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Riverkeeper sues Yonkers manufacturer for pollution
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (367+ words) For at least 17 years, an environmental organization claims, a Yonkers manufacturer has violated the Clean Water Act. Now Riverkeeper Inc. is demanding that Graphite Metallizing Corp. stop excessive amounts of copper, lead and sediment from washing into the Saw Mill…...
Spano calls for MTA bus depot to be moved out of city after accident
1+ week, 1+ day ago (257+ words) Following the Dec. 26 accident in which a Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) bus crashed into a building in Yonkers after striking two cars, Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano has called on the MTA to move its bus depot out of Yonkers and…...
Yonkers shopping centers in dispute over access
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (429+ words) A Yonkers shopping center is suing an adjacent shopping center for access to a private road it says it has used unhindered, until recently, for 58 years. Central Plaza Associates is asking Westchester Supreme Court to order Urban Edge Properties to…...
Eye on Small Business — Court 16, Yonkers
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (521+ words) A new indoor facility which brings year-round tennis and family programming to Yonkers is slated to open at Ridge Hill in Yonkers by the year's end. Calling itself a "premier boutique tennis club," Court 16 "aims to bring its "signature mix…...
Health care excellence highlighted at 2025 Doctors of Distinction event
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1109+ words) Outstanding professionals who help ensure that health care in Westchester, the Hudson Valley and Fairfield consistently meets the highest standards were honored Nov. 13 during Westfair Communications" Doctors of Distinction 2025 event, which was hosted by New York Medical College (NYMC) in…...
$5M self-storage building proposed for Yonkers
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (302+ words) The entity CS Bright Place Yonkers LLC is proposing to build a six story self-storage building to be operated as a CubeSmart facility at 12 Bright Place in Yonkers. The estimated cost of the project shown in a document filed with…...
Yonkers Contracting demands access to neighbors' properties
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (505+ words) Yonkers Contracting Company has petitioned Westchester Supreme Court to compel three neighbors to allow access to their properties to fix a retaining wall that has become increasingly precarious following a partial collapse last year. Yonkers Contracting Company (YCC) has negotiated…...
Jenkins signs documents for affordable housing project in Yonkers
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (322+ words) Westchester County Executive Ken Jenkins went to Yonkers on Oct. 9 to sign legislation related to the county's involvement in an affordable housing project being developed by Macquesten Development LLC. The 16-story building at 632-636 South Broadway in Yonkers will have 160 apartments and…...
Judge dissolves two Yonkers coffee corporations
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (348+ words) Two Yonkers coffee businesses whose partners were irreconcilably divided have been dissolved by court order. David Barbag petitioned Westchester Supreme Court last year to dissolve 4Jacks Corp. and 4Jacks Equipment Corp., claiming that dissension with Sahba Salimi was so intense that management…...
Self-storage project for Central Park Avenue in Yonkers looks for zoning variances
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (387+ words) The proposed building would be on a 1.69-acre site. It would contain a total of 110,335 square feet. Most of the building, 108,535 square feet, would house 760 storage units. There would be two first floor retail spaces and a sales office for…...