Issue #041 · Monday, October 26, 2026 · 4 min read · By Alex Tiratsuyan

One day out: an empty docket, a hearing in limbo — and the DRI committee meets tonight

Tomorrow is the City Hall double-header — a 6:30 PM rezoning hearing still on the calendar even though its notice filing reads “Withdrawn”, then a 7:00 PM stated meeting whose printed agenda still lists no legislation. The council’s eleven fall filings all still sit in committee, thirteen days on. Tonight, the DRI Local Planning Committee meets at Larkin, public comment at the end. It’s day three of nine of early voting — 8 to 4 today — and Halloween week rolls on: bar crawl tomorrow, Fright Fest Friday, a free financial-literacy workshop Saturday.

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One day out, the record holds

Tomorrow’s stated meeting: the printed agenda still lists no legislation verified

The council’s Oct 27 stated meeting — Tuesday, 7:00 PM, City Hall – City Council Chambers 4th Floor — has had its printed agenda up since Friday, and this morning’s pull of the meeting record shows the same slim shape it has carried all week: roll call, the pledge, “Minutes of the Stated Meeting held on Tuesday, October 13, 2026 approved by motion of Majority Leader Rubbo.”, the standing communications and committee sections, and the two placeholder filings filed Oct 21 — “There are NO OLD ITEMS for Consideration for the City Council Meeting scheduled for TUESDAY, October 27, 2026, 7:00 P.M.” and its new-items twin. Both placeholders still read “Agenda Ready” in this morning’s legislation pull, and the newest change anywhere in the record is still that Oct 21 filing pair. One day out, no legislation is docketed for Tuesday — if filings arrive before the gavel, the docket grows; the record we can see this morning says otherwise.

Sources: Legistar web API — event 1181, pulled Oct 26: EventDate 2026-10-27, EventTime “7:00 PM”, EventBodyName “City Council of Yonkers Stated Meeting”, EventLocation “City Hall – City Council Chambers 4th Floor”, EventAgendaStatusName “Final”, agenda last published 2026-10-23 · event 1181 agenda items, pulled Oct 26 (17 rows): “Roll Call”, the Pledge line, “OLD BUSINESS”/“NEW BUSINESS”, the communications and committee sections, the Rubbo minutes line and both “NO OLD ITEMS”/“NO NEW ITEMS” placeholders — no legislation rows · printed agenda PDF (Final) · TMP-0867 (Matter 1987) and TMP-0868 (Matter 1988), both “Agenda Ready” in the Oct 26 web API legislation pull, last modified Oct 21 — the newest stamps in that pull’s 603 rows

The 6:30 hearing: still on the calendar, its notice still “Withdrawn” verified

The record’s strange thread, re-verified this morning: the events feed still lists a 6:30 PM public hearing tomorrow evening at the same City Hall chambers — but its notice filing, TMP-0866 (“Public Hearing Notice - GO AMENDING CHAPTER 43 - DMX Zoning”), still reads “Withdrawn”, unchanged since Oct 21 per the record’s own last-modified stamp. The rezoning ordinance behind it — TMP-0811, the D-MX / UR-HD map amendment — remains “Referred.” An event listed on a calendar whose notice has been pulled is the record contradicting itself, and this morning’s check changes nothing: if the D-MX/UR-HD rezoning matters to you, the calendar’s answer is still “show up Tuesday at 6:30.”

Sources: Legistar web API — event 1195, pulled Oct 26: still listed, EventDate 2026-10-27, EventTime “6:30 PM”, body “Public Hearing Notice” · TMP-0866 (Matter 1986), pulled Oct 26 via web API: status “Withdrawn”, last modified 2026-10-21 · TMP-0811 (Matter 1929), pulled Oct 26: status “Referred” — the D-MX / UR-HD rezoning ordinance

Thirteen days on, the Oct 13 pile still sits in committee verified

The wait continues on the Oct 13 pile: the council’s eleven pending temporary filings — TMP-0855 through TMP-0864, plus TMP-086 (that last file number exactly as the record lists it) — every one still reading “Referred” in this morning’s pull, thirteen days after that meeting, none with a pass date. The pile includes the former Public School # 9 conveyance, the resolution urging age-appropriate restrictions on student use of artificial intelligence in elementary schools, the Italian Heritage / Columbus Day resolution, four grant-acceptance ordinances totaling $1,812,576.01 — a $30,000 Field Hall Foundation grant, $202,648.00 in state CHIPS funding, $285,304.00 in federal ESG funding and $1,294,624.01 in federal HOME funding — the $20,000 settlement over the March 2023 McDonald’s melee, the budget amendment, a Commissioner of Deeds appointment and the intermunicipal agreement with the Town of Greenburgh. When the Sept 29 docket finally resolved last week, the outcomes landed in one clerk update. The same could happen any day now.

Sources: Legistar legislation pull Oct 26 via web API (603 rows): TMP-0855, TMP-0856, TMP-0857, TMP-0858, TMP-0859, TMP-0860, TMP-0861, TMP-0862, TMP-0863, TMP-0864 and TMP-086 all “Referred”, all with empty pass dates · full titles via web API: TMP-0864 (Matter 1984) · TMP-0856 (Matter 1976) · TMP-0858 (Matter 1978) — “IN THE AMOUNT OF $20,000.00 … DURING AN ONGOING MELEE AT 155 SOUTH BROADWAY (MCDONALDS) ON MARCH 17, 2023” · grant titles: TMP-0860 (Matter 1980) — Field Hall Foundation “$30,000” · TMP-0861 (Matter 1981) — CHIPS “$202,648.00” · TMP-0862 (Matter 1982) — ESG “$285,304.00” · TMP-0863 (Matter 1983) — HOME “$1,294,624.01”

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Early voting, day three of nine — 8 to 4 today

Seven days left to vote early, at any site in the county verified

No deadline gymnastics for the already-registered: early voting runs through Sunday, November 1, and today’s Monday hours are 8 AM–4 PM. The week ahead, per the Board of Elections’ posted schedule: Tuesday and Thursday 12 PM–8 PM; Wednesday and Friday 8 AM–4 PM; Saturday and Sunday 10 AM–6 PM. You can vote at any of the county’s 25 sites — not just your neighborhood one. Yonkers’ three: Grinton I. Will Library (1500 Central Park Avenue), Nodine Hill Community Center (140 Fillmore Street), and Riverfront Library (One Larkin Center). Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, and early-voting results get canvassed and reported after 9 PM that night. The county notes the site list is “Subject to Change.”

Sources: Westchester County Board of Elections — Early Voting 2026 page, pulled Oct 26: “a nine (9) day period”; “The early voting period will be from Saturday, October 24, 2026 through Sunday, November 1, 2026”; day-by-day hours including “Monday, October 26, 2026 from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m.”, “Tuesday, October 27, 2026 from 12 p.m. until 8 p.m.”, “Wednesday, October 28, 2026 from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m.”, “Thursday, October 29, 2026 from 12 p.m. until 8 p.m.”, “Friday, October 30, 2026 from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m.”, “Saturday, October 31, 2026 from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m.”, “Sunday, November 1, 2026 from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m.”; “any of the twenty-five (25) designated Early Voting sites”; Yonkers rows “Grinton I. Will Library, 1500 Central Park Avenue”, “Nodine Hill Community Center, 140 Fillmore Street”, “Riverfront Library, One Larkin Center”; list “Subject to Change”; early voting results “canvassed and reported after 9 pm on Tuesday, November 3, 2026”

Tonight: the DRI committee works on the downtown plan verified

At 5:30 this evening, the Yonkers DRI Local Planning Committee holds its third meeting, in the Riverfront Community Room (2nd Floor) at One Larkin Center, running to 7:00. The committee is developing the Strategic Investment Plan for the DRI area and evaluating projects for grant funding — the DRI being the state’s Downtown Revitalization Initiative, which, per the library’s listing, provides one winning downtown with planning support and grants to fund a slate of shovel-ready projects. “All LPC meetings are open to the public and provide an opportunity for public comment at the end.” More at yonkersdri.com.

Source: YPL event page, pulled Oct 26: “Yonkers DRI Local Planning Committee Meeting #3”; “Monday, October 26, 2026 5:30pm–7:00pm”; “Riverfront Library Riverfront Community Room (2nd Floor)”; “will collaborate to develop a Strategic Investment Plan for the DRI area and evaluate projects for grant funding”; “All LPC meetings are open to the public and provide an opportunity for public comment at the end”; “Learn more at https://www.yonkersdri.com/”; location “Yonkers Public Library One Larkin Center”

📆 Events

The calendar

Oct

DRI Local Planning Committee, Meeting #3 verified

Mon Oct 26, 5:30–7:00 PM · tonight — Riverfront Community Room (2nd Floor), One Larkin Center · developing the Strategic Investment Plan for the DRI area; open to the public, public comment at the end · YPL event page · checked Oct 26

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, event still listed — re-checked Oct 26, unchanged) · 7:00 PM stated meeting, printed agenda up: adopt Oct 13 minutes, no old or new items · City Hall — City Council Chambers, 4th Floor · Legistar stated-meeting detail · checked Oct 26

Oct

Downtown Halloween Bar Crawl verified

Tue Oct 27, 5:00–9:00 PM · six participating bars: Dos Marias, Guapo Restaurant, La Cantina, La Bella Havana, Francey Brady’s and Yonkers Brewing, throughout Downtown Yonkers · costumes encouraged · Downtown Yonkers event page · checked Oct 26

Oct

YMCA Haunted Halloween Fright Fest verified

Fri Oct 30, 5:00–8:00 PM · YMCA of Yonkers, 17 Riverdale Avenue — a haunted house, trick-or-treating, games, music and a visit from the PeaceMobile · Downtown Yonkers event page · checked Oct 26 (the listing’s organizer field reads “YWCA of Yonkers”; the event title and body both say the YMCA of Yonkers)

Oct

Financial Literacy Month Workshop verified

Sat Oct 31, 2:00–4:00 PM · Yonkers Riverfront Library, 1 Larkin Center · free (“Cost: Free”), in-person + online; The W.E.A.L.T.H. Lab’s Financial Literacy Month workshop, organizer Tyrone Glover; a series listing — the other listed date was Oct 24 · Downtown Yonkers event page · checked Oct 26

Nov

The 14th Annual YoFiFest verified

Fri Nov 6–Sun Nov 15 · Yonkers’ film festival — the event page bills it as Westchester’s “Best New Film Festival” and one of the Top 100 on FilmFreeway; listed venue 28 Wells Avenue, Building 3, 5th Floor · Downtown Yonkers event page · checked Oct 25

🧰 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.)

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’s pathways to a live advocate: call 800.799.SAFE, or text “START” to 88788.

Source: thehotline.org — “Call 800.799.SAFE” and “Text START to 88788” confirmed on page, checked Oct 26

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