Last month when The Journal News published its round-up of the Yonkers City Council’s Third District primary election races we could not contact Republican candidate Michael Meyer, who called shortly after the story ran. Meyer, 44, an art dealer, is a lifelong Yonkers resident who is married with three young… Read More →
Yonkers Assemblyman Mike Spano got a mayoral endorsement today from three of the Yonkers City Council’s Democrats. Spano, the Democratic party’s endorsed candidate, faces a Sept. 13 Democratic primary challenge from City Council President Chuck Lesnick and Robert Flower. “Mike is the only candidate who can bring the strong leadership… Read More →
Former Yonkers Councilman Dennis Robertson told The Journal News today that he’s pulling out of the race to return to his former seat in the City Council. Robertson, who left the council four years ago, said he decided not to mount a campaign for personal reasons. The city’s Democratic Party… Read More →
Yonkers Councilwoman Joan Gronowski, D-3rd District, issued a press release last night criticizing Mayor Phil Amicone and a city union for the city’s garbage disaster, which as of Wednesday had left some city residents with no pick-up for more than 10 days. “This situation is totally unacceptable and it is… Read More →
Councilwoman Joan Gronowski, D-3rd District, issued a press release this morning calling for an end to free parking for city employees at the Government Center Garage next to City Hall to help the Yonkers Parking Authority with an $800,000 debt it can’t afford. The Yonkers Parking Authority needs $800,000 for… Read More →
Yonkers Inspector General Dan Schorr issued his first report since he assumed his office last month. His inaugural report looks at the city’s response times to Freedom of Information Law requests. Schorr concluded that the city generally responds to FOIL requests in a timely manner, but he noted that “there… Read More →
We noticed that all the Yonkers City Council laggards in filing state campaign financial disclosure reports are Democrats. The January 2010 report should have been filed on Jan. 11, and as of today there are no such filings on the state Board of Elections’ Web site by Patricia McDow, D-1st… Read More →
Yonkers Councilman John Murtagh, R-5th District, issued a call for the Yonkers City Council to take quick action on legislation requiring lobbyists to register before they could lobby city officials. “Currently all lobbyists are required to register in Albany” Murtagh noted in his press release issued today, “but it is… Read More →
The Yonkers City Council swore in new members on New Year’s Day and reorganized itself on Saturday by assigning committee chairmanships and designating party leadership posts. Newly elected councilmen John Larkin, R-6th District, Dennis Shepherd, R-4th District and Wilson Terrero, D-2nd District, were sworn in at the Riverfront Library, along… Read More →
