Issue #009 · Saturday, September 12, 2026 · 4 min read · By Alex Tiratsuyan

City Hall is back Tuesday, Yonkers.

The council's fall session opens with the old P.S. 9 redevelopment on the table, Legislator Shanae Williams' domestic-violence 5K is four weeks out, and there's $9.7 million on the table for downtown ideas. All of it, in four minutes.

In today's issue

🏛️ City Hall 💜 Community 💰 Grants 📆 Events 🍽️ Restaurants 🧰 Resources

🏛️ City Hall

The council is back Tuesday — here's the table

Fall session opens Sept 15, and old P.S. 9 is on it verified

After a summer with no stated meetings on the record (the Rules Committee reconvened this past Wednesday), the City Council holds its first fall stated meeting Tuesday, Sept 15, 7 PM at City Hall. Before it, at 6:15, the Real Estate Committee takes up four posted items: a local law to convey the former Public School #9 (53 Morningside Ave) for redevelopment, changes to the downtown riverfront permits at 40 & 2 Riverside Drive / 300 Admiral, a revision to a 2017 tax-exemption agreement, and a zoning-code amendment. Second stated meeting follows Tuesday, Sept 29, 7 PM.

Sources: Legistar meeting calendar · posted 9/15 committee agenda (PDF)

New this week: our Government News page verified

No outlet covers Yonkers hearings full-time, and the city's Legistar record lists no video for any 2026 stated council meeting — so we built the page that does it from the record: every hearing cliff-noted, every name, every upcoming date. It's live now and updates daily. Bookmark it: yonkerslocalscoop.com/government.html.

Source: Yonkers Local Scoop — Government News · built from the city's official Legistar record

Budget year in one line verified

FY2026-27 is live: $1.64 billion, a 4.75% property-tax increase (cut from the proposed 5.25% at May's hearings), and $56.3M in added school support. The State Comptroller's July 3 review signed the paperwork and warned the city keeps leaning on one-time money — $39.5M of reserves plugged this year's gap.

Sources: City budget announcement · NYS Comptroller review B26-6-6

💜 Community

One run worth training for

Break the Silence 5K: four weeks out verified

County Legislator Shanae Williams' third annual Break the Silence for Domestic Violence 5K Run/Walk goes Saturday, October 10 at Tibbetts Brook Park — 8 AM registration, 9 AM opening ceremony, 9:30 start, rain or shine. Every dollar of the proceeds goes to YCAP, the Yonkers Community Action Program. Registration runs $38.98 for adults, $28.63 for 65+, $23.45 for 17 and under, processing included. October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month; this is the county's biggest visible stand against it. If you need help sooner than the race: call 1-800-799-7233, chat at thehotline.org, or text START to 88788.

Sources: official registration page · Yonkers Times

💰 Grants

Grants & funding watch

$9.7 million for downtown ideas — the call is open verified

Mayor Spano opened the project call for the Hudson Gateway Connector Downtown Revitalization Initiative on Thursday: residents, businesses and organizations can pitch projects that reconnect downtown to the Hudson River waterfront. It's part of the city's $10M state DRI award. Deadline: October 16, 4 PM. If you've got a practical, transformative idea for the waterfront side of downtown, this is the window.

Source: City of Yonkers news flash (Sept 10, 2026)

Workforce Pell is still the one to watch verified

New York's Workforce Pell expansion opens federal Pell money to short 8–15 week job-training programs — nursing, cybersecurity, advanced manufacturing, green energy. Schools are submitting programs for certification now; local seats follow. Priced out of a career switch? Keep this one on the fridge.

Source: ny.gov/workforcepell · first reported in Issue #008

📆 Events

The next two weeks

Sep

Parks Board meeting verified

Mon Sep 14, 7 PM · Yonkers Parks Department · city calendar

Sep

Council returns + Salvadorian flag raising verified

Tue Sep 15 · flag raising 4 PM (City Hall/Washington Park) · Real Estate Committee 6:15 PM · stated meeting 7 PM, Council Chambers · full gov calendar

Sep

Mexican flag raising verified

Thu Sep 17, 4:30 PM · City Hall / Washington Park · city calendar

Sep

Riverfest 2026, with Lisa Lisa verified

Sat Sep 19, 12–7 PM · 1 Larkin Plaza, downtown waterfront · free · yonkersdowntown.com

Sep

Yonkers Marathon, Half & 5K verified

Sun Sep 20, 8 AM · starts/finishes at Yonkers Train Station · downtown calendar

Sep

Yonkers Comic Con verified

Sat Sep 26, 10 AM–5 PM · 1 Larkin · hosted by Yonkers Public Library · @yonkerspubliclibrary

Sep

Italian flag raising & coffee reception verified

Mon Sep 28, 4 PM · City Hall / Washington Park · city calendar

Sep

City Council stated meeting verified

Tue Sep 29, 7 PM · Council Chambers, City Hall 4th Fl · full gov calendar

Oct

Break the Silence 5K verified

Sat Oct 10, 8 AM · Tibbetts Brook Park · proceeds to YCAP · register

🍽️ Restaurants

Still on the way

7th Street Burger, Central Park Ave verified

As of our Sept 6 check: the NYC smash-burger shop's first Westchester location was targeting a mid-September opening at 2270 Central Park Avenue, near the Lidl. That's this week-ish — drive by and tell us.

Source: lohud (Aug 24, updated Aug 31) · last checked Sept 6

Teriyaki Madness, 34 Main St verified

The teriyaki-bowl chain's downtown fit-out at 34 Main Street was on track for later this September as of our Sept 6 check. Doors, griddles, made-to-order bowls — soon.

Source: lohud · last checked Sept 6

🧰 Resources

Free help that stays free

Sunday library hours are back tomorrow verified

YPL resumes Sunday service September 13. Crestwood stays closed for renovations; Riverfront and Will keep the weekend door open. If the week eats your errands, Sunday just came back on the menu.

Source: Yonkers Public Library

Dial 2-1-1 for almost everything verified

Food, housing, heating help, legal aid, child care referrals. Dial 2-1-1, free, 24/7, multilingual. The single most useful number in Westchester.

Source: United Way 2-1-1 Hudson Valley

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