Issue #044 · Thursday, October 29, 2026 · 4 min read · By Alex Tiratsuyan

The Oct 13 minutes are in — unanimous, and all of twelve minutes long

Yesterday at 2:06 PM — after our morning issue, before this one — Legistar marked the Oct 13 meeting’s minutes “Final”: all seven council members present, eleven adoptions, no recorded dissent, twelve minutes gavel to gavel. The city’s video archive filled in the same stretch: six October meetings now watchable, the Oct 13 session among them. It’s day six of nine of early voting — noon to 8 tonight.

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The record’s last word on the fall’s biggest docket

Seven present, eleven unanimous votes, twelve minutes verified

Yesterday afternoon the Oct 13 stated meeting’s minutes went Final on Legistar — the record’s own timestamp reads 2:06 PM, Oct 28 (EventMinutesLastPublishedUTC 2026-10-28T18:06:36Z) — landing between yesterday morning’s Issue #043 and this morning’s check. Legistar files them as a ten-page “Annotated Agenda,” status Final, and they close the book on the two-week docket story: the eleven permanent-numbered adoptions we reported yesterday are all there, each with its roll call.

Every vote block reads the same: the full council in the aye column — no nays and no absences recorded on any of the eleven. Roll call that night: Council President Lakisha Collins-Bellamy; Majority Leader John Rubbo (District 4); Majority Whip Deana R. Norman (District 1); Minority Leader Michael B. Breen (District 5); and Council Members Corazon Pineda Isaac (District 2), Tasha Diaz (District 3) and Tim Hodges (District 6). After roll call and the Pledge: the Sept 29 stated meeting’s minutes, approved by motion of Minority Leader Breen. Then the eleven, headlined by the AI-in-schools resolution (RES.171-2026) and the former PS #9 sale (LL.10-2026), each carried by the same unanimous block. The whole night: started 7:08 PM, adjourned 7:20 PM.

Yesterday’s Legistar tally showed outcomes; the minutes show the votes behind them. The ledger now rests exactly one meeting behind: Tuesday night’s Oct 27 minutes still read “Draft” with no file posted, and nothing sits on the council calendar past Oct 27 — this morning’s events feed and the InSite calendar both show nothing after it, and the standing second-and-fourth-Tuesday rhythm’s Nov 10 and Nov 24 dates are not posted yet. When they are, they’ll land on our Government page first.

Sources: Legistar web API — event 1194, pulled Oct 29: EventMinutesStatusName “Final”, EventMinutesFile the “1194_M_…26-10-13_Annotated_Agenda.pdf”, EventMinutesLastPublishedUTC “2026-10-28T18:06:36.217” · Annotated Agenda PDF (10 pages), text extracted Oct 29: roll call listing all seven members with an empty “Absent:” line; “Minutes of the Stated Meeting held on Tuesday, September 29, 2026 approved by motion of Minority Leader Breen”; eleven items each “adopted” with vote blocks naming the same seven members; “This Meeting Started at 7:08pm” / “This Meeting was Adjourned 7:20pm” · event 1181 (Oct 27), pulled Oct 29: EventMinutesStatusName “Draft” · events feed pulled Oct 29 via web API (123 rows): newest EventDate of any meeting is 2026-10-27 — zero rows dated after it · InSite calendar pulled Oct 29: newest row 10/27/2026 · Nov 10/24 standing rhythm per our Government page (gated) · LL.10-2026 full title via web API, pulled Oct 29: “LOCAL LAW – AUTHORIZING THE CONVEYANCE OF THE FORMER PUBLIC SCHOOL # 9 FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT OF SAID PROPERTY. (POSITIVE FISCAL IMPACT.) (COUNCILMEMBER DIAZ.)” — Legistar, matter 1984 · yesterday’s tally: Issue #043

October on tape: six meetings, all published verified

The city’s Chameleon “Meetings On Demand” archive now lists six October meetings as published: the Oct 27 and Oct 13 council meetings, the Oct 22 Zoning Board of Appeals meeting, Rules Committee on Oct 20 and Oct 7, and the Oct 14 Planning Board. The Oct 13 entry is the one to bookmark — the session that passed the PS #9 sale and ten more items, now on tape, with the minutes beside it. Tuesday’s meeting is up too. Each entry carries a player page on the city’s archive.

Sources: Chameleon archive API pulled Oct 29: six October events, publish status “live” — player pages: Council, Oct 27 · Council, Oct 13 · Zoning Board, Oct 22 · Rules, Oct 20 · Rules, Oct 7 · Planning Board, Oct 14

💜 City desk

Early voting, day six of nine — noon to 8 tonight

Three days left after tonight — any of the county’s 25 sites works verified

Tonight’s Thursday hours: 12 PM–8 PM. After tonight: Friday 8 AM–4 PM, then Saturday and Sunday 10 AM–6 PM, closing the nine-day period on Sunday, November 1. Any of the county’s 25 early-voting sites works — 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, with early-voting results canvassed and reported after 9 PM that night — and if you vote early, you’re done: the county’s page says “If you vote during the early voting period, you are not eligible to vote on Election Day.”

Sources: Westchester County Board of Elections — Early Voting 2026 page, pulled Oct 29: “The early voting period will be from Saturday, October 24, 2026 through Sunday, November 1, 2026”; “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”; results “canvassed and reported after 9 pm on Tuesday, November 3, 2026”; “If you vote during the early voting period, you are not eligible to vote on Election Day.”

📆 Events

The calendar

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 special visit from the PeaceMobile · Downtown Yonkers event page · checked Oct 29

Oct

Financial Literacy Month Workshop verified

Sat Oct 31, 2:00–4:00 PM · Yonkers Riverfront Library, 1 Larkin Center · free (“Free”), in-person + online · The W.E.A.L.T.H. Lab’s Financial Literacy Month workshop · Downtown Yonkers event page · checked Oct 29

Nov

Election Day verified

Tue Nov 3 · the 2026 General Election; early-voting results canvassed and reported after 9 PM that night; if you early-voted, you’re done — the county notes early voters are not eligible to vote again on Election Day · Westchester County Board of Elections · checked Oct 29

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 per the listing) · Downtown Yonkers event page · checked Oct 29

🧰 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 Oct 29

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 29

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