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A 36-year-old resident of Yonkers was arraigned Monday on charges related to the stabbing death of a man last month, according to Acting Westchester County District Attorney James A. McCarty. The defendant, Joseph Graham, has been indicted on one count of manslaughter in the first degree, a class B felony, and one count of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, a class D felony, in connection with the death of Clarence Vanhook, McCarty said.
... such as Westhab, Guidance Center and more, Furniture Sharehouse provides gently used furniture to those in need from Yonkers to Peekskill. While volunteers collect, store and deliver the home goods, the organization relies exclusively on public ...
... County Youth Board, was involved in the local, county and state levels of the PTA, and served as president of the Yonkers Council of PTAs. Siragusa was also a trustee and officer of the Yonkers Board of Education. Nomination forms for the 2016 ...
Yonkers has become the latest Westchester County municipality to accept the call from the White House this week as they took on President Barack Obama's "My Brother's Keeper" challenge. On Wednesday, Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano was joined by Schools Superintendent Edwin Quezada, Jim Bostic of the Nerrhan Community Center and Yonkers Thrives to announce that they are accepting the challenge, which is designed to create opportunities for minority students and children.
... white non-Hispanic, only 5 percent black and Latino) rather than nearby Mount Vernon (75 percent black and Latino), Yonkers (54 percent black and Latino ) or the Bronx (97 percent black and Latino.) Maybe Alex's parents should explain to him the ...
... who served as county executive from 1974 to 1982, also served as New York's lieutenant governor and as mayor of Yonkers. He died in May 2015, Daily Voice previously reported. At the dedication, DelBello's wife, Dee, recalled a trip that they took ...
A Mount Vernon woman has been sentenced to 25 years in prison after being found guilty of running down her "rival" in Yonkers with her car and fleeing the scene. On Tuesday, acting Westchester County District Attorney James McCarty announced that Carla Scott, 36, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison after being found guilty of felony charges o manslaughter and leaving the scene of an accident earlier this year.
... County, where mass for the father of three is expected to be held Saturday at Annunciation Church, not far from his Yonkers home. The wake is being held at Flower Funeral Home Thursday and Friday. At Fahy's home away from home - Battalion 19, Engine ...
A war of words is brewing between city officials in Yonkers and Westchester County over the conditions at a county-funded homeless shelter in the city. Yonkers City Council president wants union leaders fired over video - A war of words is brewing between city officials in Yonkers and Westchester County over the conditions at some county-funded homeless shelters in the city.
... year the Board will honor Father Hilario Albert og St. Peter's Church in Port Chester, Hon. Wilson Terrero, former Yonkers City Council member of the 2nd District, Dr. Edwin Quezada, Yonkers Public Schools Superintendent, Dia Y Noche Restaurant in ...
... Teachers (NYSUT), the New York State Operating Engineers, the New York City Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, the Yonkers PBA, the Supreme Court Officers Association, the New York State AFL-CIO, New York State Nurses Association, CSEA and the ...
Yonkers has become the latest Westchester County municipality to accept the call from the White House this week as they took on President Barack Obama's "My Brother's Keeper" challenge. On Wednesday, Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano was joined by Schools Superintendent Edwin Quezada, Jim Bostic of the Nerrhan Community Center and Yonkers Thrives to announce that they are accepting the challenge, which is designed to create opportunities for minority students and children.
A group of Westchester County Muslims has sued the city of Yonkers claiming, members' civil rights were violated by city officials who don't want to erect a mosque on Grandview Boulevard, according to News 12. The suit, filed by members of the Islamic Community Center of Mid-Westchester, claims the group was the target of a "smear campaign" and that the city put up "roadblocks" to prevent the mosque from being built, according to News 12. The federal lawsuit, which is filed against the city, Mayor Mike Spano, the Landmark Preservation Board and members of the City Council, claims the group's religious freedoms were violated and that the property at 2 Grandview Blvd. was deemed a landmark property in May specifically to prevent the easy construction of a mosque, according to News 12. In a statement Wednesday, Spano said the city supports the group's religious freedoms and is ready to ... (more)
... together for workshops, programming and on-site services for tenants at GDC's luxury rental buildings in Ossining, Yonkers, Hastings-on-Hudson and other nearby developments. "As I closed my business I registered a few domain names so as to not lose ...
... remarks, are a $250 million mixed-development project in White Plains, a $197 million development along the Yonkers waterfront, and a downtown development near the mass transit hub in New Rochelle. "It is clear the market is responding to ...
U.S. Sen. Andrea Stewart-Cousins is the latest to join the cacophony of local officials protesting a proposal from the Coast Guard that would create anchorage sites for barges that would affect multiple Westchester municipalities along the Hudson River. Since the Coast Guard announced a proposal that would include the installation of 16 anchor berths across 715 acres on the water between Yonkers and Dobbs Ferry, it has come under fire from local, county and state officials.
... of the food bank in April 2013 and ultimately president and CEO. She She previously worked as president/CEO of the Yonkers Industrial Development Agency. Last year, the Food Bank -- Lynch often points out that it's "For Westchester" not "of ...
... American, European and Amerindian" roots. He said he often felt like an outcast growing up in predominantly white Yonkers, the Westchester County suburb just north of Manhattan on the Hudson River. "I am the way I am because there was a great desire ...
Police say a Yonkers man was arrested as the result of a 6-month undercover investigation into heroin and opioid sales in Westchester and Putnam counties.
A task force of police officers and agents from the FBI arrested two men this week following a six-month investigation into heroin sales in Westchester and Putnam counties. During the investigation, undercover officers made numerous purchases of heroin in Yorktown, Mount Pleasant, Mahopac and Yonkers, according to Kieran O'Leary, public information officer for Westchester County Police.
The Yonkers Police Department had to go outside the box - and country - to track down a suspect accused of shooting and killing a man last month. On Thursday, Yonkers Police Det.
The Westchester County Board of Legislators passed a resolution in opposition of the Coast Guard's proposal to create anchorage sites for barges that will affect several Westchester communities along the Hudson River. On Monday night, the Board unanimously passed the resolution opposing the Coast Guard's plan, which would include the installation of 16 anchor berths across 715 acres on the water between Yonkers and the Dobbs Ferry Train Station.
... awards include: Frances Dovell of Hastings High School; Brianna Cauthen of Ossining High School; Jenna Cherasard of Yonkers Middle High School; Scott Cohen of Scarsdale High School; Mason Goodman of North Salem High School; Mariah M. James of ...
The mission of Yonkers-based Westhab is simple: provide homeless families with shelter and support to help them build better lives and futures. By preserving low-income housing units and renovating abandoned buildings, with the help of state-funded grants, Westhab has been able to fulfill its mission of providing housing for low-income populations across Westchester county.
A Westchester County resident who murdered another man during a money dispute will spend 20 years to life in prison. Prosecutors say a second man shot Blanco in the back of the head and Garcia stabbed him repeatedly.