Rules Committee
City Hall – City Council Chambers 4th Floor
Agenda — 20 items
- 1 Call To Order
- 3 Items for Consideration - Administration
- 1. SETTLEMENT RESOLUTION – $25,000.00 - ELENA BENNETT-GOULET V. CITY OF YONKERS AND GIANCARLOS CASTRILLON – CLAIMANT ALLEGEDLY SUFFERED PERSONAL INJURIES AND PROPERTY DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT ON MAY 22, 2024 INVOLVING A YONKERS POLICE DEPARTMENT UNIT ON YONKERS AVENUE UNDERNEATH THE CROSS COUNTY PARKWAY OVERPASS. (FISCAL IMPACT – AMOUNT OF SETTLEMENT.) (ALL COUNCILMEMBERS.)
- 2. SETTLEMENT RESOLUTION – $52,000.00- LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY A/S/O MARIA GOMEZ AND GINO GUGLIEMI – (PIP CLAIM) CLAIMANTS ALLEGEDLY SUSTAINED PERSONAL INJURIES WHEN A DPW VEHICLE REAR ENDED THE VEHICLE THEY WERE PASSENGERS IN (UBER) ON MARCH 8, 2022. (FISCAL IMPACT -AMOUNT OF SETTLEMENT.) (ALL COUNCILMEMBERS.)
- 3. GENERAL ORDINANCE – AMENDING CHAPTER 72 OF THE CITY CODE ENTITLED “GRAFFITI” IN ORDER TO STRENGTHEN ENFORCEMENT, ESTABLISH PENALTIES AND PROVIDE FOR RESTITUTION RELATED TO GRAFFITI VANDALISM. (NEUTRAL FISCAL IMPACT.) (ALL COUNCILMEMBERS.)
- 4. SPECIAL ORDINANCE – AMENDING THE BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF YONKERS FOR THE 2025/2026 FISCAL YEAR IN RELATION TO TRANSFERRING FUNDS TO AND FROM VARIOUS ACCOUNTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF: 1) CONTRACTUAL SETTLEMENTS. (NEUTRAL FISCAL IMPACT.) (ALL COUNCILMEMBERS.)
- 5. RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF YONKERS AND LOCAL 1897, NEW YORK STATE COUNCIL 66 AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES. (NEGATIVE FISCAL IMPACT.) (ALL COUNCILMEMBERS.)
- 6. RESOLUTION – APPROVING AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF YONKERS AND SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION, LOCAL 704B. (NEGATIVE FISCAL IMPACT.) (ALL COUNCILMEMBERS.)
- 7. RESOLUTION – ISSUING A DETERMINATION OF SIGNIFICANCE PURSUANT TO THE NEW YORK STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW ACT FOR THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 43 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF YONKERS TITLED “ZONING” BY AMENDING ARTICLE XV IN RELATION TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. (NO FISCAL IMPACT.) (ALL COUNCILMEMBERS.)
- 8. LOCAL LAW – AMENDING CHAPTER 43 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF YONKERS TITLED “ZONING” BY AMENDING ARTICLE XV IN RELATION TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. (NO FISCAL IMPACT.) (ALL COUNCILMEMBERS.)
- 9. RESOLUTION – OF THE YONKERS CITY COUNCIL SEEKING LEAD AGENCY AND AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE REFERRAL OF THE PROPOSED LOCAL LAW AMENDING CHAPTER 43 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF YONKERS TITLED “ZONING” BY AMENDING ARTICLE XV IN RELATION TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. (NO FISCAL IMPACT.) (ALL COUNCILMEMBERS.)
- 15 Items for Consideration - Council
- 17 New Business
- 1. RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YONKERS TO RECOGNIZE THE WEEK OF APRIL 12 -18, 2026 AS NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATORS WEEK IN THE CITY OF YONKERS
- 2. RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF YONKERS PROCLAIMING AND RECOGNIZING APRIL 22, 2026 AS “EARTH DAY” THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF YONKERS.
- 3. RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF YONKERS PROCLAIMING AND RECOGNIZING APRIL 24, 2026 AS “ARBOR DAY” THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF YONKERS.
- 4. RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF YONKERS ACKNOWLEDGING AND DENOUNCING THE CONTINUING BARRAGE OF UNFUNDED MANDATES IMPOSED ON THE CITY BY GOVERNOR HOCHUL AND THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND CALLING FOR THE IMMEDIATE REPEAL OF THE 2022 ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUS MANDATE TO GIVE MUNICIPALITIES LIKE YONKERS THE DISCRETION TO CHOOSE WHETHER OR NOT TO TRANSITION TO ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSES BASED ON THEIR OWN UNIQUE TOPOGRAPHY, ROAD NETWORK AND FINANCES TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC BY PRESERVING HOME RULE, LOCAL GOVERNMENT DECISION MAKING AND FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY
- 5. RESOLUTION TO APPROVE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT APPLICATION FOR TESLA CHARGING STATIONS TO BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 24 HOURS AT BLOCK: 4071 LOT: 1 ON THE PROPERTY KNOWN AS 193 MARKET STREET, ZONED “PMD” DISTRICT, PURSUANT TO ARTICLE VII OF THE YONKERS ZONING ORDINANCE.
- 6. COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS
- 26 Adjournment