They leave by  bus from Yonkers at 7:30am Tuesday, March 19, 2019.

Please contact the Yonkers Council of PTSA to RSVP, and for travel details.  #YonkersKidsMatter

This Will be followed by Mayor Mike Spano’s Irish Coffee ReceptionYonkers City Hall – 2nd floor – Mayor’s Reception Room at 5 PM.

COMMUNITY RADIO: Soon Yonkers Educators Like Carmen Goldberg, Healthcare Leaders Like Michael Spicer, Music Promoters Like Gene Dinapoli, Political leaders like Mayor Mike Spano, Realtors Like Jeffery Landsman, Union Leaders Like Lionel Turner, Young Entrepreneurs Like Virginia Perez Won’t Have To Schlep Over To WVOX Just To Be Heard In And Around New Rochelle.

THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE: The Goal Of WYNK Radio Is To Become Yonkers’ Great Community Radio Station Allowing All Of Its Diverse Voices And Talents To Be Heard In New York’s Fourth Largest City.

HOMETOWN RADIO: If you love radio you will find that this Yonkers community radio station will always have something happening.

The Yonkers WYNK Radio wants cover to every imaginable topic and interview some of the most important celebrities, writers and politicians in the city of hills.

Did you know the first public broadcast of FM (Frequency Modulation) radio happened right here in Yonkers.

In fact, Maj. Edwin Howard Armstrong the inventor of FM Radio was born on Warburton Avenue.

Radio is like Lazarus.

Television didn’t kill it and the Internet only enhanced it.

It’s free and over the air, it’s a medium for everyone: the rich, the poor, the misunderstood, the forgotten, and the disenfranchised.

The magic of radio will reign forever in Yonkers with the birth of WYNK.

REAL ESTATE: Invesco Provides $69 Million In Bridge Financing for Yonkers Industrial Property After Taxpayer Funded POP Displays USA Says Its Leaving Yonkers

Invesco Real Estate has originated a $69 million floating-rate loan to refinance 555 Tuckahoe Road—a 435,000-square-foot Class-B industrial building—in Yonkers, N.Y.

Cushman & Wakefield’s Gideon Gil and Zachary Kraft negotiated the debt on behalf of Westchester-based developer Alfred Weissman Real Estate (AWRE).  

Invesco Senior Directors Yorick Starr and Bert Crouch led the financing.

Harrison based AWRE acquired the asset in 1999, leasing it under a long-term, triple-net-lease. Invesco’s refinance acts as a bridge loan to accommodate a new tenant that will occupy the property at the end of this year.

“We are excited to begin a relationship with AWRE,” Starr said. “This loan underscores our solutions-oriented approach whereby we quickly provided AWRE with a flexible and accretive loan to manage through the re-tenanting of the property.”

AWRE focuses on opportunistic investments that are typically too small for large investors, and too large for small, independent investors. Its portfolio includes hospitality, retail and office properties.

AWRE was able to take advantage of the competitive market to replace the existing debt on 555 Tuckahoe Road.

Sustained high demand for industrial product in the New York Metro area led AWRE to a quick rental of the property soon to vacated by POP Displays USA

AWRE focuses on opportunistic investments that are typically too small for large investors, and too large for small, independent investors. Its portfolio includes hospitality, retail and office properties

Yonkers Council of PTA/PTSAs impact workshop on keeping our kids and schools safe, featuring Bill Flash from Sandy Hook Promise, taking place Saturday, March 16, 2019 at Lincoln High School

The Yonkers Police Department Says Its “The Safest” But The Independent SafeWise.com Says That 157 Cities In New York Are Safer That #Yonkers

But SafeWise.com says Yonkers Is Safer Than #MountVernon (170), Syracuse (174) And Buffalo (181), Which Are All Safer Than Down And Dirty Newburgh At 183.

https://www.safewise.com/blog/safest-cities-new-york/

“One of the things my office does is assist residents when they have a quality of life issue that needs to be resolved. I also spot these issues during my traveling of the 4th Council District in additional to fielding the residents concerns.

Some of the issues that have recently been reported and resolved are:

Mattress dumped on McLean Avenue

Traffic Light out at McCullem Place and McLean Avenue

Automobile repair shop operating out of a residential home

Speeding in residential neighborhoods

Non-permitted commercial construction work on Yonkers Avenue

Pothole filling on various local roads

Unstable telephone pole on Winfred Avenue

City Tree uprooting a sidewalk on Yonkers Avenue

Dumping of debris on Cricklewood North

Alternate Side Parking sign missing on Orient Street

Loitering in Bregano Park

Abandoned vehicles on Catskill Avenue and Francis Terrace

Water leak at Sedgwick Avenue

Tires dumped on Wakefield Avenue

Zombie home on Sweetfield Circle

Boarding home on Holly Street

Dangerous City tree on Alexander Avenue

Debris left by utility company on McLean Avenue

Plow and salter request on Thurton Place

Trash on front lawn of property on Alida Street

There are a wide range of issues and concerns, from minor infractions to safety hazards, that are reported to my office and we are fortunate in that Mayor Mike Spano’s Office of Constituent Services is very responsive to these reports.

As always, please feel free to report any issue or concern to my office at (914) 377-6314.

If something needs to be adddressed immediately and it is after business hours please contact our Helpline, which is staffed 24 hours a day, at (914) 377-HELP.

H. Guy Leibler, President – Simone Healthcare Development, will be the Keynote Speaker at the next Chamber Networking Breakfast to be held Tuesday, March 19th, 7:30 am at Saint Joseph’s Medical Center, 127 South Broadway, Yonkers. This breakfast is sponsored by Saint Joseph’s Medical Center.

Early Bird Coffee and the opportunity to network with members starts at 7:30 am with Breakfast at 7:45 am. The cost is $15 for members, $20 for guests of members, and $25 for non-members. Come early for networking and bring an ample supply of business cards and hand outs.

To reserve, call the Chamber office at (914) 963-0332 or RSVP on the Chamber’s Website www.yonkerschamber.com

The Board of Education will hold a Public Hearing of Wednesday, March 20, 2019 on the International Academy for Culture, Arts, Science and Technology Charter School (“The CAST Charter School”) Application – New Charter High School.

The International Academy for Culture, Arts, Science and Technology Charter School (“The CAST Charter School”) pending request to SUNY Charter Schools Institute for the following proposed request:

Authorization to establish a Charter High School, commencing in Grade 9 in the 2020- 2021 school year, growing one grade per year until they are able to serve students in Grades 9-12 in the 2023-2024 school year, enrolling 300 students.

PUBLIC HEARING:

Saunders Trades & Technical High School
Angelo E. Paradiso Auditorium
183 Palmer Road
Yonkers, New York 10701