Structural problems lead to orders Mount Vernon tenants leave 24-unit building

By Hannan Adely • The Journal News • September 18, 2008
MOUNT VERNON – Tenants of a 24-unit, rent-controlled building on East Sidney Avenue are worried they could lose their homes after getting an order to vacate from their landlord.
Rednick Realty LLC told tenants to leave their apartments by the end of the month because of [...]

Mount Vernon residents invited to meeting on Fleetwood supermarket’s fate

MOUNT VERNON – City residents will get another chance to voice their concerns about the closing of the A&P supermarket in Fleetwood, after a public meeting last month was canceled because of the overwhelming turnout.
Hundreds of residents showed up for the meeting at the Riverside Memorial Chapel, and the line to get in stretched down [...]

Students ditch class at Mt. Vernon’s Mandela H.S. in boycott organized by parents

By Hannan Adely • The Journal News • September 12, 2008
MOUNT VERNON – Only a few dozen students showed up to class at Nelson Mandela Community High School on each of the past two days, following a boycott organized by parents over security concerns at the school.
The Parent Teacher Student Association asked students to stay [...]

Young musicians to take aim at big dreams

By Hannan Adely • The Journal News • August 28, 2008
Armand Childs put his hand to his ear, like he was holding a headphone, and his mind and voice drifted to another place.
“I’m driving on the freeway. I’m thinking about where I’m going. ‘Cause ain’t no looking back now …” he crooned in his brokenhearted [...]

Mount Vernon union, comptroller protest accountant’s proposed transfer

By Hannan Adely • The Journal News • September 15, 2008
MOUNT VERNON – The city’s civil service union and Comptroller Maureen Walker are protesting a proposal to transfer one of two chief accountants out of the Finance Department.
Mayor Clinton Young has asked the City Council to approve the transfer of a chief accountant to the [...]

Mt. Vernon mayor’s aide up for $30G raise

By Hannan Adely • The Journal News • August 15, 2008
The city’s Urban Renewal Agency will vote on a measure today to bump up the salary of the mayor’s chief of staff by $30,000.
Mayor Clinton Young said he promised Yolanda Robinson a salary of approximately $107,000 when she was hired, based on the pay of [...]

Mt. Vernon mayor names sister to key city post

By Hannan Adely • The Journal News • August 15, 2008
MOUNT VERNON – Mayor Clinton Young is appointing his sister to a key post in city government – just one of a number of commissioner and deputy commissioner appointments he announced yesterday.
Mary Young, who ran her brother’s campaign, will become commissioner of management services, where [...]

Mount Vernon mayor will spend campaign funds for sister city visit to Italy

By Hannan Adely • The Journal News • August 14, 2008
MOUNT VERNON – Mayor Clinton Young and a small entourage of city staff will leave on a business trip Saturday to a town in southern Italy where they will meet public officials, visit historic sites and participate in a sister city ceremony.
Young will use campaign [...]

Mount Vernon City Council to vote on ending 4-year terms for clerks

By Hannan Adely • The Journal News • August 13, 2008
MOUNT VERNON – The City Council will vote on a local law at its meeting tonight that would eliminate set terms for city clerk and deputy city clerk, who now serve four-year stints, and allow the council to appoint people to the position at any [...]

Mt. Vernon failed to secure N.Y. benefits for 37 businesses

By Hannan Adely • The Journal News • August 10, 2008
MOUNT VERNON – Business owners who applied for a state tax benefit program through the city as far back as 2005 have learned that their applications were never processed or filed with the state, possibly costing them thousands of dollars in tax breaks and other [...]