YONKERS, NY – October 28, 3030 — On Tuesday, October 27th, 2020, at approximately 9:35 PM, members of the Yonkers Police Department responded to the Triangle Deli at 286 Ashburton Avenue on a report of a person shot inside the store. Upon arrival officers located an unresponsive male victim down inside the store with an apparent gunshot wound to the …
The New York Civil Liberties Union and The Kirkland & Ellis LLP Law Firm File F.O.I.L. Requests for Yonkers Police Misconduct Data
By BRIAN HARROD
NEW YORK, NY — September 29, 2020 — The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), with pro bono counsel from Latham & Watkins LLP, Milbank LLP, Shearman & Sterling, and Kirkland & Ellis LLP, filed state Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) requests with Yonkers and nine other police departments statewide requesting data about police misconduct with a particular attention to the appearance …
By BRIAN HARROD
BLUE TRUTH: New Rochelle Resident Fires Four Shots at Crowd in Getty Square; Yonkers Police Did Not Need to Return Fire; No One Injured
By HEZI ARIS
Click onto the hyperlink below to see the video of what transpired yesterday, September 25, 2020 Shootings that took place at Getty Square – September 25, 2020. YONKERS, NY — September 26, 2020 – A New Rochelle man brandishing a loaded gun ran toward Getty Square from the intersection of Hudson Street and Riverdale Avenue. As he approached Getty Square …
By HEZI ARIS
Yonkers Police Department Issue SCAM ALERT *** Utility Scam Phone Calls Spoof City of Yonkers Extension 377-XXXX
YONKERS,NY — January 17, 2020 — The Yonkers Police Department has become aware of a variation of the Utility Scam phone call being made to residents where the caller ID may indicate “YONKERS” from a City extension 377-XXXX using a recorded voice that solicits an energy company. These calls DO NOT originate from the City of Yonkers and should be …
Yonkers Riverfest Ends Tragically for Mayor Mike Spano and His 22-Year-Old Deputy Communications Director Akeem Jamal
By HEZI ARIS
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