Tag archives for Yonkers
01/17/2017 – Yonkers Community Health Conversation
Do you want better healthcare? Come and participate in a free community forum sponsored by the United Way of Westchester and Putnam and the New York State Department of Health-…
Officer Is Cleared in Fatal Shooting of Unarmed Man in Yonkers
A state report found that a New York City officer’s use of force was justified and that forensic evidence backed up his account of the December 2015 episode. Westchester County…
Leonard B. Sand, Judge in Landmark Yonkers Segregation Case, Dies at 88
The case in which the federal judge found that city officials had segregated public housing and schools along racial lines stretched 27 years. Westchester County Content is copyrighted by the…
Yonkers Schools Flouted Rules on Special Education, U.S. Agency Says
As a result of an investigation, the federal Education Department announced that the city agreed to revamp its procedures. Westchester County Content is copyrighted by the respective owners. Advertisement: Looking…
At Yonkers Brewing Company, Beer Steeped in Local Pride
In the city where the gangster Dutch Schultz once owned a brewery, there is a new kind of brewer in town. NYT > Westchester County Content is copyrighted by the…
Lessons of Yonkers From David Simon’s ‘Show Me a Hero’
A battle over affordable housing, race and class in Yonkers in the 1980s offers some lessons for battles being fought in New York City. NYT > Westchester County Content is…
Collapsible growlers for Yankees games at Yonkers Brewing Co.
No time to tailgate? The next time you are headed to Yankee stadium, consider parking at the Buena Vista garage (8 Buena Vista Ave, Yonkers, NY 10701) and walking over…
Drivers’ Dreary Last Day at a D.M.V. in Yonkers
The day before the shutdown, long waits and simmering resentments combined with a sense of longing as customers prepared to lose the place they loathed. NYT > Westchester County Content…
Yonkers Fire Department to host Hogs for Hope, April 26
Motorcycles, pin up girls and pig roasts. Hogs for Hope is not your average fundraiser. At 11 on April 26, a police escort will lead hundreds of motorcyclists on a ride…
Yonkers Building Evacuated After Mudslide
A mudslide forced residents of an apartment building in Yonkers to leave. A broken pipe was said to have been the likely cause. NYT > Westchester County Content is copyrighted…