Mount Vernon Mayor Clinton Young announced a new Advisory Council on Community and Police Relations yesterday.

It will consist of a diverse group of community leaders, police representatives and high school students and will draw upon the experience and perspectives of each group to further develop communications and relations with the Mount Vernon Police Department.

“It is [...]

The Yonkers Republican City Committee announced today that its executive director Steve Levy resigned and that two people will replace him.

The new executive director for outreach will be Gerry Esposito and the new executive director for Operations will be Bob Moffitt.

Esposito is a longtime community leader and Moffitt played a key role in the recent [...]

Yonkers Mayor Phil Amicone issued a press release earlier this week in which he claimed to clearly hear voters’ message on Nov. 3 and he outlined his priorities for the City Council, while taking a shot at City Council President Chuck Lesnick. Today Lesnick responded, challenging Amicone to “lead by example

and truly took to find [...]

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 [...]