Annotated Agenda  
Tuesday, December 9, 2025  
7:00 PM  
City Hall – City Council Chambers 4th Floor  
City Council of Yonkers Stated Meeting  
PRESENT:  
PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL  
LAKISHA COLLINS-BELLAMY  
DISTRICT:  
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MAJORITY LEADER JOHN RUBBO  
MAJORITY WHIP DEANA R. NORMAN  
MINORITY LEADER MICHAEL B. BREEN  
COUNCIL MEMBERS:  
DISTRICT:  
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CORAZON PINEDA-ISAAC  
TASHA DIAZ  
TIM HODGES  
Roll Call  
Michael B. Breen  
Lakisha Collins-Bellamy  
Tasha Diaz  
Present:  
Deana Norman  
Corazon Pineda Isaac  
John Rubbo  
Recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag followed by a minute of silence  
to invoke God's guidance and Blessing upon our deliberations.  
Minutes of the Stated Meeting held on November 25, 2025 approved by Majority  
Leader Rubbo.  
COMMUNICATIONS FROM CITY OFFICIALS  
No Communications  
COMMUNICATIONS - GENERAL  
None  
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE  
Philip Armstrong  
50 Landscape Ave  
Yonkers, NY 10705  
Item#5  
INDEX  
RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN  
THE CITY OF YONKERS AND LOCAL 456,  
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS  
1.  
2.  
3.  
This Resolution was adopted.  
Breen, Collins-Bellamy, Diaz, Merante,  
Norman, Pineda Isaac, and Rubbo  
Aye:  
RESOLUTION TO DESIGNATE ORANGE BANK AND  
TRUST COMPANY AS A BANK PERMITTED TO DO  
BUSINESS WITH THE CITY OF YONKERS.  
This Resolution was adopted.  
Breen, Collins-Bellamy, Diaz, Merante,  
Norman, Pineda Isaac, and Rubbo  
Aye:  
A RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY  
OF YONKERS, PURSUANT TO ARTICLES VII AND IX OF  
THE CITY’S ZONING ORDINANCE, TO APPROVE A SITE  
PLAN AND SPECIAL USE PERMIT APPLICATION TO  
DEMOLISH THE EXISTING CONVENIENCE STORE  
LOCATED AT BLOCK 5245, LOT 5, ON THE PROPERTY  
KNOWN AS 1282 MIDLAND AVENUE AKA 838 KIMBALL  
AVENUE, ZONED “BR” DISTRICT, AND CONSTRUCT A  
LARGER CONVENIENCE STORE.  
This Resolution was adopted.  
Breen, Collins-Bellamy, Diaz, Merante,  
Norman, Pineda Isaac, and Rubbo  
Aye:  
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL URGING THE  
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO  
FOREGO PROPOSED CHANGES TO FEDERAL  
REGULATIONS THAT WOULD NO LONGER  
RECOGNIZE NURSING AND OTHER HEALTH-RELATED  
OCCUPATIONS AS “PROFESSIONAL” AND, AMONG  
OTHER THINGS, LIMIT THE AVAILABILITY OF, AND  
ACCESS TO, CRITICAL STUDENT LOAN FUNDS TO  
THOSE SEEKING EMPLOYMENT IN THOSE ESSENTIAL  
OCCUPATIONS.  
4.  
This Resolution was adopted.  
Collins-Bellamy, Diaz, Norman, Pineda Isaac,  
and Rubbo  
Aye:  
Breen, and Merante  
Nay:  
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL DECLARING  
LEAD AGENCY FOR THE PROPOSED GENERAL  
ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 43 OF THE CODE  
OF THE CITY OF YONKERS TITLED “ZONING” BY  
AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF  
YONKERS AND THE ACCOMPANYING ZONING MAP TO  
RECLASSIFY AND REZONE THE PROPERTIES  
LOCATED AT: BLOCK 621 LOT 25, BLOCK 622 LOT 11,  
BLOCK 621 LOT 1, BLOCK 625 LOT 1, BLOCK 625 LOT  
100 RESPECTIVELY FROM I DISTRICT TO D-MX  
DISTRICT AND FOR CORRESPONDING AMENDMENTS  
TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE, AMENDING  
5.  
ATTACHMENTS 13,14, 15,16, AND FURTHER THAT THE  
PROPOSED AMENDMENT BE REFERRED TO THE  
WESTCHESTER COUNTY PLANNING BOARD IN  
ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 239-M OF THE  
GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, AND SETTING A PUBLIC  
HEARING ON THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT  
Sugar House D-MX rezoning EAF part 1.pdf  
TMP-0573.pdf  
Attachments:  
MAPS FOR ITEM 2.pdf  
A motion was made that this Resolution be adopted. The  
motion carried by the following vote:  
Breen, Collins-Bellamy, Diaz, Merante,  
Norman, Pineda Isaac, and Rubbo  
Aye:  
RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF YONKERS  
PROCLAIMING AND RECOGNIZING JANUARY 9, 2026  
AS "LAW ENFORCEMENT APPRECIATION DAY"  
THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF YONKERS.  
6.  
7.  
This Resolution was adopted.  
Breen, Collins-Bellamy, Diaz, Merante,  
Norman, Pineda Isaac, and Rubbo  
Aye:  
COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS  
This Resolution was adopted.  
Breen, Collins-Bellamy, Diaz, Merante,  
Norman, Pineda Isaac, and Rubbo  
Aye:  
COMMITTEE REPORTS  
This meeting started at 8pm  
This meeting was adjourned 8:30pm