BREAKING NEWS HEZITORIAL: Yonkers City Council Prepared to Vote on Mayor Mike Spano’s Proposed FY2020-2021 Budget Before Knowing How Much Aid the New York State Legislature Will Eventually Approve
By HEZI ARIS

Bronxville Tribune / Yonkers Tribune / Mount Vernon Tribune / Westchester Tribune Publisher / Editor-at-Large and WHYT Radio’s Westchester On the Level Host Hezi Aris.

YONKERS, NY — May 29, 2020 — Yonkers Tribune has learned that the Office of the Yonkers Clerk worked into the wee hours last night formulating a proposal for the adoption of Mayor Mike Spano’s proposed budget before knowing what amount of allocation will be afforded the City of Yonkers upon passage of New York State Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s proposed FY2020-2021 Budget.

The City of Yonkers (CoY) for over 20 years that this reporter is aware has espoused that CoY’s budget could not be tabulated without knowing the amount of funding allocated to CoY and the Yonkers Board of Education (YBoE) by New York State.

Adding to the temerity of Mayor Mike Spano, and his directing the Office of the Yonkers City Clerk to formulate the language and the proposed budget before the funding allocations by New York State are approved.

Interestingly enough, the Yonkers Tribune did not get notice that there will be a YBoE ...

BLUE TRUTH: Six Months of Nothing But Societal Offense
By HEZI ARIS

The Blue Truth

Bronxville Tribune / Yonkers Tribune / Mount Vernon Tribune / Westchester Tribune Publisher / Editor-at-Large and WHYT Radio’s Westchester On the Level Host Hezi Aris.

YONKERS, NY — May 25, 2020 – It has been over six months since Nick Spano and the Yonkers Police Benevolent Association (PBA) President Keith Olson finally tallied the lobbying cost burden paid out by the Yonkers PBA and the Captains, Lieutenants, Sergeants Association (CLSA) since 2014. We will save the fireside chat with respect to former New York State Senator, now lobbyist, Nick Spano, a Yonkers Deputy Mayor by the name of James Cavanaugh who works for Nick Spano’s lobbying firm, Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano, the Gigante Saturday Night Fever wrinkled suit, and the illusion that Yonkers is the safest place to live. What is blatantly obvious is that Nick Spano, the former senator and ex-convict who served jail time for tax evasion, is now running Yonkers wearing Republican garb. It simply had to be stated; but we won’t belabor the point. After all, if you want something, need ...