod

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JACOBSON PHARMACY: Hurry, These #Free Flu Shots From Jacobson Pharmacy Go Fast….

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SAFETY FIRST: You Wear Your Mask, Jacobson’s Pharmacists Wear A Mask.Get Vaccinated Today.Getting a flu shot is an easy way to help protect you and your family.

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Address: 231 Ashburton Ave, Yonkers, NY 10701

Phone: (914) 965-3049

A YPD Alert Issued About Scammers Spoofing The Yonkers Police Department’s Number And Impersonating Police Officers – By Brian Harrod

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The Yonkers Police Department released multiple scam alerts after receiving multiple reports of area residents receiving phone calls from schemers alleging to be officers or government officials and demanding money.

YONKERS: Your phone rings and the number comes up on caller ID as the Yonkers Police Department, and the scammers have been threatening fines or to arrest callers if they failed to immediately send them cash.

Scammers are spoofing (914) 377-7900 and precinct telephone numbers while threatening fines or arrest.

Anyone who believes they have been victimized has been instructed to call investigators by calling (914) 377-7375.

Snow Prompts New York Governor Andrew Cuomo To Declare A State Of Emergency In 10 Hudson Valley Counties, But Not In Westchester County – By Brian Harrod

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The winter storm was in full swing late Wednesday night in Westchester County, leaving roadways snow-covered and cars slipping — but so far local officials said there were no big problems with power outages.

WESTCHESTER COUNTY: Treacherous roads made for dangerous driving conditions all over the Hudson Valley.

Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a state of emergency north of Westchester that went into effect at 6 p.m. Wednesday due to the monster snowstorm hitting the Tri-State area as the local county’s Bee Line buses were taken off the road till further notice.

The order applies to Sullivan, Ulster, Orange, Putnam, Dutchess, Tioga, Delaware, Broome, Greene, and Columbia counties, with New York City and Westchester County expected to initially bear the brunt of the storm in our area.

County Executive George Latimer urged residents to prepare for the storm.

He advised the likelihood of downed trees and power lines, power outages, coastal flooding and dangerous travel conditions being among the potential impacts that severe winter storms can bring.

With heavy snow and high winds predicted the county’s Department of Emergency Services and the health department advised anyone in the path of the storm have plenty of batteries on hand for flashlights and battery-powered radios and to keep cell phones and other important electronic devices fully charged.

During the storm, residents should remain indoors if possible and stay off the roads.



YONKERS WOMAN: Arrested After Allegedly Spraying Police With Mace During ICE Jail Protest – By Brian Harrod

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Bergen County Sheriff Anthony Cureton announced the arrest of Lizbeth Vazquez, 19, of Yonkers, New York

TAKING IT TO THE STREETS: A 19-year-old Yonkers, NY woman was arrested on a riot charge, among others, after a protest on Saturday and again on Sunday regarding conditions at the county jail for ICE detainees.

HACKENSACK, N.J. -Police said she had been previously arrested in the last month for rioting, disorderly conduct, and obstruction in New York.

Lizbeth Vazquez,was arrested on the following charges: 

  • Riot – commission of a crime 
  • Disorderly conduct – inappropriate behavior – creation of a hazardous condition
  • Criminial trespass – defiant trespass
  • Terroristic threats – threat of crime of violence
  • Unlawful possession of a weapon – other weapons
  • Aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer
  • Possession of a weapon for unlawful purpose – other weapons

A Bergen County Sheriff Officer, with the assistance of Hackensack Police, arrested Vazquez after leaving the protest in front of the Bergen County Jail on Sunday, Dec. 13.

The protest was outside of the Bergen County Jail in Hackensack where approximately 150 people gathered on Saturday to protest conditions for ICE detainees.

In a Sunday morning press conference, Sheriff Cureton said the Saturday protest grew “unruly.” Later on Sunday, another protest occurred.

Lizbeth Vazquez and others were upset with Bergen County Sheriff Anthony Cureton contract to imprison ICE detainees and that those detainees might face death if they are returned to their home countries.

The ICE detainees are on hunger strike over the deplorable conditions they face and for their freedom

Sheriff Cureton said during his Sunday press conference that 92% of the detainees have been convicted of serious crimes, including murder and sexual assault.

In some news reports the Sheriff Cureton’s actions were overly aggressive and repressive has he deployed ominously named and heavily armed “Rapid Deployment Force” against protesters.

Some protesting were said to have chanted, ” ‘Why are you in riot gear, I don’t see no riot here!”

New Data Shows COVID Stress On St. John’s Riverside Hospital – By Brian Harrod

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St. John’s Riverside Hospital CEO Ron Corti has described the local health care landscape as volatile.

National Public Radio has created a new platform that allows the public to see what percentages of their local hospitals’ beds are filled by COVID patients. 

Those percentages are being used by New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo to determine whether hospitals are under stress in their ability to handle an upsurge in COVID patients, which in turn will determine whether the state should impose further restrictions on their surrounding communities.

According to the data reported on the new site, both St. John’s Hospital in Yonkers (which also includes the Dobbs Ferry Pavilion) and the Westch­ester Medical Center in Valhalla have 12%.

New York State considers 10% as an indication that a hospital is “under strain,” while 20% would indicate “extreme stress.”  

There are no COVID patients housed at the Dobbs Ferry Pavilion, which is virus patient free, as all such patients are at the main St. John’s Hospital in Yonkers.

The most stressed facility in Westchester County is the Hudson Valley Hospital Center in Cort­landt Manor with 29% of its beds occupied by COVID patients.


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SUPER SPREADERS: The Sahara Café at 473 South Broadway in Yonkers Has Liquor Licence Suspended

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COVID BUST: New York State Liquor Authority (SLA) investigators and officials with the Yonkers Fire Department conducted a compliance check on the premises, discovering 124 patrons packed shoulder-to-shoulder inside the establishment — which had a pre-pandemic maximum occupancy of 48 and could legally hold just 24 patrons under COVID-related regulations.

ILLEGAL CONSTRUCTION: The premises was also cited for illegally expanding into their backyard and the Yonkers Fire Department issued a stop work order.

The crowded conditions made social distancing impossible and investigators documented no food being served and numerous patrons smoking hookah in apparent violation of the NYS Indoor Smoking Act.

Sahara Café just got licensed on Monday, Aug. 24, 2020 and now they can’t sell any booze as their rent bills rack up.

Yonkers Police Department Arrests Man For Attempted Murder In Monday Shooting

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Andy Andrews, a 31-year-old resident of Walnut Street was arrested for attempted murder by the Yonkers police Department

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Yonkers Police arrest, charge man in Oliver Street daylight shooting incident

PRESS RELEASE: On Monday, December 7th, 2020, at approximately 2:24 PM, members of the Yonkers Police 3rd Precinct were on patrol in the vicinity of Victor Street when they heard multiple gunshots being fired a short distance away.

YONKERS: YPD Officers immediately responded towards the sound of gunfire and upon turning onto Oliver Street discovered a shooting incident that had just occurred with both the victim and several subjects still at scene.

Officers controlled the scene, placing several subjects into custody without incident pending investigation and attended to the victim suffering several gunshot wounds to his person.

As additional police responded, the area was cordoned-off and a criminal investigation was initiated.

Police Officers assigned to the 3rd and 4th Precincts, Emergency Services Division, and Detectives and Investigators from the Major Case Squad and Crime Scene Unit responded to the scene in a coordinated search effort for additional subjects and witnesses, to recover surveillance video, and process forensic and ballistic evidence.

Investigation yielded that the victim, a 27-year-old resident of Sherman Avenue this City, was sitting alone in the driver’s seat of his double-parked 2020 Chevrolet Malibu sedan; the suspect, who resides on the same block and is known to the victim, approaches the front of the victim’s vehicle, and allegedly produces an illegal handgun and fires three times into the vehicle through the front windshield, striking the victim all three times in his face, hand, and shoulder.

The victim exits his vehicle and attempts to flee west on Oliver Street, with the suspect chasing from behind; within seconds, the 3rd Precinct Officers round the corner and seize the event.

The victim was subsequently transported to a local area hospital where he is listed in stable condition. Investigators working into today developed information yielding probable cause to charge one of the apprehended subjects with the intentional shooting of the victim.

Police Commissioner John J. Mueller stated, “Service before self – these officers exemplify the courage and dedication that our police officers have in their commitment to protecting the residents of Yonkers. On patrol, in our community, moving towards gunfire, they apprehend an alleged attempted murder suspect and deliver him into the Criminal Justice System – outstanding work by these officers! And let this serve as reminder to those who engage in violence in our City, that the Yonkers Police is right around the corner.”

The alleged perpetrator of the shooting is identified as Andy Andrews, a 31-year-old resident of Walnut Street this City.

Andrews is charged with one count of Attempted Murder 2’, a Class B Violent Felony in the New York State Penal Law; and Criminal Possession of a Weapon 2’, a Class C Violent Felony in the New York State Penal Law.

Andrews was arraigned today in Yonkers Criminal Court and remanded to the Westchester County Jail; his next court date is scheduled for December 22nd, 2020.

The case is being prosecuted by the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office.

Additional information may be released as it becomes available.

St. Joseph’s Seminary In Yonkers Says Hallelujah As Pope Francis Proclaims Year Of St. Joseph – By Brian Harrod

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A statue of St. Joseph is visible May 1, 2019, at St. Joseph’s Seminary in Yonkers, N.Y. In a Dec. 8 apostolic letter, Pope Francis proclaimed a yearlong celebration dedicated to St. Joseph, foster father of Jesus.

Pope Francis announced a Year of St. Joseph Tuesday in honor of the 150th anniversary of the saint’s proclamation as patron of the Universal Church.

The year begins Dec. 8, 2020, and concludes on Dec. 8, 2021, according to a decree authorized by the pope.

The decree said that Francis had established a Year of St. Joseph so that “every member of the faithful, following his example, may strengthen their life of faith daily in the complete fulfillment of God’s will.”

It added that the pope had granted special indulgences to mark the year.

The Dec. 8 decree was issued by the Apostolic Penitentiary, the dicastery of the Roman Curia that oversees indulgences, and signed by the Major Penitentiary, Cardinal Mauro Piacenza, and the Regent, Msgr. Krzysztof Nykiel.

In addition to the decree, Francis issued an apostolic letter Tuesday dedicated to the foster father of Jesus.

The pope explained in the letter, entitled Patris corde (“With a father’s heart”) and dated Dec. 8, that he wanted to share some “personal reflections” on the spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

“My desire to do so increased during these months of pandemic,” he said, noting that many people had made hidden sacrifices during the crisis in order to protect others.

“Each of us can discover in Joseph — the man who goes unnoticed, a daily, discreet and hidden presence — an intercessor, a support and a guide in times of trouble,” he wrote.

“St. Joseph reminds us that those who appear hidden or in the shadows can play an incomparable role in the history of salvation.”

Pope Pius IX proclaimed St. Joseph patron of the Universal Church on Dec. 8, 1870, in the decree Quemadmodum Deus.

In its decree Tuesday, the Apostolic Penitentiary said that, “to reaffirm the universality of St. Joseph’s patronage in the Church,” it would grant a plenary indulgence to Catholics who recite any approved prayer or act of piety in honor of St. Joseph, especially on March 19, the saint’s solemnity, and May 1, the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker.

Other notable days for the plenary indulgence are the Feast of the Holy Family on Dec. 29 and St. Joseph’s Sunday in the Byzantine tradition, as well as the 19th of each month and every Wednesday, a day dedicated to the saint in the Latin tradition.

The decree said: “In the current context of health emergency, the gift of the plenary indulgence is particularly extended to the elderly, the sick, the dying and all those who for legitimate reasons are unable to leave the house, who, with a soul detached from any sin and with the intention of fulfilling, as soon as possible, the three usual conditions, in their own home or where the impediment keeps them, recite an act of piety in honor of St. Joseph, comfort of the sick and patron of a happy death, offering with trust in God the pains and discomforts of their life.”

STATEMENT: From Mayor Mike Spano

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Data has shown wearing a mask, practicing social distancing, washing your hands, and making smart choices will help stop the spread of COVID-19. Share this update, and let’s beat this virus

“Since December 1st, #Yonkers has seen an increase of 316 new confirmed COVID-19 cases.

The City of Yonkers is now in the midst of the second wave, increases in new cases are seen city-wide.

While we have observed this uptick city-wide, testing in the Yonkers Public Schools has yielded less than a quarter percent positivity rate. Simply put, COVID-19 spreading is not occurring in the Yonkers schools.”

Sharon L. Zanzano Named The New Manager Of Houlihan Lawrence In Yonkers – By Brian Harrod

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Realtor Sharon Zanzano, a lifelong Yonkers resident is a graduate of Iona College where she earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Liberal Arts/Journalism.

YONKERS: Houlihan Lawrence has announced the appointment of Sharon L. Zanzano as the new manager of its Yonkers brokerage. Zanzano, who has 19 years of experience in real estate, has spent most of her career as a sales agent in Houlihan Lawrence’s Bronxville office, where she received multiple awards for top production.

“We are delighted to welcome Sharon as the new manager of our Yonkers office. She brings nearly two decades of success in real estate as well as strong connections to the local Yonkers community to her new role,” said Debbie Doern, Regional Vice President of Houlihan Lawrence.

Yonkers Landlord Ben Ashkenazy Takes The Gindi Family To Court Over Century 12 Rent In Yonkers And For Damage They Are Doing To His Reputation

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Ben Ashkenazy, was born in Israel and grew up in Lawrence, Long Island. He entered real estate right after high school and continued while taking classes at Adelphi University. He did not complete college. Forbes magazine has ranked him as number 207 on its list of the Forbes 400 and placed his net worth at $3.8 billon.

According to a lawsuit the family behind ASG Equities (ASG) and the bankrupt Century 21 Department Stores (Century 21) is starving developer AAC Cross County Mall in Westchester, Ashkenazy Acquisition Corp. and founder Ben Ashkenazy. of cash for his pandemic-racked real estate empire and smearing his name in the industry,

Members of the Gindi family, who have partnered with Ashkenazy for years.

The lawsuit was filed in state Supreme Court in Manhattan.

Al Gindi, a high school dropout, and Sonny Gindi, Syrian American cousins from an émigré Jewish family, opened his first Century 21 Department Store in lower Manhattan in 1961.

And their retail and real estate empire had grown to stretch as far south as Florida and west to Philadelphia and Jersey.

After 60 years in business, and surviving even the 9/11 attacks on New York, East Coast off-pricer Century 21 moved to liquidate its 13 stores in Chapter 11 after it says COVID-19 crushed its business. 

Reportedly, the decision to file fthe century 21 bankruptcy follows nonpayment by the company’s insurance providers of approximately $175m due under policies put in place to protect against losses stemming from business interruption, such as that experienced as a direct result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Concurrently, Century 21 has filed a lawsuit against several of its insurance providers based on their decision not to compensate the company for losses under the policies.

In bankruptcy, the retailer is looking to sell its IP. 

ASG Equities (ASG), headquartered in New York, is the family and real estate office of the Gindi Family.

Last month, the board of the Bel Canto Condominium on the Upper West Side of Manhattan sued to foreclose on liens totaling more than $55,000 worth of common charges unpaid by retail kings Ashkenazy Acquisition and the Gindi family, the owners of four commercial units. 

One year ago, the Vernon Hills Shopping Center in Eastchester was purchased by New York City-based Ashkenazy Acquisition Corp. (AAC) from Vernon Hills Shopping Center LLC at a price described as being more than $125 million in

In all of this Ben Ashkenazy is claiming that his good name and the Ashkenazy Acquisition business name is being smeared by the Gindi Family.

LABOR TROUBLES: YPS Administrators Think They May Be Facing Covert YFT Teacher Sickout Job Actions That Hurt Children And Cost Homeowners – By Brian Harrod

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Yonkers Federation of Teachers (YFT) President Samantha Rosado-Ciriello Has Been Battling With The Yonkers Public Schools for months.

YONKERS: Administrators in the Yonkers Public Schools (YPS) Board of Education offices are privately saying they think that Yonkers Federation of Teachers #YFT President Samantha Rosado-Ciriello might encouraging #Yonkers teachers to go into quarantine when they have had zero contact with a student or school staff member that tests positive for the COVID-19 virus.

Moreover, they say school principals and others keep reporting that #YPS teachers are irresponsibly having their lunches together in classroom together and causing schools to be shut down and children to fall further behind during this pandemic.

When a person reports a positive test in a school, administrators say they believe that #SamanthaRosadoCiriello and those around her are encouraging all teachers to go into quarantine even if they were not exposed at the school.

Some the Yonkers Council of PTA/PTSAs leaders claim that these potentially illegal job actions are causing students to fall further behind and suffer more during this pandemic.

They also claim that these “abusive and illegal” YFT job actions are hurting homeowners in The City of Yonkers, who are struggling to keep their homes during these challenging times.

When called the #YonkersFederationOfTeachers offices were called for a comment Karen, who did not want to give her last name, said YFT president Samantha Rosado-Ciriello and all of her representatives were in a meeting and unavailable for comment.

Yonkers Announces New Financing For More Affordable Housing – By Brian Harrod

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178 Warburton at The Ridgeway is the fifth phase of the six-phase master plan to redevelop the distressed Cottage Place public housing complex built in 1945.

YONKERS: The Ridgeway is being developed by the Municipal Housing Authority for the City of Yonkers (MHACY) and The Community Builders (TCB) and will replace three outdated public housing buildings (Cottage Place Gardens Building #4, 8, and 12) and a disused gas station with a new, energy efficient residential building. The project also includes the remediation of a brownfield.

It will have 500 units of housing, parking spaces, a central open space as well as mixed-use development in three of the six project phases.

To date, 242 units across three phases have been completed, as well as the substantial renovation of an existing daycare center. Another 166 units of housing are currently under construction at 172 Warburton and 178 Warburton.

Financing for 178 Warburton at The Ridgeway includes $10,432 from for predevelopment to permanent financing; TCB contributed over $700,000 in predevelopment financing; Community Capital New York provided a $800,000 predevelopment loan. The City of Yonkers has committed to provide $500,000 in City HOME funds and $500,000 in Community Development Block Grant funding.

Other financing sources include NYS Housing Finance Agency tax exempt bond financing and subsidy, Federal Low Income Housing Tax Credits, State Low Income Housing Tax Credits, NYS Brownfield Tax Credits, $5 million from Westchester County Housing Implementation Fund and $250,000 of a $2.5 million Empire State Development Restore NY grant that was secured to finance multiple phases of the redevelopment.

The total development cost for the entire multi-phase project is estimated to be $296 million. New York State Homes and Community Renewal is the primary source of financing for the effort, having already committed several million dollars in Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC), hard debt, and gap financing toward the total development cost of $183 million for Phases I, II, III and IV.

The new eight-story building at178 Warburton, which is under construction, will feature a unit mix of six studio units, 35 one-bedrooms, and 40 two-bedrooms. The building will include a common laundry room, on-site management, and a rooftop resident center. Parking is free of charge. The units are affordable to families with a mix of incomes, ranging from 30% to 90% of Area Median Income (AMI).

The mixed-use building will also include a new Early Head Start day care center serving infants and toddlers from families with lower incomes. The center will be operated by Westchester Community Opportunity Program, Inc. (WestCOP), a private, not-for-profit, multipurpose social service organization, who will also operate the Head Start pre-kindergarten center at 172 Warburton Avenue, the fourth phase of the redevelopment also presently under construction.

The project also includes a 33,000 s/f central open space to be constructed to the east of the building.

Testing Expanded At Open Door Family Medical As Port Chester Declared Coronavirus Yellow Zone – By Brian Harrod

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Westchester County Executive George Latimer Latimer says he was in communication with Port Chester officials including Mayor Richard “Fritz” Falanka, who is trying to write up a plan to prevent Port Chester from going from a yellow zone to an orange or a total shutdown red zone.

PORT CHESTER: Due to an increase in coronavirus cases, Port Chester has been designated a micro-cluster by New York health officials and placed under “yellow zone” restrictions.

The village jumped from 96 to 119 active cases between Thursday and Friday, according to Westchester County data.

Westchester County Health Department and Open Door Family Medical Center are expanding testing in Port Chester until Tuesday. The testing initiative was made in consultation with the New York State Department of Health.

Testing will be available:

  1. Monday, November 9: 10 a.m. -6 p.m.
  2. Tuesday, November 10: 10 a.m. -6 p.m.

Those who wish to make an appointment should call 914-995-7425 or click here to do so online. Walk-ins will only be accepted on a limited basis.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the micro-cluster designation in a Friday morning news briefing. It is a strong reminder that the COVID-19 pandemic is not over, Westchester County officials said.

Additionally, County Executive George Latimer and his Health Department is:

  1. Distributing masks and hand sanitizer to community groups and schools in Port Chester;
  2. Meeting with community and school leaders to discuss COVID-19 prevention and protocols; and
  3. Launching an educational campaign in English and Spanish.

The move to put Port Chester on the micro-cluster list comes as state health officials downgraded the restrictions on Rockland County’s and Orange County’s micro-cluster.

Rockland has been moved to the orange category from red. Orange has been moved to the yellow category from orange.

Study Ranks Yonkers As The Fourth Worst City For Millennials – By Brian Harrod

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Weighing all the factors, the study ranked the Yonkers experience near the bottom of the list for millennials.

While the city of hills is see development at a scale not seen in at least a generation, a new study claims millennials might be best advised to look elsewhere when considering a new residence.

Atlanta-based Rent.com, an apartment search website, recently released their rankings of best and worst cities for millennials. Loosely defined as the generation currently between 24 and 39 years old, the demographic has been credited (or perhaps maligned) for reshaping housing trends through their preference for urban living.

Rent.com’s study looked at a number of millennial-focused factors and weighted them according to relevancy.

They included median income, percentage of millennial renters, the unemployment rate as of June 2020, walk and bike scores, and a “fun factor” score, described as a per-capita calculation based on commercially-available business listings of entertainment establishments like bars, concert venues, movie theaters, and restaurants.

So where does Rent.com think millennials will fare the best? That would be Salt Lake City, Utah. With a median income of $61,625, unemployment rate of 6.2%, walk score of 67, and percentage of millennial renters at 51.7%, the city ranked high in many metrics.

Apparently, it’s a blast out there; Salt Lake City’s fun factor score came in at 61.5, the second-highest ranking on the list.

The study generally gave high marks to cities located in the middle of the county with places like Madison, Wisconsin, Austin, Texas, and Lexington, Kentucky landing in the top five.

INSTITUTIONAL RACISM BOMBSHELL >>> New Data: Within The Yonkers School District Some Wealthy Schools Get Millions More Than Poor Ones – By Brian Harrod

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CIVIL RIGHTS LAWSUIT IN THE MAKING: Yonkers residents long known about spending disparities from one district to another; new federally mandated data lays bare within-district inequities, too.

YONKERS: While wealthier school districts in Yonkers routinely spend significantly more money to run their public schools, the dirty little secret is that the disparity between various Yonkers Public Schools that can’t be attributed to the relative wealth in their communities.

All of the schools are part of a single district.

Children of color who need more support to overcome barriers to academic achievement are routinely shortchanged in the city of hills.

Even now with hybrid learning many poorer children of color have not been provided with the laptops and tablets need to complete their school assignments.

Yonkers was one of 53 districts across the United States that spent a statistically significant amount less state and local money on high-poverty schools than on lower-poverty schools.

the federal data showed that in another 263 districts, the level of spending on each school had little to no connection to the number of students in poverty, despite the higher needs often present in low-income schools. 

Until this year, funding disparities between schools in the same district were hard to identify. Most districts didn’t budget in a way that allowed comparisons of school-level spending.

They reported only districtwide averages, making disparities across districts the primary fodder for conversations about educational inequities.

Now, a federal financial reporting requirement has taken effect, demanding that states report per-student spending by school — just as they report student performance by school — and forcing transparency about disparate spending inside district lines.

The data was from the 2018-19 academic year.

The analysis focused on state and local spending because federal dollars are explicitly intended to supplement district budgets, rather than provide an alternative revenue stream. Districts that use the federal dollars to equalize their spending violate federal policy.

The transparency mandate was tucked into the 2015 update of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act but didn’t require states to report that data until June 30 of this year.

Off the record some in Yonkers Public Schools Superintendent Edwin Quezada offices have defended spending less on higher-poverty schools in the city of hills.

They claim that, certain special education programs can drive up costs in certain schools, but will not go on the record with this theory.

But the fact is that Yonkers is systematically being inequitable to poorer children of color and they are not working on solving that problem.

Yonkers has not proposed changes to deal with the inequities laid bare by the new data, even though the took nearly a year to put it together before submitting it.

The bottom line is that Yonkers needs to stop short changing children of color and need to to leverage school dollars to get the greatest outcome for the city’s children.

Maybe before the next Yonkers School budget the board of education should hire an educational consulting firm to do a financial audit of the new federal reporting, so that parents and lawmakers can understand how badly poorer children of color are being cheated out of their futures.

While federal law has only recently demanded transparency around school funding disparities for every district in the country, equity battles have played out in a handful of districts and communities over the years.

And Yonkers may once again, become ground zero in a public education battle if the Yonkers BOE doesn’t take steps to correct what is being done to these poorer children of color.

But Rochester, New York, offers a lesson in how hard it can be not only to make major changes, but to make them permanent.

Jean-Claude Brizard took over as superintendent of the Rochester City Schools in western New York in January 2008.

Soon after he started, he hired a consulting firm to follow the dollars in his district and identify inequities, which, it turns out, were striking.  

The budgeting system in Rochester until that point was one in which well-connected principals could advocate for more money for their schools.

Superintendent Brizard wanted to change that.

He started out by sharing the data internally and with the school board and then held community meetings where he aimed to spur enough demand for change that the district would be able to justify going against the wishes of the small but vocal populations of the schools that had gotten more than their fair share of district spending.

Superintendent Brizard orchestrated a three-year transition to a student-based funding formula that clearly laid out how much money schools would get for students with different needs.

Superintendent Brizard was sent packing and just after the new funding formula was fully in place, he said a group of affluent, mostly white, parents succeeded in lobbying the school board to dismantle the new system.

This Yonkers inequitable local school funding issue may once again need the help of the federal courts to solve.

In Los Angeles Unified School District, a lawsuit brought by the ACLU of Southern California forced the district to revise its methods of allocating spending among schools.

The ACLU sued the district, arguing that it wasn’t directing those dollars to the right students, and LAUSD settled, giving $151 million to a group of schools that had been shortchanged and revising its spending patterns moving forward.


Yonkers City Council Meeting Agenda

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The Yonkers City Council Agenda for this coming Tuesday, October 27th, 2020. Please be advised that this meeting will be held “remotely” due to the COVID-19 Pandemic and will be available to the public virtually.

Please Print And/Or Download The City Council Meeting Agenda Here:

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