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New York State’s Budget is Late. Where Does that Leave Yonkers?
Mayor Spano celebrated his birthday this week, but he’s still waiting for his requested present from Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature: a cool $50–60 million to close a projected deficit in the city’s budget beginning July 1. It’s been eerily quiet on the budget front for the past month, even as the…
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May the Merge be with You. The Aerie on the Off Ramp
Phil Zisman’s latest tree series article. This one about a tree he’s calling Off-Ramp Mama.
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YPIE and University of Mount Saint Vincent Sign Partnership to Keep Yonkers Students on Track
Yonkers Partners in Education and the University of Mount Saint Vincent have signed a formal partnership agreement to give YPIE real-time visibility into how its students are performing in college — so counselors can intervene before a student falls too far behind to recover.
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Divided Government? You stay on this side of the door, I’ll stay on mine.
Peter Cohn looks at the firing and new hiring of City Council District 2 member Corazon Pineda Isaac’s legislative aide without her consent.
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Series: A Tree Grows in Yonkers – A Search for 100 Great Trees
Season 2 of A Tree Grows in Yonkers. Readers are welcome to send in their nominations for Phil Zisman to consider adding their favorite Yonkers tree to the series!
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Analysis: 2026 State of the City
Phil Zisman reports on the 2026 State of the City
