FROM THE DESK OF: Yonkers Newswire Journalist Brian Harrod.

 

YONKERS HISTORY: On June 1, 1872, the charter establishing Yonkers as a city was signed by New York Governor John T. Hoffman; the first city so designated in Westchester County. By this time, the population had swelled to about 20,000 and was well on its way to the tenfold number of residents in Yonkers today.... https://www.facebook.com/groups/YonkersNewswire/posts/3547684842155735/