UNION CHECKPOINT: This Reporter Was Told The New Security Measures Was Just In Case The Construction Unions Showed Up At A Yonkers Industrial Development Agency Public Hearing Tonight

FEAR OF PROTESTS: Plain Clothed Officers From The Yonkers Police Department Were Also Stationed At The Front Door And In The Lobby To Observe And Process Any Union Members, Who Might Come To Speak Against A Yonkers Industrial Development Agency Taxpayer Funded Project

YONKERS: This Reporter Was Stopped At The Sidewalk At The Yonkers Industrial Development Agency And Had To Wait A Bit To See If He Would Be Allowed To Cover The Public Hearing

The Construction Trade Unions And Yonkers IDA Chairman Mayor Mike Spano Did Not Show Up, But The Yonkers Police Department Personnel Remained At The Two Security Check Points After The YIDA Public Hearing Ended

We Are told That Yonkers Police Department Commissioner Chareles Gardener Is Out Of Town And It Is Unclear If He Approved This Construction Union Security Detail At The Yonkers Industrial Development Agency Parking Lot And Building

Last Year The Construction Unions Staged A Protest At City Hall And Walked Past The Yonkers Police Department Lobby Checkpoint With City Council President Mike Khader To Crash And Protest Mayor Mike Spano’s Christmas Reception

The Yonkers Unions Have Been Upset That The Taxpayer Funded Yonkers Industrial Development Agency Projects Have Not Used Local Union Construction Labor