Mount Vernon Mayor Ernest Davis is bound for South Korea. (Mount Vernon Mayor Ernest Davis. File photo) In an effort to “begin an era of cultural and technical exchange with tremendous benefits,” Davis will lead a delegation comprising one sitting member of the City Council (Marcus Griffith), one former member… Read More →
Former Mount Vernon Mayor Clinton Young is being summoned to court by creditors alleging that he has defaulted on at least $23,000 in loans. Young, a Democrat who lost a 2011 reelection bid to current Mayor Ernest Davis, allegedly owes $16,910.69 to Discover Bank, which filed a lawsuit against him… Read More →
Mount Vernon’s top lawyer has resigned. Nichelle Johnson, until now the city’s corporation counsel and head of its law department, has departed to, in the words of a brief statement from City Hall, “pursue other endeavors.” (Ricky Flores/The Journal News) No word yet on a replacement for Johnson, who was… Read More →
MOUNT VERNON—When it comes to passing its budget on time, Mount Vernon is making a habit out of cutting it close. “The clock is ticking,” City Council President Yuhanna Edwards said. “We’re at the 12 o’clock hour.” For the second consecutive year, the city is nearing its Dec. 31 deadline… Read More →
Representatives of the Child Care Council of Westchester, clergy, union members, elected officials, parents and others rallied in support of child care funding Thursday evening in Mount Vernon. Many held signs saying “Keep parents earning, children learning.” “When it comes to decisions about how public dollars are going to be… Read More →
It’s shaping up to be a busy campaign season, so we’ll probably see more than a few instances of candidates throughout the region crying foul and challenging the petitions of their rivals. In Mount Vernon, where seven candidates, including two incumbents, are running for three seats on the City Council,... Read More →
Big elections (like the race for county executive) in relatively close quarters (like Westchester County) can make for some interesting political choreography. To wit: Around noon on Thursday, New Rochelle Mayor Noam Bramson, the Democratic nominee for county executive, appeared on the steps of Mount Vernon City Hall to accept… Read More →
On Thursday, New Rochelle Mayor Noam Bramson will cross the Hutch to visit Mount Vernon and pick up a key endorsement in his bid to unseat County Executive Rob Astorino. Bramson will meet with members of the Mount Vernon Democratic Committee on the steps of City Hall at noon Thursday… Read More →
Here’s a glance at today’s opinion content: Astorino and the election: Editorial In our Westchester-Putnam edition, we carried an editorial that analyzed the still-unclear results of Tuesday’s election. The Democratic “supermajority” on Westchester County Board of Legislators is in play and we look at the implications for Republican County Executive… Read More →
Mount Vernon Comptroller Maureen Walker informed The Journal News yesterday that she will seek the Democratic nomination for mayor, likely pitting her against current Mayor Clinton Young, who is in the fourth year of his first term. “Mount Vernon needs bold, innovative and capable leadership. Leaders who are not influenced… Read More →
