NEW YORK STATE COMPTROLLER: The Metro-North Railroad’s homeless outreach contractor made 148 visits to the Yonkers train station to help homeless people and find them alternative shelter and support services, a state comptroller’s audit.

Metro-North in 2017 hired nonprofit Bowery Residents’ Committee to do outreach at stations.

The New York Comptroller Thomas Dinapoli audited the $2 million five-year contract and questioned whether the contractor was sending the proper amount of outreach workers at other Westchester County train stations.

Outreach workers were supposed to visit each station 96 times in between September 2017 and July 2018 and out performed in Yonkers, but the comptroller’s office found that other stations did not meet this contractual requirement.

For Example:

• 18 outreach visits at Croton-Harmon station.
• 41 visits at the Peekskill station.
• 51 visits at Tarrytown.
• 91 visits at Poughkeepsie
• One visit at Beacon

Metro-North told the comptroller’s office, that going forward it would monitor the contracted outreach workers more closely to insure that they meet their contractual requirements to help the homeless at all Westchester County Train Stations.

Karen Beltran is alongtime resident of Yonkers, I care about issues facing the families and children of Yonkers.

Karen Beltran says she cares about improving Yonkers schools, about attracting and retaining good paying jobs for Yonkers residents and about ensuring the availability of affordable housing for all.

Karen Beltran aslso pledges to foster fair economic development that benefits all residents immediately, about the provision of quality community services, about protecting our environment, about increasing public safety and about representative civic engagement,

Karen Beltran’s platform also calls for more support of the the arts and everything that will allow Yonkers to reach its full potential.

SYNOPSIS: Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world’s most advanced super computer.

With a Tomatometer Score of 93 percent and an Audience Score of 89 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, this mid-century classic comes highly recommended.

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/2001_a_space_odyssey

“The film is a journey through outer space, but it is also a journey through cinematic space. It conjures the future by making you sit through its vision of the future, spending time just being in it,” noted Bilge Ebiri of the Village Voice.

https://www.villagevoice.com/2018/05/19/2001-a-space-odyssey-and-the-limits-of-vision/

Interested? It’s playing at Alamo Drafthouse Yonkers (2548 Central Park Avenue) only on Sunday, Feb. 24

https://www.fandango.com/movieid-37242/movie-times

The Yonkers Myles Scully Ancient Order of Hibernians Division One will host their annual Brendan Murphy Memorial Communion Breakfast and Mass on Sunday, February 24 at St. Joseph’s Seminary, 201 Seminary Avenue in Yonkers, at 10 a.m.

The keynote speaker will be Lieutenant Colonel Don Makay, battalion commander of the Fighting 69th.

LAOH Division 19 president Allison M. Burke will receive the annual James McGinty Hibernian of the Year Award.  

 Also honored will be Brendan Murphy with an award presented posthumously as Hibernian Male of the Year.  Lieutenant Colonel Robert Farkas, who served with Murphy in the U.S. Army, will offer remarks.

Checks should be made payable to AOH Division One and mailed to Robert Eggen at 1 Sherwood Terrace, Apt. 2D, Yonkers, New York 10704.

Contact President Kevin Ellis at 914-884-4123 or breakfast chairman Bob Stauf at 914-476-2284.

The Trustees of the Yonkers Board of Education welcome comments during the Communications from the Community portion of the Wednesday, February 27th meeting beginning at 7:00PM at Saunders Trades & Technical HS, 183 Palmer Road. Select this link to reserve your time!

STATEMENT: From Council Member Corazon Pineda-Isaac

“Just a friendly reminder that my Valentine’s Day fundraiser is coming up and I hope to see you there –  Thursday, February 28, 2019 at 6pm at Castle Royale. 

I’m looking forward to continuing to serve the City of Yonkers, and the 2nd Council district in particular, for another 3 years. 

There’s a lot more to get done!”

UNION MAN: Frank Spotorno‘s Park Avenue Elevator Cab company was founded in 1992 and he is proud of his products and the people who build them.

NAFTA DEAL: On a trip to California, Frank Spotorno was invited to move his manufacturing company to Mexico by a government official.

NO RULES: As a result of NAFTA, Frank Spotorno was told that he could run his elevator manufacturing plant in Mexico for a fraction of what he pays his union employees, no workers compensation, insurance, taxes and no benefits required.

WOULDN’T SELL OUT: People in Yonkers say Frank Spotorno could have been an instant multi-millionaire if he took the deal to move the jobs to #Mexico.

SUPPORTS THE UNIONS: Frank Spotorno said he “couldn’t sell out my workers and my country,” and continues to manufacture his elevators right here In the United States.

GOOD MANAGEMENT: Frank Spotorno‘s Park Avenue keeps the quality high and customer service is a priority. They are focused on their clients and they work very hard to insure customer satisfaction.

YONKERS – Yonkers Democratic City Councilman Michael Sabatino says “Empire” actor Jussie Smolett’s alleged hate crime hoax my make it difficult for hate crime victims to come forward.

“We don’t need someone creating a hate crime, so that the next person might not feel, or they may not be considered legitimate,” says Sabatino.

The actor claims he was recently attacked and beaten by two men in Chicago who were shouting racial and homophobic slurs.

Smolett also claims the men tied a noose around his neck and poured bleach on him…..

http://westchester.news12.com/story/40012576/yonkers-councilman-decries-smolett-for-alleged-hate-crime-hoax