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• Yonkers Mayor Spano Appoints Sonja Smash as City’s First Equity Officer

  Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano today announced his appointment of diversity and inclusion specialist Sonja Smash as the City’s first-ever Equity Officer.

• Yonkers Mayor Spano Signs Legislation to Expand the Green Building Code, Including Requirements for Electric Vehicle (Ev)-Ready Parking Facilities

  Mayor Mike Spano signed legislation that will expand the Yonkers Green Buildings ordinances to cover new construction and major renovations citywide and require electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure to be installed at newly developed parking facilities.

• MOBILE PAPER SHREDDER & E-WASTE RECYCLING SERVICES AVAILABLE TO YONKERS RESIDENTS

  Yonkers Mayor Spano today announced the City’s Department of Public Works will provide a mobile paper shredder and e-waste recycling services for Yonkers residents at Murray’s Skating Rink, located at 348 Tuckahoe Road, on Saturday, June 18th from 10AM – 1PM.

• City of Yonkers To Unveil the Enslaved Africans’ Rain Garden, an Urban-Heritage Sculpture Garden, on June 17 Along Hudson River

  Kicking off the City’s Juneteenth celebration weekend, Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano along with sculptor Vinnie Bagwell, local artists and community leaders officially will unveil The Enslaved Africans’ Rain Garden (EARG), along the Yonkers waterfront at 20 Water Grant Street, on Friday, June 17 at 11:30

• City of Yonkers Adopts 2022-2023 Budget

  Following weeks of budget hearings, the City of Yonkers 2022-2023 Budget was adopted today with a 6-1 bipartisan vote by the Yonkers City Council.