Federal and State Authorities Investigate Whether Yonkers Adhered to Grant Funding Stipulations
YONKERS, NY — February 17, 2017 — It seems Yonkers City Hall is under investigation for its alleged misconduct over the disbursement of Federal and New York State grants. Yonkers City Hall can’t seem to prove its integrity of effort as requested of them by higher authority. Inquiry and scrutiny of the three most recent Yonkers Mayors John Spencer, Phil Amicone, and Michael Spano is underway.
Some people remember the destruction suffered years ago throughout the metropolitan region and specifically the Yonkers Waterfront. There was one very highly visible since a failed business owner and developer that filed with FEMA to rebuild his business. While awaiting federal funding, the businessman relegated his subsidiaries unaffected due to their distance from his destroyed operation in Yonkers to compensate the local operation’s inability to operate, maintain, and serve his business clients. It took quite a while for FEMA to make the operation of the Yonkers business operation to gain the infusion of funds to make the operation who. Instead of using the funds as stipulated, people in the know assert the funds were received but were not used to resurrect the operation to function, choosing instead he chose to abscond with the FEMA grant funds. The businessman thought he got away with it however that is seemingly not the case.
Yonkers Tribune has learned that similar financial crises due to a lack of governmental oversight, despite the constant use of the term “transparency”, will soon reveal the misuse of taxpayer funds that the City of Yonkers did not allegedly scrutinize as they are demanded to do upon acceptance of such funds.
Which also begs the question what other departments and/or agencies have not abided by the stipulations that govern their accepting the funds. Why are funds not divulged to the public in Yonkers, specifying their purpose, rationale, and efficacy of the expenditure prior to the disbursement and a public vetting to reassess its success or lack thereof thereafter?
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