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MAYOR SPANO TO GATHER COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS FOR ANNUAL “YONKERS CLEAN-UP DAY” AT THE OLD CROTON AQUEDUCT.   Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano, along with the Yonkers Parks Department, Friends of the Old Croton Aqueduct and New York State Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation will lead the annual 2019 Yonkers Clean-Up Day on Saturday, April 27 from 10AM-2:00PM (Press Conference at 10AM). Community volunteers will spend the day cleaning up Yonkers’ sections of the Old Croton Aqueduct trail at Walnut Street and Yonkers Avenue. Yonkers Clean-Up Day is part of the Green Neighborhoods Clean Streets Partnership launched in 2012, in which Mayor Spano has since taken aim at neglected properties and litter throughout the city. The program provides an opportunity for local businesses, organizations and citizens to team up with the City in helping to further protect and preserve Yonkers and the environment.  WHO:              Mayor Mike Spano                         Yonkers Department of Parks, Recreation & Conservation                         Friends of the Old Croton Aqueduct                         NYS Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation                         Clean-up Volunteers   WHAT:            Yonkers Clean-Up Day along the Old Croton Aqueduct Trail WHERE:           Press Conference: Yonkers Department of Parks & Recreation                         285 Nepperhan Avenue                           Clean-Up:                         Old Croton Aqueduct                         Walnut Street & Yonkers Avenue   WHEN:            Saturday, April 27, 2019 Press Conference -10:00AM Clean-up - 10:15AM-2:00PM