The County Board of Elections got petitions from 24 people for Yonkers mayoral and City Council races. The deadline was July 14, but candidates can also mail in their petitions, so more could arrive next week. Here’s a list of the filers so far: Mayoral petition filers: Assemblyman Mike Spano… Read More →
Yonkers Mayor Phil Amicone vetoed a law today adopted by the City Council on May 31 limiting city workers’ overtime to $20,000 annually unless their superiors give special permission for it. Here’s Amicone’s letter to the City Council released to the media: Yonkers Mayor’s Overtime Veto
The Civil Service Employees Association union representing non-teaching staff in the Yonkers Public Schools issued a press release today blaming city officials for failing to reach a budget deal to prevent the layoffs of 368 of its members. The city’s proposed 2011-12 budget included more than 700 school layoffs to… 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 →
The Yonkers City Council will hold a last-minute 9:15 meeting tonight to redraw their request asking the state legislature to create a transitional finance authority. Yonkers officials want the TFA so they can borrow $20 million to help close a $42 million deficit in the Yonkers Public Schools that threatens… Read More →
Yonkers Mayor Phil Amicone released a press release this afternoon asking the City Council to hurry up and take action on a financing scheme that could deliver up to $20 million to the Yonkers Public Schools. Amicone is proposing that the city create a Transitional Finance Authority, something that requires… Read More →
The Yonkers Democratic committee quickly adjourned Monday night after endorsing former Councilman Dennis Robertson for the Third District and Christopher A. Johnson for the First District. The quick adjournment meant that there were no acceptance statements after the vote tallies were announced, so here is Johnson’s post-convention statement: Christopher A…. Read More →
Yonkers resident Joe Crotty, a Republican candidate for the City Council’s Fifth District, says he’ll continue his quest for a line on a ballot for the Republican primary on Sept. 13. Crotty did not receive the city Republicans’ endorsement on Friday night for the Fifth District, which went to Mike… Read More →
When it comes to assigning blame for Yonkers’ current budget crisis that threatens 700 school staffer layoffs and huge school program cuts, blaming Albany for the city’s lack of money is more of a crowdpleaser than pointing to spending on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. That’s the lesson City… Read More →
Former Yonkers City Council President Richard Martinelli will officially launch his campaign for mayor tonight. Martinelli, a Republican, will hold his 6:30 p.m. launch at the Polish center at 92 Waverly St. Martinelli, son of former Yonkers Mayor Angelo Martinelli, served one term as City Council president until 2005 when… Read More →
