Emily Cole Young

Sep 28, 2023 | westchester.news12.com | Emily Cole Young

A multibillion-dollar plan to redevelop the site of the former Galleria Mall was presented to the White Plains Common Council. The District Galleria project would eliminate the vacant space that was home to the Galleria Mall for 43 years. District Galleria will feature seven residential towers of varied heights with up to 3,200 apartments -- with 384 of them designated as affordable. There will also be fitness centers, grocery stores, dining, and professional and personal services.

Sep 27, 2023 | hudsonvalley.news12.com | Emily Cole Young

They say home is where the heart is, but Gov. Kathy Hochul thinks it should also be affordable and near public transport. On Wednesday, the governor and Macquesten Development broke ground on a new affordable housing project on a street corner in downtown Yonkers that has sat empty for decades. "This is going to be a 10-story building with on-site parking and about 1,500-square-feet of retail," says Macquesten Development CEO Rella Fogliano.

Sep 26, 2023 | hudsonvalley.news12.com | Emily Cole Young

The Hi Tor Board Of Directors is hitting back against allegations that they left the animal shelter in deplorable conditions. The New York State Animal Protection Federation toured the facility back in May and found that quote "Hi Tor, in its entirety, is an unacceptable shelter to house companion animals."But the board says the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets did an inspection with very different results.

Sep 25, 2023 | hudsonvalley.news12.com | Emily Cole Young

The new managers of the Hi Tor Animal Care Center say it was "heartbreaking" entering the property and seeing the state the facility was in. "There was filth beyond description. Mold was found, feces on the wall," says Nixie Gueits. "There was an absolute lack of follow-up regarding basic sanitary shelter cleaning protocols. Zero."Her and Michael Sanducci are the new managers of the animal shelter.

Sep 20, 2023 | hudsonvalley.news12.com | Emily Cole Young

If you pass a stopped school bus in Yonkers, it's going to cost you. "I get complaints from constituents all the time about people that just carelessly pass a school bus," says Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano. Yonkers parent Christina Pagano has seen it for herself. "It’s nerve-wracking," says Pagano. "Because you're afraid for your kid, for someone else's kid.