The Hijab Hezitorial YONKERS, NY – April 23, 2021 — The team of Emery Celli Brinckherhoff Abady Ward & Maazel LLP (ECBAWM) recently announced that it had obtained a settlement of $175,000 in a religious head covering lawsuit filed against the City of Yonkers. The head covering, known as a Hijab, is only worn by women who practice the dictates of …
By HEZI ARIS
Yonkers Police Department Statement on Livingston Avenue Shooting Incident
YONKERS, NY – March 14, 2021 — On Saturday, March 13th, 2021, at approximately 10:55 AM, members of the Yonkers Police Department were dispatched to 11 Livingston Avenue to check on the welfare of a male subject on a report that the subject had made threats to an employee of an insurance company. Several minutes later the first 3rd Precinct …
Yonkers Police Arrest and Charge Bronx Man for Fatal Warburton Avenue Shooting
YONKERS, NY — March 6, 2021 —On Friday, March 5th, 2021, at approximately 8:58 PM, members of the Yonkers Police Department responded to 157 Warburton Avenue on a report of a shooting incident. Upon arrival officers located a male victim in the first-floor hallway down on the floor in a lifeless state with an apparent gunshot wound to the head; …
YPD Statement Regarding Their Pursuit of a Honda Pilot in the Vicinity of Central Park Avenue
YONKERS, NY — December 29, 2020 — Yonkers Police Department Information Officer Detective Lieutenant Dean Politopoulos issued the following statement stamped at 9:30am but the Yonkers Tribune received it at 9:50am. The state that reads as follows, “This morning at approximately 2:07 AM an unmarked Yonkers Police unit was working a crime suppression detail in the area of Central Park Avenue in …
BLUE TRUTH: Police Chase Leads to Gruesome Deaths
By HEZI ARIS and BRIAN HARROD
YONKERS, NY — DECEMBER 23, 2020 — On Tuesday, December 22, 2020, at 9:20 pm, a white 2009 Infiniti was spotted by Yonkers Police at South Broadway and Prospect Street being driven “in an erratic manner”, better known as a V&T (Vehicle & Traffic Violation). Police followed the vehicle until they caught up with it when it turned onto Riverdale …
By HEZI ARIS and BRIAN HARROD
Yonkers Police Investigate Fatal Ashburton Avenue Shooting Incident
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