Mount Vernon Mayor Clinton Young announced a celebrity mayoral endorsement from actor Denzel Washington. The incumbent Democrat faces a challenge from three rivals in the Sept. 13 primary. Here’s what Young’s email from yesterday included: “I love my hometown. I am in Mount Vernon often and I see tremendous progress…. Read More →
Mount Vernon Mayor Clinton Young was endorsed on Monday by several prominent city clergy for the Sept. 13 Democratic primary. The endorsements included the Rev. Franklyn Richardson of the Grace Baptist Church and the Rev. Darin Moore of the Greater Centennial AME Zion Church. In a press release, the Young… Read More →
Former Mount Vernon Mayor Ernest Davis will get an endorsement from the National Black Association of Police, Westchester Chapter Blacks in Law Enforcement on Saturday. The 11 a.m. event at City Hall Plaza will include a talk about crime by Davis and Damon K. Jones, the organization’s president. Davis is… Read More →
Mount Vernon Comptroller Maureen Walker, a Democrat, got an endorsement from the CSEA Southern Region PAC in her mayoral campaign to unseat Mayor Clinton Young, she announced today. “Maureen Walker has proven herself to be a trusted fiscal steward over her nearly 20 years working for the city,” said CSEA… Read More →
Mount Vernon Comptroller Maureen Walker got an endorsement from the 1199 SEIU health-care union, she announced today. Walker, who has been comptroller for 17 years, hopes to unseat incumbent Mayor Clinton Young in the Sept. 13 Democratic primary election. The winner of that election effectively wins the general election in… Read More →
Mount Vernon Comptroller Maureen Walker outlined her crime-reduction platform for her mayoral campaign earlier this week. The Democrat seeks to unseat Mayor Clinton Young in the Sept. 13 primary election and she has repeatedly claimed that crime is up in the city, while Young has claimed that crime has significantly… Read More →
Mount Vernon mayoral candidate Ernest Davis will hold a motorcade on Sept. 3 at 10 a.m. through the city. The three-hour event is designed to allow supporters to show their love for the Democrat and former three-term mayor, who seeks to unseat Mayor Clinton Young. The motorcade begins at 49… Read More →
Mount Vernon Councilwoman Diane Munro-Morris has been removed from the Democratic primary ballot, according to the Westchester County Board of Elections. The Board of Elections confirmed that she’s off the ballot after a hearing today. Munro-Morris, 43, was elected to the council in 2009 to fill a two-year term, but… Read More →
The Wartburg Adult Care Community and various neighborhood associations will host a mayoral debate on Aug. 24 at 7 p.m. Mayor Clinton Young is expected to be joined by his three challengers, former Mayor Ernest Davis, city Comptroller Maureen Walker and city Councilman Yuhanna Edwards. “We are pleased to be… Read More →
Former New York City Mayor David Dinkins endorsed Mount Vernon Mayor Clinton Young for a second term on Friday. “I am here with Mayor Young because I believe in him and am proud of what he has already accomplished,” Dinkins said in a statement released by Young’s campaign. Young said… Read More →
