Issue #037 · Thursday, October 22, 2026 · 5 min read · By Alex Tiratsuyan

Mary Teague Way passed Sept 29 — the record took three weeks to say so

The Sept 29 docket finally resolves in Legistar: all 13 items from that night now read “Passed” — including the Mary Teague Way renaming, now RES.157-2026 with a Sept 29 pass date. We’d carried it as “Held” on our Government page since Oct 8 — that reading is corrected today. Meanwhile tonight is the Zoning Board’s 16-case hearing night at Saunders, and Oct 27’s 7:00 PM stated meeting finally posts a Final docket — minutes and two “no items” placeholders — while the zoning hearing’s own notice filing has been withdrawn even as the event stays listed.

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The Sept 29 votes surface — all thirteen passed

Mary Teague Way passed Sept 29 as RES.157-2026 — and that’s a correction to our own record verified

On Sept 29 the council ran a double-header at Saunders Trades and Technical High School: a 6:30 PM public hearing on the honorary street renaming, then the 7:00 PM stated meeting. This morning’s pull of the city’s legislation record shows every one of the 13 items from that night now reads “Passed” with a Sept 29 pass date. The correction that matters most is ours to print: our Government page carried the Mary Teague Way renaming as “Held” from Oct 8 until Monday’s fix — the record now reads otherwise. The same Legistar record we linked then (filed as TMP-0820) is now RES.157-2026, status “Passed,” pass date Sept 29, 2026. Its full title, verbatim: RESOLUTION HONORING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF MARY TEAGUE AND AUTHORIZING THE HONORARY STREET RENAMING OF HAWTHORNE AVENUE FROM HUDSON STREET TO MAIN STREET AS “MARY TEAGUE WAY” — so Hawthorne Avenue’s stretch from Hudson Street to Main Street now carries the honorary name.

The rest of the night’s 13, all passed Sept 29: the South Broadway and Caryl Avenue right-of-way encroachment special ordinance (SO.48-2026), the inter-municipal agreement with the Yonkers IDA for employment-related assistance (RES.158-2026), and ten recognition resolutions — Italian American Heritage Month (RES.162-2026), Breast Cancer Awareness Month (RES.166-2026), Fire Prevention Month and Week (RES.167-2026), Disability Employment Awareness Month (RES.160-2026), Polish American Heritage Month (RES.164-2026), LGBTQ+ History Month (RES.161-2026), National Bullying Prevention Month and Unity Day (RES.165-2026), World Cerebral Palsy Day (RES.163-2026), National Custodian Appreciation Day (RES.168-2026) and NICU Awareness (RES.159-2026). One cold spot in the record: nothing from the Oct 13 docket has passed — its filings, the grants and settlements included, all still read “Referred.”

Tonight at 6: the Zoning Board’s 16-case hearing night verified Oct 1

Tonight, 6:00 PM, Saunders Trades and Technical High School auditorium, 183 Palmer Rd — the Zoning Board of Appeals convenes over a 16-case draft agenda: nine open or continued hearings plus seven new ones. The headline requests, per the posted draft: a 201,760-square-foot warehouse and office building at 79 Austin Ave, a 60-unit apartment building at 69 Spruce St, a 56-unit building at 68–72 Buena Vista Ave, and a variance-heavy new apartment proposal at 1221 Yonkers Avenue. One caveat, our standard one: the city’s site 403s to our automated pulls today (the standing bot-wall), so the case list is as carried since our Oct 1 check — the board may continue or reorder cases at the hearing itself.

Oct 27, one-two: the stated meeting finally posts Final — and the zoning hearing’s notice vanishes verified

The ghost found its sheet. The 7:00 PM stated meeting’s detail page — “Draft” and hidden through yesterday — flipped overnight: it now reads “Agenda status: Final”, “Meeting date/time: 10/27/2026 at 7:00 PM” (the time field was empty on every pull since Friday), “Meeting location: City Hall – City Council Chambers 4th Floor” — though “Published agenda” and “Agenda packet” still read “Not available.” The docket behind it, via the events feed: adopt the Oct 13 minutes — “Minutes of the Stated Meeting held on Tuesday, October 13, 2026 approved by motion of Majority Leader Rubbo” — plus two placeholder filings introduced Oct 21: TMP-0867, “There are NO OLD ITEMS for Consideration for the City Council Meeting scheduled for TUESDAY, October 27, 2026, 7:00 P.M.” and TMP-0868, the same for NO NEW ITEMS. No legislation is docketed.

The 6:30 PM zoning hearing across the hall went the other way — its paper trail thinned overnight. The hearing-notice filing TMP-0866 (“Public Hearing Notice – GO AMENDING CHAPTER 43 – DMX Zoning”) now reads “Withdrawn” in this morning’s pull; its detail page returns HTTP 410, “Gone”; the agenda PDF we linked yesterday now 404s; and the events feed lists the hearing’s agenda as “Hidden”. But the event itself is still listed — 6:30 PM, same room — and the rezoning ordinance it advertises, TMP-0811, is untouched: still “Referred.” TMP-0811 is the general ordinance amending General Ordinance 4-2000 — Chapter 43, the Zoning Ordinance — and the zoning map “to reclassify and rezone certain properties to D-MX or UR-HD district,” with matching edits to the ordinance’s four map attachments. Read together: a withdrawn notice and a hidden agenda, but no cancellation anywhere in the record. If you care about the D-MX/UR-HD map changes, the safe move is still to show up Tuesday at 6:30.

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Register by Saturday — or same-day at an early-voting site

Two days left: registration closes Saturday; DMV online closes tomorrow verified

Re-verified this morning against the county Board of Legislators’ election briefing: voter registration closes this Saturday, October 24, and DMV online registrations must be completed by tomorrow, Friday, October 23. Miss Saturday? Eligible residents can “register and vote the same day at any early voting site on October 24.” Early voting runs October 24 through November 1 — 10 AM–6 PM weekends; 8 AM–4 PM Monday, Wednesday and Friday; and 12 PM–8 PM Tuesday and Thursday. Any registered voter can request an early mail ballot “without an excuse”, postmarked by Election Day — Tuesday, November 3, now 12 days out.

📆 Events

The calendar

22
Oct

Zoning Board of Appeals — 16-case hearing night tonight

Tonight (Thu Oct 22), 6:00 PM · Saunders Trades & Technical High School auditorium, 183 Palmer Rd · nine open/continued hearings + seven new · case list as carried since the Oct 1 check; the city’s agenda PDF 403s to automated pulls · draft agenda (PDF)
24
Oct

Breast Cancer Awareness Walk verified

Sat Oct 24, 9:30 AM–3:00 PM · gathers at the Yonkers Waterfront, Pier Pointe Street & Main Street — check-in 9:30 AM, walk steps off 10:15 AM, concluding at the YMCA of Yonkers, 17 Riverdale Avenue · Downtown Yonkers event page · checked Oct 22
24
Oct

Halloween Pet Parade & Fashion Contest verified

Sat Oct 24, 12:00–2:00 PM · Yonkers Waterfront Amphitheater, 71 Water Grant Street · check-in 11:00–11:45 AM; contest categories Most Creative, Scariest, Cutest; registered pets receive a free goodie bag, participation certificate and 360° video-booth access · Downtown Yonkers event page · checked Oct 22
24
Oct

Financial Literacy Workshop: the W.E.A.L.T.H. Lab verified

Sat Oct 24, 2:00–4:00 PM · Yonkers Riverfront Library — the W.E.A.L.T.H. Lab with Tyrone Glover; free, in-person and online · Downtown Yonkers event page · checked Oct 22
26
Oct

DRI Local Planning Committee, Meeting #3 verified

Mon Oct 26, 5:30–7:00 PM · Riverfront Community Room (2nd Floor), One Larkin Center · the committee developing the Strategic Investment Plan for the $10M downtown-waterfront DRI; all meetings open to the public · YPL event page · checked Oct 22
27
Oct

City Council public hearing + stated meeting verified

Tue Oct 27 · 6:30 PM public hearing on the D-MX / UR-HD rezoning (notice filing withdrawn, agenda hidden — event still listed) · 7:00 PM stated meeting, agenda Final: adopt Oct 13 minutes, no old or new items · City Hall — City Council Chambers, 4th Floor · Legistar stated-meeting detail · checked Oct 22
27
Oct

Downtown Halloween Bar Crawl verified

Tue Oct 27, 5:00–9:00 PM · participating bars throughout Downtown Yonkers — list “announced soon”; costumes encouraged · Downtown Yonkers event page · checked Oct 22
🧰 Resources

Deadlines and help lines

Firefighter exam: applications through Nov 25 verified Oct 5

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.)

Domestic violence: help lines, any time verified

The National Domestic Violence Hotline’s pathways to a live advocate: call 800.799.SAFE, or text “START” to 88788.

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