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Early Returns: Jereis, Skipper, Terrero in Lead

As of 10:00 pm, the Yonkers vote is starting to be reported on the Westchester County Board of Elections website, although no Election Day...

Finally Election Day is Here

Despite today’s problem with the voting machines, The Yonkers Ledger hopes you were not deterred and went to your polling place and cast your...

Widespread Voting Machine Failure Reported; State Blames Printing Gaffe

UPDATE 305 PM The glitch causing the voting machine malfunction is being caused by an incorrectly printed bar code on the election ballots, County Executive...

Oquendo-Thomas Takes Aim at the Democratic Machine

This story by Wesley Parnell originally appeared in New York Focus, a nonprofit news publication investigating power in New York. Sign up for their...

Eyewitnesses Say Skipper Was Not The Aggressor, Nolan Refutes Claim as Police Investigation Continues

An eyewitness to last Wednesday’s bathroom altercation at the Beczak Center told The Ledger Monday night that she saw County Legislator James Nolan’s mother...

Two Nights at Beczak: A Sewage Plant, an Altercation and a Question for Candidates

If you follow social media, you probably already know all too much about the incident that made the New York Post — and even The Plain Dealer of Cleveland. It’s what gets clicks. Moments from a profane cellphone video get the eyeballs, but an interesting and rather unusual candidates’ forum doesn’t get a mention.