Mount Vernon teachers not backing down on demands amidst ongoing contract negotiations
Teachers say they have been negotiating for a contract for two years and have not received raises in three years.
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Teachers say they have been negotiating for a contract for two years and have not received raises in three years.
The acting superintendent for Mount Vernon schools says the negotiations are ongoing.
A mother and daughter from Mount Vernon who defrauded the government in a $1.7 million kickback scheme will pay for their three-week crime spree with years in prison. Alicia Ayers, 37, was sentenced to two years in prison and Andrea Ayers, 57, was sentenced to three-and-a-half years, in U.S. District Court, White Plains on April 26.
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Trawick was shot dead in 2019 after a Taser failed to subdue him, leading the Civilian Complaint Review Board to call for officers involved in the case to be fired.