Issue #023 · Sunday, October 4, 2026 · 4 min read · By Alex Tiratsuyan

The Clock Tower goes red and white today.

Sunday, and Fire Prevention Week begins today (Oct 4–10) — the City Hall Clock Tower commemorates it by lighting up red and white, and YFD’s school tour reaches two schools tomorrow. The clerk’s desk hasn’t moved, but the library has the public schedule for the $10 million downtown-waterfront revitalization planning: four sessions starting Oct 26. The council’s newest action still dates to Sept 29, and the council is back Tuesday, Oct 13. Before that: property tax is due Tuesday, Oct 6, and the DV 5K is Saturday.

In today's issue

🏛️ City Hall 💜 City desk 📆 Events 🧰 Resources

🏛️ City Hall

The council file sleeps; the $10M planning calendar wakes up

Sunday morning pull: still nothing newer than Sept 29 verified

This morning’s pull of the city’s legislation file shows no action anywhere newer than Sept 29 — that remains the newest action date across all 53 matters. The twelve matters filed at the Sept 29 stated meeting (TMP-0834 through TMP-0845) all still read “Referred,” and the meeting’s minutes are still marked Draft on Legistar as of this morning. The fall stack reads the same: P.S. 9 conveyance (TMP-0813) still Tabled, the noise-code amendment (TMP-0787, Chapter 66 § 66-5) still “Agenda Ready — Items for Consideration — Council.” The next stated meeting is Tuesday, Oct 13, 7 PM, Council Chambers, City Hall, 40 South Broadway, with a second stated meeting Oct 27.

Sources: Legistar — South Broadway/Caryl Ave encroachment (TMP-0845, Referred) · Legistar — P.S. 9 conveyance (TMP-0813, Tabled) · Legistar — noise-code amendment (TMP-0787, Agenda Ready) · Legistar — Sept 29 stated meeting (minutes Draft, checked via Legistar API 7 AM Oct 4) · full 53-matter file pulled 7 AM Oct 4 · city calendar — Oct 13 stated meeting

The $10M downtown-waterfront plan opens its public schedule Oct 26 verified

The freshest thing on any official calendar this morning: the library has posted the full meeting schedule for the Downtown Revitalization Initiative’s Local Planning Committee — the state program where, in the library’s words, “Yonkers put its waterfront forward and was awarded $10 million” and is now “beginning a community-led planning and project identification process before breaking ground.” The committee writes the Strategic Investment Plan and evaluates which projects get the grants. Four evening sessions are on the books, all 5:30–7 PM in the Riverfront Community Room (2nd Floor), One Larkin Center: Monday, Oct 26, Monday, Nov 30, Monday, Jan 25, 2027 and Monday, Feb 22, 2027. Every session is open to the public, with public comment at the end. Background and project documents: yonkersdri.com.

Sources: YPL — DRI Local Planning Committee Meeting #3, Oct 26, 2026, 5:30–7 PM · YPL — Meeting #4, Nov 30, 2026 · YPL — Meeting #5, Jan 25, 2027 · YPL — Meeting #6, Feb 22, 2027 · yonkersdri.com · all four pages checked Oct 4

💜 City desk

Fire Prevention Week, day one

Clock Tower red and white today; the fire-safety tour hits two schools tomorrow verified

Fire Prevention Week runs Oct 4–10 — the week named in the council’s Sept 29 resolution (still Referred) — and today, the Yonkers City Hall Clock Tower commemorates the week by lighting up red and white. The department’s school tour keeps rolling all month: Khalil Gibran School, 18 Rosedale Road, tomorrow (Oct 5) — the second of its two scheduled visits — alongside Annunciation School, 465 Westchester Avenue (also Oct 5); then Rosemarie Ann Sirgusa School, 60 Crescent Place (Oct 6), Westchester Hills School 29, 47 Croydon Road (Oct 7), Montessori School 27, 132 Valentine Lane (Oct 13) and Casimir Pulaski School, 150 Kings Cross (Oct 22). The theme stays “Charge into Fire Safety: Safe Charging Is a Superpower”; the number behind it: YFD responded to 10 battery-sparked fires in 2025, and to date this year that count has been cut in half. Lt. Devon Chisholm of the Fire Prevention Bureau: “Much of our attention is focused on school-age children to bring the message home. This way, families can plan together and learn together.” Lithium-ion batteries can be dropped at the Yonkers Recycling Center, 735 Saw Mill River Road.

Sources: City of Yonkers news flash — “Charge Into Fire Safety” (posted Oct 1, 2026; school schedule and Clock Tower commemoration re-checked Oct 4) · Legistar — Fire Prevention Month/Week resolution (TMP-0843, Referred)

📆 Events

The calendar

Oct

Final mobile tax office stop: Monday at Coyne Park verified

Mon Oct 5, 9:00 AM–7:00 PM · Coyne Park/Bernice Spreckman Community Center, 777 McLean Ave · property tax and water-bill payments, staff on site for questions · city calendar · checked Oct 4

Oct

Board of Contract & Supply verified

Tue Oct 6, 3:00–3:30 PM · the city’s purchasing board meets (next session Oct 20) · city calendar · checked Oct 4

Oct

Landmarks Preservation Board verified

Wed Oct 7, 7:00–8:00 PM · city calendar listing · city calendar · checked Oct 4

Oct

Break the Silence 5K for domestic violence verified

Sat Oct 10 · 8 AM registration, 9 AM opening ceremony, 9:30 AM race start, rain or shine · Tibbetts Brook Park, 355 Midland Ave (Pavilion) · with Legislator Shanae Williams and Westchester County Parks; event-day parking 7:30 AM–1 PM; all proceeds go to YCAP, Yonkers Community Action Program · registration $35 as listed today · register · re-checked Oct 4

Oct

Fall Blood Drive at Riverfront Library verified

Tue Oct 20, 11:00 AM–5:00 PM · Riverfront Atrium (1st Floor), One Larkin Center · presented with the New York Blood Center; walk-ins welcome, appointments recommended · donors 17+ (16 with written parental consent), at least 110 lbs · YPL event page · checked Oct 4

Oct

DRI Local Planning Committee, Meeting #3 verified

Mon Oct 26, 5:30–7:00 PM · Riverfront Community Room (2nd Floor), One Larkin Center · public session with comment at the end; the $10M waterfront planning process (details above) · YPL event page · checked Oct 4

🧰 Resources

Deadlines and help lines

Property tax: due Tuesday, Oct 6 verified

The second installment of the 2027 city property tax is due Tuesday, Oct 6. If you pay in person, the final stop of the announced mobile tax office series is Monday, Oct 5, 9 AM–7 PM at the Coyne Park/Bernice Spreckman Community Center, 777 McLean Ave. Can’t make it? Call Constituent Services at (914) 377-6010, 9 AM–4:30 PM, or the 24/7 Mayor’s Help Line at 377-HELP (4357).

Source: City of Yonkers news flash — mobile tax offices (posted Sept 22, 2026; checked Oct 3) · city calendar — Oct 5 stop (checked Oct 4)

Firefighter exam: applications through Nov 25 verified

The 2026–2027 Firefighter Examination is open — applications accepted through Nov 25, hand-delivered with a non-refundable $50 fee (checks or money orders only) to the recruitment office in Riverfront Library, One Larkin Center, Room 101. The written exam is Saturday, Jan 9, 2027, with physical agility dates to be announced for qualified candidates. Questions: (914) 457-1373 or (914) 349-6964.

Source: City of Yonkers news flash — fire recruitment (posted Sept 28, 2026; checked Oct 3)

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