Missing child alert for teenage boy from Yonkers canceled
UPDATE: New York authorities canceled the Missing Child Alert for a teenager from Yonkers.
Schools or bars? Opening classrooms may mean hard choices
Places at high risk of exposing people to the coronavirus may need to stay closed for children to get back to school safely.
Ice Bucket Challenge creator raising awareness through Handlebars for Hope
In year sven of his fight against ALS, Pat Quinn is going viral again. The co-founder of the popular ALS ice bucket challenge has now come up with another challenge, growing handlebar mustaches for hope.
Program partners athletes with law enforcement
From his home office in Charlotte, North Carolina, surrounded by his law degree, awards and articles bearing his name, M. Quentin Williams describes his program Dedication to Community, “we wanted to ensure that folks are able to reach for their dreams, to see success, no matter their conditions.”
Yonkers ER staff saves lives and suffers in COVID-19 hot spot
Saint Joseph's Medical Center is located just over a mile from the northern border of New York City's borough of the Bronx. The hospital normally has 194 acute-care beds but has been treating many more patients in one of the poorest sections of Westchester County's largest city since the new coronavirus began spreading rapidly through the region.
Officials look for ways to battle rise in coronavirus cases in Yonkers
The number of positive coronavirus cases continues to rise in Yonkers, but Mayor Mike Spano says his city will survive, albeit with some restrictions.
Coronavirus fears in Westchester County continue to rise as total number of cases increases
Awareness is at an all-time high in Westchester County after a cluster of cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) was discovered Wednesday and Thursday.
Businesses in Yonkers prepare for introduction of plastic straw ban
The city of Yonkers is banning single-use plastic straws.
How did an ex-con get away with living in his daughter's dorm?
How could a father — an ex-convict, no less — live undetected or unchecked in his daughter’s dorm?
FBI seizes electronic devices at ex-con's home in sex cult case
The U.S. attorney said Lawrence Ray used "physical, sexual and psychological abuse" to extort money from five students at Sarah Lawrence College. Investigators searched his home and seized 20 to 40 electronic devices.
Dad arrested for running sex cult out of daughter’s dorm room, authorities say
An ex-convict from New Jersey was arrested by the FBI on Tuesday for sex trafficking, extortion, forced labor and other offenses against his daughter's friends.
Yonkers among nation's safest cities, according to new report
Yonkers ranks number two in a new report out on the safest cities in America.
New allegations against suspended New Rochelle football coach
Police in Yonkers are investigating an accusation against New Rochelle High School Football coach Lou Dirienzo from three decades ago.
Yonkers Police investigating new allegations against suspended New Rochelle football coach
The Yonkers Police Department is investigating allegations made against New Rochelle High School football coach Lou Dirienzo from the 1980's.
Report: NYC spending millions to export homeless families
A new report claims that New York City is spending millions of dollars to ship out homeless families.
Yonkers mayor slams NYC about influx of homeless
The mayor of Yonkers says his financially strapped city has its own issue with homelessness so he wants to know why New York is sending its homeless here. The Special One Time Assistance Program, or SOTA, gives homeless individuals and families one year's rent to relocate anywhere in the United States.
Helping children with the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation
Physical therapist Allie McNamara guides nine-year-old Emmet through Aqua Therapy. Emmet is just one of 169-permanent residents of Elizabeth Seton Children's, a long-term care facility in Yonkers, New York. McNamara said “ We are also working on making her breathing muscles stronger so she can cough better and not get Pneumonia in the winter.
Tainted cocaine suspected in overdose deaths in Yonkers
Authorities say the apparent overdose deaths of five people in Yonkers and the Bronx may be tied to the same source of tainted cocaine.
Tainted cocaine suspected in overdose deaths in Yonkers
Authorities say the apparent overdose deaths of five people in Yonkers and the Bronx may be tied to the same source of tainted cocaine.
Family of Yonkers shooting victim speaks out speaks out on possible parole for getaway driver
The family of former MLB prospect Michael Nolan, who was shot and killed in Yonkers in September 2015, is speaking out after discovering that Garth Cole, the getaway driver for the gunmen who killed Michael is eligible for parole in December, six months earlier than the full five years he was sentenced to.