Tag: Yonkers

Two Yonkers teens sentenced to state prison
Lead Stories News

Two Yonkers teens sentenced to state prison

Westchester County District Attorney Miriam E. Rocah announced that two Yonkers teens who engaged in a gunfight on a Yonkers street were sentenced for shooting a six-year-old bystander in the chest. On March 29, 2022, an 18-year-old adolescent offender was sentenced to 10 years in state prison, with five years […]

Virtual Youth Town Hall series kicks off
Community Education

Virtual Youth Town Hall series kicks off

The Westchester-Putnam Workforce Development Board, WPWDB, in association with area youth service agencies, is hosting a series of Virtual Youth Town Halls—forums for questions, ideas and opinions voiced by and for youth of Westchester and Putnam counties. The Youth Town Halls put young adults front and center, providing them with […]

Cuomo gives schools green light to reopen
Education Lead Stories

Cuomo gives schools green light to reopen

[dropcap]B[/dropcap]olstered by a continuously low transmission rate of COVID-19 across New York state, students statewide will be allowed to return to the classroom this fall. After huddling with members of the state Department of Health, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, announced on Aug. 7 that every region in the state […]

High winds from Tropical Storm Isaias toppled hundreds of trees and knocked out power to more than 250,000 customers in Westchester County and New York City on Tuesday, Aug 4., 2020. More than a week later Con Edison was still working to restore power to hundreds of customers in the county. Photo/Mike Smith
Lead Stories News

Con Ed under fire for failed storm response

[dropcap]O[/dropcap]n Monday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo leveled threats against Con Edison, calling the embattled utility company’s response to Topical Storm Isaias “unacceptable.” “There will be storms and the utility companies know that. I’ve spoken to them about this numerous times,” said Cuomo, a Democrat. “The essential service a utility provides is […]