Cop, 26, Expected To Recover After Being Shot In The Face In Westchester

The 26-year-old Yonkers police officer who was shot in the jaw on Monday night is expected to make a full recovery, according to police officials. During a press conference on Tuesday morning, Yonkers officials said that Officer Kayla Maher remains in serious, but stable condition at Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx following the shooting during a routine check of a suspicious vehicle on a quiet street Monday night.

The balancing act of Westchester multifamily building

... up along both the bucolic environs of the Hudson River and in the urban settings of Mount Vernon, White Plains, Yonkers and New Rochelle. Many of them are aimed squarely at young New York commuters looking for alternatives to Brooklyn and Queens. ...

NY Times Reports On ‘Flurry Of Development’ In Westchester Cities

According to the New York Times , cities like Mount Vernon, New Rochelle, and Yonkers are starting to play host to developers as the housing crunch hits New York City. Mount Vernon is the home of a $48 million five-building 179-unit rental project near the Fleetwood station and this fall will see the opening of the Mount Vernon brewery at a site that used to manufacture fake Christmas trees, according to the Times.