Mike Spano (Democratic) has been Mayor of Yonkers since 1 Jan 2012. In Aug 2026 the unemployment rate was 4.9% of the labour force, 3.5 percentage points lower than when Mike Spano took office in January 2012, while New York's fell 4.3 percentage points. On the fall in unemployment Yonkers is 18th of the 117 cities, on GDP per person 58th of 73. Over John Spencer's tenure, 1996 to 2004, the unemployment rate moved +0.2 percentage points. Violent crime rate: 249 per 100,000 residents in Aug 2026, −255 per 100,000 since day zero.

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