Deeds and Leases

Can you believe it? With all the recent bad press about how Con Ed has been ripping down trees in WestchesterCounty under the guise of protecting their power lines, you would think that the City of Yonkers would smarten up? Well they have not. At least the powers that be at the Yonkers Fire Department [...]

Today Houlihan Lawrence launched its new state-of-the-art website http://www.houlihanlawrence.com This has been a long time coming, and it is very web 2.0! Sporting a new soothing color scheme, it is chock full of new features, including larger pictures, map searches, YELP! integration, school information, enhanced client access and so much more. Combined with our new in-house [...]

This is a fascinating account of the events leading up to the 11th hour about-face by Councilwomen Sandi Annabi who cast the deciding vote to approve the $600 million dollar Forrest City Ratner Ridge Hill project located next to the New York State Thruway in Yonkers. Annabi was indicted on Federal Charges Wednesday for allegedly accepting $167,000 [...]

Pat McDow was elected MajorityLeader and John Murtagh was elected Minority Leader. Good luck!!

Start the new year off right and give your child the advantages he or she needs in a fun and educational atmosphere at Kidville! There are a wide range of classes for children of all ages to sign up for! The grand opening kickoff is tomorrow! The Little Maestros will be paying a visit and [...]

My Twitter account http://www.twitter.com/bronxvillecoops was “followed” this evening by Victoriansource.com When I went to their website I was blown away by what was there. It is a unique collection of images and maps of Victorian era homes in Yonkers, primarily from the Park Hill neighborhood, located on the west side of the city bordering the [...]

Have the winter blues? Well starting January 5th I have the answer for you! The City of Yonkers offers a huge array of fun and self-improvement programs for everyone: from young children to seniors, at a very modest cost. Some examples of the programs are as follows: Youths Various art, dance & music programs, ballet, singing [...]

This evening the Yonkers City Council held a special meeting – its last for the year and the end of the term for three Council Members: Sandi Annabi, Liam McLaughlin and Dee Barbato. A long contentious evening ensued with all seven members of the Council excoriating the Yonkers Board of Education for acting in a [...]

Yonkers Tribune is reporting that the Mayor of Yonkers has received a letter from the State Comptrollers’ Office indicating that they have “selected” Yonkers to audit the internal controls relating to police and fire overtime. The City spends an enormous amount of money on overtime each year, which has always begged the question why not [...]

What is going on with the Yonkers BOE? Their behavior is indefensible. The City Council gives them roughly HALF A BILLION DOLLARS a year for educating our children, but when the Council wants to exercise its rights to have the BOE books audited, they are shut out. Look, the money comes from the pockets of [...]