The Mayor of Yonkers is the official head and chief executive officer of the city of Yonkers, New York, United States.
| Mayor of Yonkers | |
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| Style | The Honorable |
| Term length | 4 years, Renewable |
| Inaugural holder | Norton P. Otis |
| Formation | 1880 |
| Salary | $156,100 (2016) |
| Website | www.yonkersny.gov |
List of mayors of Yonkers
edit- Mike Spano (2012–present)[1]
- Phil Amicone (2004–2011)
- John Spencer (1996–2003)
- Terence M. Zaleski (1992–1995)
- Henry Spallone (1990–91)
- Nick Wasicsko (1988–1989)[2]
- Angelo R. Martinelli (1982–1987)
- Gerry Loehr (1980–81)
- Angelo R. Martinelli (1974–1979)
- Alfred DelBello (1970–1973)
- Dr. James Francis Xavier O’Rourke (1966–1969)
- John E. Flynn (1962–1965)
- Kristen Kristensen (1950–1961)[3][4]
- Edith P. Welty (1949)
- Curtiss E. Frank (1944–1949)[5]
- Joseph F. Loehr (1930s) [6]
- William A Walsh, Sr. (1925–1927)
- James T. Lennon (1910–1918)
- Nathan A. Warren (1907–1909)
- John H. Coyne (1905–1907)
- John Emory Andrus (1903–1905)
- Michael J. Walsh (1901–1903)
- Leslie M. Sutherland (1897–1901)
- John G. Peene (1894–1897)
- James H. Weller (1892–1894)
- James Millward (1890–1892)
- J. Harvey Bell (1886–1890)
- William G. Stahlnecker (1884–1886)
- Samuel G. Swift (1882–1884)
- Norton P. Otis (1880–1882)
In popular culture
edit- The 1999 book and 2015 miniseries Show Me a Hero detail a white middle-class neighborhood's resistance to a federally mandated scattered-site public housing development in Yonkers.[7]
References
edit- ^ "The Mayor's Blog". tumblr.com.
- ^ Ex-Mayor of Yonkers Dies in Apparent Suicide
- ^ Lawrence Kestenbaum. "The Political Graveyard: Mayors and Village Presidents of Yonkers, New York". politicalgraveyard.com.
- ^ "Kristen Kristensen (born c.1889)". Scandinavian ancestry Politicians in New York. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
- ^ Lorch, Donatella (5 February 1990). "Curtiss e. Frank, 85; Was Yonkers Mayor and Company Head". The New York Times.
- ^ Whitehouse, Franklin (17 April 1981). "Harassed Mayor Rolls with the 'Punches'". The New York Times.
- ^ "HBO: Show Me a Hero: Homepage". HBO.