Rules Committee
City Hall – City Council Chambers 4th Floor
Agenda — 24 items
- 1 Call To Order
- 2 Items for Consideration - Administration
- 1. SETTLEMENT RESOLUTION - $10,000.00 – HYNES, V. CITY OF YONKERS - PLAINTIFF ALLEGEDLY SUSTAINED PERSONAL INJURIES WHEN HE WAS ENTERING A CITY OF YONKERS OFFICE FOR THE AGING VEHICLE, SLIPPED, FELL ON HIS BACK.
- 2. RESOLUTION – APPROVING AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF YONKERS AND THE LOCAL 456, INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS (WHITE COLLAR UNIT).
- 3. RESOLUTION -INITIATING THE REVIEW TO DETERMINE WHETHER A CERTAIN STREET SHALL BE DECLARED PUBLIC.
- 4. SPECIAL ORDINANCE – CONFIRMING THE TAX ROLL FOR WESTCHESTER COUNTY TAXES, INCLUDING SEWER DISTRICT TAXES AND REFUSE DISPOSAL DISTRICT TAXES FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 2026, AND LEVYING AND ASSESSING THE TAXES CONTAINED THEREIN.
- 5. SPECIAL ORDINANCE – AUTHORIZING ACCEPTANCE OF STATE NEIGHBORHOOD NATURALLY OCCURRING RETIREMENT COMMUNITY (“NNORC”) GRANT FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $15,682 FOR TRANSPORTATION SERVICES AND AMENDING THE CITY OF YONKERS GRANT BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026-27.
- 6. RESOLUTION – ISSUING A DETERMINATION OF SIGNIFICANCE PURSUANT TO THE NEW YORK STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW ACE FOR THE PROPOSED SALE OF CITY REAL ESTATE KNOWN AS 53 MORNINGSIDE AVENUE (OLD PS 9).
- 7. LOCAL LAW – AUTHORIZING THE CONVEYANCE OF THE FORMER PUBLIC SCHOOL # 9 FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT OF SAID PROPERTY. (POSITIVE FISCAL IMPACT.) (COUNCILMEMBER DIAZ.)
- 8. RESOLUTION – APPROVING CERTAIN TAX CERTIORARI SETTLEMENTS.
- 9. SETTLEMENT RESOLUTION – APPROVING SETTLEMENT WITH GTL CONSTRUCTION LLC.
- 13 Items for Consideration - Council
- 14 Old Business
- 1. LOCAL LAW AMENDING CHAPTER 43 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF YONKERS TITLED “ZONING” BY AMENDING ARTICLE XV IN RELATION TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING
- 17 New Business
- 1. RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YONKERS TO DECLARE MARCH 2026 AS DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AWARENESS MONTH IN THE CITY OF YONKERS
- 2. RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF YONKERS DECLARING THE MONTH OF MARCH 2026 “WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH.” AND DECLARING MARCH 8, 2026 AS INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY”
- 3. RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING MARCH 26, 2026, AS PURPLE DAY FOR EPILEPSY AWARENESS IN THE CITY OF YONKERS TO PROMOTE EDUCATION, COMPASSION, AND SUPPORT FOR RESIDENTS AND FAMILIES AFFECTED BY EPILEPSY.
- 4. RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YONKERS AMENDING ITS WRITTEN PROCEDURES GOVERNING THE USE OF VIDEOCONFERENCING AND ITS RULES OF PROCEDURE TO INCORPORATE THESE WRITTEN PROCEDURES
- 5. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF YONKERS TO APPOINT SADE GILCREST TO THE YONKERS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
- 6. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF YONKERS TO APPOINT NURYEL BENITEZ TO THE YONKERS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
- 7. RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YONKERS COMMEMORATING THE 69th ANNUAL YONKERS ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARADE AND OTHER CELEBRATIONS OF IRISH-AMERICAN CULTURE AND HERITAGE IN THE CITY OF YONKERS
- 8. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE INITIATION OF THE REVIEW PROCESS FOR THE DISCONTINUANCE AND REMOVAL OF THE SOUTHERNMOST PORTION OF RIDGEVIEW AVENUE BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE PETITIONER’S PROPERTY AND ENDING AT THE SOUTHERN END OF RIDGEVIEW AVENUE WHICH PORTION IS AN UNIMPROVED “PAPER” STREET FROM THE OFFICIAL MAP OF THE CITY OF YONKERS.
- 28 Adjournment