Yonkers, NY – On Friday, March 8th, 2019, at approximately 2:55 AM, members of the Yonkers Police Department responded to the area of Bruce Avenue at Radford Street on a report of a male struck by a vehicle.

Thereat officers located a male pedestrian victim of a motor vehicle accident down on the road with severe injuries; medical aid was rendered to the victim and he was brought to a local area trauma center where he subsequently succumbed to his injuries and died.

The victim is identified as Jesus Angel VILLANUEVA, a 23-year-old resident of Radford Street this City. A criminal investigation was initiated.

Detectives from the Major Case Squad and Crime Scene Unit, along with investigators from the Accident Investigation Unit, responded to the scene, interviewing subjects and witnesses, reviewing surveillance video, and processing forensic evidence.

Investigation has yielded that the victim was struck by a gray four-door passenger sedan near the intersection of Bruce Avenue at Radford Street; the vehicle did not stop and fled the area. Detectives are actively working to identify the registration and operator / occupant(s) of the vehicle; no arrests have been made at this time.

Investigators are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying the wanted vehicle; still images are attached. The Yonkers Police Department is also offering a $500 reward for information leading to the arrest of the operator.

Anyone with information regarding the registration of the vehicle, or the identity of the operator / occupant(s), is asked to call the Yonkers Police Detective Division at (914) 377-7724 – all calls can remain confidential.

100% anonymous tips can be sent by texting the key word YPD plus the tip to 847411. Anonymous tips can also be sent to us directly through the Yonkers PD Tips app which can be downloaded for free to any Apple or Android device.

The City of Yonkers and Yonkers Police Department offers its sincere condolences to the family of the victim

“I was proud to stand with Mayor Mike Spano, my Yonkers City Council colleagues, local union leaders, Board of Education Trustees, the Superintendent of Schools and most importantly, students, to call on New York State to provide additional state education aid to Yonkers.

For decades our Public Schools have been woefully underfunded by the State of New York while the City of Yonkers has provided records amount of aid for our students.

Our test scores and graduation rates rise as the State funding remains stagnant.

That is a testament to the hard work and dedication of our teachers, parents, administration and Board of Education Trustees.

This year, the Yonkers Public Schools faces a $60 million deficit which could potentially lead to major cuts and layoffs.

At this press conference we kicked off the “Fund Schools Fairly” campaign to fix the chronic under funding from Albany and call for a permanent, structural change to the state aid formula to fund Yonkers fairly.”

PUBLIC HEARING: The Yonkers IDA Will Hold A Public Hearing On Tuesday, March 19, 2019 For Parkledge Preservation LLC At 5:30 PM

YONKERS: Parkledge Preservation, LLC is proposing a $4.9 Million Capital plan for 220 – 250 Yonkers Avenue that would include roof repairs, facade improvements, elevator cab upgrades. 

Parkledge’s goal is to fix outstanding health and safety items, as well as, well as adding security upgrades. 

At a previous IDA meeting Mayor Mike Spano asked Parkledge to improve access for children so that they can access school buses safely through a now closed rear gate.

Currently, the children must walk along Yonkers Avenue to get to their buses 

IDA Chairman Mayor Mike Spano also asked Parklege to take a look to at a neighboring vacant house where the ground has eroded away.

Hearing will be held at:

Yonkers IDA Office

Conference Room – 470 Nepperhan Avenue, Suite 200

Yonkers, New York 10701

YONKERS: London Reyes who lost two years in a democratic primary against Legislator Virginia Perez is going to give it another shot

County Legislator Virginia Perez is not running for re-election this year and the Yonkers Democratic Committee has endorsed former County Legislator José Alvarado

London Reyes, was the president of the Puerto Rican Parade, but it was replaced by the Yonkers Hispanic Day Parade that was headed by other Latino leaders in Yonkers

In the last election London Reyes became a district leader in the Park Hill section of Yonkers

London Reyes has been an advocate for youth in Yonkers and joined rallies for public school education funding in Albany

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The “United Nations Association of the United States- Westchester” Honoring Shawyn Patterson Howard, President and CEO of the Yonkers YMCA and Masha Turchinsky, Director of the Hudson River Museum

The Yonkers City Council members want to know what you think.

You can sign up to speak the night of the Public Hearing.

Nearly 3,000 5th – 12th grade students heard first hand from Holocaust survivors and liberators during the 25th annual Holocaust Remembrance, held this year from March 11 – March 15 at the Lincoln Park Jewish Center.

The impact of hearing from surviving witnesses to one of humanity’s great atrocities was evident in the audience of students, teachers, administrators and community members.

“In just 15 days Yonkers will find out whether we are treated fairly in this year’s State Budget.

If we aren’t, our schools face a $45-$60 million budget gap and potential teacher layoffs.

That’s why I joined City Councilmembers, teachers and other union leaders this week to meet with our Albany leaders and tell them this year’s State Budget must finally treat Yonkers fairly.

We met with Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, who now is one of the three people who will negotiate this year’s budget, and with Senate Education Committee Chair Senator Shelley Mayer, whose Committee is in charge of all Senate education legislation.

Our message was simple: Don’t agree to any State Budget unless it treats Yonkers fairly.

We also met with our new Assemblyman Nader Sayegh and long-time Assemblyman Gary Pretlow, as well as the Governor’s budget staff, and warned that without a fair budget we may have to cut hundreds of teaching positions.

If you want to know what you can do, call the Governor and your Albany representatives. Express your appreciation for their past support of Yonkers Schools, and urge them to stand strong for Yonkers.

Together we can provide the children of Yonkers with the education they deserve.

With everyone’s help I am confident this will be the year Albany stops shortchanging our city.”