THE SIXTH BOROUGH: Recent News From New York's Third Largest City

YONKERS (WESTCHESTER COUNTY) NY: Recommended Reading From The City Hills 

HATE CRIME: Serial offender who punched Asian senior over 125 times in New York indicted

A #YonkersMan was indicted on hate crime charges for allegedly punching and stomping on a 67-year-old Asian American woman in March in the foyer of her Riverdale Avenue apartment.

The #WestchesterCounty District Attorney's Office announced Wednesday Tammel Esco, 42, was arraigned Tuesday and was being held without bail.

#TammelEsco was indicted by a Westchester County grand jury on several violent felony charges, including attempted second-degree murder as a hate crime.

The March 11 attack was caught on surveillance footage, which showed a man identified by #YonkersPolice as Esco beating the woman, who is of Filipino descent, for over 90 seconds before leaving the building.

The #YonkersPoliceDepartment said at the time that Esco used the word "Asian" during the attack.

The victim was treated for bleeding on the brain, facial fractures and bruises and lacerations to the head and face.....

https://www.facebook.com/groups/YonkersNewswire/posts/3297669543823934/

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IRONIC NEWS: Yonkers city, Community Leaders Explore Solutions To Crime In Yonkers At Building That Just Became A Crime Scene  

The Nepperhan Community Center, Inc. Cooling Center Has No Air Conditioning, Because Of A Cooper Theft To The $100,000 Roof Top Air Conditioning Unit

Mayor #MikeSpano, Police Commissioner #ChrisSapienza and #Yonkers faith leaders are supposed to come to meet with Dr. #JimBostic about crime in the city of hills...

But there will be no air conditioning for the meeting, because some stole the Nepperhan Community Center's copper.

This followed the three most recent shootings in downtown Yonkers that happened in less than 48 hours.

On July 16th two shootings took place within hours of each other leaving 5 gunshot victims in critical condition. The following day, a young woman was shot in a domestic violence dispute in her home on Main Street.

No arrests have been made in the first two shootings which police believe to be gang related.

A person was arrested in the third shooting which was described as a domestic violence incident.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/YonkersNewswire/posts/3296711647253057/

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YONKERS MAN: The Transportation Security Administration at JFK Airport says a #YonkersMan was arrested after they prevented him from carrying this a loaded 9 mm handgun onto his flight.

The unidentified #Yonkers resident is facing a weapons charge and a stiff fine and was held for questioning.

Guns can be transported on a flight if they are unloaded and packed in a locked, hard-sided case then declared to the airline.

The gun travels with checked baggage in the belly of the plane....

https://www.facebook.com/groups/YonkersNewswire/posts/3298284893762399/

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REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER: John Ciampoli will be GOP Candidate in the 16th Congressional District

John Ciampoli has filed as a Substitution for Candidate #AldoVitagliano who had submitted petitions to run against #Yonkers Congressman Jamaal Bowman, then Vitagliano submitted a certificate of declination for his Republican Petitions for CD 16....

https://www.facebook.com/groups/YonkersNewswire/posts/3298302883760600/

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WOOT WOOT: $18.9M lotto ticket sold in Yonkers, Mega Millions jackpot at $630M

A New York Lotto ticket worth nearly $19 million has been sold in #YonkersNY.

The winning ticket was sold at the #YonkersMiniMart & Deli on Yonkers Avenue.

So far, whomever has that winning ticket has not come forward to claim the big prize.

The next drawing for the fifth-largest jackpot in Mega history is Friday....

https://www.facebook.com/groups/YonkersNewswire/posts/3298180557106166/

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NEARBY:  In Mount Vernon Mayor Shawyn Patterson-Howard launched the Level Up Guaranteed Income Pilot Program.

The program, also known as Level Up, is a lottery that will provide 200 households - single or families - with a guaranteed monthly income of by providing $500 per month for 12 months - totaling $6,000 for the year.

The mayor says monthly money is to help address the economic insecurity faced by residents in the city.

To be eligible for this program, you must be over 18, with an income ranging from $15,000 to $80,000, depending on the size of your family.....

https://www.facebook.com/groups/YonkersNewswire/posts/3297206810536874/

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SUNY WCC: Yonkers' New Campus will be opening for Fall 2022

#Yonkers is growing … and so are we!

Our new 40,000 sq. ft. facility will have beautiful new spaces, including high-tech classrooms, science labs, fashion design labs, and learning commons.

#SUNY WCC’s Yonkers Campus will offer 140 credit classes and a full array of student services.

Conveniently located in Cross County Center - Westchester with easy access to bus routes, subways, and Metro North....

https://www.facebook.com/groups/YonkersNewswire/posts/3297256987198523/

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YONKERS EVENT: Origami art workshop for adults is happening this Saturday, July 23rd (2-4pm) at Blue Door Art Center....

https://www.facebook.com/groups/YonkersNewswire/posts/3297271640530391/

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MOPED MADNESS: Happens In Front Of Styles P Juice Bar With Competing Viral Videos

Social media pages in the city of hills blew up about an incident involving two Yonkers Police Officers and an unregistered moped.

The story then went national on Hip Hop Websites And Urban websites, Because the video version posted to social media by Yonkers Rapper Styles P's associates had the hallmark of other notorious interactions in the nation.

In Yonkers Rapper Styles P's video two white police officers in a struggle with a Black person, Bianca McCovery, who they are trying to arrest after taking her to the ground on the sidewalk.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/YonkersNewswire/posts/3291681937756028/

The chaotic incident also went viral, because it happened in front of Juices for Life, a smoothie shop in Yonkers owned by hip-hop stars Jadakiss and Styles P, who angrily cursed at the two police officers.

However the Yonkers Police Department released a YPD body cam video showing the two officers were calm in their discussions with the young woman, and she escalated the incident by trying to flee.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/YonkersNewswire/posts/3292239934366895/

Police say she was observed driving the gas powered moped erratically before parking on the sidewalk and claimed a a knife was recovered from the front compartment on the moped.

After the department released unedited body cam footage of the highly charged arrest main stream news outlets started covering the story of the arrest and confrontation.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/YonkersNewswire/posts/3292224311035124/

This Article Originally Appeared In The Westchester News Center:

https://westchester.town.news/g/white-plains-ny/n/112041/yonkers-moped-…

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YONKERS POLICE DEPARTMENT: Multiple People Were Shot In The City Of Hills In Two Separate Overnight Shootings 

WILD NIGHT: The gunfire erupted at a memorial service on Locust Hill Avenue and then commenced again, blocks away, on School Street....

Five people were shot in less than two hours in in two different incidents in Yonkers.

Mutual aid request to the Westchester County Police and New York State Police was called in to assist with the large crowds gathering at both shooting scenes.

The exact circumstances surrounding the shoot of multiple people in southwest Yonkers are not known, but the police department is promising a press conference in the morning.

Reports said that the first victims were transported to to Jacobi Hospital in the Bronx.

Local residents and freelancers caught video about the incident here:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/YonkersNewswire/posts/3295388374052051/

The Yonkers Police Department Released The Following Statement:

"The Yonkers Police Department is currently investigating two separate, but related, shooting incidents that occurred late in the evening on 7/16/22.

Just after 9:00PM on 7/16/22, Yonkers Police responded to the area of 139 Locust Hill Avenue on a report of shots fired.

Units located two shooting victims at that location and quickly arranged for them both to be transported to an area hospital.

Both victims are listed as being in stable condition at this time.

Just before 11:00PM on the same date, Yonkers Police responded to the area of 43 School Street on an additional report of shots fired.

Units located three shooting victims at that location and again quickly arranged for their transport to an area hospital.

These three victims do not have a condition listed at this time."

https://www.facebook.com/YonkersPD/posts/418326223656216

UPDATE #1: Initially Yonkers Police detectives said the two shootings were possibly connected, but later said a connection could not be made in the shootings that left three adults in critical condition.

"The initial shooting took place during a memorial service at a park, that seems to have started this chain of events," Commissioner Christopher Sapienza said at the Sunday morning briefing.

Mayor Mike Spano said, “I’m here reporting an incident of potential gang violence and a shooting in our community,” said Spano.

https://www.facebook.com/YonkersPD/videos/434249445237954

Early estimates suggest more than 100 people were in the vicinity of the park when the shots were fired.

Detectives were still working the scene when reports came in of a second shooting happened blocks away.

The victims in the first shooting were an 18-year-old woman and an 18-year-old man.

They both were hospitalized. The woman was shot in the right elbow and is expected to survive.

The man was shot in the chest and is in critical condition.

At the second shooting less than two hours later Yonkers Police offers were called to help three gunshot victims - a 42-year-old man, 30-year-old woman and a 41-year-old man.

The 42-year-old man and 30-year-old woman were in critical condition.

The other man was in stable condition.

No arrests have been made by the Yonkers Police Department and they have yet to release any information on the suspect(s).

UPDATE #2: Yonkers Police Department Press Release in connection with the multiple shooting incident from yesterday (07/16/22)

"The Yonkers Police Department is currently investigating two shooting incidents that occurred late in the evening on July 16th, 2022.

At approximately 9:15PM on July 16th, 2022, the Yonkers Police Department responded to the area of Pitkin Park on Locust Hill Avenue on a report of shots fired.

Upon arrival, units located two victims of gunshot wounds. These victims were quickly transported to an area hospital.

The first victim is an 18-year-old female who was shot in her right elbow. Her condition is stable at this time.

The second victim is an 18-year-old male who was shot in the right side of his chest just below the collar bone. Doctors report that he may have a punctured lung.

This male is in critical but stable condition at this time.Later in the evening, just before 11:00PM, the Yonkers Police Department responded to the area of 43 School Street on an additional report of shots fired.

Upon arrival, units located three victims of gunshot wounds. The first victim is a 42-year-old male who was shot once in the back. Doctors found that the bullet passed through to his chest.

He is in critical but stable condition at this time. The second victim is a 30-year-old female who was shot once in her right arm.

Doctors found that the bullet then struck her chest cavity and is now lodged in her left arm. She is also currently in critical but stable condition.

The third victim is a 41-year-old male who was shot once in the back. Doctors report that the bullet appeared to hit his spleen and colon.

This male is in stable condition at this time.Both scenes were cordoned off as criminal investigations commenced.

Detectives from our Major Case Squad, Crime Scene Unit, and Gang Unit all began in depth investigations into both of these incidents.

Though it was a possibility at the onset of this investigation that these incidents were related, that cannot be confirmed at this time.

“The Yonkers Police Department does not tolerate senseless acts of violence in the likes of what we saw last night,” said Yonkers Police Commissioner Christopher Sapienza.

“Those that wish to do harm to our residents in such heinous acts have no place in this city. Our investigators will be working tirelessly to identify and apprehend the perpetrators for both of these incidents.”

If you have any information regarding either of these incidents, please contact our Detective Division at 914-377-7724.

Those with information can also submit an anonymous tip through our website OR by texting “YPD” and your tip to 847411."

https://www.facebook.com/YonkersPD/posts/418735686948603

UPDATE #4: Less Than 24 Hours Later A Third Shooting Took Place In Downtown Yonkers

YONKERS VOICE: The #YonkersPD responded to 5 Main Street

A woman has been shot and person of interest in custody.

This is reported to be related to a domestic dispute.....

https://www.facebook.com/groups/YonkersNewswire/posts/3295402897383932/ 

This Article Originally Appeared In The Westchester News Center: 

https://westchester.town.news/g/white-plains-ny/n/112043/yonkers-police…