Issue #012 · Tuesday, September 15, 2026 · 4 min read · By Alex Tiratsuyan

City Hall's big night is tonight.

The council's fall headline stack — the P.S. 9 conveyance, a housing PILOT, the riverfront permit and the rezoning package — goes to committee at 6:15 and the stated meeting at 7. Plus: the Zoning Board's warehouse docket is tomorrow, and three flag raisings wave this month. All verified, all linked.

In today's issue

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

🏛️ City Hall

Tonight at City Hall, and the week around it

Council night: the fall's biggest agenda, in one room verified

Tonight is the full stack: the Real Estate Committee at 6:15 PM, then the City Council stated meeting at 7 PM — both in the Council Chambers, City Hall, 40 South Broadway. The committee's posted final agenda carries the four headliners we've been following: the local law to convey the former Public School #9 for redevelopment, the amended exemption agreement with the Municipal Housing Authority authorizing a three-year PILOT abatement, the permit amendment covering 13 riverfront addresses (Riverside Drive, Admiral Way, Fisherman Way — the "Lots 1–13" stretch), and the citywide rezoning package that would reclassify properties to D-MX or UR-HD districts. Every one of the four sat in "Referred" status as of our check this morning — tonight's meetings are where they move. Can't make it? The next stated meeting is Tuesday, Sept 29.

Sources: posted 9/15 committee agenda (PDF) · Legistar meeting detail · P.S. 9 law · MHACY abatement · riverfront permit · rezoning package · city calendar · checked Sept 15

Tomorrow: the Zoning Board and the big warehouse verified

The Zoning Board of Appeals meets Wednesday, Sept 16, at 6 PM in City Hall, 4th floor, and the freshly posted agenda is the one we covered Monday — including the 201,760-square-foot storage facility proposed at 79 Austin Ave (#5913), with apartment and two-family hearings across the docket. Two practical notes from the agenda itself: the City Hall elevator is out of order, and public comments can be emailed to zbapublic@yonkersny.gov any time before your hearing closes. The meeting is broadcast on City Hall TV if you'd rather watch from home.

Source: posted ZBA agenda, Sept 16, 2026 (PDF) · checked Sept 15

Flag-raising season rolls on verified

Mayor Spano hosts three more this month: the Salvadorian flag raising today at 4 PM, the Mexican flag raising Thursday at 4:30 PM, and the Italian flag raising & coffee reception Monday, Sept 28 at 4 PM. All at City Hall per the city's official calendar.

Sources: Salvadorian · Mexican · Italian · checked Sept 15

💜 Community

One run worth training for

Break the Silence 5K: three 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 · checked Sept 15

💰 Grants

Grants & funding watch

$9.7 million for downtown ideas — one month left verified

The open call is live: Mayor Spano started accepting project proposals for the Hudson Gateway Connector Downtown Revitalization Initiative on Sept 10 — residents, businesses and organizations can pitch projects that reconnect downtown to the Hudson River waterfront, for a share of $9.7 million in DRI funding. Deadline: October 16, 4 PM. If you've got a practical, transformative idea for the waterfront side of downtown, the window is open but it's closing.

Source: City of Yonkers news flash (Sept 10, 2026) · checked Sept 15

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

City Hall stack: flags, committee, council verified

Tonight, Tue Sep 15 · Salvadorian flag raising 4 PM · Real Estate Committee 6:15 PM · City Council stated meeting 7 PM, Council Chambers · city calendar

Sep

Zoning Board of Appeals — the warehouse docket verified

Wed Sep 16, 6 PM · City Hall, 40 South Broadway, 4th Fl · incl. 79 Austin Ave warehouse · agenda (PDF)

Sep

Mexican flag raising verified

Thu Sep 17, 4:30–5:30 PM · hosted by Mayor Spano · city calendar

Sep

Riverfest 2026 verified

Sat Sep 19, 12–7 PM · 1 Larkin Plaza, downtown waterfront · free · three stages, 140+ vendors · yonkersdowntown.com

Sep

Yonkers Marathon, Half & 5K — the 99th running verified

Sun Sep 20, 8 AM · starts/finishes at Yonkers Train Station (Buena Vista Ave at the waterfront) · rain or shine · event listing

Sep

Board of Contract & Supply meeting verified

Mon Sep 22, 3 PM · City Hall · where city spending checks land · city calendar

Sep

Yonkers Comic Con verified

Sat Sep 26, 10 AM–5 PM · Yonkers Public Library, Riverfront branch (1 Larkin Center) · presented by Yonkers Arts · yonkersarts.org

Sep

Italian flag raising & coffee reception verified

Mon Sep 28, 4–5 PM · hosted by Mayor Spano · city calendar

Sep

City Council stated meeting verified

Tue Sep 29, 7 PM · Council Chambers, City Hall · city 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 15 check: the smash-burger chain's own Yonkers page still reads "Opening Soon!" — the first Westchester shop at 2270 Central Park Avenue is close, but the door isn't open yet. Drive by and tell us the second it flips.

Source: 7th Street Burger locations page · last checked Sept 15

Teriyaki Madness, 34 Main St checked sept 6

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 verified

The library's Sunday hours are on: Riverfront and Will both post Sunday service — their posted hours close Sundays only in July & August, and that window has passed. Crestwood stays closed for renovations. If the week eats your errands, Sunday is back on the menu.

Source: Yonkers Public Library locations & hours · checked Sept 15

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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