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The Yonkers mayor is calling on SUNY to establish a community college campus in the city.
Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano wants SUNY to purchase the 32-acre property at human services organization Rising Ground, formerly Leake & Watts, in the southeastern portion of the city overlooking the Hudson River. He says the site could serve as a second campus for Westchester Community College, seeing as 25 percent of the college’s students are Yonkers residents. A spokeswoman says SUNY is open to any good idea to reach more New Yorkers with a SUNY education. She says, “Given this is a case of first impression, we will need to do our due diligence to make sure it could work financially and academically.” The college has six extension center locations, including in Yonkers.
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A new mass vaccination site that will have the capacity to deliver upwards of 1,000 doses daily is coming to Westchester.New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that as of Wednesday, March 3, one of four new vaccination sites across the state…
Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano wrote the following op-ed, which was sent to us by Bird, the scooter company that has the exclusive franchise in New York City’s border city. We present it not to champion Bird, but to give a legit perspective on how one decent-sized city benefitted from e-scooter-share programs. New York City’s Department of Transportation is currently deciding which scooter company including Bird, Link, Voi, Lime, Spin will create pilot programs outside of Manhattan. As such, Spano’s perspective is invaluable.
Mike Spano, mayor of Yonkers
Micromobility has found a home in Yonkers.
Years ago, we were proud to be the first city in New York to welcome dock-free public bikes. Then last August, in response to a global health crisis that has dramatically disrupted urban mobility for millions around the world, we moved to initiate the state’s first shared e-scooter program.
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A Yonkers police precinct has a new annex to meet the needs of a burgeoning waterfront.
Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano joined Yonkers Police Commissioner John Mueller and staff on Hudson Street Tuesday to officially open the Yonkers Police Department’s 4th Precinct’s Annex at Newell Hall. The new administrative office will serve the growing needs of the densely populated Yonkers waterfront/downtown district. Spano says the city must respond proactively to ensure quality of life and safety needs are addressed. Nine 4th Precinct officers will be dispatched from the Annex to continue community policing initiatives and offer a more rapid response to the area. The office space at the Annex is at St. John’s Episcopal Church and is leased by the city.