Yonkers Insider: Yonkers Insider: Yonkers City Council: Yonkers Budget Approval! - May 28, 2021 By Yonkers City Council Majority Leader Corazon Pineda Issac 2nd District.

Friday, May 28, 2021

Yonkers Insider: Yonkers City Council: Yonkers Budget Approval! - May 28, 2021 By Yonkers City Council Majority Leader Corazon Pineda Issac 2nd District.

The City of Yonkers Fiscal Year 2021-2022 Budget was adopted with a 7-0 vote today, by the Yonkers City Council. This year's budget is a $1.25 billion budget, which saw an increase in the allocated funds for the Yonkers Public School District, including:

Key highlights

$12 million increase to the Yonkers Board of Education
$2 million for which I personally advocated, to restore the much needed Junior Varsity Sports, for our high school student-athletes
22 additional Music and Arts Positions
7 additional Librarians
8 Physical Education Positions
8 Career and Tech Education Positions
5 Foreign Language Instructors
53 School Counselors, Social Workers and Psychologists
Additional Nurses

I advocated for funding to support the Montefiore Nurse Family Program which supports young mothers and provides at home visits from baby birth until the age of two.

I also advocated for the allocation of money which allows us to get 300 families off of the Section 8 vouchers waiting list and provide more people with housing.

Furthermore, the City of Yonkers Fiscal Year 2022 Adopted Budget included a reduction in Property Tax Levy, which ultimately amounted to a 0% tax rate increase. There were also no reductions in City services or positions.

In regards to Capital Improvements, the City of Yonkers Budget allocated:

$10 million Downtown Waterfront Park
Millions of dollars for General Park Improvements
Bonding for Apparatus that help our emergency service responders further protect residents
Millions of dollars for Infrastructure Investments

Thank you to Mayor Mike Spano, as well as the other members of the Yonkers City Council for doing their best to create a fair and progressive City of Yonkers Fiscal Year 2021-2022 Adopted Budget. With the well-being of our residents and community at the forefront, we were able to not increase taxes as well as make a huge investment towards our education system. Thank you to everyone for helping make and keep Yonkers Strong!