Attacks Health Trials

2010-03-11T22:00:46Z

This Jan. 31, 2007 file photo shows Jimmy Nolan, of Yonkers, N.Y., who worked at at Ground Zero after the attack on the World Trade Center, displays the rash on his hands during a news conference at Ground Zero in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

NY city councilwoman accused of accepting bribes

2010-02-23T00:30:57Z

<div id="subtitle">Ex-Yonkers city councilwoman charged with accepting bribes to vote for real estate development</div><div><p>A former Yonkers city councilwoman was accused in a federal indictment Wednesday of accepting bribes in exchange for crucial votes on two real estate developments.</p><p>Sandy Annabi, a Democrat who recently left office, accepted a series of l...

Police: NY man tries robbery with paintball gun

2010-02-23T18:57:08Z

<div id="subtitle">Police say NY man tries to rob a diner with paintball gun while wearing paintball mask</div><div><p>Police said a man tried to rob a New York diner while wearing a paintball mask and carrying a paintball gun. Yonkers police Sgt. Patrick McCormack said the man was s...

Mary J. Blige Center For Women Grand Opening

2009-10-22T20:16:20Z

YONKERS, NY - OCTOBER 22: Singer and Foundation For the Advancement of Women Now (FFAWN) co-creator Mary J. Blige (3R), Gucci Creative Director Frida Giannini (L), and FFAWN co-creat...

Fourth NYC-area cabbie shot, killed in 4 months

2010-02-25T16:29:20Z

<div id="subtitle">A fourth NYC-area cabbie shot and killed; Yonkers driver is fourth victim in 4 months</div><div><p>A cab driver has been shot and killed in Yonkers, the fourth fatal cabbie shooting in the New York City area in four months.</p><p>Yonkers police Yonkers</div><div><p>Judge Joe and Broadway Bistro, an odds-on favorite and a 15-1 shot, won Saturday night's pair of $40,000 elimination races for Yonkers Raceway's Yonkers Trot.</p><p>Judge Joe, the standout New York-bred 3-year-old colt, was...

Cops: NY driver in deadly wrong-way crash felt ill

2010-02-26T04:13:39Z

<div><p>A minivan driver apparently wasn't feeling well before going the wrong way on a suburban parkway for nearly 2 miles, leading to a fiery wreck that killed eight people, police said Monday.</p><p>The crash in Briarcliff Manor claimed driver Diane Schuller, 36, of

Feds: Unclear policies on force in NY police dept.

2010-02-26T19:06:39Z

<div id="subtitle">Feds: Yonkers, NY, police dept. has confusing policies on force, sour relations with residents</div><div><p>The Justice Department says a New York police department has a skittish relationship with residents and confusing policies on the use of fo...

NY officer acquitted in video body-slamming case

2010-02-27T05:00:33Z

<div id="subtitle">NY police officer, caught on video apparently body-slamming woman in 2007, is acquitted</div><div><p>A policeman who was caught on video apparently body-slamming a woman to a restaurant's tile floor was acquitted Wednesday of violating her civil rights.</p><p>Jurors in federal court in White Plains found NYC woman with 30-inch arrow; police believe it was accident</div><div><p>A man accidentally shot a woman in the stomach with a 30-inch arrow when he fired it at a fence and it went through to the property next door, police said Thursday.</p><p>Eric Collins, 27, was arrested Thursday on charges of assault, rec...

Identical twin brothers accused of robbery

2010-03-01T11:48:48Z

<div id="subtitle">Police say identical twin brothers teamed up to rob a gas station</div><div><p>Police say identical twin brothers have teamed up to rob a Yonkers gas station. Police said the 22-year-olds were arrested in the driveway of their home shortly after the holdup at a Mobil gas station early Sunday. Investi...

A Bloomberg-Inspired Move in Yonkers

2010-03-02T04:29:53Z

<div><p>Michael Bloomberg’s extension of term limits late last year is the reason that a similar conversation is taking place in Yonkers, said the president of the City Council there, who may be in a position to cast a deciding vote. </p><p>In an email to me, Yonkers City Council president Yonkers, New York, USA - VINCENT BRANCATO at his home the day after his brother Lillo Brancato Jr. was found guilty of attempted burglary on the case that a cop was killed in the

For Nervous Consumers, Layaway Becomes A Popular Option

2009-04-27T14:24:50Z

YONKERS, NY - NOVEMBER 17: Woodrow Miller (L) shops for snow blowers at a Sears store on November 17, 2008 in Yonkers, New York. Retailers such as Sears are seeing a resurgence in the use of layaway plans to help consumers during the current difficult falling eco...

CORRECTION: For Nervous Consumers, Layaway Becomes A Popular Option

2009-04-27T14:23:55Z

Attention Editors Images GYI0056209955.jpg and GYI0056209939.jpg, both taken at Sears...were in Yonkers, New York, NOT in the Bronx borough of New York City. Caption Should read: YONKERS - NOVEMBER 17: New York man who stabbed his wife 30 times while their young son was at home with them has pleaded guilty to murder.</p><p>Westche...

Events for Wednesday, November 12, 2008

2010-03-01T21:35:56Z

<div><p>8:30 a.m. Scott Stringer to discuss the financial crisis, term limits, and the impact of Obama’s presidency on N.Y.C. (among other issues) with Dick Dadey at the Puck Building, sec...

Events for Tuesday, November 11, 2008

2010-03-01T22:23:46Z

<div><p>8:30 a.m. A panel called "Grading New York: An Evaluation of New York City's Progress Report Program," held at the Manhattan Institute, 52 Vanderbilt Avenue. </p><p>11 a.m. Local officials to rededicate World War I Memo...

New Year's Times Square Ball

2009-04-24T15:31:39Z

Nick Christiani helps to attach the last pieces of Waterford crystal to the 2008 New Year's Eve ball in Yonkers, N.Y. on Monday, Nov. 10, 2008. This year's ball is 12 feet in diameter - double last year's, weighs 11,875 pounds and is lit by more than 32,000 LEDs shining through 2,668 pieces of crystal. As opposed t...

New Years Times Square Ball

2009-04-24T15:31:35Z

Workers attach the last pieces of Waterford crystal to the 2008 New Year's Eve ball in Yonkers, N.Y. on Monday, Nov. 10, 2008. This year's ball is 12 feet in diameter - double last year's, weighs 11,875 pounds and is lit by more than 32,000 LEDs shining through 2,668 pieces of crystal. As opposed to the previous ones, this will remain on the top of

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