Publisher / Editor Brian Harrod provides hyper local news for Yonkers, NY, that is also continually updated from thousands of sources on the Roundup Newswires Network
The Democratic wins mean Senate Democratic leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins of Yonkers will likely become the Senate's first female majority leader. Newsday's Joye Brown talked about the Democrats taking over the State Senate and the United States House of Representatives.
The man implicated in the strangling death of Angel Serbay in Yonkers 12 years ago has been extradited from Florida to New York to face rape and murder charges stemming from a pair of cases. The New York Daily News reported over the weekend that Christopher Gonzalez, 36, has been transported from Florida back to the New York, where he will face charges for his alleged involvement in the deaths of Serbay and a 19-year-old in the Bronx.
In this Aug. 30, 2017 photo, the base of the bust of Christopher Columbus remains on top of its pedestal at Columbus Park in Yonkers, N.Y., after the statue was attacked by vandals. Although it is unclear whether the vandalism is related to the recent controversy, activists in New York and elsewhere have targeted Columbus statues.
Thieves snatched a safe from a Verizon store near the Yonkers border on Tuesday, according to a report on News 12. The store is on Riverdale Avenue. at West 259th St. in the Bronx.
A controversial group of "journalists" who recently used undercover video to create public outrage directed at teachers union leaders in Yonkers is back at it, this time using a heavily edited video to go after union leaders in White Plains . The video, the third in a series aimed at teachers unions in New York, was released on Thursday and features several teachers union representatives, including White Plains Teachers Association President Caireen Broderick.
Yonkers began testing all the water fixtures in the school district in March. To date results from 20 of the district's 39 buildings have been released.
