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New York Medical College Trains 300-Plus Yonkers School Staff For Emergencies
More than 300 Yonkers public school employees have received hands-on training in lifesaving emergency response skills through an expanded partnership with New York Medical College. The college's Center for Disaster Medicine provided instruction to 115 administrators, 120 teaching assistants and 74 nursing staff members, preparing them to respond to medical emergencies before additional help arrives. The expanded initiative follows an earlier program that reached nearly 4,000 educators and other employees at all 29 Yonkers schools during the 2023-24 school year. In August, 115 district admi…
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Driver Flees Cops With 11-Month-Old, Leaves Them In Car In Yonkers: Police
A 28-year-old man faces charges after police said he fled detectives with an infant in his vehicle during a citywide crackdown on license plate violations and unregistered drivers in Westchester County. The incident happened on Wednesday, Oct. 28, during a Yonkers Police initiative targeting obscured and altered license plates, fraudulent temporary registrations, unregistered and uninsured vehicles, and other violations, the department said on Friday, Oct. 30. During the crackdown, detectives tried to pull over Yonkers resident Emil Sanchez Mercado, 28. However, the department sa…
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Yonkers Church Sexton Who Raped, Sexually Abused Child For Years Is Convicted: DA
A 40-year-old Westchester County man who worked as a church sexton has been convicted of repeatedly raping and sexually abusing a girl younger than 13 over more than four years, prosecutors said. Yonkers resident Rolando Ruiz was found guilty by a Westchester County jury on Friday, Oct. 9, following a trial before Judge Robert Prisco, the Westchester County District Attorney's Office announced on Wednesday, Oct. 14. Ruiz, who was previously identified as a sexton at Community Baptist Church in Yonkers, was convicted of predatory sexual assault against a child, two counts of use …
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Staff Member Accused Of Taking Photos During Gym Class At Yonkers School
A staff member at a Westchester County school is under investigation after students reported they were taking photographs during gym class, district officials said. The investigation involves Paideia School 15 at 175 Westchester Ave. and dates back to Friday, Sept. 25, a Yonkers Public Schools official told Daily Voice. Several middle school students approached the principal that day and reported seeing a staff member with a phone out during gym class, the district said, adding that the students believed the staff member was taking photographs and told the principal the situation made…
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Board Of Ed To Discuss Closing School In Yonkers As Part Of Addressing $101M Budget Gap
A Westchester County school's future depends on decisions made in an upcoming Board of Education meeting, officials said. The possible closure of School 21 in Yonkers will be discussed during a Board of Education meeting on Tuesday night, May 20, according to Yonkers Public Schools Superintendent Anibal Soler, Jr. Soler said the potential closure would be recommended in his proposed budget for the 2026-27 school year to address a $101 million structural budget gap. The superintendent said the idea is part of an overall recommendation to address the district's financial situatio…
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'Raising The Bar': Yonkers FD Earns Top-Level HazMat Designation, Only 1 Of Its Kind In County
A Westchester fire department has earned the highest hazmat response accreditation level available in New York State, making it the only such team in the county. The Yonkers Fire Department has been officially accredited as a Type 1 Hazardous Materials Response Team by the New York State Office of Fire Prevention and Control, a designation reserved for departments capable of handling the most complex and high-risk hazardous materials incidents. The accreditation was announced by both the department and Mayor Mike Spano on Tuesday, Dec. 16. "The City of Yonkers is once agai…
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Suspect In Shooting Of Off-Duty
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Officer In Yonkers Gets More Charges: DA
A 30-year-old man nabbed for shooting an off-duty police officer in a broad daylight targeted attack next to a busy parkway in Westchester has been given new charges, officials announced. Port Chester resident Bryan Martinez, age 30, has been arraigned on an indictment charging him in connection with a November shooting of an off-duty New York City Police officer in Yonkers, the Westchester County District Attorney's Office announced on Thursday, Jan. 4. Earlier Report - New Update: Suspect From Westchester Nabbed In Shooting Of Off-Duty NYPD Officer In Yonkers Accord…
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Shooting Suspect Caught In Port Chester: Incident Prompts Schools To Delay Dismissal
Local schools were asked to delay the dismissal of students as authorities worked to apprehend a shooting suspect in Westchester, police said. The delayed dismissals occurred as a result of an incident on Tuesday, Nov. 14, when the Port Chester Police Department was notified that a suspect involved in a shooting in Yonkers may have been in the village. According to the department, the suspect's vehicle was then soon found in Port Chester by FBI Safe Streets Task Force members. It was then discovered that the suspect had a local address, prompting authorities to begin surveilling their home.…
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New Update: Prisoner Caught After Escaping Custody In Yonkers
This story has been updated. Authorities have caught a prisoner who escaped custody while he was being held at a medical center in Westchester. The prisoner, identified as 24-year-old Geraldo Rojas, was located in the Bronx on Monday, July 24 after 29 hours of "intensive search efforts," Yonkers Police announced Rojas had escaped from a prisoner detail at St. Joseph’s Hospital on South Broadway (Route 9) in Yonkers during the early morning hours of Sunday, July 23, police said. Earlier Report - Search On For Prisoner Who Escapes From Custody In Yonkers Rojas, who was taken back into …
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Westchester Resident Among 17 Men Arrested For Child Luring With Help From YouTubers
A total of 17 men, including one from Westchester, have been arrested for allegedly luring children in Atlantic City, New Jersey in a case involving an assist from concerned citizens who bust child predators online. The citizens were identified by BreakingAC as MrWEB and Predator Catcher PA. MrWEB recently posted a video called "JUSTICE- Thank You Atlantic County Police, Prosecutors, & Shafiq - 26 In 2 Weeks." It appears to be a montage of them confronting alleged predators. The YouTubers routinely record themselves meeting up with individuals who thought they'd been chatting with…
