YONKERS—The new Democratic mayor has nominated Kitley Covill, a former assistant chief deputy Westchester County Attorney, as the city’s next inspector general. “I wanted to nominate someone who has vast experience in municipal law, and who is honest, thorough, and tough,” Mayor Mike Spano said Tuesday at City Hall. The… Read More →
The state Supreme Court ordered the Yonkers Federation of Teachers Welfare Fund on Tuesday to release its records to Yonkers Inspector General Dan Schorr by July 29. The court ruled about two weeks ago that the fund had to comply with Schorr’s audit of its records, but in a statement… Read More →
The New York Supreme Court ordered the Yonkers Federation of Teachers Welfare Fund to release all its financial records to Yonkers Inspector General Dan Schorr in his audit of how the fund spends taxpayer dollars. The court order is part of an on-going battle between Schorr’s office and the Yonkers… Read More →
The city’s Democratic Party committee denied an incumbent council member its endorsement as it selected its nominees for the September primary last week. The party’s nominees are Mayor Clinton Young for mayor, Legislator Lyndon Williams for the Westchester County Legislature’s District 13, and Richard Thomas and Deborah Reynolds for City… Read More →
Yonkers City Council President Chuck Lesnick responded today to Mayor Phil Amicone’s letter to the city’s Ethics Board and Inspector General that they investigate Lesnick’s ties to a vehicle towing company currently suing the city. March 17, 2011: Yonkers, NY – I am pleased that the Ethics Board and Inspector… Read More →
Yonkers Mayor Phil Amicone wrote a letter today to the Yonkers Ethics Board and Inspector General Dan Schorr asking them to look at the relationship between City Council President Chuck Lesnick and Transit Auto Towing. The request comes one day after Schorr released a report critical of the city’s oversight… Read More →
Yonkers Inspector General Dan Schorr and Yonkers Councilwoman Patricia McDow both issued letters today about Schorr’s investigation into allegations that McDow got years of free parking at a public garage near her home. Here are their letters: McDow Ethics Board Referral ... Read More →
New York Assemblyman J. Gary Pretlow, D-Mount Vernon, is chair of the Assembly’s Racing and Wagering Committee, so naturally his name pops up in the New York State Inspector General Joseph Fisch’s investigation regarding the selection of Aqueduct Entertainment Group to operate a video lottery terminal facility at the Aqueduct… Read More →
The Mount Vernon City Council hired Daniel L. Pagano’s law firm on May 19 to defend the council, the city clerk and a legislative aide in a lawsuit filed by Mayor Clinton Young regarding the council’s efforts to eliminate the office of the inspector general. Pagano is known to some… Read More →
Former Yonkers Inspector General Philip Zisman announced his campaign for Yonkers city judge yesterday. Zisman, a Democrat, left his post in City Hall earlier this year after about 13 years and a yearlong effort by Mayor Phil Amicone to replace him. Yonkers’ current inspector general is Dan Schorr. Here’s the… Read More →
