Yonkers Mayor Phil Amicone issued a press statement today saying that he heard voters’ message “loud and clear,” even though he wasn’t running for anything.

He said voters expect him and his counterparts on the City Council to make sacrifices,  find new efficiencies and reduce the tax burden, among other cost-saving efforts.

Amicone also took a swipe [...]

When news of the Yonkers Board of Education’s Sept. 29 lawsuit against Yonkers Inspector General Philip Zisman became public, various City Council members denounced the suit as a waste of money

The Journal News submitted a Freedom of Information law request to the Yonkers Public Schools seeking a copy of the retainer agreement and any invoices [...]

Mayor Phil Amicone released a letter today he sent to Yonkers Inspector General Philip Zisman regarding his lack of confidence in Zisman’s performance and pointing out what he considers ethical lapses on Zisman’s part.

The letter is the latest in a series of letters and press releases issued by city officials this year regarding Zisman and [...]

The board of the Yonkers Alliance for Latino and Immigrant Services (YALIS) condemned Yonkers Inspector General Philip Zisman’s critical report accusing board members, who are also city employees, of mismanaging the charity.

Former board member and Mayor Phil Amicone’s special assistant Lorraine Lopez is accused in the report of filing misleading and inaccurate reimbursement documents with [...]

Yonkers City Council candidate Virgina Perez announced endorsements today by the Yonkers Police Benevolent Association, the Yonkers Captains, Lieutenants and Sergeants Association and the Yonkers Uniformed Officers Association.

Perez is running on the Conservative, Independence and Working Families lines against Democrat Wilson Terrero, who only beat her in the primary by 10 votes.

The two are vying [...]

Westchester County Legislature candidate Sandy Annabi, a Yonkers councilwoman, is asking her supporters to contact the Justice Department’s voting rights hotline at 800-253-3931 if they encounter unfair treatment at the polls on Election Day.

Annabi is running on minor party lines in the 17th Legislative District against Democratic incumbent Jose Alvarado, who beat her in the [...]

Yonkers Inspector General Philip Zisman released a report today critical of a charity run by city employees and he accused them of mismanagement and negligence.

In his report he mentioned that he interviewed Republican Jim Castro-Blanco, a candidate seeking to unseat incumbent Democrat Chuck Lesnick,  Yonkers’ City Council president.

Castro-Blanco represented the Yonkers Alliance for Latino and [...]

Yonkers City Council President Chuck Lesnick announced today that he will receive endorsements from several unions on Thursday at an 11 a.m. on the steps of City Hall.

Lesnick will be joined by union leaders and members from: Teamsters Local #456; Yonkers CSEA # 9169; Yonkers SEIU Local #704 – Municipal workers; SEIU 1199 – Health [...]

The Friends of the Yonkers Public Library will hold a “Meet the Candidates” reception on Saturday from 1:15 p.m. to 2 p.m. at the Yonkers Public Library’s Will branch at 1500 Central Park Ave.

Candidates for public office on the State, County, and local levels have been invited to attend the event. Light refreshments will be [...]

Yonkers City Council candidate Virginia Perez will hold an anti-violence march and rally tonight starting at 6 p.m.

Perez is running on minor party lines in the Second District against Democrat Wilson Terrero, who beat her in the primary by just five votes.

The march will begin at 435 Riverdale Ave. and then up Riverdale to City [...]