Yonkers Police Investigate Fatal Motor Vehicle Accident in Which Police Traffic Unit Sergeant Sergeant Frank Gualdino Died

Yonkers Police Traffic Unit Sergeant Frank Gualdino, a 24-year veteran of the Yonkers Police Department  died from his injuries at a hospital; he was 53-years-old and leaves behind a wife and two children, ages 14 and 20. At the time of the accident, Sergeant Gualdino was on-duty and working in his capacity as a traffic supervisor. He was due to retire in nine months time.

YONKERS, WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NY – December 2, 2022 — On Thursday, December 1st, 2022, at approximately 3:34 PM, members of the Yonkers Police Department responded to the Sprain Brook Parkway overpass on Tuckahoe Road on a report of a motor vehicle accident. Upon arrival First Responders observed a multi-vehicle accident involving two sedans and an occupied Westchester County Bee-Line bus; the involved sedans were a 2020 BMW M5 and an unmarked Yonkers Police vehicle, a 2012 Chevrolet Impala. Both sedans were occupied only by the operators; the bus had approximately thirty passengers. The operators of the BMW and police vehicle suffered devastating blunt force injuries to their heads and bodies and were transported to ...

Yonkers Park Delivers Massive Returns

YONKERS, WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NY  — November 30, 2022 —A public park designed to accelerate green renewal in Yonkers’ downtown has spurred more than half a billion dollars in private investment a decade since its inauguration.

The $48 million daylighting of the Saw Mill River at Van der Donck Park—dedicated in 2012—led to $582.6 million in surrounding development, including the recent opening of the Great Point Studios/Lionsgate facility just a block from the park.

“Yonkers’ commitment to green redevelopment didn’t end with uncovering the Saw Mill River at Larkin Plaza,” said Mayor Mike Spano. “Since taking office in 2012, my administration has “daylighted” two more sections of the river and expanded recreational opportunities with new fitness centers in parks, renovated playgrounds, and new sports fields like the soccer mini-pitch at Pelton Park, which opened in September. The city now has the resources to build a new, 3-acre waterfront park near the Ludlow Station and a new athletic field near the Boyce Thompson Center.”

With funds allocated by former Gov. George Pataki, Yonkers officials and Groundwork Hudson Valley began ...