The Legislation and Codes Committee considered a resolution on June 25 urging the Yonkers mayor to suspend alternate‑side parking enforcement on the same holidays that New York City suspends street cleaning.

Council member Corazon Pineda Isaac, who introduced the resolution, said the change is intended to respect residents’ religious and cultural observances and to reduce the need for residents to make individual requests for holiday suspensions. ‘‘I get a lot of calls from constituents who see these new developments that are happening, but they don't really know how to apply for the affordable, rental units,’’ she said in a different agenda item; on the parking issue she said earlier the intent is to respect religious celebrations.

Nut graf: Administration staff told the committee that broad mirroring of New York City's suspension calendar would add roughly 23 more dates to Yonkers’ existing suspension schedule and increase the city's cost of suspensions to about $450,000 in lost revenue and operational productivity, including about 200 public‑works manpower days where street‑cleaning work cannot be completed.

Administration representatives updated an earlier estimate of $300,000 to ‘‘closer to $450,000’’ after accounting for holidays Yonkers already suspends and for multi‑day holidays on New York City's calendar. The Department of Public Works commissioner, Tommy Meyer, told the committee that the 23 additional dates translate into about 200 manpower days of lost street‑cleaning work.

Committee members discussed the financial and operational tradeoffs and the desire to include Juneteenth on Yonkers’ suspension list; council member Pineda Isaac confirmed Juneteenth was included in her reintroduced resolution. The committee asked members and administration to explore possible funding or phased approaches and to return with more detailed cost options; the item remained in committee for additional review.

Ending: The committee held the resolution for further fiscal review and asked staff to return with detailed cost estimates and possible funding options.