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City In Westchester To Pay $50K To Activist As Part Of Settled Civil Rights Lawsuit City In Westchester To Pay $50K To Activist As Part Of Settled Civil Rights Lawsuit
City In Westchester To Pay $50K To Activist As Part Of Settled Civil Rights Lawsuit A city in Westchester will pay $50,000 to an activist as part of a settled civil rights lawsuit filed after his arrest at a city council meeting.  According to court documents filed in July in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, the City of Yonkers will pay the sum to settle a lawsuit filed by activist Hector Santiago in September 2023 following his arrest at a city council meeting in 2022.  In the lawsuit, Santiago claimed his rights were violated when he was detained during a Yonkers City Council meeting on Nov. 22, 2022. According to the lawsuit complai…

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Migrants Arrive In Westchester: 'We're Going To Treat Them Right,' Mayor Says Migrants Arrive In Westchester: 'We're Going To Treat Them Right,' Mayor Says
Migrants Arrive In Westchester: 'We're Going To Treat Them Right,' Mayor Says As over a dozen migrant families make a new home at a hotel in Westchester, city officials are calling on New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to come up with a plan to provide the funds needed to give them the proper care and services they require.  The 38 asylum seekers, 14 families in total, arrived in Yonkers on Monday night, May 15 at the Ramada Inn at 125 Tuckahoe Rd., according to Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano.  City officials said that the migrants who arrived Monday are mostly women with young children who were sent from New York City, which will be paying for their room and board. …

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Advocates Looking To Protect Historic Westchester County Post Office Advocates Looking To Protect Historic Westchester County Post Office
Advocates Looking To Protect Historic Westchester County Post Office Advocates are hoping to preserve a historic post office building in Westchester County by designating it as a local landmark.  The Yonkers Main Post Office, located at 79-81 Main St. and built in 1927, is at the center of the effort, according to Terry Joshi, President of the Yonkers Committee For Smart Development.  The building, which has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1989, is the only public building representing the Neo-Classical style of architecture from the time, and looks much the same today as it did a century ago, Joshi said.  An appli…

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Westchester City Appoints New Police Commissioner Westchester City Appoints New Police Commissioner
Westchester City Appoints New Police Commissioner A veteran public servant in Westchester has been tabbed to take over as the police commissioner in “New York’s third-largest city,” as the mayor likes to say. Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano announced that Yonkers Police Deputy Chief Chris Sapienza has been chosen as the city’s new police commissioner, replacing outgoing Commissioner John Mueller, who retired earlier in the week of Monday, May 2. Sapienza will serve as acting commissioner until the Yonkers City Council can confirm his appointment. Acting Yonkers Police Commissioner Chris SapienzaTwitter/@YonkersPD Spano touted Sapienza’s tem…

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Judge Halts Investigation Of Elected Official In Westchester Judge Halts Investigation Of Elected Official In Westchester
Judge Halts Investigation Of Elected Official In Westchester A New York State Supreme Court judge is hitting the brakes on an investigation into an elected official in Westchester. Yonkers City Council President Mike Khader has been at the center of an investigation that was launched by a former political rival, the city’s Inspector General Liam McLaughlin, who was ousted by the former in the 2017 election. McLaughlin’s investigation was launched weeks before the Democratic primary, as Khader seeks a second term in office. The investigation, which was launched following alleged anonymous allegations, included multiple subpoenas and interviews of Kh…

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COVID-19: Westchester School District Going Remote Longer For 'Holiday Pause' COVID-19: Westchester School District Going Remote Longer For 'Holiday Pause'
Covid-19: Westchester School District Going Remote Longer For 'Holiday Pause' A Westchester school district will be extending its plan for remote learning for a “holiday break” due to rising COVID-19 numbers. This week, Yonkers Schools Superintendent Edwin Quezada sent a letter to the community saying that the district would be going 100 percent remote between Monday, Jan. 4, and Friday, Jan. 8, with students planning to return to the classroom as of Monday, Jan. 11. During that week, students will be distance learning while teachers and staff members in school buildings are expected to be inside schools to deliver instruction. “While a holiday pause is most certain…

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Drive Under Way To Eliminate I-87 Toll Site In Westchester Drive Under Way To Eliminate I-87 Toll Site In Westchester
Drive Under Way To Eliminate I-87 Toll Site In Westchester The Yonkers City Council is asking Gov. Andrew Cuomo to eliminate the $1.25 tolls for cars on Interstate 87. The council unanimously adopted a resolution asking Cuomo to eliminate tolls near Yonkers' border with Greenburgh because toll-evaders are allegedly clogging city streets, according to this report by LoHud.com.  Traffic doesn't just back up in the afternoon. In the morning, there's also a huge line of cars in the northbound left lane of Central Park Avenue trying to make a turn on to the parkway, though it's unclear if all these vehicles are coming from surrounding residential areas …

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