Monday, February 29, 2016

Firefighters union fights to keep office space - News 12 Westchester


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Firefighters union fights to keep office space
News 12 Westchester
The Yonkers firefighters union says they are being forced out of their current office because the union group does not see eye to eye with Mayor Mike Spano. The union operates out of the second floor at 470 Nepperhan Ave. in Yonkers. The group was told ...

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What's new & noteworthy on DVD & Blu-ray – February 2, 2016
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Basically, you get to watch Diesel growl and grumble his way through a nonsense script while he fights a bunch of special effects. Haven't we been down that road before in the Riddick films, Babylon AD, etc.? Come on, Vin, let's get back to the days of ...


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Reisman: Suspensions given in Dunwoodie dustup
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That's how Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano characterized a potentially lethal tussle that occurred at a Dec. 11 Christmas party between the ... Firefighters who witnessed the incident say it didn't amount to a brawl or even much of a fight. That's because O ...


Reisman: Yonkers keeps lid on fire commissioner fracas
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This could be challenged for a number of reasons, one of them being that the incident had nothing to do with “performance” as it relates to fighting fires or other job-related responsibilities. This was a party, plain and simple — an annual staff ...


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Reisman: Yonkers Fire duel under investigation
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The political powers of Yonkers are trying to keep the public from knowing much, if anything, about a bizarre fist fight that broke out between the city's fire commissioner and one of his officers. This happened at a YFD Christmas party held on the ...

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MLB prospect Mike Nolan of Yonkers fights for his life
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Mike Nolan spent years fighting for his baseball career. Now, he's fighting for his life. The 23-year-old Yonkers native was shot twice in the parking lot of a Burger King at 826 Central Ave. just after 12:30 a.m. Friday and was in “extremely critical ...
Baseball prospect fights for life after shootingNews 12 Westchester

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New York Times
The Painful Lessons of the Yonkers Housing Crisis
New York Times
He ordered the city to integrate by building new housing for poor minority residents on the white, middle-class side of town, inciting a three-year, angry, sometimes violent fight that made headlines around the country and brought Yonkers to the brink ...


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Yonkers Woman Robbed, Assaulted By Acquaintances, Police Say
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... Yonkers woman was assaulted and robbed by acquaintances in her own home, according to a report by News12. The unidentified victim had been out partying with the acquaintances and was attacked late Thursday, Feb. 25, at her Elm Street home, police ...
Man slashed in face during burglaryNews 12 Westchester

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Schumer calls for more spending to rid homes of lead

YONKERS - Citing lead paint in New York's older homes, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer on Monday called for increased federal spending and tax credits to help homeowners detoxify their homes. Schumer, D-NY, visited a Yonkers home on Monday to cite it as an ...
LOS ANGELES — Yonkers native Sean Kilpatrick was trying to cram in a couple hours of sleep between a back-to-back with the D-League Delaware 87ers when his phone woke him. His agent was on the other end with a message that was as short as it was sweet ...
YONKERS - Citing lead paint in New York's older homes, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer on Monday called for increased federal spending and tax credits to help homeowners detoxify their homes. Schumer, D-NY, visited a Yonkers home on Monday to cite it as an ...
YONKERS, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — A new effort was under way Monday night to combat the lead problem plaguing suburban areas north of New York City. As WCBS 880’s Kelly Waldron reported, officials emphasized that exposure to lead can have lifelong consequences.
“Two New York institutions are once again teaming up for what we know ... Tickets and seating are limited. Yonkers Raceway first opened its doors in 1899, and in over 115 years of its history has been the home to harness racing’s Triple Crown events ...
Elizabeth Campbell, 32, of Yonkers, was arrested on a warrant for assault and resisting arrest from the City of Yonkers Police Department. Jessamy Turhan, 51, of Mount Vernon, was arrested on a warrant for violation of his state parole after a conviction ...
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2016 lohud girls basketball Oscar winners

In almost any other year, Samuels’ performance throughout Championship Week — 26.0 ppg, 12.5 rpg ... AA girls basketball semifinal at the Westchester County Center Feb. 25, 2016. (Photo: Peter Carr/The Journal News) BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE ...
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Forest Hills Northern survives Rockford’s Maddy Watters' 32-point game to win district opener, 47-45

... getting a lot of interest from mid majors and MAC schools and the GLIAC schools,” Yonkers added. “She went out East in the fall to visit some of the Ivy League schools, and she was just at the University of Green Bay. But we get her back next year.”
Tim Rooney sold all of his shares and Pat Rooney sold most of his in 2009 because of their controlling interests in Empire City Gaming at Yonkers Raceway in New York and the Palm Beach Kennel Club in Florida. Some of Pat Rooney’s remaining 2.5 percent ...
“Northern came out really strong and we got in a hole early,” said Rockford coach Jessica Yonkers, whose team finished 10-11 overall. “They hit some big 3s early. But I thought we fought back and it was a good game in the second half, and I thought ...
Torrington, CT – The Warner Stage Company will present the great American comedic playwright Neil Simon’s LOST IN YONKERS on the Warner’s Nancy Marine Studio Stage March 5-13, 2016. This Tony and Pulitzer winning play is set in Yonkers in 1942.
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Five Troubled Yonkers Schools Have Improved Their Status - Daily Voice


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Five Troubled Yonkers Schools Have Improved Their Status
Daily Voice
YONKERS, N.Y. -- Five Yonkers schools have migrated out of the worst status as designated by the state Department of Education, according to reporting by the Journal News. That worst status is "priority," which contains schools that are designated as ...


CBS Local
Schumer: Lead Poisoning Is Major Problem In Westchester, Hudson Valley
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YONKERS, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — A new effort was under way Monday night to combat the lead problem plaguing suburban areas north of New York City. As WCBS 880's Kelly Waldron reported, officials emphasized that exposure to lead can have lifelong ...

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NBC New York
1500 Gallons of Heating Oil Spilled in Yonkers: Officials
NBC New York
A truck delivering heating oil to homes in Westchester County sprung a leak Saturday and spilled more than 1,500 gallons of the fuel, state environmental authorities say. The truck was delivering oil in Yonkers when it sprung a leak, according to the ...
Oil Spill Confirmed Near Westchester, NY, RiverCourthouse News Service

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Some Mount Vernon officials say they were locked out of City Hall Monday morning. They told News 12 that Mayor Richard Thomas changed the locks over the weekend on all of the exterior doors at City Hall without notifying them. Councilman Andre Wallace says ...
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Schumer calls for more spending to rid homes of lead

YONKERS - Citing lead paint in New York's older homes, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer on Monday called for increased federal spending and tax credits to help homeowners detoxify their homes. Schumer, D-NY, visited a Yonkers home on Monday to cite it as an ...

News 12 Westchester
Crews clean Bronx River after oil spill
News 12 Westchester
... heating oil leaked from a truck delivering oil to Glendale Gardens on Bronx River Road on Saturday. Fire crews were able to contain about 1,500 gallons, but the remaining oil spilled into the Bronx River. The Yonkers Fire Department has told News ...
Yonkers cleanup continues after delivery truck leaks thousands of gallons of heating oilWABC-TV
1500 Gallons of Heating Oil Spilled in Yonkers: OfficialsNBC New York
Oil Spill Confirmed Near Westchester, NY, RiverCourthouse News Service
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They listened to their former JV assistant coach, Pat Quinn, the 32-year old from Yonkers stricken with ALS ... After a season of being hardened by games against Class A, B and C schools, Clark enters states with perhaps its best chance to advance deep ...

Westchester Magazine
The Yonkers Police Department's Humble Beginnings
Westchester Magazine
On July 14, 1866, an emergency assembly was called at Flaggs Hall in Yonkers. A growing population of unruly vagrants was making the town's streets unsafe. Supervisor Isaac H. Knox proposed “renting” 14 policemen from New York City to watch over the ...

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3 arrested for allegedly hiding body in Plattekill

Three people were arrested for allegedly hiding and discarding a day-old corpse of a 28-year-old woman who was found in a ditch along Unionville Road in Plattekill. Investigators say the body of Alexis Scanlon was found lightly clothed in a ditch along New ...
was inducted into the Leake & Watts Biondi School Black History Wall of Fame in a ceremony held at the school’s Yonkers campus on Friday, February 26th. The event drew leadership and students from The Biondi School, as well as New York State Senator ...
Two stabbings occurred Sunday morning in Yonkers, police say. Officials say a man was stabbed in the Morningside Avenue neighborhood near Lake Street. Witnesses say they saw a man with a stab wound in his side run into the Food Town Supermarket.
The truck was delivering oil in Yonkers when it sprung a leak, according to the state Department of Environmental Conservation. The oil seeped into storm drains and eventually made its way into the Bronx River at Bronx River Road and 226th street.
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Abused pit bull dies

Sweet Sally, the abused pit bull who won the hearts of many in the Hudson Valley, has passed away. Sweet Sally, as the people at the Humane Society called her, was found starving and left to die along Route 209 in Deer Park last week. After treatment at ...
What’s the end game here for the Bruins and Trojans heading into the final weekend of the Pac-12 regular season ... Meanwhile, Narbonne (23-6) faces another Ed Azzam-coached team from Westchester (25-6) trying to get into the state title chase ...
The Expo will kick off at 12 p.m. with Keynote Speaker Lorraine Santoli ... The Business Council of Westchester is proud to support community news & Armonk Daily Voice. Visit wbxpo.com to learn more.
Mohawk Valley 11,948; 7. Hudson Valley 11,849; 8 Cayuga CC 11,830; 9. Rockland 11,813; 10. Westchester 11,615; 11. Schoolcraft (Mich). 11,521; 12. SUNY Adirondack 11,455; 13. Herkimer County 11,300; 14. Westmoreland County (Pa.) 11,237; 15 Muskegon CC 10,727.
FDNY EMS members have shouldered 12-hour assignments and additional rotations since Transcare ... An email that was sent to Transcare employees Thursday night around 10 p.m. and forwarded to the Daily News made that clear. “Guys, we just received ...
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Two Westchester fugitives arrested by task force

Elizabeth Campbell, 32, of Yonkers, was arrested on a warrant for assault and resisting arrest from the City of Yonkers Police Department. Jessamy Turhan, 51, of Mount Vernon, was arrested on a warrant for violation of his state parole after a conviction ...
Tyler recently started letting video footage of these interviews fly for the public, including a short clip with Vince Staples where the OF mastermind talks about making “Yonkers” as a joke after trying to replicate “shitty NY beats.” Meanwhile ...
Former Yankees All-Star Roy White was among the well-wishers at the Birthday Bash for Chappaqua’s John Cirillo at Empire City Casino in Yonkers, NY, on Sunday, February 28. ‎The longtime Westchester resident is media consultant for the casino and ...
Every once in a while, everything falls in place and you have a truly memorable evening. Last night was one of those nights, thanks to ACTA Theatre in Trussville. Starting with the warm welcome I received at the door all the way until after ACTA's fine ...
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Schumer calls for more spending to rid homes of lead

Schumer calls for more spending to rid homes of lead YONKERS - Citing lead paint in New York's aged homes, Sen. Charles Schumer called for increased federal spending and tax credits to help homeowners detoxify their homes. Check out this story on lohud ...

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Crews clean up oil spill
News 12 Westchester
Workers from the Department of Environmental Conservation and Yonkers fire department are cleaning up after an oil spill in the Bronx River. Officials say a truck delivering heating oil sprang a leak on Saturday, sending close to 1,500 gallons of oil ...
Yonkers cleanup continues after delivery truck leaks thousands of gallons of heating oilWABC-TV
Over 2000 gallons of home heating oil spills from tanker in YonkersMid-Hudson News
Oil Spill Confirmed Near Westchester, NY, RiverCourthouse News Service

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Clean up efforts continued Monday in Yonkers after an delivery truck leak last weekend spilled thousands of gallons of home heating oil. Authorities say the truck, which was carrying 6,500 gallons, began leaking at about 8:30 a.m. on Bronx River Road Saturday.
Local teams included students from Pleasantville, Yorktown, Somers, Ardsley, and Yonkers, with other qualifiers coming from as far away as the Bronx, New Jersey, and Connecticut. First Tech Challenge is for students from grades seven through 12 who design ...
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Yonkers man faces child-porn charges

YONKERS - A city resident is accused of having child pornography depicting girls younger than 11. Marcelo Brizuela, 48, was arrested Friday and charged with felony counts of possessing and promoting an obscene sexual performance by a child, the Westchester ...
Brizuela committed the crimes at his apartment on Warburton Avenue, according to the criminal complaint filed in Yonkers City Court. The possession charge accuses Brizuela of having a video on Feb. 26 that depicts a 10-year-old girl, and the promotion ...
A television shoot scheduled in a Yonkers neighborhood is forcing some residents to temporarily move their cars. Filming for the third season of NBC's crime drama "The Blacklist" is scheduled to begin today along Mulberry Street. Neighbors say they were ...

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Yonkers man faces child-porn charges
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YONKERS - A city resident is accused of having child pornography depicting girls younger than 11. Marcelo Brizuela, 48, was arrested Friday and charged with felony counts of possessing and promoting an obscene sexual performance by a child, the ...


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Residents forced to move cars due to TV filming
News 12 Westchester
A television shoot scheduled in a Yonkers neighborhood is forcing some residents to temporarily move their cars. Filming for the third season of NBC's crime drama "The Blacklist" is scheduled to begin today along Mulberry Street. Neighbors say they ...

A television shoot scheduled in a Yonkers neighborhood is forcing some residents to temporarily move their cars. Filming for the third season of NBC's crime drama "The Blacklist" is scheduled to begin today along Mulberry Street. Neighbors say they were ...
These in-demand tickets will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis only at the door on fight night. Tickets and seating are limited. Yonkers Raceway first opened its doors in 1899, and in over 115 years of its history has been the home to harness ...
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New York Daily News Golden Gloves at Empire City Casino

“Two New York institutions are once again teaming up for what we know ... Tickets and seating are limited. Yonkers Raceway first opened its doors in 1899, and in over 115 years of its history has been the home to harness racing’s Triple Crown events ...
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BWW Review: LOST IN YONKERS Finds Heart

Every once in a while, everything falls in place and you have a truly memorable evening. Last night was one of those nights, thanks to ACTA Theatre in Trussville. Starting with the warm welcome I received at the door all the way until after ACTA's fine ...
I can make my weekly goal in less days now.” Saul from Manhattan echoed, “It’s definitely been busier in Washington Heights, Yonkers, Riverdale. Demand used to drop off after 10am, and now it doesn’t. I don’t wait long for the next request once ...
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2 stabbings reported in Yonkers

Two stabbings occurred Sunday morning in Yonkers, police say. Officials say a man was stabbed in the Morningside Avenue neighborhood near Lake Street. Witnesses say they saw a man with a stab wound in his side run into the Food Town Supermarket.
63-year-old Jose Contreras, a Yonkers custodian, was fatally struck by a black SUV as he was trying to cross Webster Avenue in the Mount Hope section of the Bronx. Society & Culture Jose Contreras
of Yonkers was arrested on a warrant for assault in the second degree and resisting arrest from the City of Yonkers Police Department. Jessamy Turhan, 51, of Mount Vernon was arrested on a warrant for violation of his New York State Parole after a ...
YONKERS, N.Y. – Yonkers police are on the lookout for a possible suspect in a stabbing that took place near the Cross County Shopping Center early Sunday, according to News 12. Area residents have been told to be on the lookout for an armed criminal ...
Yonkers Police Detective Frank Fernandez funeral Mass The casket is removed from the church after the funeral Mass for Yonkers Police Detective Frank Fernandez, at Sacred Heart Church in Yonkers, Feb. 19, 2016. Check out this story on lohud.com: http ...
Detective Frank Fernandez was off duty when he crashed early Sunday YONKERS - City firefighters tried desperately to save an off-duty police detective after the veteran cop's SUV crashed head-on into a ladder truck early Sunday, officials said Monday.
Investigators say off-duty detective Frank Fernandez was killed after crashing his SUV into a fire truck early Sunday morning. Authorities say 45-year-old Frank Fernandez was pronounced dead at the scene in Yonkers at about 3 a.m. Sunday. The accident ...
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Nets sign former Bearcat Sean Kilpatrick

The 26-year-old Yonkers, New York, native went undrafted in the 2014 NBA Draft after a standout four-year collegiate career at the University of Cincinnati. Kilpatrick earned consensus second-team All-American honors after averaging 20.6 points ...
AMM are very happy to have locations spread out in convenient places throughout the area, with West New York, Hoboken, New Jersey and Yonkers, New York studios and offices all operating. Some of the artists who have worked with AMM include Alex Ramone ...
Rey Alexander Torres Vicente, 22, of Bronx, New York and Andrew Ryan Parker, 20, of Yonkers, New York were arraigned and committed to the Luzerne County Correctional Facility for lack of bail. Police said officers responded to the intersection of 15th and ...
passed onward Thursday night after a brief illness.Born in Yonkers, New York on July 22, 1950, Will grew up playing baseball and basketball. Sought for his skill as an educator, he moved to Virginia in 1973 and attained his dream of becoming a kindergarten ...
“Lie went to a New York movie house and saw a very ... because they’re not really set up for fine-art appreciation there,” Mr. Bland said. That makes the Yonkers show, which also includes three lithographs on paper borrowed from Vesterheim: The ...
YONKERS, N.Y. -- A former New York City police officer and ex-Yonkers resident faces up to six years in prison after pleading guilty to defrauding insurance companies, according to lohud.com. Jose Urena, formerly of Yonkers, made fraudulent auto insurance ...
Eleven people were arrested this morning while protesting a drill site for the AIM pipeline. Some members of the ResistAim Pipeline group had to be carried away by state troopers from the front of Spectra Energy's construction site just a few hundred from ...
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3 dead, 2 injured in series of hit and run crashes across NYC

Three people were killed and two were injured in separate hit and run crashes across New York City over the weekend ... Contreras, a father of two sons, was a custodian in Yonkers who was about to retire. There are two surviving victims of the crashes ...
The schools were mainly in the state's largest cities, including Rochester, Yonkers, Buffalo, Syracuse and New York City. Overall, 188 schools were on the priority schools list "as a result of being among the lowest-performing schools in the state."
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3 dead, 2 injured in series of hit and run crashes across NYC

Contreras, a father of two sons, was a custodian in Yonkers who was about to retire. There are two surviving victims of the crashes, the man hit crossing the street in SoHo and the woman hit in South Jamaica. They are listed in critical condition.
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Two Westchester fugitives arrested by task force

NEW YORK – The joint federal-state US Marshal’s Service task force has arrested two people wanted on separate charges. Elizabeth Campbell, 32, of Yonkers, was arrested on a warrant for assault and resisting arrest from the City of Yonkers Police ...
Elizabeth Campbell, 32, of Yonkers, was arrested on a warrant for assault and resisting arrest from the City of Yonkers Police Department. Jessamy Turhan, 51, of Mount Vernon, was arrested on a warrant for violation of his state parole after a conviction ...
Elizabeth Campbell, 32, of Yonkers, was arrested on a warrant for assault and resisting arrest from the City of Yonkers Police Department. Jessamy Turhan, 51, of Mount Vernon, was arrested on a warrant for violation of his state parole after a conviction ...
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Play It Forward Feb. 29-March 6: The Pac-12 Tournament seeds are planted for USC, UCLA

What’s the end game here for the Bruins and Trojans heading into the final weekend of the Pac-12 regular season ... Meanwhile, Narbonne (23-6) faces another Ed Azzam-coached team from Westchester (25-6) trying to get into the state title chase ...
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Lincoln Park Jewish Center In Yonkers Observes Holocaust Remembrance

Click here for the program's speaker schedule. Other hosts of the program include Holocaust and Human Rights Education Center Speakers Bureau and the Yonkers Public Schools. For additional information, contact Randee Ginsberg: rginsberg@jcy-wcp.com.
YONKERS, N.Y. -- The Lincoln Park Jewish Center and JCY-Westchester Community Partners are offering a Holocaust Remembrance Program at the LPJC in Yonkers from Monday, March 7, to Friday, March 11. The program will honor the memory of the 12 million ...
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