Yonkers City Council

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Yonkers City Council
History
New session started
January 1, 2024
Leadership
City Council President
Lakisha Collins-Bellamy(D)
since January 1, 2022
Majority Leader
John Rubbo(D)
since January 1, 2024
Minority Leader
Michael B. Breen(R)
since January 1, 2018
Structure
Seats7
Yonkers City Council.svg
Political groups
Majority caucus
  •    Democratic  (5)

Minority caucus

Length of term
4 years
Salary$48,000/year. [1]
Elections
Last election
November 5, 2019
(3 seats)
Next election
November 4, 2025
(4 seats)

The Yonkers City Council is the legislative branch of the city of Yonkers, New York. and uses a strong Mayor-Council government. The city elects six councilmen, each serving four year terms and an at-large member which is called the City Council president, all serving for four years at a time and subject to a four term limit. Regular meetings are held every Tuesday of the month, with extra meetings to be held other days, if planned. [2] The city is largest city in Westchester County, New York and is the third largest in the state. [3]

Contents

City Council

Current seats
Position/DistrictNamePartyLast elected
City Council PresidentLakisha Collins-Bellamy Democratic 2021
Majority Whip/1st DistrictDeana R. Robinson Democratic 2023
2nd DistrictCorazon Pineda-Isaac Democratic 2021
3rd DistrictTasha Diaz Democratic 2023
Majority Leader/4th DistrictJohn Rubbo Democratic [n 1] 2021
Minority Leader/5th DistrictMichael B. Breen Republican 2023
6th DistrictAnthony Merante Republican 2021
  1. ↑ Originally elected as a Republican. Re-elected as a Democrat.

Committees

City Hall Elevated view of west and north elevations - Yonkers City Hall, Washington Park, Yonkers, Westchester County, NY HABS NY,60-YONK,2-1.tif
City Hall

References

  1. ↑ "Who are the top-paid elected officials in Westchester?".
  2. ↑ "Yonkers City Council". Archived from the original on May 22, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Yonkers main page". Archived from the original on July 21, 2011.
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