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File #: TMP-0495    Version: 1
Type: Resolution Status: Referred
File created: 9/5/2025 In control: City Council of Yonkers Stated Meeting
On agenda: 9/16/2025 Final action:
Title: SETTLEMENT - SHEILA MCMASTER V. COY - $500,000.00

RESOLUTION

 

BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT COLLINS-BELLAMY, MAJORITY LEADER RUBBO, MAJORITY WHIP NORMAN, MINORITY LEADER BREEN, COUNCILMEMBERS PINEDA-ISAAC, DIAZ, AND MERANTE:

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SETTLEMENT – SHEILA MCMASTER V. COY - $500,000.00

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          RESOLVED, by the City Council of The City of Yonkers, in meeting assembled:

 

          That the settlement by the Corporation Counsel in the total amount of FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS and 00/100 ($500,000.00) in the matter entitled SHEILA MCMASTER, Plaintiff(s) v. THE CITY OF YONKERS Defendant(s),” for personal injuries arising out of an incident on June 11, 2021 when a filing cabinet fell on claimant while she was filing documents at YPD Crime Scene Unit inside YPD Headquarters, be and the same hereby is approved, and the Comptroller of The City of Yonkers is directed to draw his warrants as follows:

First installment in the amount of TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($250,000.00) in favor of Baker, Leshko, Saline & Drapeau, LLP, as Attorneys for SHEILA MCMASTER, to be paid on or before December 31, 2025;

Second/Final installment in the amount of TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($250,000.00) in favor of Baker, Leshko, Saline & Drapeau, LLP, as Attorneys for SHEILA MCMASTER on or before December 31, 2026.