A boss-driven political machine maintains a stranglehold on local politics even though Yonkers is part of progressive firebrand Rep. Jamaal Bowman’s district and neighbors that of fellow Squad member Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Corazon Pineda-Isaac is running to become the first person of color and woman to be mayor of Yonkers. | Provided by the Corazon Pineda-Isaac campaignYONKERS — In the first episode of the HBO miniseries “Show Me a Hero,” Yonkers City Council member Nick Wasicsko plots his campaign against the city’s longtime incumbent mayor. He mulls over attacking his opponent for patronage posts and “tax breaks to fat cat developers.
“It’s about changing the face at the table,” she said in an interview from Paxos Grill, a local diner. Her platform focuses on increased access to affordable housing and more funding for public schools. One of her main attack lines against Spano, a former Republican, is his 2021 veto of a city ordinance that would have required new residential projects to“That was a slap in the face to the average Yonkers resident,” Pineda-Isaac said.
“If you want to move out of public housing, it’s hard to get an apartment that’s reasonable,” Swenson said from her doorway that opened to a strong stench of urine in the hallway. Spano also brought a $500 million Lionsgate film studio to Yonkers as part of his quest to make the cityMayor Spano has encouraged the development of luxury residential buildings on the Yonkers waterfront through tax breaks. | Julie Jacobson/AP Photo
“I think when the public of Yonkers make a decision as to who they think the next mayor should be, then I guess it’s time,” he said in a telephone interview. City Council President Lakisha Collins-Bellamy said Spano’s experience is the primary reason she’s backing him. Collins-Bellamy cast the deciding vote to allow him to run again
But Jennifer Cabrera, a vice chair of the New York Working Families Party, said Pineda-Isaac’s identity is what’s driving her candidacy.
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