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 …
By HEZI ARIS
Yonkers Police Department Promotions: Twelve Members Appointed; Pat Quinn Appointed Honorary Police Officer
YONKERS, NY — September 28, 2019 — Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano and Police Commissioner John J. Mueller presided over the Thursday, September 26, 2019th promotion ceremony which was held in the Ceremonial Courtroom at Yonkers City Hall. Twelve members of the Yonkers Police Department were promoted and appointed to positions of higher authority and assignments within the Department, including the …
Yonkers Police Investigate Shooting Incident; 12-year-old Victim in Stable Condition
YONKERS, NY — September 8, 2019 — On Sunday, September 8th, 2019, at approximately 1:48am, members of the Yonkers Police Department responded to the front entrance of 73-83 Highland Avenue on a report of shots fired. Upon arrival officers located a 12-year-old male victim down on the ground with an apparent single gunshot wound to the neck; first responders immediately …
BLUE TRUTH: Where’s Yonkers Police Officer Robert McDonough
By HEZI ARIS
BREAKING NEWS YONKERS, NY — July 25, 2019 — Emergency Service Unit Sgt. Michael Koch succeeds Captains, Lieutenants, Sergeants Association President Captain Christopher Sapienza who was yesterday appointed as the department’s newest Deputy Chief. Congratulations to C.L.S.A. President Sgt. Michael Koch and Deputy Chief Christopher Sapienza. # # # # # Yonkers Police Department Protocol Versus Franklin Township Police Department …
By HEZI ARIS
BLUE TRUTH: Corruption and Nepotism Permeates the Yonkers Police Department
By HEZI ARIS
The Spano Family Tree Hezitorial The Yonkers Police Department (YPD) has an upcoming police academy class scheduled later this week. Protocol demands a swearing-in ceremony which is thereafter followed by applying oneself to taking the course in anticipation of learning the process, graduating, and to follow the women and men who had and still serve and protect life, limb, and …
By HEZI ARIS
Support the Yonkers Brave and Force Football Teams
By Dr. EDWIN M. QUEZADA
YONKERS, NY — May 22, 2019 — The Yonkers Public Schools merged football teams had a phenomenal inaugural year for the players in the District’s eight high schools. The season crescendo was the October Friday Night Lights game between the Brave and the Force attended by over 3,000 students, families and community members. For the first time, varsity football …
By Dr. EDWIN M. QUEZADA
Yonkers Police Investigate Human Remains in A Suspicious Duffle Bag
YONKERS, NY – On Monday, November 19th, 2018, at approximately 12:04 PM, members of the Yonkers Police Department responded to the Wells Fargo Bank branch located at 500 Odell Avenue on a report of a suspicious duffle bag left in the area. Upon arrival, members of the Emergency Service Unit (ESU) located the bag on the west side of the …
Yonkers Police Benevolent Association Requires New Leadership
By HEZI ARIS
Business as Usual Revealed by Yonkers Fiscal Mismanagement During Budget Hearings The Blue Truth Hezitorial YONKERS, NY — June 22, 2018 — Yonkers FY2018-2019 Budget crisis reveals that governance in the City of Yonkers has not evolved in attitude or demeanor, continuing to fail itself and those of the people it is supposedly intended to serve. Instead of number crunching …
By HEZI ARIS
Yonkers Police and Westchester County District Attorney Announce Gang Arrests
YONKERS, NY — May 2, 2018 — Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano, Police Commissioner Charles Gardner, and Westchester County District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino Jr. today announced a series of arrests which took place yesterday throughout the City of Yonkers and surrounding jurisdictions, targeting known members of the Blood Stones gang as a result of an intensive four-month long investigation. ‘Operation: …