Yonkers Insider: Yonkers City Council: Yonkers City Council President Lakisha Collins-Bellamy: Yonkers Stated City Council Decision 4-24-2024.

 

Stated City Council Meeting. May 24, 2024.

1. LOCAL LAW – OVERRIDE THE TAX LEVY LIMIT ESTABLISHED IN GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW SECTION 3-C. (ADOPTED 7-0) 2. SPECIAL ORDINANCE – AUTHORIZING ACCEPTANCE OF NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL SERVICES FY2021 TACTICAL TEAM GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $75,000 AND AMENDING THE CITY OF YONKERS GRANT BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023/2024.  (ADOPTED 7-0) 3. SPECIAL ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AN ENCROACHMENT IN THE CITY RIGHT OF WAY ON SWEENEY PLACE (ADOPTED 7-0) 4. GENERAL ORDINANCE – SEEKING LEAD AGENCY AND AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE REFERRAL OF THE PROPOSED GENERAL ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 43 OF THE CODE OF CODE OF THE CITY OF YONKERS, ENTITLED “ZONING” WITH REGARD TO ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS. (ADOPTED 7-0) 5. SETTLEMENT RESOLUTION - $50,000.00 – YASNERY VERA V. COY (ADOPTED 7-0) 6. SETTLEMENT RESOLUTION - $650,000.00 – FUOCO V. YONKERS PUBLIC SCHOOLS – CHILD’S VICTIM ACT (HELD OVER FOR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING 5.29.24) 7. SETTLEMENT RESOLUTION - $975,000.00 – GARCIA V. COY (ADOPTED 7-0) 8. RESOLUTION – APPROVING AN INTER-MUNICIPAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER AND THE CITY OF YONKERS FOR THE REPOSITORY FOR INTEGRATED CRIMINALISTIC INFORMATION (RICI) SYSTEM. (ADOPTED 7-0) 9. RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE PLANNING BOARD OF THE CITY OF YONKERS TO SERVE AS LEAD AGENCY FOR THE PETITION FOR A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE TEXT OF CHAPTER 43-45 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF YONKERS, KNOWN AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE, TO: 1) ELIMINATE THE CURRENT REQUIREMENT OF A “COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT PLAN” AS IT CURRENTLY APPLIES IN THE PLANNED MULTI-USE ZONING DISTRICT ENCOMPASSING THE SUBJECT PROPERTY COMMONLY KNOWN AND REFERRED TO AS RIDGE HILL; AND, 2) REFER THE PETITION TO THE CITY AND COUNTY PLANNING BOARDS AND ALL OTHER INVOLVED AGENCIES (ADOPTED 7-0) 10. RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF YONKERS OBSERVING NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK AND DECLARING THE WEEK OF MAY 19 THROUGH MAY 24, 2024, AS “YONKERS PUBLIC WORKS WEEK'' (ADOPTED 7-0) 11. RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF YONKERS PROCLAIMING AND RECOGNIZING MAY 25, 2024 AS "JORDANIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY" THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF YONKERS  (ADOPTED 7-0) Addenda Items: 11B. RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF YONKERS, PURSUANT TO ARTICLES VII AND IX OF THE CITY’S ZONING ORDINANCE, TO APPROVE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT APPLICATION FOR THE AMENDMENT OF A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PLANNED URBAN REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT, KNOWN AS “EXTELL HUDSON WATERFRONT,” TO INCLUDE THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 59 BABCOCK PLACE, YONKERS, NEW YORK, TO BE CONVERTED INTO 435 AT-GRADE PARKING SPACES TO SERVE THE PROJECT (ADOPTED 7-0)