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YONKERS FREE PRESS >>> CITY OF YONKERS ADOPTS 2020-2021 BUDGET

PHOTO: The Yonkers City Budget Stays Within State-Mandated Tax Cap; Maintains City Services & Provides Largest Contribution to Yonkers Public Schools

YONKERS, NY – May 29, 2020 — Following weeks of budget hearings, The City of Yonkers 2020-2021 Budget was adopted today with a 6-1 vote by the Yonkers City Council.

The Adopted Budget stays within the state-mandated property tax cap and maintains all city services.

The Adopted Budget stays within the state-mandated property tax cap and includes an increase in the property tax levy of 1.58%.

A typical one-to-three family home at the median assessed value of $11,000 will see their annual property tax bill increase by approximately $225 annually.

City water and sewer rates will remain flat.

“This year’s budget has proven to be one of the most difficult as our city, state and country deal with the economic impacts of a global pandemic,” said Mayor Mike Spano.

“The city has lost millions in economically sensitive revenues. Despite this, we stayed within the tax cap so as to not overburden our taxpayers as they, too, are trying to navigate this storm.”

The 2021 Adopted Budget also increases the School District’s budget, totaling the city’s contribution to $269.6 million — making it the largest local share of any big city to a district outside of New York City.

Despite the record increase in the City’s school funding, the Yonkers Public Schools still will need to eliminate up to 168 positions because Yonkers continues to receive far less school funding from the state government than the state’s other large cities.

Mayor Mike Spano commented, “While the city has provided record aid to our schools, it is still not enough as the state did not provide the additional funding to our schools as we had hoped. Our schools will have to make some tough decisions and need to work within the allocated budget so that our students, teachers, administrators and staff can still work efficiently and effectively.”

“Clearly this year’s budget is a tough one, but by working together with our local leaders, we are maintaining quality services for our residents, relieving our taxpayers as best as we can and making the vital investments in education so we can keep moving Yonkers forward,” Mayor Spano added.

Budget Snapshot:

• $1.24 billion total budget

• Includes record increase in aid to Yonkers Board of Education

• Maintains city services; Yonkers Public Schools to eliminate 168 positions

• Contains 1.58% increase in property tax levy; stays within state-mandated tax cap

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The building was originally a station house for a small railway that used to travel up the very steep Park Hill.

The neighborhood boasts impressive vistas of the Hudson and large Tudor-style homes, these grandiose structures are now complimented by smaller ranches and colonials that have since been constructed in the neighborhood

The Park Hill section of Yonkers was developed in 1888 by the American Real Estate Company of Manhattan. It is one of the earliest examples of aa planned community in the New York metropolitan area, conceived as an upscale locale for money-minded New Yorkers to make their own outside of the city’s limits.

Atop the hill, the American Real Estate Company built large, European-esque structures meant to give the area an aristocratic flavor. These include the now demolished Hendric Hudson Hotel.

50,000 Free Community Meals so far. We appreciate the contributions of all our restaurant and organization partners listed on our events page

The Grille at Somers Pointe, THe Briarcliff Manor, The Pleasantville Manor, Tarry Tavern, A.S.A.P. Mortgage Corp, Stephanie’s Mission, Somers PTA, WestCAP, Briarcliff Youth Soccer CLub, Neighbor’s Link, Tasty Table, Hudson Anchor, Orfino’s, Terra Rustica, and Westchester Tobacco-Stationary, Stamford Diner, Briarcliff Market & Deli, DeliBagel Cafe, Alamo Drafthouse, Tazza Cafe, Taco Inc, Falafel Taco, Nadine’s, Butcher’s Fancy, Dubrovnik Restaurant.

With your help, we have purchased over $90,000 in meals from local restaurants during the COVID-19 pandemic so far.

Weekly Schedule until further notice until all meals are distributed: Mondays: Pleasantville with Mount Pleasant & Pleasantville PBAs, at Holy Innocents Church lot 4pm Alternate Mondays 6/15 & 6/29: Ossining with Ossining CAP at 81 Croton Ave, 5:30

Tuesdays: Gullotta House parners with Loaves & Fishes and Ossining Food Pantry to deliver 460 free dinner meals to COVID-19 homebound and quarantined residents in the Ossining area.

Tuesdays: Yonkers at YCAP at 164 Ashburton ave 4pm – Yonkers at Royale Palace, 4:30pm – 5:30pm

Wednesdays: Briarcliff Manor with Little Hands, Little Feet at St. Theresa School parking lot 5:30pm

Wednesdays: Tarrytown with Tarrytown Community Opportunity Center CAP 4pm

Wednesdays: Greenburgh with WestCAP & Theodore Young Community Center at 32 Manhattan Ave, White Plains 5pm

Thursdays: Somers with Somers PTA and The Grille at Somers Pointe in lot at Heritage Hills 5:00pm

Thursday: White Plains with White Plains MS PTA at Eastview Middle School, 350 Main St 5pm

Fridays: Ossining partnering with Neighbor’s Link & Briarcliff Youth Soccer Club at Stop & Shop 4pm also delivering 450 meals to COVID-19 quarantined and homebound residents in the Ossining area.

Saturdays: Mount Kisco partnering with Neighbor’s Link at 27 Columbus Ave 12pm.

Alternate Saturdays 6/13 & 6/27: Peekskill partnering with A.S.A.P. Mortgage, 2 South Division St 3pm

Donate to Gullotta House at www.gullottahouse.org to continue the free community meals.

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