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Smith O’Hara Levine Memorial Park on Lawrence Street in Yonkers served as the background on Jan. 20 for U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to announce a push to obtain $5.4 million in federal funding to convert a section of the abandoned New York & Putnam Railroad right-of-way into a greenway. Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano, […]

The greenway project will run along 3.1 miles of former rail line through Yonkers. Its a first step toward erasing redlining in the city, lawmakers said.