Yonkers council accepts risk-awareness grant, approves county agreement for risk-avoidance education

Yonkers ' The Yonkers City Council on July 29 approved acceptance of a risk-and-awareness grant from the Westchester County Youth Bureau in the amount of $32,602 and authorized an intermunicipal agreement with Westchester County for a risk-avoidance education program. Both items were adopted 6-0.

Council members linked the grant acceptance (item 5) and the intermunicipal agreement (item 7) during the meeting, noting that the resolution "correlates with" the special ordinance on the grant. No detailed program description, participant counts or reporting deadlines were provided in the meeting record. The deputy clerk called the vote after no members raised questions during open discussion.

The council did not specify how the city will administer the program or which Yonkers department will be primarily responsible; the resolution authorizes the mayor to execute the intermunicipal agreement with the county. Staff follow-up on implementation specifics and any match or reporting requirements was not recorded in the transcript.