YONKERS: At the end of June 180 Yonkers Public Schools employees will get pink slips, but no one is talking about what potential layoffs in The City of Yonkers will look like.

No one is talking about what trash pick-up could look like if it gets cut back as Teamsters Local 456 are shown the door.

What does the Yonkers Police Department look like especially in the midst of civil unrest and protests if #Yonkers can’t fully staff it.

What does our fire department look like if we can’t staff every fire station, because Yonkers Firefighters Local 628 members have been let go.

And its not just Yonkers, the financial situation facing upstate cities like #Buffalo, #Rochester, #Albany and #Syracuse is also bleak.

On June 25, a large state aid payment to cities had been expected, but with Governor Andrew Cuomo floating an $8-plus billion cut to local aid, that money has been suspended.

That means that cities like Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and Yonkers may not see it.
Plus Yonkers has seen sales tax revenue drop precipitously.

Some at Yonkers City Hall estimating an approximate 35% drop in sales tax revenue in the city of hills.

If federal stimulus doesn’t arrive soon Yonkers City Council President Mike Khader may need to call emergency meetings for short term borrowing.

There’s a lot of uncertainty, and unfortunately Mayor Mike Spano is dependent on what happens in Washington and Albany, more than ever before…..