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Former Rye councilwoman Julie Killian will make a second attempt at the 37th District Senate seat vacated by George Latimer when he became Westchester County executive. Killian, who ran an unsuccessful challenge to Latimer in 2016 will face Democratic Assemblywoman Shelley Mayer of Yonkers during a special election on April 24. Republican Party members chose Killian, who served six years as a Rye city councilwoman, over former Yonkers inspector general Dan Schorr of White Plains during a small GOP convention at Westchester Manor on Wednesday.
... they fear that their treasured tranquillity, the reason they bought the property after leaving their old convent in Yonkers, would be endangered. Being cloistered once meant seclusion enforced by high walls and a metal grille separating the sisters ...
... assigned Rhony as a level two threat, which means he is at "moderate risk of a repeat offense." Sanchez, a former Yonkers resident, served as a swimming instructor at the JCC for more than a decade. According to reports, an investigative team from ...
A 23-year-old man was arraigned on three charges related to the killing of a teenage girl, Westchester County District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino, Jr. announced on Wednesday. The charges are as follows: one count of murder in the second degree in the death of 16-year-old Madysen Denman of Yonkers and two counts of attempted murder in the second degree.
... doctors' offices and by appointment at the Westchester County Department of Health clinics in White Plains and Yonkers. Call (914) 995-5800 to schedule flu shot with the health department. To find a flu vaccine at a pharmacy or clinic near you, go ...
... on Tuesday and pick its choice as early as Wednesday, sources say. The Senate GOP is expected to go after Mayer, of Yonkers, for defending then-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's handling of several sexual harassment incidents in the chamber. A ...
... according to other political observers, was Latimer's appointment of retiring County Legislator Ken Jenkins of Yonkers to be Deputy County Executive. Jenkins spent a quarter-century serving the people of Yonkers through his public service. First ...
In this April 27, 2015, file photo, Senate Democratic Conference Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, D-Yonkers, speaks during a news conference in Albany, N.Y. Stewart-Cousins, the only female leader of a legislative conference in Albany, is taking issue with the state Senate's newly revised anti-sexual harassment policy because it includes a warning to false accusers. The Republican-controlled chamber distributed the policy Monday Jan. 29, 2017 to senators and staff.
... doctors' offices and by appointment at the Westchester County Department of Health clinics in White Plains and Yonkers. Call (914) 995-5800 to schedule flu shot with the health department. To find a flu vaccine at a pharmacy or clinic near you, go ...
... speaking with Shazia Naz, who is from Pakistan, and her daughter Zaiba Azam, not pictured, at the Raceway Diner in Yonkers last week. Democrats have a different view. "It's a marvel of modern technology how gerrymandered you can make the New York ...
... County is being accused by political foes of hypocrisy when it comes to sexual harassment. Shelley Mayer (D-Yonkers) has been outspoken on the issue. But foes note that in 2012 she publicly came to the support of then-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver ...
The new complication reversed much of the progress that allowed him to return to his sister's Yonkers home two weeks before Christmas after six months in the hospital and rehab. "It's a step back," his sister and guardian Aja Holmes told the Daily News.
... be distributed to the Youth Court Program in New Rochelle, the L.I.F.T. Program in Peekskill, WJCS Center Lane in Yonkers and the Step Up Boys, Clubman Higher Aims and Healthy and Fit for Life Programs in White Plains. "These programs are necessary ...
A registered "sexually violent" offender convicted of sexually abusing a 2-year-old girl 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 41-year-old Horatio Joss, who has moved from to an apartment on Highland Place in Yonkers.
... shut down for a day following the outbreak. A class action suit was filed by a Rochester-based law firm on behalf of Yonkers resident Crystal Lopez and the thousands of people who were required to obtain a blood test and receive a vaccination for ...
... assigned Rhony as a level two threat, which means he is at "moderate risk of a repeat offense." Sanchez, a former Yonkers resident, served as a swimming instructor at the JCC for more than a decade. According to reports, an investigative team from ...
A 40-year-old man was sentenced to 21 years in prison for raping a 14-year-old girl, according to the Westchester County District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino, Jr. Abdool Azeez was sentenced after a jury found him guilty in November of three separate counts of felony rape, the DA's office said. Azeez met the victim in 2013 while doing construction work on her grandmother's Mount Vernon-based business and home.
They are luxurious cooperative apartments with a breathtaking view of the Hudson River. Yet, from time to time, that view comes with a foul odor, thanks to what some residents at Skyview-on-the-Hudson says is a wastewater treatment plant just across the city line in Yonkers.
... forcibly kissed a former staffer are "extremely disturbing." Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, of Yonkers, says in a statement Thursday that an "immediate independent investigation" needs to be started into the allegations against ...
... to represent the 37th District. The seat became vacant when Latimer was elected county executive. The former Yonkers inspector general will be challenging Sarmad Khojasteh, a Bedford attorney, for the Republican nomination. Schorr said he wants to ...
The 16-year-old suspect accused of fatally stabbing another girl, a New Rochelle High School junior on Wednesday, has surrendered to police. Z'inah Brown of Yonkers surrendered to the New Rochelle Police Department at 1 p.m. on Thursday afternoon.
Clockwise from top left: The race is on for equestrian estates in Westchester, luxury sales along Fairfield's Gold Coast start to move, Avalon sold its community in Shelton, and AMS bought the office building at 86 Main St. in Yonkers. Megamansions on Connecticut's Gold Coast selling for the "right" price The luxury market may be soft, but sales are happening along Fairfield County's Gold Coast.
Mayer was nominated by Democrats Tuesday night to run for the state senate seat in the 37th district recently vacated by George Latimer, who was elected Westchester County Executive. A date for a special election has not yet been A Yonkers resident who represents the 90th district, Mayer won the nomination over West Harrison resident Mark Jaffe, teacher Kat Brezler, and Bedford Supervisor Chris Burdick.
On Thursday, Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano and Police Commissioner Charles Gardner braved the "bomb cyclone" conditions outside to welcome its six newest officers, who will now enter training. The new hires include: Liam Deane, Adam Sousa, Rui Sousas, Daniel Piparo, Connor McMullen and Vanessa Antepara, who graduated from an orientation program at police headquarters.
A Westchester County teenager has pleaded guilty for his role in a fatal stabbing at a Yonkers movie theater last year. Yonkers resident Michael Pettiford, 16, has pleaded guilty to felony counts of manslaughter and robbery after being indicted on murder charges last June, Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr. announced on Friday.