Leora Neal Presented with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award by Marquis Who’s Who

... New York State Office of Children and Family Services (NYS OCFS). In that position, she worked in the New York City, Yonkers and Spring Valley Regional Offices of NYS OCFS at various times until her retirement in 2013. Prior to these roles, Ms. Neal ...

Program Keeping Convicted Youths Closer to Home Enjoys Success, Faces Cuts

Seventeen-year-old "Jim" landed in a Leake & Watts group home for juvenile delinquents last August, after he stole money from his father to purchase a new phone. Jim, who had previously been arrested for trespassing in a neighbor's apartment, is now among the oldest of the eight teenage boys who reside in a non-secure placement facility in Bensonhurst, where their days are tightly programmed around school, chores, group activities and the occasional field trip to Yonkers - where Leake & Watts has a campus with a swimming pool - the Barclays Center and other venues.

Nyack Sketch Log: Hip Hopper Hooray

... College, Columbia University, and was most recently the Director the Education at the Hudson River Museum in Yonkers. Patton expects to motivate an interested public in understanding Hopper, who "brings illustrations to everyday life.". Other ...

Hudson River Museum announces appointment of new Director

... They will also focus on the design phase of the Museum's $5.5 million expansion in partnership with the City of Yonkers to create new climate-controlled special exhibition galleries, expanded space for the permanent collection, a 100-seat ...