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City of Yonkers Breaks Ground on Justice Sonia Sotomayor Community School

Justice School to Be First of Three New Community Schools Planned to Rebuild Yonkers Schools First New Yonkers Public School to be Constructed in 20 Years  YONKERS, NY — March 25, 2022 — Yonkers Mayor Mike [...]

March 25th, 2022|Categories: News|Comments Off on City of Yonkers Breaks Ground on Justice Sonia Sotomayor Community School

The Next Step

Last year, with the overwhelming support of our community, Yonkers was successful in its first step in rebuilding Yonkers Public Schools. Governor Cuomo and the New York State Legislature approved and signed legislation enabling the [...]

March 16th, 2022|Categories: Uncategorized|Comments Off on The Next Step

New York State Legislature Passes Yonkers School Construction Act, Funding The Building of Three New Yonkers Public Schools

YONKERS, NY – June 22, 2017 – Just a year after Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano launched the Rebuild Yonkers Schools campaign, the New York State Legislature has passed the Yonkers School Construction Act, which will provide [...]

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Figure out financing to rebuild Yonkers schools: Editorial

Yonkers' School 5 opened in 1884, the year when "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" was first published and the cornerstone was laid for the Statue of Liberty. It's no wonder then that a standpipe burst [...]

March 9th, 2017|Categories: Uncategorized|Comments Off on Figure out financing to rebuild Yonkers schools: Editorial

Yonkers school reconstruction bill gets Cuomo’s OK

ALBANY - Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation Friday that allows Yonkers to create a new authority to oversee its $2 billion reconstruction of the city schools. The state Legislature approved the bill in the waning days of the [...]

February 15th, 2017|Categories: Uncategorized|Comments Off on Yonkers school reconstruction bill gets Cuomo’s OK

Spano goes to Albany for schools rebuilding plan

This is the latest installment in our ongoing coverage of Yonkers' troubled school system.   Mike Spano rolls deep. Spano crowds into McGeary’s Irish Pub in Albany as he does most everything — surrounded by a crew [...]

May 25th, 2016|Categories: Uncategorized|Comments Off on Spano goes to Albany for schools rebuilding plan
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