Mount Vernon News

As a federal jury ended its first day of deliberations Monday in the alleged wrongful death of a Mount Vernon police officer fatally shot by county cops in White Plains five years ago, the slain officer's family said they were struggling with waiting for a decision in the case.

Two years ago the citizens of Mount Vernon elected a new slate of candidates to the school board who had promised to work with existing trustees to bring improvements and positive change to the district.

A Mount Vernon man is expected to receive 20 years in state prison after pleading guilty Monday to attempted murder charges in connection with the shooting of a 65-year-old woman in July 2012.

A Bronx woman who formerly ran an accounting business in Mount Vernon pleaded guilty Monday to grand larceny and tax fraud charges after authorities said she cost the state more than $121,000 in connection with the theft of unemployment insurance benefits and unwarranted tax refund checks.

Erik Benson, "The Park," installation view at the Arsenal Gallery The name Robert Moses has become synonymous with the type of city planning most sentient New Yorkers hate.

The five local school districts holding second budget votes Tuesday -- Briarcliff Manor, East Ramapo, Elmsford, Mount Vernon and Scarsdale -- better hope that voters understand what a second defeat would mean.

When Gloria Sicuranza was a little girl, a close friend of her family was killed in World War II.

The leader of the 5,000-member Grace Baptist Church in Mount Vernon, former 19-year Democratic State Assemblyman Ronald Tocci , and prominent Westchester Jewish community leaders Martine Fleishman and Nancy Zaro today joined with Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino in announcing the launch of "Democrats for Astorino," a committee of ... (more)

In college, Hreyo concentrated in public health, interning with Lancome, Avon and Montefiore Medical Center.

Sound Shore Medical Center and Mount Vernon Hospital aren't the first medical facilities in the Lower Hudson Valley to end up on a financial deathbed.

An accident on the southbound Bronx River Parkway at the Cross County Parkway in Mount Vernon was blocking the right lane at 6:24 a.m. Also, an accident on southbound I-684, south of Exit 9 for I-84 in Southeast was blocking the shoulder at 6:32 a.m.

NEW YORK The former Director of Nursing Services for a Queens nursing home was arrested for falsifying facility records to cover-up that a 74 year old resident, Alan Frazer, who suffers from dementia, was missing from the facility.

Mount Vernon police joined with the Westchester County Department of Public Safety to increase the number of uniformed officers patrolling critical gang locations in the city during Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights during the summer, which is when crime tends to increase.

Walk down a busy sidewalk, step into an office building or shoot basketball in a city playground, and chances are getting better that someone is watching you.

A 32-year-old Bronx man attempting a "wheelie" on his motorcycle crashed on Gramatan Avenue early Sunday, a fatal stunt police said he performed at high speed in front of a group.

Pete Rock recalls an inquisitive Notorious B.I.G. coming over to the basement to watch a master at work.

A nervous Russell Fishman faced the crowd of students in a shirt advertising Russ's Roadside Cafe and talked about the art of serving French toast from a food truck.

A Mount Vernon woman who ran nursing services at a Queens nursing home was arrested on an endangerment charge for allegedly falsifying records regarding the disappearance of a patient suffering from dementia.

A slight breeze from the Long Island Sound blew steadily enough that long-time kite flier Eliezer Astrinsky, 72, of Mamaroneck, had no problem keeping his neon orange triangle in the skies above Davenport Park Saturday.

Heavy rain Friday night into early Saturday morning caused the National Weather Service to issue a flash flood warning that is expected to remain in place until 2 p.m. Saturday.