Issue #031 · Friday, October 16, 2026 · 4 min read · By Alex Tiratsuyan

Oct 27 is a doubleheader: the zoning hearing at 6:30 — and a stated meeting at 7

The council’s calendar lists a second Oct 27 event: the City Council Stated Meeting, 7:00 PM, City Hall Chambers 4th Floor — 30 minutes after the 6:30 PM D-MX / UR-HD zoning public hearing in the same room. No agenda for the meeting yet, and the events feed still lists only the hearing — the calendar is ahead. Meanwhile the docket record hasn’t moved: every one of Tuesday’s files still reads “Referred,” and the Oct 13 minutes are still Draft. Also: the DRI open call closes at 4 PM today (up to $9.7M), and DRI Local Planning Committee meetings are set for Oct 26 and Nov 30.

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Oct 27 is now a two-meeting night

The calendar lists a stated meeting 30 minutes after the zoning hearing verified

The council’s Legistar calendar lists two Oct 27 events in the same room: the Public Hearing at 6:30 PM and the City Council of Yonkers Stated Meeting at 7:00 PM, both at City Hall – City Council Chambers, 4th Floor. Two wrinkles. First, the meeting has no agenda posted yet — the calendar’s video/agenda column reads “Not available” for it. Second, the automated events feed is behind: yesterday’s pull and this morning’s both list only the hearing as the council’s upcoming event, and the newest event in the feed is that Oct 27 hearing. The calendar page is the place to watch for the agenda drop before the 27th.

Sources: Legistar calendar — rows: “City Council of Yonkers Stated Meeting | 10/27/2026 | 7:00 PM | City Hall – City Council Chambers 4th Floor” and “Public Hearing Notice | 10/27/2026 | 6:30 PM” (checked Oct 16) · Legistar — Oct 27 Public Hearing detail (agenda Final; the only Oct 27 event in the events feed; checked Oct 16)

Status check: minutes still Draft, every docket file still “Referred” verified

The post-meeting paper trail hasn’t moved since Tuesday. The Oct 13 meeting’s Legistar page still shows Minutes status: Draft and no published minutes. And in this morning’s legislative record pull, every file on the Oct 13 docket still carries status “Referred” — ten with Oct 13 action dates (the P.S. 9 conveyance local law; the four grant ordinances: Field Hall Foundation $30,000, state CHIPS $202,648.00, federal ESG $285,304.00, federal HOME $1,294,624.01; the $20,000 Santos/Aponte settlement; the AI-in-elementary-schools resolution; the Italian Heritage/Columbus Day declaration; the Commissioner of Deeds item; and the three-position IT budget amendment) plus the eleventh, the Greenburgh training-center agreement, referred Oct 6. “Referred” means sent to committee, not passed. If the new Oct 27 stated meeting posts an agenda, these files are the ones to watch.

Sources: Legistar — Oct 13 meeting page (Minutes status: “Draft”; checked Oct 16) · Legistar — legislation record pull Oct 16: the ten Oct-13-dated docket files (TMP-0855, 0856, 0857, 0858, 0860, 0861, 0862, 0863, 0864, and TMP-086 — that last file number exactly as the record lists it) plus TMP-0859 (referred Oct 6) all read “Referred”

The video shelf: Oct 13 posted, and this month’s committee meetings too verified

The city’s TV archive carries three October meetings so far: the Oct 13 Council Meeting, the Oct 14 Planning Board (6:00 PM start), and the Oct 7 Rules Committee (9:00 AM start) — all published and playable now. Same story as before on the other shelf: Legistar’s video field for Oct 13 still reads “not available.” The archive is the place to watch meetings; the legislative system catches up later.

Sources: City Hall TV archive — Oct 13 Council Meeting (checked Oct 16) · Legistar calendar — agenda/video column reads “Not available” (checked Oct 16)

💜 City desk

18 days out: the county’s voter cheat-sheet still holds

Register by Oct 24, early-vote Oct 24–Nov 1, Election Day Tue Nov 3 verified

The Westchester County Board of Legislators’ election briefing — built with elections commissioners Tajian M. Nelson (D) and Douglas A. Colety (R) — is still the practical checklist, re-verified today: registration closes Saturday, Oct 24 (DMV online registrations by Oct 23; eligible residents can register and vote the same day at any early voting site on Oct 24). Early voting runs Oct 24 through Nov 1: 10 AM–6 PM weekends; 8 AM–4 PM Monday, Wednesday and Friday; 12 PM–8 PM Tuesday and Thursday. Any registered voter can request an early mail ballot without an excuse — postmark by Election Day, or drop at the Board of Elections, any early voting site, or a polling place on Election Day. The full information-session replay is online.

Sources: Westchester County Board of Legislators — election information session summary (re-checked Oct 16) · Board election information session replay (re-checked Oct 16)

DRI project pitches: last hours — the open call closes at 4 PM today verified

Today is the day: the Hudson Gateway Connector open call closes at 4:00 PM today, Friday, Oct 16. The program’s open-call page — live and readable this morning — lists the deadline verbatim (“Deadline: … October 16, 2026 … 4:00 PM”) and the money on the table: up to $9.7 million in grants to projects that advance the community’s vision for downtown, out of the program’s $10M DRI award to Yonkers. If you have a project idea for the downtown waterfront, this afternoon is the cutoff. What’s next: the committee process (see Events for the next meetings).

Sources: yonkersdri.com open-call page — “Deadline: October 16, 2026 4:00 PM” and “9.7 million in grants” (checked live Oct 16, morning) · City news flash, Sept 10 (city site blocks automated pulls; last readable Oct 14)

📆 Events

The calendar

Oct

Fall Blood Drive at Riverfront Library verified

Tue Oct 20, 11:00 AM–5:00 PM · Riverfront Atrium (1st Floor), One Larkin Center · with the New York Blood Center; walk-ins welcome, appointments recommended · YPL event page · checked Oct 16

Oct

Halloween Pet Parade & Fashion Contest verified

Sat Oct 24, 12:00–2:00 PM · Yonkers Waterfront Amphitheater, 71 Water Grant Street · register each pet individually using their full name · Downtown Yonkers event page · checked Oct 16

Oct

DRI Local Planning Committee, Meeting #3 verified

Mon Oct 26, 5:30–7:00 PM · Riverfront Community Room (2nd Floor), One Larkin Center · open to the public with comment at the end; the committee building the Strategic Investment Plan for the $10M downtown-waterfront revitalization · YPL event page · checked Oct 16

Oct

Public hearing: D-MX / UR-HD rezoning + stated meeting verified

Tue Oct 27 · hearing 6:30 PM, stated meeting 7:00 PM · City Hall — City Council Chambers, 4th Floor · hearing agenda Final; meeting agenda not yet posted · Legistar calendar · checked Oct 16

Oct

Downtown Halloween Bar Crawl verified

Tue Oct 27, 5:00–9:00 PM · participating bars and nightlife venues throughout Downtown Yonkers · Downtown Yonkers event page · checked Oct 16

Nov

DRI Local Planning Committee, Meeting #4 verified

Mon Nov 30, 5:30–7:00 PM · Riverfront Community Room (2nd Floor), One Larkin Center · the committee’s next listed session after Oct 26 · YPL event page · checked Oct 16

🧰 Resources

Deadlines and help lines

Firefighter exam: applications through Nov 25 verified

The Firefighter Examination is open — applications accepted through Nov 25, with a $50 fee, at the recruitment office in Riverfront Library, One Larkin Center, Room 101. The written exam is Saturday, Jan 9, 2027. Questions: (914) 457-1373 or (914) 349-6964. (City site still blocks automated pulls, so this is as of the Oct 5 check.)

Source: City of Yonkers news flash — fire recruitment (posted Sept 28, 2026; checked Oct 5)

Domestic violence: help lines, any time verified

The National Domestic Violence Hotline offers confidential support 24 hours a day, seven days a week — call 800.799.7233, or text “START” to 88788 to reach an advocate.

Source: thehotline.org (phone 1.800.799.7233, text START to 88788, and “confidential support 24/7/365” confirmed on page; checked Oct 16)

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