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Oct 30|Issue #045|4 min read

The Sept 29 meeting — the night Mary Teague Way passed — is finally on tape.

The video archive added the Sept 29 hearing and stated meeting overnight, completing an eight-meeting shelf. A correction: yesterday's video links pointed at dead IDs — corrected links inside. Early voting day seven: 8 to 4 today. Plus the Halloween weekend slate.
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Oct 28|Issue #043

The Oct 13 docket comes home: eleven for eleven — the AI-in-schools resolution and the PS #9 sale both pass.

Every Oct 13 filing reads Passed with its permanent number — RES.171-2026 on AI in elementary schools, the PS #9 sale as LL.10-2026, $1,812,576.01 in grants. Tuesday's minutes-only meeting closes October's calendar.
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Oct 27|Issue #042

Game day at City Hall: the fall's first no-legislation docket — and a hearing that won't come off the calendar.

Tonight: a 7:00 PM stated meeting with seventeen agenda rows and not one piece of legislation, while the 6:30 rezoning hearing stays listed with its agenda Hidden and its notice Withdrawn. The eleven fall filings sit in committee on day 14. Early voting day four, noon to 8; the Halloween bar crawl runs 5 to 9.
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Oct 29|Issue #044

The Oct 13 minutes are in — unanimous, and all of twelve minutes long.

Legistar marked the Oct 13 minutes Final at 2:06 PM yesterday: all seven members present, eleven unanimous adoptions, twelve minutes gavel to gavel, the Sept 29 minutes approved on the way. Early voting day six: noon to 8 tonight.
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Oct 26|Issue #041

One day out: an empty docket, a hearing in limbo — and the DRI committee meets tonight.

Tuesday's double-header previewed: no legislation docketed, the hearing still listed despite its withdrawn notice. Early voting day three, the DRI committee at Larkin, and a free financial-literacy workshop Saturday.
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Sep 14|Issue #011

The warehouse docket, mapped

Every hearing on Wednesday's ZBA agenda — from 79 Austin Ave to Spruce St — with case numbers and what each applicant wants.
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30
Oct

Early voting — day seven of nine

Fri Oct 30, 8 AM–4 PM · any of 25 county sites works — Yonkers': Grinton I. Will Library, Nodine Hill Community Center, Riverfront Library · through Sun Nov 1 · County BOE →
30
Oct

YMCA Haunted Halloween Fright Fest

Fri Oct 30, 5–8 PM · YMCA of Yonkers, 17 Riverdale Ave · haunted house, trick-or-treating, games, music, PeaceMobile · BID event page →
31
Oct

Quémalo Punk Fest 2026

Sat Oct 31, doors 2 PM · Yonkers Brewing Co., 92 Main St · ten bands, all ages · $30 online, $35 door · BID event page →
31
Oct

Halloween fight night + party

Sat Oct 31 · Dos Marias (200 New Main St) 5 PM–midnight, Canelo vs. Mbilli on the TVs, free entry · Francey Brady's (72 Main St) 8 PM until late, DJ Big Boy · BID event page →
03
Nov

Election Day

Tue Nov 3 · 2026 General Election · early-voting results canvassed and reported after 9 PM · County BOE →
06
Nov

The 14th Annual YoFiFest

Fri Nov 6–Sun Nov 15 · 28 Wells Avenue (Building 3, 5th Floor per the listing) · bills itself Westchester's Best New Film Festival · BID event page →

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