AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETING: Will be held on Tuesday, March 12, 2019
(Immediately following the IDA Audit Meeting which takes place at 9:00 am)
YONKERS IDA OFFICE: 470 Nepperhan Ave –Suite 200, Yonkers, NY 10701
YONKERS: The challenge of educating students in a school built in 1894 was brought into perspective as state and local officials visited School 9 last week and toured the newer Saunders Trades and Technical High School this week.
NY State Senator Shelley Mayer, a Yonkers native who also serves as the Senate’s Education Committee Chair, NY Assembly Member Michael R. Benedetto, who also serves as the Assembly’s Education Committee Chair, and Assembly member Dr. Nader Sayegh all took the tour.
Mayor Mike Spano, City Council President Mike Khader, City Council Majority Leader Michael Sabatino, Deputy Mayor Jim Cavanaugh were also joined by were joined by Yonkers Council of PTAs president Rob Rijos, and Yonkers Federation of Teachers president Samantha Rosado-Ciriello
The deadline to submit sculptured artwork to be featured at the Saw Mill River Daylighting Park at New Main Street has been extended to March 31st at 12pm.
The City is collaborating with the Department of Planning and Development to enhance this area with artwork specifically created by Yonkers’ resident
Lisa Alexis Villar, age 25, of Yonkers, New York passed away on Thursday February 28, 2019 after a long and brave battle with Cystic Fibrosis. Lisa was born March 11, 1993 in Yonkers, New York at St John’s Riverside Hospital to Karen Galik and Danny Villar.
Lisa attended school at St. Paul The Apostle, Christ the King, and Our Lady of Victory before graduating from Yonkers HS in 2011. Lisa’s interests included Basketball, Softball and Volleyball.
Lisa was a warrior who touched everyone who knew her and was known for her strength and courage. She always maintained a positive attitude and would never quit.
She is survived by her parents, Karen Galik and Danny Villar. She is also survived by her maternal grandfather, John Galik of Yonkers and by many aunts, uncles and cousins. Lisa is preceded in death by her maternal grandmother Patricia Ann Galik, as well as her paternal grandparents Helen Rivera and Franklin Villar of Yonkers.
A visitation for Lisa will be held Friday, March 8, 2019 from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM at Whalen & Ball Funeral Home, 168 Park Ave, Yonkers, NY 10703. A mass of christian burial will occur Saturday, March 9, 2019 from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM at St. Bartholomew’s Church, 15 Palmer Rd, Yonkers, NY 10701. An interment will occur Saturday, March 9, 2019 from 11:15 AM to 12:00 PM at Oakland Cemetery, 2 Saw Mill River Rd, Yonkers, NY 10701.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.whalenandballfh.com for the Villar family.
YONKERS Starting At 2 PM they will provide crayons and Sesame Street character coloring pages for the kids. Sesame Street characters will be here as puppets that you can play with
ROUNDUP VIDEO: Yonkers Assemblyman Nader Sayegh (Westchester County) supports a resolution for the reappointment of 4 members to the New York State Board of Regents
WASHINGTON DC: Congressman Eliot Engel, a top member on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, joined colleagues from both the House and Senate to unveil new legislation that would restore Net Neutrality protections for consumers and small business.
QUOTE: “A free and open internet is essential to modern democracy. The Trump Administration has put Net Neutrality at risk and House Democrats are committed to protecting it,” Engel said.
“We have unveiled comprehensive legislation, the “Save the Internet Act”, that will protect consumers and small businesses from having their internet speeds blocked, throttled, or tiered based on usage. This bicameral legislation must be a top priority in both the House and the Senate, and I am hopeful that it will move quickly through Congress.”
The “Save the Internet” Act creates popular, bipartisan and targeted net neutrality protections, and codifies the FCC’s 2015 Open Internet Order similar to last year’s Congressional Review Act that passed the Senate and had bipartisan support in the House:
Luis Alturet Rivera was suspected by the Yonkers Police Department in the dealy shooting of Diane Casado in 2017 was arrested last month In Washington State and accused of having her credit cards on the morning of the killing.
Yonkers residents were shocked when Diane Casado, 29, was shot in the head on January 22, 2017 at 3 am, after parking her car in a lot on Palisade Avenue.
Diana Casado’s mother found her slumped over in the front seat of the car and she was still alive, but passed away at the hospital.
Yonkers Police knew that Luis Alturet Rivera had the victim’s three credit cards at about 3 am on Jan. 22, 2017, in the area of 292 Ashburton Avenue, but when they later went to interview him, they he had left Yonkers.
Later Yonkers Police Detectives learned that Luis Alturet Rivera was the last person seen with a woman who had disappeared In Yonkers.
Last month, Yonkers Police detectives went to interview Luis Alturet Rivera in Washington and an arrest warrant was obtained.
Luis Alturet Rivera is being held without bail and is due back in city court on March 25th