Westchester Local News

Date & Time: 10/8/16 at 4:20am Just before you woke up: At around 4:15am the YPD received a call reporting a larceny in progress in a car (black Nissan) parked on Riverdale Ave, in less the 2 minutes they were on the scene and had the suspect under arrest. After …

Date & Time: 10/8/16 at 2:40am YPD responded to a motor vehicle accident on intersection of Elm St & Nepperhan Ave. When they arrived, the driver (a woman) of the vehicle was still in the car. No injuries but the driver was arrested for failing the sobriety test. YPD has …

Date & Time: 10/07/16 Around 12:30 pm today a car, driven by an elderly man with his wife, driving northbound on Central Park Avenue went through a red light at the intersection near Pizzeria Uno jumping the divider between north and south traffic driving head-on into a car driving southbound. …

MAYOR SPANO’S FAMILY TO ADDRESS IMPORTANCE OF ORGAN DONOR ENROLLMENT DAY, OCTOBER 6 Mayor’s Sister Suffering from Lung Disease Eventually to be Placed on Organ Donor List Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano along with his siblings, including sister Dolores who suffers from lung disease, and LiveOn NY will gather at Yonkers …

Today 10/04/16 we said Good Bye to Mr Perstine Wesley for the last time. He will no longer be in Getty Square…He has moved to a better place and now looks upon us from the above. ” It’s impossible not to be sad….His departure hurts….BUT his memory will always makes …

Date & Time: 10/4/16 at 3:30am   YFD responded to a structure fire on 150 Lockwood Ave in Yonkers. It appears that the fire started at the Laundromat, what started the fire is unknown at this time. Residential area located behind the Laundromat suffered water damage. It is reported that …

A sad day for Yonkers/NYC and the Nation! A FDNY/YFD Hero is laid to rest. You maybe no longer walk among us but we are sure that you will be looking upon us from Heaven. Chief Michael Fahy, YOU WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR EVER! THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, SIR! …

ANOTHER STABBING IN GETTY SQUARE!!! While u were just walking up: The YPD was doing what they always do. Respond to crime and keeping our City safe. At around 5:35am a man and a woman walked in St John’s Hospital ER with stab wounds. The females had mild lacerations and …

At approximately 1:47 am this morning Yonkers FD received calls for a fire at 239 New Main Street. Upon arrival they found fire on the 1st floor of a 2-story commercial building in a check cashing business.  The fire seemed to be in a front room towards the front of …

Date: 9/26/16 Mayor Spano called a Press Conference to inform the Media/Yonkers  about the situation involving the Yonkers Shelters. Two days ago we visited the Shelter located on 1 Hudson St and interviewed Mr Karl Bertrand. Today (9/26/16) we assisted the Press Conference and had an opportunity to ask the …

Just before you woke up..This was happening! Date: 9/26/16 Time: 4:05am At around 4:05am the Yonkers Police Dept received a call about multiple shots fired on 34 Prospect St. They arrived at the scene within a few minutes but no victim was located at the scene. A few minutes later …

Mayor Spano, you are a Mayor of the People NOT of some of the People. For the last 3 nights Yonkers Police/Fire and Building Dept have made nightly midnight raids on Yonkers ONLY two emergency overnight homeless shelters. The two overnight-only SHELTERS run by the Sharing Community, shelter around 90 …

Around 12:45 am this morning (9/20/16) Yonkers PD and FD received calls for a pedestrian struck on I-87 in the area of Ridge Hill. Upon arrival they found a man lying on the ground on the Ridge Hill Road overpass of I-87. According to PD on scene I was told …

Approximately 3:15 am this morning (9/20/16) Yonkers FD received calls for a possible fire on 217 Rumsey Rd. Upon arrival they found heavy smoke coming from the 1st and 2nd floor windows of a 2-story garden apartment. The occupants were already self-evacuated and there were no reported injuries to firefighters …

Date & Time: 9/14/16 at 4:10pm MVA (Motor Vehicle Accident) with a rollover and a passenger entrapped. We know that a teen was injured but dont know if it was serious. This accident is under investigation.