Boy, cop jump off overpass: How boy’s doing, new details on incident
A Bronx boy is recovering after he tumbled off the Saw Mill River Parkway onto Tuckahoe Road in Yonkers. A Hastings police officer jumped to his aid.
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Yonkers City Hall Clock Tower to be Lit in Blue and Green to…
On Saturday, August 4th, The City of Yonkers will honor ANDRUS by lighting The City Hall Clock Tower in blue and green, the ANDRUS colors, in order to highlight the organization's 90 years of service and launch the lead-up to its Anniversary Celebration on Friday, November 2nd. "Today we applaud ANDRUS, an important and vital member of the Yonkers Community," said Mayor Mike Spano.
County Names New Public Safety Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner
... Westchester County Police Department on Friday. Acting Public Safety Commissioner Marty McGlynn is on the far left. Yonkers native Tom Gleason is sworn in as Westchester County's Commissioner of Public Safety on Friday by Administrative Judge Kathie ...
Bite To The Face May Lead To Life In Prison For Westchester Armed Robber
A Westchester man faces life in prison after being found guilty of pistol-whipping a woman and her son during a violent armed robbery in Westchester last year when he got bit in the face, leading to his arrest. Mount Vernon resident Sidney Lane, 37, was found guilty of two counts of attempted robbery, violent felonies, for an incident in Yonkers last July, when he attacked a woman and her 23-year-old son in their home.
Mosquitoes in Westchester test positive for West Nile
The Journal News reports the Westchester County Health Department confirmed two batches of mosquitoes collected in Yonkers tested positive for the virus. There were 134 batches tested in the county.
E.V. (Anonymous), plaintiff-appellant, v. R.V. (Anonymous),…
RUTH C. BALKIN, J.P. SHERI S. ROMAN SANDRA L. SGROI COLLEEN D. DUFFY, JJ.Spolzino, Smith, Buss & Jacobs, LLP, Yonkers, N.Y. , for plaintiff-appellant. Sidley Austin LLP, New York, N.Y. , for amici curiae Domestic Violence Legal Empowerment and Appeals Project, Sanctuary for Families, New York Legal Assistance Group, and Her Justice.
Officials: Mosquitoes in Yonkers test positive for West Nile
The Journal News reports the Westchester County Health Department confirmed two batches of mosquitoes collected in Yonkers tested positive for the virus. There were 134 batches tested in the county.
Man gets prison time for ice pick attack on ex-girlfriend
A New York man who stabbed his ex-girlfriend 14 times with an ice pick in her car has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for attempted murder. Westchester County District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino Jr. says the Yonkers resident was in the passenger seat of the woman's parked car when he stabbed her.
Westchester Man Gets Prison Time For Attempting To Kill Ex With An Ice Pick
A Westchester man is going to spend a decade behind bars after pleading guilty to attempted murder after he stabbed his former girlfriend more than a dozen times with an ice pick in the stomach and chest in Hastings-on-Hudson. Yonkers resident David Rojas, 39, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for second-degree attempted murder, a violent felony, Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr., announced on Monday.