IN THE STUDIO: City Council President Mike Khader, Is Tentatively Scheduled To Be On The "Yonkers Roundup" Public Access Program If The Budget Is Finalized This Week

"I want to collaborate and we're going to work across the aisle." - City Council President Mike Khader

PUBLIC ACCESS TV: Local Attorney Former CIA Intelligence Official And First Time Elected Official, Mike Khader, Will Discuss The Contentious Budget Process And Give A Full Update To #Yonkers Residents  

City Council President Mike Khader was scheduled to hold a budget adoption meeting Thursday night, but he and the other council members called new budget hearings to be added.

Council President Mike Khader may hold a budget vote on Wednesday if a deal can be made to save some or all of the city jobs.

But Wednesday, is not a hard and fast deadline, if City Council President Mike Khader thinks more budget reviews and negotiations are needed.

10 years ago when Yonkers faced similar financial crises during the "2008 #GreatRecession", the City Council didn't adopt the budget until late June

In a packed city council budget meetings city employees spoke out against the cuts before Council President Mike Khader, Majority Leader Michael Sabatino and Minority Leader Mike Breen

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As of right now, every department is on the chopping block with 30 #firefighter jobs, and as many as 70 Yonkers Police Department police officers.

Council President Mike Khader has been holding public forums to try and find a better plan for the city, but some officials have not been truly forth coming in the hearings.

"It's a balance between raising revenue and giving quality service to our residents. You can't get blood out of a stone. We have to collaborate and think outside the box and come up with solutions. I've said it many times, one layoff is one layoff too many," says Mike Khader

Yonkers City Council President Mike Khader and Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano say it’s not going to be easy closing the budget gap.

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Two weeks ago, the state comptroller's Local Government and School Accountability division reviewed the original version of Mayor Mike Spano's proposed budget.

State officials expressed a number of concerns related to a $5 million structural imbalance in the city's numbers, underestimated police and fire overtime, unappropriated money for textbooks and a reliance on draining reserve funds to close gaps in the budget.

Last Thursday, Board Of Education Trustee Edgar Santana, reported on Facebook that the Board of Education acted on a state recommendation and voted to empty the district's reserve fund by withdrawing $24 million to close a budget deficit.

Mike Khader, an attorney for the past 16 years, lives near Welty Park with his wife Rana and three children ages 7, 6 and 5. Two of his children attend the Casimir Pulaski School and a third attends a special-needs school.

Mike Khader was born in Yonkers and is the son of Jordanian immigrants, who came to the United States in 1964 and immediately settled in Yonkers.

Mike Khader calls himself a "moderate, middle-of-the road" Democrat. Whether there is a Democratic or Republican majority, Khader said he will lead the council in a bi-partisan fashion.

"You can govern two ways. You can govern partisan, saying that's a Democratic issues, that's a Republican issue, or you can govern by putting people first, putting taxpayers first," Mike Khader says

Please Read The Previous Story To Understand How Mike Khader Has Been Reaching Out During This Budget Crises

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VIA - "Yonkers Newswire" Editor / Publisher Brian Harrod

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