Yonkers Auctioning Off City Property To Generate Revenue
The city of Yonkers wants to get rid of stuff it doesn't need anymore and make money at the same time, WCBS 880's Paul Murnane reported.
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The city of Yonkers wants to get rid of stuff it doesn't need anymore and make money at the same time, WCBS 880's Paul Murnane reported.
If you've got it, don't flaunt it. That's the message Yonkers police are sending out as a warning about wearing gold jewelry. Thieves are targeting ladies wearing gold accessories.
A flap over welfare payments to a live-in employee had a suburban prosecutor playing defense on Tuesday night. It's an alleged dirty deal involving Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore, who said that the charge is a political smear attempt.
Relatives of 9-year-old Leon Albe Halley III said they were all sitting in the living room of a family friend Saturday afternoon when two bullets went through the house.
The city of Yonkers has tightened regulations to make sure second hand businesses are all on the up and up, especially those in gold and silver business, WCBS 880's Paul Murnane reported.
Fire officials have received several complaints about a chemical smell in the area but so far an evacuation order has not been issued.
The investigation is focused on Management Information Systems Department offices next door to city hall, where there is no outward sign of law enforcement on the job and the offices are sealed.
Earlier in the he week, James Martin, 40, was charged in the 1998 killing of Marleny Cruz. Now Westchester authorities are probing whether there is a connection to Laurie McKissick, who was killed in 1999.
Corey Foster died last week at the Leake & Watts facility shortly after he was restrained by members of the staff.
Police say a male student who lives at the Leake & Watts school was placed into some type of restraints and then went into cardiac arrest Wednesday night.
Shay Adams got emotional and upset Tuesday about the death of her father, 45-year-old Rodney Jackson. He died Sunday night after getting beat up with a baseball bat and stabbed in the buttock, police said.
Brooklyn Benedikt, 6, is cute as a button, with bright eyes, rosy red cheeks, and a smile that could melt an iceberg. She's fine now, but only thanks to those at Maria Fareri Children's Hospital at Westchester Medical Center.
Around 1 a.m. Thursday, crews were called to McLean Avenue in where they found fire pouring out a back door and rear window of a laundromat.
he Irish in New York. The story pre-dates the founding of the United States and it is still being written today.
It's no secret that firefighters can really cook. The kitchen is the heart of any firehouse.
28-year-old Brendan Riordan, a native son of Cavan (yes, Cavan, Ireland), had been playing the New York Lottery with the money he was saving having given up cigarettes - and he's won big!
Retired EMS assistant chief John McFarland was revered within the FDNY, and today he is being laid to rest after dying from a brain tumor linked to his service after the attacks of 9/11.
Recent storms have devastated parts of Westchester County and now some money is being spent to actually prevent that flooding.
Where does a mayor begin when it comes to whittling down a $72 million deficit he inherited from the previous administration?
Flames tore through the building on Lincoln Place Monday afternoon. Smoke could be seen for miles.
Shayna Williams is charged with reckless endangerment and endangering the welfare of a child.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was in Yonkers today trying to sell his budget, which includes a 401(k) option for public employees and a system to evaluate teachers.
Francisco Acevedo who was convicted after he voluntarily gave up a DNA sample has been sentenced to 75 years to life in prison.
Vandals hit eight times, desecrating nativity scenes across the area. So far no arrests have been made, but if and when the perpetrators are caught, it will be prosecuted as a hate crime and could be a felony, police said.
This time of year religious statues represent people's reasons for the season -- their belief in the birth of Jesus Christ. The season in Yonkers something unusual for the area has happened.
