Mayor of Yonkers

The Mayor of Yonkers is the official head and chief executive officer of the city of Yonkers, New York, United States.

Mayor of Yonkers
Seal of the City of Yonkers
Flag of the City of Yonkers
Incumbent Mike Spano since January 1, 2012
Style	The Honorable
Term length	4 years, Renewable
Inaugural holder	Norton P. Otis
Formation	1880
Salary	$156,100 (2016)
Website	www.yonkersny.gov

List of mayors of Yonkers

• Mike Spano (2012–present)^[1]
• Phil Amicone (2004–2011)
• John Spencer (1996–2003)
• Terence M. Zaleski (1992–1995)
• Henry Spallone (1990–91)
• Nick Wasicsko (1988–1989)^[2]
• Angelo R. Martinelli (1982–1987)
• Gerry Loehr (1980–81)
• Angelo R. Martinelli (1974–1979)
• Alfred DelBello (1970–1973)
• Dr. James Francis Xavier O’Rourke (1966–1969)
• John E. Flynn (1962–1965)
• Kristen Kristensen (1950–1961)^[3][4]
• Edith P. Welty (1949)
• Curtiss E. Frank (1944–1949)^[5]
• Joseph F. Loehr (1930s) ^[6]
• William A Walsh, Sr. (1925–1927)
• James T. Lennon (1910–1918)
• Nathan A. Warren (1907–1909)
• John H. Coyne (1905–1907)
• John Emory Andrus (1903–1905)
• Michael J. Walsh (1901–1903)
• Leslie M. Sutherland (1897–1901)
• John G. Peene (1894–1897)
• James H. Weller (1892–1894)
• James Millward (1890–1892)
• J. Harvey Bell (1886–1890)
• William G. Stahlnecker (1884–1886)
• Samuel G. Swift (1882–1884)
• Norton P. Otis (1880–1882)

In popular culture

• The 1999 book and 2015 miniseries Show Me a Hero detail a white middle-class neighborhood's resistance to a federally mandated scattered-site public housing development in Yonkers.^[7]

References

1. "The Mayor's Blog". tumblr.com.
2. Ex-Mayor of Yonkers Dies in Apparent Suicide
3. Lawrence Kestenbaum. "The Political Graveyard: Mayors and Village Presidents of Yonkers, New York". politicalgraveyard.com.
4. "Kristen Kristensen (born c.1889)". Scandinavian ancestry Politicians in New York. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
5. Lorch, Donatella (5 February 1990). "Curtiss e. Frank, 85; Was Yonkers Mayor and Company Head". The New York Times.
6. Whitehouse, Franklin (17 April 1981). "Harassed Mayor Rolls with the 'Punches'". The New York Times.
7. "HBO: Show Me a Hero: Homepage". HBO.

External links

• Official website