WDOM Opens New Headquarters on North Yonkers’ Medical Mile

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Left to right: Yonkers City Council President Lakisha Collins-Bellamy; Westchester County Executive Ken Jenkins; Charlie Italiano, Deputy Executive Director, ; Maria Samuels, Executive Director, WDOM; Joe Simone, President, Simone Development Companies; City Councilman John Rubbo; City Councilman Tim Hodges.

Westchester Disabled On the Move held a ribbon cutting on May 14 for its new headquarters at One Executive Boulevard in North Yonkers, marking the ‘s move into a 4,304-square-foot suite in a newly renovated medical building on what developers call the “Medical Mile.”

The ceremony drew Westchester County Executive Ken Jenkins, Yonkers City Council President Lakisha Collins-Bellamy, and City Councilmen John Rubbo and Tim Hodges, among other local officials.

WDOM, a nonprofit Center for Independent Living, has served Westchester County for over 40 years, providing people with disabilities, seniors, and low-income families with access to healthcare, , and social services. Executive Director Maria Samuels said the new location’s accessibility features made it the right fit for the organization and its clients.

“This move has been a long time in coming,” Samuels said. “The convenient location and accessibility for our clients made this the perfect choice.”

The new space is in a building owned and managed by Simone Development Companies, which purchased One Executive Boulevard in late 2023 and converted it from a traditional office building into a medical facility. The building sits at the intersection of Executive Boulevard and North Broadway, a stretch Simone has branded the “Medical Mile” — a healthcare corridor that also includes physician offices affiliated with St. John’s Riverside Hospital, Northwell Health, and Columbia Doctors.

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