Yonkers ranks top 5 in 2025 safest US cities list: Where is NYC?

The rankings were made using various metrics along with the three key categories and each city was graded on a 100-point scale.

MGM abruptly pulls bid for casino license after receiving approval for Yonkers expansion

MGM Yonkers has withdrawn its application for a commercial casino license in Yonkers only weeks after its expansion plan was approved. Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano is calling on Gov. Hochul to investigate the matter.

Queens, Yonkers casino proposals get community approval, one step closer to licenses

Casino expansion projects in Queens and Yonkers got the green light from the community on Thursday, days after three proposed locations in Manhattan were struck down.

Beloved Eastchester teacher killed in Yonkers murder-suicide

A retired NYPD officer and a teacher in the Eastchester School District were found dead inside a home in Yonkers in what police believe was a murder-suicide.

Men board Metro-North in Bronx with body parts, dump them in Yonkers: sources

A torched and dismembered body found in a Yonkers shopping cart is now being connected to an apartment in the Bronx, and officials say men used Metro-North to transport it, according to sources.

Yonkers police, migrants scuffle at hotel shelter: VIDEO

Two people were arrested at the Ramada Inn migrant shelter in Yonkers. One of the migrants arrested claims he's the victim of mistreatment by hotel staff.

Transportation woes fuel chronic absenteeism in Yonkers schools: Report

Transportation is one of the leading causes of chronic absenteeism in Yonkers Public Schools, the state’s fourth-largest school district.

Police dash to save man dangling from overpass in dramatic bodycam footage

Dramatic body camera footage captured the moment police were forced to spring into action to save a man attempting to jump off an overpass in New York.

Yonkers DPW crews work overtime to clear flood debris after recent storm

Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano is calling on the federal government to issue a state of emergency, so funding can go to the state, which in turn will help local communities recover and rebuild from the storm.

Yonkers police officer punched in face: Fury after alleged attacker released without bail

Police and local officials are furious after a man was released without bail after, unprovoked, punching a Yonkers police officer who was assisting him in the face, breaking the officer's nose.

Yonkers passes temporary ban on new smoke shops opening

The moratorium is in effect through November 1st, after which the Yonkers City Council will pass new laws to strengthen conditions and figure out where smoke shops can operate.

Yonkers Mayor Spano called out over alleged nepotism

Yonkers City Councilwoman Corazon Pineda Isaac has accused Mayor Mike Spano of nepotism, saying Spano has 14 family members on the municipal payroll totaling $2 million a year.

Man threatens to kill mayor and law enforcement at Yonkers St. Patrick's Day parade

"I will crucify Yonkers cops and their bosses all along McLean ave.  It will be a horror scene.." Man threatens to kill mayor and law enforcement at Yonkers St. Patrick's Day parade.