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Traffic was tied up on the Bronx River Parkway during Thursday's morning commute when a van flew off the Cross County overpass in Yonkers, coming to a crashing half below. The driver of a van was hospitalized with minor injuries after he was driving up the westbound ramp of the Cross County Parkway shortly before 6:30 a.m. when he lost control on the curved roadway, went through the guardrail, off the edge and landed in the median of the Bronx River Parkway, police said.
... for this event at the Westchester County Center," McGuire said. Operation Prom was created in 2005 by D'Allacco. The Yonkers native developed the dress collection concept when she discovered many of her friends were storing old bridesmaid dresses, ...
... light aspects of life form a marriage that serves as a catalyst that initiates tremendous growth." Originally from Yonkers, New York, Badru got a break in 2016 when Volkswagen licensed the exquisitely hushed, plaintive "Waiting Around" - one of her ...
... & Chronicle , "We're at least three hours away from the upstate-downstate border, which for me is once you're past Yonkers (heading north), you're in upstate." Actor William Shatner also caused an uproar when he visited Syracuse's Dinosaur Bar-B-Que ...
A van rolling along a Cross County Parkway overpass toppled over the side, flipped over and landed on the Bronx River Parkway below about 6:30 a.m. A van rolling along a Cross County Parkway overpass in Yonkers toppled over the side, flipped over and landed on the Bronx River Parkway below at about 6:30 a.m., blocking two lanes of Bronx-bound traffic, according to LoHud. No serious injuries were reported.
Just weeks after a Yonkers sugar refinery worker won a $13.4 million lawsuit against American Sugar Refining - the maker of Domino's Sugar - a second employee has won a lawsuit claiming workplace discrimination. A jury in the Southern District of New York awarded a $2.35 million settlement to Claude Lewis, a former employee at the company's Yonkers factory for nearly three decades.
A 69-year-old former physician has been charged with grand larceny for stealing more than $500,000 from a 97-year-old woman, according to Westchester County District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino, Jr. Peter Corines of Eastchester was charged Tuesday following an investigation into the theft which took place during a two-week period in November 2017, the DA's office said. The felony complaint against Corines says that the former doctor stole from Bernice Judd Porter of Yonkers by falsely claiming to be her power of attorney or pretending to be her on the phone or online with numerous financial institutions where the victim had accounts, the DA's office said.
... GOP. The most significant race on Tuesday was in Westchester County, where Democratic Assemblywoman Shelley Mayer of Yonkers easily defeated Republican Julie Killian of Rye, as reported here by Daily Voice. There was a party change from red to blue, ...
Democratic Assembly Member Shelley Mayer defeated Republican Jillian Killian in a special election Tuesday for the state senate seat in the 37th district vacated by George Latimer, who was elected Westchester County Executive. The 37th Senate District covers the cities of New Rochelle, Rye, White Plains, Yonkers and the towns of Bedford, Harrison, Mamaroneck, North Castle, Rye, Eastchester.
RUTH C. BALKIN, J.P. LEONARD B. AUSTIN SHERI S. ROMAN SANDRA L. SGROI, JJ.Steiner & Kosteyn, LLP, White Plains, N.Y. , for appellant. Michael V. Curti, Corporation Counsel, Yonkers, N.Y. , for respondent.
RUTH C. BALKIN, J.P. LEONARD B. AUSTIN SHERI S. ROMAN SANDRA L. SGROI, JJ.Robert F. Zerilli, Yonkers, NY, for appellants. Kriss & Feuerstein, LLP, New York, N.Y. , for respondent.
In a special election in New York that was thought to hold the key to Democrats' capturing the State Senate, Shelley B. Mayer, the Democratic candidate, sailed to victory in Westchester County on Tuesday, buoyed by a large turnout of progressive voters angered by the Trump presidency. Ms. Mayer, a state assemblywoman from Yonkers, defeated her Republican challenger, Julie Killian, a deputy mayor of Rye, in the 37th District, which covers much of the eastern portion of the county.
... prompting a joint investigation that included the Westchester County District Attorney's Investigations Division and Yonkers Police detectives. According to police, the following day, investigators, with tactical support from the Eastchester Police ...
The closely watched race between Republican Julie Killian and Democrat Shelley Mayer will be resolved April 24, and fill the Senate seat vacated by George Latimer, the Democrat elected Westchester County Executive last year. "You need someone who's going to go to every meeting," Mayer has said, playing up her experience as a Yonkers assemblywoman.
Republican Julie Killian, a former Rye city councilwoman, is taking on Democrat Shelley Mayer, an assemblywoman from Yonkers, in a contest that has generated national attention and sparked millions of dollars of spending by the candidates and their allies on both sides of the aisle. "It looks to be an awful lot of money spent," said Jeanne Zaino, a political science professor at Iona College in New Rochelle.
... by the Hudson River Museum is permanently installed on a pedestrian bridge over the Saw Mill River in downtown Yonkers. Four sensors are placed along the railing of the bridge, and visitors are invited to activate and manipulate the sounds (made of ...
... Democrats outnumber Republicans by about 30,000 registered voters in the Westchester district, which includes Yonkers, Rye, Mamaroneck, Port Chester and Bedford. The district is one of two New York Senate seats holding special elections Tuesday, but ...
... in special elections. With such high stakes, the Democratic challenger, Shelley B. Mayer, an assemblywoman from Yonkers, is now engaged in a heated clash with Julie Killian, a moderate Republican and former councilwoman and deputy mayor in the City ...
A teenager is facing criminal charges after allegedly making threats against his school and posting violent images on social media. Officers from the Yonkers Police Department were dispatched to the Hawthorne PEARLS School on April 16, to investigate a report of a student who made threats against the school.
... according to Sen. Michael Gianaris, who represents parts of Queens and Brooklyn. Sen. Andrea Stewart-Cousins of Yonkers, the Senate minority leader, called the meeting "the biggest step" toward presenting a united front in the Senate. Democrats ...
The gloves are off and questions from the audience are welcome during the latest debate Wednesday, April 18 in the special election for George Latimer's vacated state Senate seat. Republican Julie Killian of Rye faces Democratic Assemblywoman Shelley Mayer of Yonkers during a 7:30 p.m. debate at Reisinger Auditorium at Sarah Lawrence College.
The news that Democrats in the state Senate are unifying behind Andrea Stewart-Cousins of Yonkers is the very definition of putting the fox in charge of the henhouse. Reunification puts to an end a faction of senators from the Democratic Party who called themselves the Independent Democratic Caucus, a group that sided with Republicans and gave Republicans de-facto control of the chamber.
... executive in January, has always been a political battleground seat. Democratic Assemblywoman Shelley Mayer of Yonkers and Republican Julie Killian, a former Rye city councilwoman, are competing for the seat. Jeanne Zaino, a professor of political ...
... no relief after reporting how they were being harassed by their bosses to Mayer and other Senate officials. Mayer, a Yonkers Democrat, is now an assemblywoman running for Senate in a critical April 24 special election in Westchester County. Citing ...
... Comey from the high school's Class of 1978 will be reading, and watching. Comey spent his early childhood in Yonkers, N.Y., before moving with his parents, two brothers and sister to Allendale. Those who knew him offered similar recollections of a ...