Yonkers Insider: NEWS RELEASE: Councilman John Rubbo Votes to Approve Yonkers City Budget.

Councilman John Rubbo Votes to Approve $1.2B Yonkers City Budget.

           

     COUNCILMAN JOHN RUBBO DELIVERS FOR HIS DISTRICT.

                                     
YONKERS, NY - May 29, 2020 - Councilman John Rubbo today voted to approve Yonkers 2020-2021 Operating Budget.  "I am happy to stand behind this budget today and I am ready to vote in the affirmative," stated Councilman Rubbo at today's virtual City Council Meeting.

Councilman Rubbo maintained all city services, all for an additional $18.75 per month or $225 per year in property taxes.  This budget:

• maintains 3 day pickup for sanitation,
• Keeps the men and women in blue in our precincts and on the street to protect each and every one of us,
• fully staffs the fire department,
• delivers much needed improvements to the Bernice Spreckman Senior center at Coyne Park,
• sets aside $1,000,000 for technology for our public school students,
• adds 4 additional nurses in September as our children prepare to return to school post COVID-19,
• invests tens of millions of dollars in our school buildings,
• delivers on a promise I made which is to improve the Yonkers Avenue Corridor, like we have done for Lockwood Avenue, McLean Avenue, Midland Avenue and Main Street.

During the budget vote Councilman John Rubbo stated, "Unlike my first two years on the City Council, this year we were forced to deal with a pandemic that no one expected. Our economy was booming.  Businesses were doing well.  People were working. And Our schools were educating a record number of students. And then COVID-19."

Although we are giving additional funding to our school system there will still be a shortage in our Board of Education.  "I am saddened by that, but the City of Yonkers and its residents can only do so much each year.  I want to thank Senators Shelley Mayer and Majority Leader Cousins for once again providing a $12M boost to our school budget," stated Rubbo.