Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc. Announces Acquisition of Tanglewood…

... Properties Inc. (NYSE: UBA and UBP) announced today that it has acquired Tanglewood Shopping Center, located in Yonkers, NY ("Tanglewood"). Tanglewood is a 27,000 square foot shopping center consisting of two retail buildings. The primary building, ...

Alleged New Rochelle High School Teen Stabber Pleads Not Guilty To Murder

The Westchester teenager facing a murder charge for the death of a New Rochelle High School junior pleaded not guilty on Tuesday morning in Westchester County Court. Z'inah Brown, 17, a Yonkers resident who attended New Rochelle High School, was arraigned in Westchester County Court on charges that include second-degree murder, manslaughter, gang assault and first-degree stalking, all felonies.

‘Sexually Violent’ Offender Reports Move To Yonkers

A registered "lifetime" sexual offender convicted of sexually abusing an 8-year-old girl repeatedly 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 72-year-old Frank Babcock, who has reported an address change from Orange County to a residence on South Broadway in Yonkers.

Man Pleads Guilty To Attempted Murder Of Ex With An Ice Pick In Hastings

A 39-year-old man has pleaded guilty to attempted murder after stabbing his former girlfriend more than a dozen times with an ice pick in the stomach and chest while they were parked in a car in Hastings-on-Hudson. Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr. announced on Friday that David Rojas of Yonkers has pleaded guilty to second-degree attempted murder, a violent felony, in connection to a stabbing in November last year.

Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars Seized In Pleasantville Pot Bust

A "sizable amount of marijuana" and hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash were seized in Pleasantville following a lengthy investigation by multiple law enforcement agencies in Westchester County, according to a police spokesperson. Washington Avenue resident Ronnie Bordin, 60, was taken into custody at approximately 12:30 p.m. on Thursday by officers from the Westchester County Police Narcotics Unit and the Yonkers Police Department following the investigation by a county narcotics task force.

Yonkers Easter Bunny’s Sleepy Cousin Was Playing Game: Spokeswoman

A New Jersey Easter bunny owned by the same company that supplies the Cross County Shopping Center's bunny was not as hippity-hoppity as usual this week. A local mom in a group waiting in line at the Willowbrook Mall with her children shared the incident on Facebook, igniting a social media clash between people who were outraged and others who defended the teen in the bunny suit.

Senate Dems say they were excluded from sexual harassment talks

Senate Democratic Conference Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, D-Yonkers, arrives for a news conference on ethics reforms legislation on Monday, Feb. 9, 2015, in Albany, N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo told reporters Wednesday that the state's sexual harassment policies would be informed by a bipartisan "working group" of female legislative staffers from both houses - including a delegate from the Senate Democrats. "We have a working group that's doing the sexual harassment bill," he said during an impromptu press conference at the Empire State Plaza, following the arrest of a New York Daily News reporter.

Yonkers Man Sentenced For Car Break-In, Armed Box Cutter Robbery

A 38-year-old man has been sentenced to more than a decade in prison after being found guilty of breaking into a car and attempting to stab the vehicle's owner with a box cutter when he was confronted. Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino announced that Yonkers resident Jerry Colon has been sentenced to 12 years in state prison stemming to a car break-in on South Broadway in December 2016.

French American Trotting Club fills

SOA of NY organizing opportunity to purchase French trotter to race at Yonkers The Standardbred Owners Association of New York is organizing an opportunity for interested trainers/owners to purchase a French trotter to race at Yonkers Raceway. This effort is in furtherance of the global racing activities begun at Yonkers.

Sewer Discharge Alert Issued For Yonkers

Gallons of untreated waste was discharged in Yonkers on Tuesday morning when a charged manhole overflowed onto a busy sidewalk, potentially affecting a nearby park. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation issued an alert shortly before 9 a.m. on Tuesday, March 27 stating that the Yonkers Sanitary Sewer System announced the sewage discharge at 146 Tuckahoe Road, when the manhole overflowed onto a sidewalk, entering a nearby catch basin.