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YONKERS IDA: MacQuesten Development Of Pelham to Build A Ten Story Mixed Use Development Which Will Include 76 Units For Affordable Housing In Yonkers YONKERS ON THE MOVE: Affordable Housing may soon be coming to the corner of Riverdale Avenue and Main Street. DOWNTOWN YONKERS: A developer is in contract to buy two privately owned downtown lots, along with other three lots that are are owned by the Yonkers Community Development Agency. BROWNFIELD CLEAN UP NEEDED: MacQuesten Development has applied to the DEC for a permit to clean up the industrial contamination that the proposed site is located on; in exchange for tax incentives. VARIANCE NEEDED: MacQuesten Development plans on proposing 31 below-ground parking spaces, which would fall below code requirements. The developer is propose a payment in lieu for the other spaces needed. Mayor Mike Spano and And First District Yonkers City Council Woman, Shanae Verice Williams support the proposal. Two remaining Richard Haas murals remain on two of buildings in Yonkers; and it is unclear what MacQuesten Development plans to do with them. In 1997 Richard Haas painted a three panel "Gateway to the Waterfront" Mural on three buildings. In 2016, one of the building with a Richard Haas mural was demolished. https://www.facebook.com/groups/YonkersNewswire/posts/3480361762221377/