Month: October 2020

YONKERS, N.Y — Starting with the very first Monstrous putt in 2004,

Monster Mini Golf has been setting the par for excellent family entertainment and is announcing its new location at Ridge Hill in Yonkers, NY, now opened, and will celebrate with a grand opening on Saturday, October 24, 2020, at Noon.

Nick & Carol Mastrandrea are excited to announce their third Monster Mini Golf franchise location.

Nick shared, “Every Monster Mini Golf is a unique and dynamic experience, from our guests to our team members.

It’s fulfilling to provide families and friends from surrounding communities with a super fun, safe, socially distanced and affordable entertainment option for all ages.”

The new Yonkers location at 221 Market Street, Yonkers, New York 10710, will host an official Grand Opening Celebration on October 22 that kicks off with FREE Mini Golf to the first fifty golfers.

All guests throughout the day will be eligible to enter to win Monster Mania Birthday Party packages (valued at $300 per package).

Monster Mini Golf Yonkers, NY is an indoor family entertainment center featuring an 18-hole glow-in-the-dark miniature golf course, bowling, state-of-the-art arcade and two lushly decorated private birthday party & event rooms.

As you enter the facility, beaming blacklights bring to life local witty, comical and relatable pop culture artwork belonging to the Yonkers area, surrounding cities and the state of New York, as well as the exciting animatronic monsters.
Upbeat music pours out of their own radio station, creating an energetic soundtrack for your experience.

Being completely indoors and climate controlled, weather is never an issue at Monster Mini Golf and the center is open seven days a week, year-round for maximum fun.

“Ridge Hill is thrilled to welcome another new entertainment option for local family fun that can be enjoyed all year long.

Monster Mini Golf is the perfect addition to our existing line-up of exciting activities,” said Meghann Hongach, Property Marketing Manager at Ridge Hill.

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YONKERS, NY — The Yonkers-based nonprofit Westhab has proposed puting up a six-story building on Locust Hill Avenue; between Palisades Avenue and Lafayette Place, in Yonkers.

On November 12th Westhab will make a formal presentation to the Yonkers Planning Board meeting.

All 113 units would be priced as affordable apartments and would consist of 19 studios, 45 one-bedroom units, 44 two-bedroom units and five three-bedroom units.

One of the two-bedroom units would be reserved for a live-in building superintendent.

The building would have two community rooms.

Renters would have to earn no more than 60% of the average median income for Westchester.

There would be parking for 84 cars at the U-Shaped building.

Other amenities for residents would include laundry room, electric vehicle charging stations and a bike storage room.

Westhab is seeking variances from the city’s Zoning Board of Appeals that would be needed to proceed with the project.

Among these are allowing the building to providing less parking than is required, by claiming that that affordable residents do not drive as much nor own as many cars as do residents of typical market-rate and luxury buildings in Yonkers.

The 113 unit apartment building would replace the former St. Margaret of Hungary Roman Catholic Church that is currently boarded up.

Amy Gross of Amy Gross Architects in Queens designed the Westhab building.

Attorney Steve Accinelli of the Yonkers-based law firm Veneruso, Curto, Schwartz & Curto LLP is representing Westhab, before the many city boards and commissions.

Westhab was founded in 1981 to help deal with the lack of affordable housing in Westchester County.

It is unclear if Yonkers resident would be given preference to the 113 affordable housing units or if new residents would be brought in from other areas of the county.

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YONKERS, NY — AMS Acquisitions LLC is telling the City of Yonkers that they are ready to go with multiple properties they own and/or control in the city of hills.

The developer’s attorney Mark Weingarten says the massive construction projects would take place on three sites that are all with in walking distance of each other.

Yonkers’ old Teutonia Hall site would see two 40-story residential towers with 906 luxury multi-family units in 770,100 square feet of residential space, along with 10,000 square feet of street-level retail and 956 parking spaces.

The Chicken Island parking lot that was recently sold by the City of Yonkers, would see six buildings varying in height from 25 feet to 400 feet.

They would have approximately 2,000 luxury apartments in 1,700,000 square feet of residential space; approximately 70,000 square feet of retail; 17,000 square feet of office space and 2,200 parking spaces.

On North Broadway there is a huge proposal for 650 luxury apartments and townhouses in 552,500 square feet of residential space; approximately 17,000 square feet of retail space; about 21,000 square feet of office space and approximately 750 parking spaces.

All of these projects are with in walking distance of the Metro-North train station.

Clearly, the proposed transit-oriented developments reflect an unprecedented level of investment in Yonkers and further validates Mayor Mike Spano’s vision for downtown areas surrounding Getty Square.

AMS is a privately held firm that was founded in 2012 and has over a billion dollars in transactions in the New York Metroploitan area.

The Yonkers City Council wanted to be lead agency for the environmental review of the proposal, but the city’s administration has decided that this should be handled by the planning board.

The Planning Board voted approval of a resolution to seek lead agency designation for the environmental review.

The resolution also asked the City Council to set aside its effort to act as lead agency and cede the task to the Planning Board.

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YONKERS, NY — David Jackson was sworn in today as Assessor for another six-year term.

Mayor Spano first appointed Jackson as City Assessor in 2013.

“Dave’s extensive experience in assessment administration allows us to continue to build on our efforts in providing Yonkers taxpayers with a fairer and more efficient assessment process,” said Mayor Spano.

“I am confident he will continue to do a superb job for our city taxpayers.”

Prior his tenure with the City of Yonkers, Jackson served at the Westchester County Tax Commission, worked with the Norwalk, Connecticut Department of Finance, Washington D.C.’s Department of Finance and Revenue and the City of New York’s Department of Finance.

Jackson was the former President of the New York State Association of County Directors of Real Property Tax Services, a past Executive Board member of the International Association of Assessing Officers (IAAO), formerly Vice President of the Washington Metropolitan Area Chapter IAAO, Treasurer of the Metropolitan New York Chapter IAAO, President of the Fairfield County Connecticut Assessors Association and President of African American Property Valuation Professionals.

Jackson is a graduate of St. John’s University where he obtained a B.S in Urban Health Management and an A.S in Business Administration and holds multiple assessment administration designations.

“I want to thank Mayor Spano for the opportunity and confidence in me to continue to build upon the work and the technology set in place in recent years to assist Yonkers taxpayers,” said David Jackson. “I look forward to another productive term here in Yonkers.”

Yonkers taxpayers can contact the Assessor’s office by sending email inquiries toCityAssessor@yonkersny.gov or sending exemption applications or inquiries toAssessmentSupport@yonkersny.gov.

Additionally, commercial property owners can now file income and expense forms or exclusion online and all taxpayers will be able to file formal assessment appeals online after reviewing their assessment on November 1.

Mayor Spano today also swore in Gail Burns as his newest appointee to the Yonkers Board of Education. As trustee of the Yonkers Board of Education, Burns joins a nine member Board, which is the official policy making body of the School District. Burns’ term is effective immediately, expiring in 2025.

Currently, Burns serves as the Executive Director of the Yonkers Parking Authority where she manages the operations and budget of the city’s parking lots, garages and parking meters.

She also serves as the city’s liaison to the Mayor’s Disability Board.

Previously, Burns served as the Director of the Mayor’s Office of Constituent Services under Mayor Spano.

Prior to this position, Burns served as served as Director of Constituent Relations for the New York State Senate where she supervised constituent relations and case management, assisting Yonkers residents with issues relating to education, housing and quality of life.

A lifelong Yonkers resident, Burns attended Yonkers Public Schools and is a parent to a Yonkers Public Schools graduate.

“As we work toward providing our students with the best education possible, I am proud to appoint Gail Burns to the Board of Education as she brings unique perspectives as a parent, an alumna and active community member.,” said Mayor Spano.

“Gail brings over 20 years of government experience to the Board and is aware of the issues and concerns of our Yonkers families which she can effectively communicate to the Board”

Gail Burns commented, “I am honored to join the other members of the Board of Education in their commitment to promote a valuable and robust educational experience to all Yonkers students. I am thankful to Mayor Spano for his faith in me as we collectively strive for the very best for our Yonkers children.”

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