Greenway Park Project a First Step to Erasing Yonkers Redlining. What it’ll Look Like.

January 20, 2023

Left to right: Wilson Kimball (President & CEO, Yonkers Housing Authority), New York State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, Ellen Theg (Acting Executive Director, Groundwork Hudson Valley), United States Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, Candida Rodriguez (Director of Community Relations, Groundwork Hudson Valley).

The fight against the current effects of historical redlining in Southwest Yonkers could soon see another victory. U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer delivered a press conference in our very own Smith O’Hara Levine Memorial Park this past Friday to show his support for the City of Yonkers’ $5.4 million proposal to the Department of Transportation’s Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program to close the funding gap on the $14 million Yonkers Greenway Project.