Yonkers City Council is considering a zoning change to turn a residential neighborhood into industrial.

Yonkers City Council is considering a zoning change to turn a residential neighborhood into industrial.

Former City Council Marjority Leader Tasha Diaz Announces Campaign for City Council President ...

Diaz herself faced public disrepute when in early 2024 she was unanimously voted out of her position as City Council majority leader due to an HR complaint involving multiple victims. The complaint, ...

Plastics Pollution is a biological and environmental hazard.

We spoke with Luz “Lucy” Moreno-Casanova, the Director of the YMCA Community Gardens Project. With 12 locations throughout Yonkers, the Community Gardens are a collection of public spaces for ...

Joe Stout is Executive Director of the Westchester Parks Foundation www.thewpf.org “Open spaces and wild places are important to quality of life—especially where population is dense, and work and home ...

As extreme heat waves grow more frequent, longer-lasting, and deadlier, the link between socioeconomic inequality and climate vulnerability is becoming increasingly evident. In urban areas like ...

Author Judith Enck with Beyond Plastics advocates at May 2024 Lobby Day in Albany On January 28, 2025 Yonkersites and advocates from across New York will head upstate to Albany to lobby their elected ...

Oded Holzinger is Executive Director of Groundwork Hudson Valley As extreme heat waves grow more frequent, longer-lasting, and deadlier, the link between socioeconomic inequality and climate ...

Suzie Fromer is the Coordinator for the Hudson Valley Repair Cafe, a program of Sustainable Hudson Valley You actually don’t have to be an expert to be a repair coach at a cafe. We certainly do have ...

Repair cafes restore useful and treasured items. Volunteers spend time fixing lamps, sewing torn clothing, or sharpening knives.