Legislation Details

File #: TMP-0858    Version: 1
Type: Resolution Status: Referred
File created: 10/2/2026 In control: City Council of Yonkers Stated Meeting
On agenda: 10/13/2026 Final action:
Title: SETTLEMENT RESOLUTION – RAQUEL SANTOS AND JASSITY APONTE - $20,000.00 -CLAIMANTS, BOTH ALLEGE, EXCESSIVE FORCE WAS USED WHILE TRYING TO DETAIN BOTH INDIVIDUALS DURING AN ONGOING MELEE AT 155 SOUTH BROADWAY (MCDONALDS) ON MARCH 17, 2023. (FISCAL IMPACT – AMOUNT OF SETTLEMENT.) (ALL COUNCILMEMBERS.)

RESOLUTION

 

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

 

 

 

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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 amount of Twenty Thousand Dollars and 00/100 Cents ($20,000.00) of the action entitled, “Raquel Santos and Jassity Aponte (residing at 158-156 Woodworth Avenue, Yonkers, New York  10701), plaintiffs against THE CITY OF YONKERS, Defendant, et ano", for violation of civil rights arising out of an alleged incident on March 17, 2023, in the vicinity of 155 South Broadway, Yonkers, New York, be and the same hereby is approved and the Comptroller of the City of Yonkers is directed to draw his warrant in the amount of Twenty Thousand Dollars and 00/100 Cents ($20,000.00) in favor of said plaintiffs made payable to Omar Russo Law, PLLC, 300 Cadman Plaza West, 2th Floor, Brooklyn, New York  11202, as Attorneys for Raquel Santos and Jassity Aponte.