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• Erin Davis of Yonkers sentenced in multimillion-dollar home mortgage fraud

  Yonkers woman who helped bilk the federal government out of millions in a widespread mortgage fraud scheme was sentenced Thursday to two years in federal prison, officials said.Erin Davis, 44, who was a sales manager at the now-defunct Queens-based Buy-A-Home 5/24/13 Read more »

• 2 shot near St. Casimir School in Yonkers

  men were shot in the parking lot of a Yonkers apartment building Wednesday night, police confirmed.Cops were called to 35 St. Casimer Ave. a few minutes before 9 p.m. Wednesday night after receiving reports of shots fired. They found one woman with a gunshot   Read more »

• Marquis Jacobs of Yonkers charged by feds in slaying of rival gang member

  of a long-term investigation by Bharara 's office, the FBI and Yonkers and Westchester County police into gang activity in Yonkers, officials said.Jacobs, a member of the Elm Street Wolves and Rollins Street Gangsters, had been dealing crack and marijuana   Read more »

• 3 nabbed for Yonkers car wash robbery

  the Ashford Avenue Bridge, Westchester County police said.All three suspects were taken into custody, county police said, but Yonkers cops would not answer questions about the arrests or the initial robbery. A Yonkers lieutenant said detectives would not discuss   Read more »

• Paul Johnson is ID'd as victim in Mount Vernon fatal shooting on Thursday

  at the scene.Johnson had a total of 13 arrests dating to 1989, officials said. He had nine convictions, one of which was a felony.At the time of his death, Johnson had 12 charges pending in court, seven of them felonies, officials said.Police officials did   Read more »

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• Yonkers Offers Sand Bags for Residents

  7 a.m. to 3 p.m. They're available at the Yonkers Organic Waste Yard, on Nepperhan Avenue. Get the latest from NBC 4 New York anywhere, anytime : iPhone/iPad App | SMS Alerts | Twitter | Facebook | Google+ | Instagram | RSS Get the latest headlines sent to 5/24/13 from NBC New York Read more »

• Virgin America Flies to the Top of Latest Consumer Reports' Airline Ratings

  NY - infoZine - Virgin America soared to the top of the latest Consumer Reports ratings of airlines in its debut appearance on the list, receiving some the highest satisfaction scores CR has seen in years. Consumer Reports’ airline ratings are based on a survey 5/24/13 from Kansas City Infozine Read more »

• Westchester Legislator Sues To Stop Rye Playland Deal

  Board of Legislators would not need to approve the management agreement, but would have to approve the improvement plan before any renovations could be made to the park. In his lawsuit Jenkins says that the management agreement has the provisions of a lease,   from The Daily Larchmont  Read more »

• Report: Cheaper Sunscreens Offer Better Protection

  N.Y. - Spending less on sunscreen may offer you more protection. In a new Consumer Reports study, lower-priced sunscreens like Up-and-Up brand from Target and Equate from Walmart offered better protection than more expensive brands. The report also found that   from 13WHAM-TV Read more »

• Helene R. Fontana, 52, Of Elmsford, Secretary For Direct Buy

  was born Sept. 26, 1960, to Angelo and Elfriede (Kiefer) Paradiso in Yonkers. She worked as a secretary for Direct Buy, Elmsford. Fontana is survived by her husband, Peter; children, Angela, James and Nicholas Fontana; sisters, Lisa Paradiso and Angela Luizzi;   from The Daily Greenburgh Read more »