Yonkers Reality Check Hezitorial YONKERS, NY — October 28, 2019 —Yonkers’ Riverfest celebration took place on Saturday, September 14, 2019. It was the 27th reincarnation that celebrates a resurgent waterfront rising along the majestic Hudson River that draws over 15,000 people to Yonkers Downtown, one of Westchester’s biggest events. Riverfest is replete with musical entertainment, a diverse choice of international …
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Whistle Blower Writes an Open Letter to the Editor Beseeching Gov. Andrew Cuomo Regarding Troubling Financial Circumstances in the City of Yonkers
FROM: Concerned Resident of Yonkers, New York TO: Letter to the Editor RE: Financial Control Board at the City of Yonkers Honorable Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo, I hope this letter finds you in good spirit and health. I am a resident of the City of Yonkers and I am contacting you to be the whistleblower of a …
NYS Comptroller DiNapoli Approves Yonkers FY2018-2019 Budget
YONKERS, NY — July 17, 2018 — Thomas DiNapoli, the New York State Comptroller, had on July 9, 2018 dated a letter addressing Mayor Mike Spano and the Yonkers City Council that the Yonkers FY2018-2019 Budget had been approved. An in depth analysis of the budget will be forthcoming.
Manhattan Public Relations Firm Resigns from the City of Mount Vernon
MOUNT VERNON and NEW YORK, NY — May 17, 2018 — The following statement was released by Brian Finnegan, Chief of Staff for Manhattan public relations firm Todd Shapiro Associates, announcing their resignation from the City of Mount Vernon: “Todd Shapiro Associates of Manhattan has officially resigned the account of the City of Mount Vernon, as of Tuesday, May 15. …
Mount Vernon Mayor Richard Thomas v. Acting NYS Attorney General Barbara Underwood
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YONKERS, NY — May 15, 2018 — Mayor Thomas is challenging the capacity, standing, and limitations of an agreement forged between the former New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and NYS Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli with respect to DiNapoli agreeing to “employ a little known provision of state law to refer any findings from joint investigations to Schneiderman for criminal …
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Yonkers Taxpayers Dismissed for Lack of Best Practices
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The Saga of Yonkersites’ Continuing Travail The Hezitorial The City of Yonkers (CoY) was recently admonished, perhaps “scolded” is a better term, by New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, for not engaging in RFPs (Request for Proposals) from companies and/or individuals for services rendered. Comptroller DiNapoli validated his “warning” by advising CoY that the taxpayer was ill served when long …
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Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano’s Make Believe Hiring Freeze Maintains the “Family and Friends Network” Con
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The Hezitorial Reality YONKERS, NY — Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano asserts the the city is under financial stress, yet his conduct is the antithesis of his the fiscal plight facing the City of Yonkers. Were his pronouncements to be believable, how does he explain that Danny Rock was recently promoted to the position of Assistant Fleet Director, without ever passing …
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Yonkers City Council Votes 6-0 to Approve Mayor Mike Spano’s Request of Them Approving A Comprehensive Review By the New York State Financial Restructuring Board
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The Hezitorial Over Yonkers FY2018-2019 Fiscal Debacle YONKERS, NY — April 18, 2018 — The Yonkers City Council was requested to engage in a special meeting tonight to discuss and take action on a resolution requesting a comprehensive review by the New York State Financial Restructuring Board (hereinafter referred to as the “Board”) for Local Governments. Advocating for the Yonkers …
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THE HEZITORIAL: Leadership Espoused in Yonkers Disintegrates Under Shroud of Deceit in Governance By HEZI ARIS
Awaiting a Plan of Purpose, Resolve, and Transparency Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano’s FY2012-2013 Proposed Budget engages the sitting Yonkers City Council in a methodology meant to scrutinize the budget line by line, and in so doing, extrapolating purpose and credibility of each defined designation. The purpose of the Yonkers City Council toward that end is for all intent and purpose …
NYS State Comptroller DiNapoli Mentions Yonkers as Requiring Timely Senate Action to Maintain Fiscal Balance
"The chaos in the Senate is creating a billion dollar risk to vital state programs and could impact on the state’s financial plan. And that same chaos threatens the fiscal stability of local governments, large and small, all across the state.