Yonkers Police Units Assist In Jet Skier Rescue

Multiple law enforcement agencies helped rescue a pair of jet skiers when their vessel overturned in the Hudson River on Thursday night. Members of the Hastings Police Department, Westchester County Police, the U.S. Coast Guard and Yonkers Police Department teamed up to assist two jet skiers who lost control of their vehicle, overturned and were separated from each other in the middle of the Hudson.

Hudson Valley Officials Celebrate Coast Guard Decision On Anchorage Berths

With the U.S. Coast Guard suspending plans to create anchor berths for barges throughout the Hudson Valley, local officials are celebrating their victory after more than a year of deliberating. The Coast Guard agreed to t ake the deal off the table and "suspend future rulemaking decisions," regarding the plan to install 16 barge anchor berths across 715 acres on the water between Yonkers and Dobbs Ferry earlier this week.

Coast Guard Kills Plan To Park Barges Along Hudson River

... a parking lot for commercial oil ships." Earlier this year, bi-partisan Hudson Valley officials came together at the Yonkers waterfront to announce additional legislation that would stop the U.S. Coast Guard's proposal that includes the installation ...

Hudson River: A Battle for Anchorage Grounds Goes Viral

... Register notice, seeking public comments on a proposal suggesting new anchorage grounds in the Hudson River, from Yonkers to Kingston, N.Y. Officially, this was an advance notice of proposed rulemaking; in other words, an action the Coast Guard was ...

Officials, environmentalists condemn Hudson River barge proposal

There's a new effort to quash a proposal by the U.S. Coast Guard to establish dozens of anchor sites along the Hudson River. Lawmakers and Lawmakers and environmentalists gathered in Kingston Thursday to condemn the Coast Guard's controversial Hudson River barge proposal, which would add around 40 barge-anchoring areas to the river from Yonkers to Ulster County.