Phil Zisman

Trees are an essential part of our local environment, providing oxygen and filtering pollution. This series looks at some notable trees around Yonkers

In Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, things get “curiouser and curiouser.” The same could be said for the misadventures of the Yonkers City Council in its effort to “fix” the city’s noise ordinance, especially because no such fix was ever needed. Instead of improving the existing ordinance, in November of 2023, the Council passed a law that ended up dramatically increasing the permissible decibels allowed in single family zones to what are considered dangerously unhealthy levels.

Following June's primary election, The Yonkers Ledger examines five pressing questions facing our city: potential conflicts of interest involving Council President Collins-Bellamy, ethics concerns about Council Member Diaz's noise ordinance sponsorship, and the mystery surrounding WFP winner Angelique Lopez, who graduated high school in 2023