MAYOR MIKE SPANO: Yonkers cops want a contract - but how much can taxpayers really afford? The Yonkers PBA unfairly accuses the city of stalling negotiations for a new police contract. It takes two to bargain, but the PBA’s idea of an acceptable contract is more than the hard-pressed taxpayers of Yonkers can bear. Here are the facts: The average Yonkers resident makes a little less than $35,000 a year, and the average household makes $69,825.
The average police officer in contrast currently makes $142,682.
Yonkers still faces a structural financial deficit, and the cost of salaries and benefits is the main reason for that. Three years ago, a New York state report noted that Yonkers has “unusually high labor costs”, and said until we get them under control our structural financial problems will remain. We can’t keep raising taxes to dig ourselves out. We are already the only city outside of New York City that has an income tax. Plus, we levy a transfer tax on everyone who sells a home. Those are in addition to our already substantial property taxes.... https://yonkersny.town.news/g/yonkers-ny/post/115173/mayor-mike-spano-yonkers-cops-want-contract-how-much-can-taxpayers-really
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