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🌱 How a $35 million upgrade is transforming life at Palisades Towers

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In today's newsletter:

  • How a $35 million upgrade is transforming life at Palisades Towers
  • How a Yonkers alleyway assault led to a 12-year prison term
  • Why Yonkers’ city and school budgets are now on hold

Also on today's calendar: The SpongeBob Musical | Riverdale Children's Theatre and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 78 and low of 55 degrees.
  • Saturday: Mostly cloudy and not as warm, temps: high: 67, low: 49.
  • Sunday: Showers; breezy, cooler, with a high of 57 and low of 39 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. City, County and State Officials Celebrate First Phase of $35 Million Electric Conversion at Palisades Towers (yonkerstimes.com) — Hundreds of Yonkers families at Palisades Towers are finally getting new induction stoves as part of a $35 million project converting the complex from gas to all-electric service. After nearly two years without stoves, residents will soon gain modern cooking, new heating and air conditioning, and better control over their apartment temperatures thanks to city, county, state, and housing authority funding.
   

2. Justice In Assault And Robbery Of 75-Year-Old In Alleyway (patch.com) — A Yonkers resident has been sentenced to 12 years in state prison for assaulting and robbing a 75-year-old Yonkers man in an alley off Riverdale Avenue last summer. Westchester prosecutors say the strong sentence underscores their focus on protecting vulnerable seniors, after a Yonkers police investigation led to the arrest.
   

3. Yonkers Mayor Spano Delays Budget Plan to Wait for State Budget (yonkerstimes.com) — Yonkers residents should know Mayor Mike Spano is delaying his proposed city budget until after New York State finalizes its own, likely around May 1. That uncertainty is especially worrying for Yonkers Public Schools, which are already projecting a budget shortfall exceeding $60 million as state leaders continue haggling over key policy issues.
   

4. Verdict reached in Hastings-on-Hudson home invasion robbery (lohud.com) — A man has been convicted for a violent 2024 home invasion in nearby Hastings-on-Hudson, and investigators tied him to stolen jewelry sold at a Yonkers pawn shop. The case also connects to bank robberies in Ardsley and Pennsylvania, with sentencing that could keep him imprisoned for decades.
   

5. Weehawken police bust multi-state mail theft ring operating across NJ and PA (news12.com) — A Yonkers woman was identified as the driver in a late-night traffic stop that helped Weehawken police unravel a multi-state mail theft ring targeting residents in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. Investigators say stolen checks, mail, and “fishing” tools were seized, and multiple agencies are now working to notify affected victims and pursue charges.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Hi neighbors I lost my handsome dog today.
    His name is Pluto and we are missing him. If you have seen him please give me a call at 917) 723-1846 (Nextdoor Park Hill)
  • Meet Shadow, a distinguished dog with a heart of gold, who urgently deserves a loving home to call his own.
    Why has this precious soul been confined to a shelter for 2 years, watching life pass him by? At 6 years young, Shadow's distinguished grays… (Nextdoor Westchester)
  • Burlington posted a job opening for Retail Stocking Associate - Part Time in Yonkers. Apply here.
  • Doherty Enterprises, Inc. posted a job opening for Food Expeditor in Yonkers. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Yonkers here.

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Yonkers

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