YONKERS, NY: News from Majority Leader McDow

News from Majority Leader McDow.

February 1, 2006

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

MCDOW ADVISORY GROUPS TO COMPARE WATERFRONTS

Yonkers First District Council Member and Majority Leader Patricia McDow has formed several groups that are serving in advisory capacities for the betterment of her district and to monitor development there as well.

They are made up of concerned residents who want to be involved and have a say in the progress that their communities are experiencing.

Her Community Services Advisory Board meets monthly to discuss important issues and needs in the First District and how those needs can be addressed. The latter is her Alexander Street Advisory Group, which has in recent months joined the Community Services Advisory Board group.

With much discussion about plans for development in the Council Member’s District – particularly along the waterfront – it was decided that a good way to determine the best type of waterfront development in Yonkers is to see first hand what works (and what doesn’t) in other communities. As a result, Majority Leader McDow, at the request of her committees, has organized a trip to visit other towns with nearby waterfronts that have been developed by those towns.

In addition to a brief stop to Downtown Yonkers, the tour, which is scheduled for February 4, 2006, will proceed to other waterfront sites in Yonkers, Dobbs Ferry, Sleepy Hollow , Irvington, Haverstraw, Peekskill, Newburgh and Beacon. The Council Member also hopes to meet local leadership in those towns, but feels this is a great opportunity to be able to discuss positive renewal and development for the City of Yonkers.

"This trip is not set up to compare other waterfront communites to Yonkers, but to see how their development ‘fits’ with the local landscape. Tall buildings that work in one area might not work in another. And this trip is designed to see why. My advisory groups can then compare notes and have sufficient background information to be able to make suggestions for the Yonkers waterfront," said Majority Leader McDow.