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Liquidity is extremely thin, at St.John’s Riverside Hospital, with just over 6 days’ cash on hand
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: S&P Global Ratings lowered its rating to ‘CCC+’ from ‘B-‘ on Yonkers Industrial Development Agency, N.Y.’s existing revenue debt issued for St. John’s Riverside Hospital (SJRH).
PRESS RELEASE: The outlook for St. John’s Riverside Hospital is negative.
YONKERS: St. John’s Riverside Hospital’s ‘CCC+’ rating and negative outlook reflect Standard & Poor’s view of SJRH’s extremely weak financial profile underlined
S&P listed St. John’s Riverside Hospital’s persistent operating losses, extremely weak maximum annual debt service (MADS) coverage, and highly leveraged balance sheet that continues to deteriorate as factors in its further downgrade of the Yonkers healthcare provider.
S&P Global Ratings credit analyst Aamna Shah said, “In addition, liquidity is extremely thin, with just over 6 days’ cash on hand in fiscal 2018.”
An even lower rating is precluded at this time due to a pending $29 million NY Statewide Healthcare Facility Transformation grant award that management indicates will be used to retire its outstanding debt obligations.
Management anticipates the funding will be received in December 2019; however, if the funds to retire existing debt are not received, it is S&P’s opinion that the hospital’s financial commitments appear to be unsustainable in the long term, although the issuer may not face a near term (within 12 months) credit or payment crisis.
In August 2018, the hospital’s Board of Trustees approved of a resolution to begin negotiations to formally integrate into Montefiore Health System (Montefiore).
Management has indicated that SJRH is working with Montefiore to discuss terms to execute on a letter of intent to join Montefiore.
There is still some uncertainty regarding timing; however, management has indicated that a formal affiliation could be possible in 2020.
S&P views the potential integration favorably as the partnership should bring synergies from both a financial and strategic perspective.
All ratings affected by this rating action can be found on S&P Global Ratings’ public website at www.standardandpoors.com.
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BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT KHADER, MAJORITY LEADER SABATINO, MINORITY LEADER BREEN, COUNCILMEMBERS WILLIAMS, PINEDA-ISAAC, RUBBO AND MERANTE:
A LOCAL LAW AMENDING CHAPTER 58 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF YONKERS ENTITLED “HOUSING AND BUILDING MAINTENANCE” IN RELATION TO BOILER SERVICE COMPANY CONTACT INFORMATION
Be it enacted by the City Council of the City of Yonkers, as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 58 of the Code of the City of Yonkers entitled “Housing and Building Maintenance” is hereby amended, in part, by amending §58-22 entitled “Heating requirements, inspections” to read as follows:
§ 58 -22. Heating requirements, inspections
A. Every person, firm or corporation which shall have contracted, undertaken or become bound to heat or furnish heat for any building or portion thereof occupied as a home or place of residence or as a business establishment in the City of Yonkers shall heat or furnish heat to every occupied room in such building or portion thereof so that an air temperature of not less than 68° F. is maintained therein as follows:
(1) During the period in any day when the outside or street temperature falls below 55° F. between 6:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. for a building or portion thereof occupied as a home or residence.
(2) During the usual working hours established or maintained where occupied as a business establishment.
B. Whenever the outside or street temperature falls below 55° F. between 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., an air temperature of 60° F. shall be maintained.
C. Air temperature, as used herein, shall be measured at the approximate center of the room at a point approximately 5 1/2 feet above the average floor level of the room.
D. Whenever a building or portion thereof is heated by an apparatus under the control of the owner, agent, lessee, superintendent or janitor of such building, such person, in the absence of a contract or written agreement to the contrary, shall be deemed to have contracted or been bound to furnish heat in accordance with the requirements of this article and the New York Uniform Code and shall each or severally be liable for violation of the provisions thereof. Nothing herein shall apply to a building or portion thereof used for the conduct of a business or trade wherein high or low temperatures are essential or unavoidable.
E. The owner of any building occupied in whole or in part by one or more residential tenants shall cause all heating systems affecting those residential tenancies, including all installed heating units and water-heating devices, to be inspected and tested between May 1 and September 1 to ensure that they have been properly maintained, they are able to produce the heat and hot-water temperature required by this chapter and the New York Uniform Code and they are able to safely vent any products of combustion to the exterior.
F. The inspection shall be performed by a qualified person engaged full time in the pursuit of installing, maintaining or repairing such equipment. Boilers shall have, conspicuously posted, on or near said boiler a sign that provides the name and contact information of the boiler service company.
G. A report of such inspection and test, signed by the representative of the inspecting firm, shall be filed with the Department within 15 days following the inspection and no later than September 15 of the year of the inspection.
H. Defects or violations in the heating system or of water-heating appliances and their appurtenances found upon inspection shall be corrected prior to September 15 of the year of inspection.
I. Failure to have the heating system inspected and to file such inspection report with the Department within 15 days of the inspection or by September 15, whichever shall come first, shall be deemed to be prima facie evidence of an intentional violation of this section in the event that such systems shall fail to provide adequate heat as required by this article and the New York Uniform Code at any time during the heating season.
Section 2. This Local Law shall take effect upon filing with the New York State Secretary of State.
THIS LOCAL LAW WAS ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT A STATED MEETING HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2019 BY A VOTE OF 7-0.
Vincent Spano, who was first appointed in 2013 to a five-year term, has served in the clerk’s office since 2003 and over the years has made improvements to the office that have resulted in the delivering of better service to the people of Yonkers.
PLEASE NOTE: Birth and death records are confidential records under New York State law.
The City Clerk’s Office is located in Room 107 at City Hall, 40 South Broadway, Yonkers, New York 10701 (corner of Nepperhan Avenue and South Broadway) telephone 377-6020.
The applicant must be at least 18 years old and must have a photo identification. Birth certificates can only be obtained by the individual him/herself, or a parent.
The applicant will be required to complete a form containing the following information: name of person for whom the certificate is being requested; date of birth; parents names, including mother’s maiden name, relationship to the applicant and the reason the certificate is needed.
YONKERS CRIES: Twin Toddlers Who Died In A Hot Car Will Be Remembered On Yonkers Avenue Today
AND JESUS WEPT: A service for Phoenix and Luna Rodriguez will be held at Sinatra Memorial Home from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m.
They will be laid to rest just one day after a judge ruled there is no criminal case at this time against their father, Juan Rodriguez, who is accused of leaving the toddlers in a hot car for eight hours last week, killing both of them.
Rodriguez had faced two counts of manslaughter and two counts of negligent homicide in the death of his babies, whom he said he forgot in the car after “blanking out” when he went to work last week.
The 39-year-old social worker sobbed in court when he initially pleaded not guilty to two counts — and broke into tears — and prayers — yet again in court on Thursday.
Rodriguez’s wife, who was among the first to come forward in his defense, sat behind her husband in the first row of the courtroom, holding their 3-year-old child.
Juan Rodriguez also has 12- and 16-year-old children.
LEGAL NOTICE: Bond Ordinance 43-2019 – Yonkers City School District Joint Schools Construction and Modernization Act
The City Clerk’s Office is located in Room 107 at City Hall, 40 South Broadway, Yonkers, New York 10701 (corner of Nepperhan Avenue and South Broadway) telephone 377-6020.
The ordinance, a summary of which is published herewith, has been adopted on July 15, 2019, and approved by the Mayor on July 29, 2019, and the validity of the obligations authorized by such ordinance may be hereafter contested only if such obligations were authorized for an object or purpose for which the CITY OF YONKERS, in the County of Westchester, New York, is not authorized to expend money or if the provisions of law which should have been complied with as of the date of publication of this Notice were not substantially complied with, and an action, suit or proceeding contesting such validity is commenced within twenty days after the publication of this Notice, or such obligations were authorized in violation of the provisions of the constitution.Vincent E. SpanoCity ClerkCity of Yonkers, New York
SPECIAL ORDINANCE 43-2019BOND ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF YONKERS, NEW YORK AUTHORIZING THE PREPARATION OF DESIGN PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS TO BE UNDERTAKEN PURSUANT TO THE YONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT JOINT SCHOOLS CONSTRUCTION AND MODERNIZATION ACT; STATING THE ESTIMATED MAXIMUM COST THEREOF IS $2,000,000; APPROPRIATING SAID AMOUNT THEREFOR AND AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS OF SAID CITY IN THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOT TO EXCEED $2,000,000 TO FINANCE SAID APPROPRIATION..
The bonds are authorized to finance the cost of the preparation of design plans and specifications for capital projects to be undertaken pursuant to the Yonkers City School District Joint Schools Construction and Modernization Act.The maximum amount of obligations to be issued is $2,000,000.
The period of probable usefulness associated with the project is five (5) years.Pursuant to the provisions of Section 17 of the Special Local Finance and Budget Act of the City of Yonkers, constituting Chapters 488 and 489 of the Laws of 1976 of the State of New York (herein called the “Act”), the City is authorized and directed to include the pledge and agreement of the State of New York (herein called the “State”) contained in said Section 17 of the Act, in the ordinance, and the Act provides that upon payment for the bonds or notes by the original and all subsequent holders thereof the inclusion of such pledge and agreement shall be deemed conclusive evidence of valuable consideration received by the State and City for such pledge and agreement and of reliance upon such pledge and agreement by any holder and that any action by the State contrary to or inconsistent with the provisions of such pledge and agreement shall be void.
A complete copy of the Bond Ordinance summarized above shall be available for public inspection during normal business hours at the office of the City Clerk, 40 South Broadway, Yonkers, New York 10701.
SOMERSET COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — State Police arrested #PedroRosa, 30, of #Yonkers, New York after finding $480,000 worth of #heroin in a hidden compartment of his van.
SPEEDING: Just before 11 p.m. on Thursday, August 1, Troopers pulled over Rosa for going 81 mph in a 70 mph area.
Rosa, who was driving a Chrysler Town and Country van registered in Philadelphia, stated he was on his way to Pittsburgh to do some #fishing in one of the lakes. He reportedly didn’t know who the van belonged to….
YONKERS GOT TALENT: Alternative #Yonkers Duo Shakeout Announce Upcoming EP ‘Balance The Imbalance’
The 7-track collection, engineered and produced by Matt Brasch of the Wonder Years, is the perfect representation of Shakeout’s wide variety of influences, spanning across pop, punk, and hip-hop music.
The band has built their sound on the extensive usage of looping, giving the illusion that Shakeout contains more than two members.
The EP’s lead single “Take Time,” which was released in June, spans across a wide range of genres and offers an exclusive look at what to expect sonically on their upcoming record.
Bold, unique, and distinct, “Balance The Imbalance” is geared to cater to an extensive audience.
Shakeout is a two-piece alt/punk band from Yonkers, NY, that formed at the end of 2016.
With experimentation at the core of the band’s songwriting, they take influence from a multitude of genres including punk, pop, and hip-hop; ultimately catering to a wide range of music listeners.
Through the use of a single guitar, a pedalboard, too many amplifiers, and a powerhouse of a drummer; the band’s one-of-a-kind live show incorporates live looping to create the illusion of more than just two A.J.’s in the lineup.
With a little more than two years of work under their belts, the band has already self-released three EP’s (Parts I-III), and has played throughout the east coast and midwest including shows in NY, NJ, MA, CT, PA, NC, GA, TN, KY, and OH
including festival appearances at the Launch Music Conference in Lancaster, PA, NYC’s Punk Island, and NY Riverfest.
Yonkers Contracting, a company with a checkered past, was authorized for two contracts by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey worth nearly $100 million.
YONKERS: Yonkers Contracting, a family owned business in Yonkers since 1946, has a corporate subsidiary known as Yonkers Property Management to act as a conduit of the #YonkersIDA tax assistance.
Yonkers Contracting that just two contracts by the Port Authority worth nearly $100 million also got IDA tax relief for a New #DunkinDoughnuts to be built on property on Central Park Avenue.
The Yonkers Industrial Development Agency will hold a public hearing providing Yonkers Contracting financial help in renovating its corporate headquarters.
The #Yonkers company has a very long history of clashes with regulators and law enforcement
The New York Democratic State Committee accused #RobAstorino three years ago of “pay-to-play fundraising” for having accepted $55,000 for his county executive campaigns from Yonkers Contracting between 2011 and 2014.
During that same period, the party website noted out that the company had gotten $218,599,504 in contracts from #WestchesterCounty.
Governor Andrew Cuomo‘s disclosure last month to the state Board of Elections shows a $15,000 donation from a Yonkers Contracting subsidiary, Lumen Light Solutions LLC—bringing his total intake from the business and associated entities to $143,100.
In 2015 the New York Power Authority, which the governor controls, inked a $2.5 million deal with Lumen, a limited liability company, to replace energy-sucking streetlamps in #Yonkers and Westchester County.
In 2010, a federal grand jury convicted the company’s former vice president of soliciting kickbacks from a subcontractor on several MTA projects on which Yonkers Contracting had bid.
In 2012, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Yonkers Contracting for $68,000 in violations after a crane collapse killed a worker along the 7 train line extension, where it was overseeing construction.
The ceiling it installed at the 7’s new Hudson Yards terminus began leaking almost immediately upon completion in 2016. In 2014, the company coughed up a $2.6 million fine after admitting to former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara that it had lied to the state about having retained a minority subcontractor for a $144 million renovation of I-287.
The New York State is supposed to award contracts through an open, merit-based process isolated from political considerations.
Governor Andrew Cuomo‘s former Albany and Buffalo economic-development point man #AlainKaloyeros and several of the governor’s top campaign donors are currently under indictment for allegedly rigging bids on high-profile projects in Albany and the Buffalo area.
The scandal prompted the governor to propose legislation that would forbid any company from donating to a state official within six months of responding to a state request-for-proposal.
The bill failed to make headway with the Yonkers state delegation in the legislative session that ended in June.
La Ronda Jefferson was amongst the first class where schools were desegregated in #Yonkers New York
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PL1mO7YYzSQ
MESSAGE: Hi need help maybe you people now some one. the city of yonkers that help w this garbage is 2 week and this garbage is siting on this location .nex to the water front and river view. welcome to Yonkers
GET CHECKED: Navy Veterans In #Yonkers Should Talk To Their Doctors About Mesothelioma
Yonkers lawyers strongly recommends the following three heath care facilities with the offer to help a diagnosed victim, or their family get to the right physicians at each hospital.
Every US Navy ship vessel built up to 1980 contained asbestos.
Extreme exposure to asbestos may have occurred to US Navy Veterans if they were assigned to a navy ship’s engine room, as a machinists mate, electrician, plumber/pipefitter, mechanic, in engineering, as a repair crew member, as a crew member on a nuclear submarine or as a member of the Navy Seabees.
Additionally, a US Navy Veteran could have received extreme exposure to asbestos if they were required to stay on their ship or submarine for a major repair, overhaul or retrofit at a shipyard.
Asbestos exposure was so extreme on US Navy ships and submarines, about one third of all US citizens diagnosed with mesothelioma each year are Veterans of the US Navy
MOUNT KISCO, NY — A Yonkers man is accused of trying to buy a car from a Mount Kisco dealership using a fake name and phony ID. Police checking his real identity also found the New York State Probation Department had an arrest warrant out for him. Westchester County Police responded to a dealership on North Bedford Road on July 31 after employees reported their suspicion that a customer was giving them a fake name and false ID.
Patrol officers took the man into custody after they determined that he was in possession of a fraudulent New Jersey driver’s license.
Jorge Sanchez, 54, was arrested on multiple charges. He was charged with Attempted Grand Larceny 3 rd Degree, Possession of a Forged Instrument 2 nd Degree and Tampering With Business Records 1 st Degree, felonies…
A leader of the farm-to-table movement in the Hudson Valley, Chef #PeterXKelly owns local restaurants including Xaviar’s at Piermont, the Freelance Cafe and Wine Bar in Piermont, Restaurant X and the Bully Boy Bar in Congers, and X2O Xaviar’s on the Hudson in #Yonkers. In 2007, he bested celebrity chef Bobby Flay in a Food Networks Iron Chef America completion…
“John Doe’s” petition alleged that #DanielCalabrese and another man at St. Joseph’s Seminary in #Yonkers molested him in the men’s locker room when he was 13 years old….
In one of the first state court decisions involving a new statute in New York that extends the statute of limitations for cases of child sex abuse, the alleged victim will not be allowed to proceed under a pseudonym or start pursuing discovery before his case is filed.
Westchester County Supreme Court Justice Terry Jane Ruderman also wrote in the decision last week that state law allows the court to assert jurisdiction over the alleged abuser, despite him no longer living in New York state.
The victim, who used the name John Doe to file the petition in Westchester County Supreme Court, is planning to pursue claims under the Child Victims Act against Daniel Calabrese, a former seminarian at St. Joseph’s Seminary in Yonkers.
Calabrese was formerly convicted on charges of sexually abusing a child more than two decades ago. He was laicized in 2005, but can still face civil litigation from alleged victims under the Child Victims Act….
LEGAL NEWS: Recent Federal Court Case Indicates That Mueller, Olson and Moran’s Defamation Lawsuit Doesn’t Have Much Of A Chance Against Famed Civil Rights Attorney Michael Sussman‘s Representation
FEDERAL JUDGE: “Few principles of law are as well-established as the rule that statements of opinion are not actionable in libel actions.”
YONKERS: Federal judge points out case law that the statements made in the stories must be “more than annoying, offensive or embarrassing.” as he throws $250 Million national case out of his court room
Hezi Aris‘ “Hezitorials” called the”Blue Truth” in the Yonkers Tribune do not appear to have harmed Mueller, Olson and Moran, as most agree, that their status has greatly improved within the #YonkersPD now that Mueller was named last week to become the next police commissioner.
The cases are now headed to the discovery process where Hezi Aris could easily gain access to #YPD disciplinary records, Yonkers Police Department Internal affairs documents on drinking a police precincts and internal communications on issues like insubordination.
Police Benevolent Association President Keith Olson argues that he should be allowed to get the the names, or IP (internet protocol) addresses of those who posted very mean comments below Hezi Aris‘ “Hezitorials” called the”Blue Truth”
Long Established and settled constitutional case law on anonymous postings do not put the burden on Hezi Aris or the Yonkers Tribune to manage or oversee the unkind, spiteful, or unfair comments, that may very well come from unhappy Yonkers Police Department officers
Many of the obnoxious, vile and unpleasant anonymous comments are hard to follow, because the are coded with insider nicknames for various #Yonkers police officials and elected union leaders.
This reporter and many others agree with Detective Keith Olson that the uncharitable anonymous comments were shabby, unfair, and cruel, but they are still constitutionally protected free speech
And these free speech rights that Mueller, Olson and Moran seek to suppress, in Yonkers, have been paid for by brave young men and women who paid the ultimate sacrifice as they were placed in harms way to defend our constitutional rights.
Yonkers Tribune Publisher Hezi Aris contends that this basically a strategic lawsuit against public participation (#SLAPP) designed to intimidate local critics in the media and one Yonkers City Council man has publicly posted that other reporters could be the next one to suffer litigation for exercising their constitutionally protected freedom of the press rights.
A couple of years back, a prior libel-slander suit filed by former Yonkers Fire Department Commissioner John J Darcy against Hezi Aris and the Yonkers Tribune was dismissed
A $250 million defamation lawsuit filed by Kentucky high school student Nicholas Sandmann against The Washington Post was dismissed by a federal judge on Friday afternoon.
Judge William O. Bertelsman ruled that seven Washington Postarticles and three tweets focusing on the Covington Catholic High School student, who became the center of a viral confrontation with a Native American elder in Washington, D.C., earlier this year, were protected by the First Amendment and deemed opinion.
“Few principles of law are as well-established as the rule that statements of opinion are not actionable in libel actions,” wrote Bertelsman…..
JOURNAL NEWS: How a county-funded Legal Services program helps tenants beat eviction orders in Yonkers
Tax Watch columnist David McKay Wilson looks at how an eviction prevention program in #Yonkers has kept tenants in their homes. In January, #LisaReeves’ life was on a downward spiral. She’d lost her job because breast cancer treatments had conflicted with her work.
That caused her to fall behind in rent payments, resulting in an eviction notice – a dispiriting development for a single mother with three children. At her first court appearance, Reeves said she couldn’t stick around long enough to see the judge because she had another crucial doctor’s appointment.
Weeks later, she received a notice that the judge had entered a judgment against her. The Reeves family had to leave in 72 hours…..
WNBC – TV: Tomato Plant Grows Out of Sidewalk Crack In #YonkersMove over, dandelions. The sidewalk weeds are now bearing fruit. A tomato plant has sprouted from a crack in a sidewalk on #BruceAvenue in Yonkers.
Despite the concrete surrounding, resident #DenisRooney says the plant has thrived with only water dripping from air conditioners above.In a testament to tenacity and grit, the plant has already produced two green tomatoes….
Walter Hooke was a U.S. Marine when he arrived in Nagasaki in October 1945, about two months after the city’s atomic bombing.During his stay, the devout Catholic was befriended by the bishop of Nagasaki, and during one of their outings in the ruined city they came across a wooden cross in the debris of the Urakami Cathedral.
The bishop presented him with the artifact, possibly hoping it might serve as a symbol to change American perceptions about the justification for the bombing that claimed tens of thousands of lives.Over the years,
Hooke felt deep anguish at having this religious symbol in his possession and having survived a conflict that left so many people dead.
All these years later, the cross is finally coming home to Nagasaki.“One of the things that always really bothered my father was that a Christian country bombed a cathedral that was a center of Christianity in Asia,” said Hooke’s son Christopher, 69, at his home in #Yonkers, New York….
YONKERS MAN: Man Charged with Disorderly Conduct after Incident in a Private Home
GREENWICH: #GreenwichPolice responded to a report of an altercation involving two people in a private home on Greenwich Avenue.Officers determined that #JayJones, 36, of Yonkers had created a disturbance.
He was charged with Disorderly Conduct. His bond was set at $1,000, which he was able to post….
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YONKERS — Tearful mourners crowded into a Yonkers funeral home to remember one-year-old twins Luna and Phoenix.
The pair was left in a hot car one week ago in the Bronx in what appears, so far, to be a horrible accident by their father Juan Rodriguez.
He told authorities he thought he dropped them at daycare before work. Prosecutors have so far not brought charges. The 39-year-old is a social worker who served in the National Guard.
Several soldiers attended the wake to show their support. The day of remembrance for the twins comes as…..
YONKERS HISTORY: Reporter Dominic Carter is told by Lauren Rufo Stanco that she was bused to junior high school outside her neighborhood in an effort desegregate schools on the orders of a Federal Judge.
There were good parts of this effort and bad.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gijH1mJQmYs
YONKERS CRIME: The Yonkers Police Department reports a stabbing near School Street and Brook Street, Which is just a few blocks from the #YPDHeadquarters. There were two people reported injured and no suspects.
Yonkers IDA Will Provide Assistance To Yonkers Contracting To Build A New Dunkin Doughnuts On Its Property
REAL ESTATE: One Of Yonkers Iconic Eye Soars Has Been Torn Down And Will Become And Will Get Public Assistance To Create A Dunkin Doughnuts
YONKERS: #MapleReality an affiliate of #YonkersContracting has taken down a southwestern restaurant that has been vacant for years and bring a Dunkin Doughnuts to the site.
The Yonkers IDA plans to enter into a lease, leaseback and tax agreement with the real estate company, because it will increase employment opportunities in the city.
The #YonkersIDA will conduct a public hearing on the matter at a date to be announced.
DAILY VOICE: Sex Offender Convicted Of Raping Drugged Victim Reports Move Into Area
YONKERS: A registered sex offender convicted of raping a drugged victim and was busted with child porn has reported a move in Westchester County.
The New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services issued an alert this week to Westchester residents regarding the residency of 35-year-old Arthur O’Dwyer, who has reported a move to an apartment on Harriman Avenue.
The Division of Criminal Justice Services has assigned O’Dwyer as a level two threat, which means he is at “moderate risk of a repeat offense.”…..
CINEMA ARTS: Yonkers is once again home to another production called Evil.
HOLLYWOOD ON THE HUDSON: Yonkers’ historic and scenic location has made it the perfect host for dozens of productions such as Orange is the New Black, Law & Order: SVU, Show Me a Hero and so much more.
YONKERS FILM: The pilot of this drama-filled production was also shot in City Hall and now that it’s been picked up for another season.
City Hall’s Ceremonial Court Room is frequently featured in the film series
JOHN RIVERA: Don’t Be Alarmed ,Con-Edison will fix it maybe 3 months from now ,The reason I say that is because many people including myself called them and they say “They will look into It same way they always look into many other issues”
YONKERS CARES: The City’s annual“Backpack to School” school supply donation drive has been launched
The 8th Annual Donation Drive provides backpacks and school supplies to Yonkers Public Schools students most in need.
Items donated will be provided to the students of Paideia School 24. Any remaining items will be available to students while supplies last.
Backpacks and school supply donations may be made at Backpack to School drop-off locations, including:
Yonkers City Hall-40 South Broadway
Robert W. Cacace Justice Center-100 South Broadway
Government Building-87 Nepperhan Avenue
Yonkers Riverfront Library-1 Larkin Center
Grinton I. Will Library-1500 Central Park Avenue
Crestwood Library-16 Thompson Street
Ridge Hill (Guest Services)-73 Market Street
All four Police Precincts
PCT 1-730 E. Grassy Sprain Road
PCT 2-441 Central Park Avenue
PCT 3-435 Riverdale Avenue
PCT 4-53 Shonnard Place
“Back to school supplies can be a financial burden for working families, especially for families who have more than one child in school,” said Mayor Mike Spano
“I encourage our community to join our Backpack to School Drive and lend a helping hand to those students most in need.” The Backpack to School Drive will run through August 22nd.
For more information about the program, please contact the City of Yonkers Public Information Office at 914-377-6300
Protecting tenants should be a priority, Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart Cousins, as state regulations governing rent in Yonkers is set to expire at the end of June
TENANTS IN TROUBLE: Will Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins Protect Yonkers Tenants As State Regulations Governing Rent Are Set To Expire In June
ALBANY: Yonkers lawmakers Senator Shelley Mayer and Assemblymen J Gary Pretlow and Nader Sayegh are going to have to join with Majority leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins in the state capital in protecting and extending rent regulations in the coming weeks of the legislative sessions.
Yonkers community activists are calling on the city’s delegation to Albany to eliminate loopholes that make it easier for landlords to raise rents on tenants who are often at the mercy of their landlords.
Low Income renters in Yonkers say its time to ending the so-called vacancy bonus, which lets landlords raise an apartment’s rent as much as 20% when a tenant leaves.
Local tenants’ rights groups have been skeptical about lawmakers’ vows to address the issue, as real estate lobbyists are seen as one of the more influential groups in Albany.
Real estate lobbyists are already running ads on Westchester County media seeking to overturn tenant protection laws.
Democrats now control both the Assembly and the state Senate and Governor Forbes IrvineAndrew Cuomo said he supports reforms, which bodes well for renters.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on a public radio station today that in previous years there was a “reluctance to deal with the details of how these laws actually worked.
“And we now have three months to focus just on these laws because we got so much done in the budget,” Andrew Cuomo while being interviewed on WNYC
PUBLIC NOTICE: The City of Yonkers‘ YonkersI ndustrial Development Agency (#YIDA) PUBLIC HEARINGS: Will be held on Tuesday, April 2, 2019 For the following: DAYSPRING COMMONS LP at 5:30 p.m. ERIN CONSTRUCTION and DEVELOPMENT CO. INC at 5:50 p.m. Hearings will be held: yonkers IDA Office Conference Room – 470 Nepperhan Avenue, Suite 200 Yonkers, New York 10701
Yonkers, NY The board of directors of the Yonkers Industrial Development Agency (IDA) have approved resolutions of intent to provide financial incentives for four residential projects.
The developments, which represent a total private investment of $108.3 million, are estimated to create 100 housing units and retain 311 units; create 156 construction jobs and create and retain 57 full- and part-time jobs.
Parkledge Preservation, LLC received final approval of financial incentives for its plan to acquire and renovate the Parkledge Apartments located on a 4.32-acre site at 220-250 Yonkers Avenue.
The high-rise apartment building is comprised of 311 one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom apartments which are affordable to low-income families.
All of the apartments are income restricted and subsidized through the Mitchell-Lama HUD Section 236 program.
The $56.9 million project will include replacing roofing and insulation; repairs to the facades; upgrades to the elevator cabs; water-saving and energy efficiency measures and security upgrades throughout the property. The renovations are expected to take approximately 12 months.
No tenants will be displaced during the construction period. The project is expected to create 55 construction jobs and retain 13 full-time jobs.
The IDA gave preliminary approval of financial incentives for Westhab Inc.’s $43.4 million Dayspring Commons and Dayspring Community Center projects in the Nodine Hill neighborhood in southwest Yonkers.
Dayspring Commons, which is located at 227 Elm Street, is a 63-unit supportive/affordable residential rental development. The six-story building will feature 5 one-bedroom units, 55 two-bedroom units and 3 three-bedroom units. Twenty-five of the units will be affordable to households earning no more than 50% of AMI.
There will also be a two-story parking garage with 55 parking spaces. Building amenities will include a social services office, community room, laundry room 24/7security, landscaped yard and free covered parking.
Westhab also received preliminary approval of incentives to renovate and repurpose a rundown former church property into the Dayspring Community Center, an approximately 20,000-square-foot facility that offers housing, employment and counseling services as well as an emergency food pantry and computer use for job and housing searches.
The Center, which is located at 320 Walnut Street, currently serves 250 youth ranging in age from kindergarten to young adults. Residents of Dayspring Commons will have access to the Dayspring Community Center.
The two projects are estimated to create 80 construction jobs and create and retain 28 full- and part-time jobs. Dayspring Commons and Dayspring Community Center, which represent the most significant investment in Nodine Hill in a generation, will create a new epicenter of community life and neighborhood transformation.
Westhab is the leading community developer and largest provider of low-income, affordable housing and related services in Westchester County.
A third project receiving preliminary approval for IDA incentives was a $6.5 million, mixed-use development at 9-11 Riverdale Avenue.
Erin Construction & Development Co. plans to build a 9-story residential and commercial building on a vacant lot along a prime corridor of the Getty Square neighborhood.
The building will feature 29 rental apartments and approximately 2,150 square feet of ground-level commercial space.
There will be 6 studios, 21 one-bedroom units and 2 two-bedroom units. The building will also feature a rooftop terrace and 700 square feet of common area for storage and bike racks.
Ten percent of the units will be set aside as affordable to 80%AMI.
The project is located in the city’s DM-X Mixed Use District which is a high concentration of commercial, residential and institutional developments in the downtown which encourages ground floor commercial use to activate the street-level environment.
The project is expected to create 14 full- and part-time jobs and six construction jobs.
A fourth project receiving preliminary approval was a gut rehabilitation of an abandoned property located at 78-80 Morningside Avenue.
The $1.5 million project will create 8-units of workforce housing. The two-bedroom units are anticipated to rent for $1,800 a month.
The developer, 78-80 Morningside LLC, plans to finance the project with the Community Preservation Corporation, a community-based lender.
The property is in an Opportunity Zone. Opportunity Zones were created by the federal government to spur development in underdeveloped or distressed areas.
The project, which has been approved by the City of Yonkers, is projected to create 15 construction jobs.
The Yonkers Industrial Development Agency granted tax incentives for a $500 million project by Extell Development to build 1,395 rental apartments and retail space near the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) depot.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Appellate Court Thwarts Yonkers’ From Seizing A Property That It Says Is Crucial Riverfront Development Property
PRESS RELEASE: Appellate court’s Second Department Rules That A Proposed Condemnation By The Yonkers Industrial Development AgencyOn A 3.6 Acre New York City Owned Property May Not Go Forward Under Eminent Domain Laws.
YONKERS: A property at 59 Babcock Place is between the Hudson River and the Metro-North Hudson Line and within Yonkers’ Alexander Street urban renewal area.
QUOTE: “These precious lands should not be sleeping quarters for buses,” Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano has said in the past
#NewYorkCity bought the property in 2005 and leases it to the #MTA.
Yonkers wants to use the MTA Bus Depot site to extend Alexander Street and open up more land for development.
Mayor Mike Spano has described the MTA depot as a barrier to waterfront development.
The legislative pay raise is the second in a planned series of three that began Jan. 1, when annual salaries jumped from $79,500 to $110,000.
The third planned pay hike, to $130,000 a year, would take effect in 2021.
TIME IS RUNNING OUT: Governor Andrew Cuomo is getting tough as he tries to push through his $178.8 billion budget proposal — by threatening to block planned pay raises for #Yonkers legislators if they don’t get the job done by April 1st.
ALBANY: Negotiations have broke down Saturday, and Yonkers lawmakers Shelley Mayer and Nader J. Sayegh, who have been pushing for more school funding fear that Andrew Cuomo won’t sign the budget by an April 1 deadline if he doesn’t get his way
That would prevent Yonkers’ state senators and assembly members from getting a $10,000-a-year salary increase — to $120,000 annually — that’s tied to on-time adoption of the state’s spending plan.
Southwest-Side Assemblyman J Gary Pretlow, who has been more focused on online gambling than on Yonkers Schools, has accused Governor Andrew Cuomo of using the raises as leverage to get his version of the budget passed.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposed budget projects the state will collect $168.2 billion in taxes and license fees, while Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins‘s initially projected nearly $1 billion more — meaning that she and the other legislators could spend more than #Cuomo wants to spend.
The matter has been handed off to state Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli to come up with a figure to break the impasse.
Governor Andrew Cuomo‘s office released a statement that said in part,”To pass a budget, the numbers have to add up and the legislature has to be fiscally responsible.”
Governor Andrew Cuomo has banned fracking, and two years ago his administration rejected a major interstate pipeline project, saying its construction would endanger wetlands.
Con Edison’s moratorium on new natural gas hookups in booming Yonkers and Southern Westchester is just 10 days old, but it’s already triggering “anger and panic” among developers and elected leaders in the city of hills, the New York Timesreports.
The times reports some 16,000 apartments and condominium units are in the works in Yonkers, New Rochelle, and White Plains. Those and other projects were cast into limbo on March 15, when Con Ed announced that its pipelines that deliver gas from the Gulf of Mexico are maxed out, and a moratorium on new hookups would begin.
The only other places in the country with similar restrictions are in Massachusetts.
Since widespread fracking and drilling have produced ample supplies of natural gas, the moratorium has inspired some to propose an obvious solution: build more gas pipelines.
But opponents counter that more pipelines will lock the nation into a reliance on fossil fuels when a priority should be developing renewable energy, including wind, solar, and geothermal.
These opponents have a powerful ally in Governor Andrew Cuomo, who has a home in Mount Kisco, which is included in the moratorium.
With his Green New Deal, Cuomo is trying to push the state away from fossil fuels.
Dr. Courtney M. Williams, who lives in Peekskill and is a founder of Safe Energy Rights Group, an environmental group, says the moratorium should lead to a broader discussion about climate change and greener energy policies.
Traci Bauer was the executive editor of Westchester’s The Journal News and the Poughkeepsie Journal
YONKERS MEDIA: Before becoming the Executive Editor and Vice President/News at lohud in 2005,
Traci Bauer had previously been a digital executive for Gannett and, prior to that, managing editor for the Democrat and Chronicle in Rochester.
Traci Bauer had also been an editor in Florida and Missouri.
Traci Bauer is probably fortunate that she is no longer associated with the the poor preforming print dinosaur known as the Journal-News that is sucking wind as it continues to be a last place performer in the local media market.
The last time that the Journal-News publicly reported its print circulation was in 2009 and the daily circulation was only 42,612 papers for all of Putnam, Rockland and Westchester Counties
Over the last nine years, former Journal-News staffers claim that the number of papers sold in Yonkers is less 2,000 papers a day and some have speculated that it might now be less than 1,000 papers are sold in Yonkers.
On March 7, 2010 The Journal-News closed its press and outsourced printing
On August 7, 2013, the newspaper laid off 26 staff members, including 17 journalists and since then there have been scores of other journalist that have been let go with the last two being in December of 2018 and January of 2019.
The Journal-News name comes from the Rockland Journal-News, which was based in West Nyack, N.Y., and served Rockland County.
Gannett acquired nine of the newspapers in 1964 from the Macy family and added other later that were eventually merged into the Journal-News and lohud website
Newspapers that merged in 1998 to create The Journal News:
The Daily Times (Mamaroneck) The Daily Argus (Mount Vernon) The Standard-Star (New Rochelle) The Citizen Register (Ossining) The Star (Peekskill) The Daily Item (Port Chester) The Daily News (Tarrytown) Rockland Journal-News (West Nyack) The Reporter Dispatch (White Plains) The Herald Statesman (Yonkers)
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GETTING WORSE: New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoliReports That The city of Yonkers moved into the “moderate fiscal stress” category, up from “susceptible to fiscal stress”
YONKERS EVENT: In celebration of the New York Mets’ 1969 World Series win,Stew Leonard’s will welcome four players from that all-star roster to its Yonkers store next week
YONKERS CASINO TROUBLES: “I am very skeptical about some casino deal put together by casino operators promising billions of dollars and everybody is happy,” Governor Andrew Cuomo
YONKERS: Community members gathered outside state Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins’ office Wednesday afternoon to rally against legalizing marijuana.
2019 ELECTION: Yonkers YWCA Director Shawyn Patterson Howard Is A Democratic Candidate for Mayor Of #MountVernon Is Holding A Fundraiser On March 25, 2019 From 6:30-9pm
THEY BUILT THIS CITY: Under mayors Angelo Martinelli, John Spencer and Phil Amicone administrations all major IDA projects were performed under Project Labor Agreements
EleCare and EleCare Jr help children with severe food allergies and children with a variety of gastrointestinal (GI) disorders….
ONLY THE BEST FOR YOUR BABY: Esther Pharmacy Is The Only Drug Store In Yonkers That Accepting WIC, So That AMothers To Get EleCare and EleCare Jr Baby Formula
NO BUS MONITORS: Yonkers school leaders are making their annual push to ask the state for financial help.
DANGEROUS SITUATION: The district is facing a $60 million budget deficit, but this year the city is proposing a permanent solution to the annual problem that affects 39 schools in the fourth-largest district in the state.
YONKERS PIC: Yonkers First Lady Mary Calvi, was the keynote speaker at the 14th Annual Spirit of a Woman Awards Dinner last night, where Senator Shelley Mayer and other Yonkers ladies were honored
UPSTATE BUST: Chaz M. Fitch, 41, of #Yonkers was arrested on an outstanding Sullivan County Family Court Warrant for failing to pay in excess of $5,528 in owed child support, police say. Fitch was remanded to Sullivan County Jail to serve six months.
SHAME, SHAME, SHAME: On The Clueless People Who Complained When The “Yonkers Newswire” Put This Video Up And Got #Facebook To Take It Down.
THE TRUTH: You Can’t Start To Solve A Problem In #Yonkers Unless You Rub The Powers That Be Nose Into It On Social Media
RESULTS MATTER: Superintendent #EdwinQuezada has started working to get dropoff locations changed in an effort to stop the fights in Getty Square And The Yonkers Police Department Says Two Girls Were Arreste
Accompanied by her husband, son and daughter, Adelaide Wilson returns to the beachfront home where she grew up as a child. Haunted by a traumatic experience from the past, Adelaide grows increasingly concerned that something bad is going to happen. Her worst fears soon become a reality
WATCH THE MOVIE TRAILER:: Husband and wife Gabe and Adelaide Wilson take their kids to their beach house expecting to unplug and unwind with friends. But as night descends, their serenity turns to tension and chaos when some shocking visitors arrive uninvited.
Being released today (Friday, March 22), “Us” already has a Tomatometer Score of 97 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Atlantic’s David Sims said, “Us is a glorious symphony of fear, to be sure, but it’s also an ambitious sci-fi allegory and a pitch-black comedy of the haves and have-nots,”
While Brian Truitt of USA Today noted, “Peele is this generation’s Hitchcock, for sure, but also a true American original with introspective themes in hand and suspense to spare.”
Many diverse personalities are involved in this year’s Yonkers race for mayor
This year Governor Andrew Cuomo reduced the number of signatures required to run for Mayor from 1000 to 750.
The republicans have nominated #MarioDeGiorgio as their candidate for Mayor.
Community activist Frank Spotorno was discouraged by his constant campaign manager Dan Murphy not to primary the republican challenger and make a second bid to be the next mayor of Yonkers.
#Mahopac resident Dan Murphy is also the editor of the small circulation “Yonkers Rising” newspaper that can be found at government buildings and some diners in the city of hills.
The number of Yonkers post office fishing incidents drop dramatically as the new mailboxes are installed in the city of hills
YONKERS: The city’s iconic blue mailboxes are headed for extinction after being long-time targets for thieves who fish out envelopes containing cash and checks using glue-covered bottles and rodent traps as bait.
But now the Yonkers mailbox theft has gotten more out of hand with thieves actually having keys to the mailboxes.
Police sources say the master keys were stolen in the Bronx
Repeated warnings have been issued for mailbox theft in the Bronx, Yonkers and other Westchester Communities along the Hudson River.
Later this year mailboxes in Yonkers are being retrofitted with mail slots only large enough for letters, meaning if you need to mail a padded envelope or a small package, you will need to make a trip to the post office.
The Yonkers mailboxes will also be retrofitted with new tamper proof locks.
New York State Reports that the city of Yonkers moved into the “moderate fiscal stress” category
Yonkers was listed as being in moderate fiscal stress in the latest report from New York State Comptroller Thomas P. Di Napoli.
“Local officials are encouraged to continue to be mindful about how budget practices today impact budgetary solvency in the future. This system is designed to help keep local officials and the public informed on the financial and demographic drivers of fiscal stress.”, said Comptroller Thomas P. Di Napoli
The Comptroller evaluated 526 villages and 17 cities that have a non-calendar fiscal year, which generally ends on May 31st.
The system, which has been in place since 2012, assesses levels of fiscal stress in local governments using financial indicators including year-end fund balance, cash position, short-term cash-flow borrowing and patterns of operating deficits. DiNapoli’s monitoring system generates an overall fiscal stress score which ultimately drives final classifications.
The city of Yonkers (Westchester) was listed in “moderate fiscal stress.”
For access to state and local government spending, public authority financial data and information on over 160,000 state contracts, visit Open Book New York. The easy-to-use website was created to promote transparency in government and provide taxpayers with better access to financial data.
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Yonkers Stylish theater chain for new & classic films features cocktails & creative bites served seat-side. Located in:Yonkers Gateway Center 2548 Central Park Ave, Yonkers, NY 10710 (914) 226 – 3082
Movie buffs and fans of dine-in theaters, you’re in luck. The popular, Austin-based cinema chain Alamo Drafthouse announced that it’s rolling out a ticket subscription service called Alamo Season Pass at all of its locations by the end of the year.
For $20, you can see unlimited movies at the theater – which is actually cheaper than buying two individual tickets.
Here’s how it works: sign up for the pass, use the Alamo Drafthouse Mobile App to reserve your seat, and then use the app to unlock your ticket when you get to the theater.
You have to be a member of Alamo Victory, the company’s free rewards program, to sign up.
The company introduced a beta test of the season pass at its Raleigh, North Carolina, and Yonkers, New York, locations over the summer.
In less than a month, the Yonkers location had more than 40,000 people on the waitlist.
Alamo Drafthouse follows in the footsteps of chains like AMC and Cinemark, which each have similar subscription services available for $19.95 and $8.99, respectively (Cinemark’s pass only includes one movie ticket per month).
However, Alamo is the only one that’s doing totally unlimited tickets.
It’ll be interesting to see how that works out for them, especially considering how MoviePass got into serious financial trouble when it tried out something similar last year.
Coincidentally, that company also decided to bring back its unlimited plan yesterday.
There’s no word yet on when the Alamo Season Pass will be available to Texans, which seems a little ironic.
