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Mount Vernon Mayor Shawyn Patterson-Howard declared a state of emergency Thursday over the city s troubled police, fire and public works vehicles.
Patterson-Howard said the city was facing a crisis that threatened public safety. She cited $500,000 in unpaid equipment bills that has left the city unable to repair vehicles, a situation she blamed on the gross negligence and dereliction of duty of city Comptroller Deborah Reynolds.
The move came a day after Patterson-Howard announced that the city would suspend the pickup of yard waste for the remainder of the month because there were not enough DPW trucks to do the work.
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