Insider News Center: From Yonkers Insider: City of Yonkers: ***NEWS RELEASE***: CITY OF YONKERS BREAKS GROUND ON JUSTICE SONIA SOTOMAYOR COMMUNITY SCHOOL.

 

(L-R): State Education Commissioner Dr. Betty A. Rosa;  Westchester County Legislator James Nolan; Yonkers Council Minority Leader Mike Breen; Westchester County Legislator David Tubiolo; Yonkers Councilmember Anthony Merante; Yonkers Council Majority Leader Tasha Diaz; Yonkers Board of Education Trustee Gail Burns; New York State Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins; New York State Assemblyman Gary Pretlow; New York State Assemblyman Nader Sayegh; Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano; Yonkers Board of Education Trustee Kevin Cacace; Yonkers Board of Education Trustee Sheila Greenwald; Yonkers Board of Trustee Rosemarie Linton: Yonkers Board of Education Vice President Dr. Rosalba Corrado Del Vecchio; Yonkers Board of Education President Rev. Steve Lopez; Superintendent of Yonkers Schools Dr. Edwin Quezada; Yonkers Joint School Construction Board member Robert Rijos; Westchester County Legislator Jose Alvarado; Yonkers Joint School Construction Board member Ron Matten.

(Photo Credit: Maurice Mercado/City of Yonkers)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CITY OF YONKERS BREAKS GROUND ON JUSTICE SONIA SOTOMAYOR COMMUNITY SCHOOL.

Justice School to Be First of Three New Community Schools Planned to Rebuild Yonkers Schools.

First New Yonkers Public School to be Constructed in 20 Years.

YONKERS, NY – March 25, 2022 – Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano, Yonkers Board of Education, Superintendent of Schools Dr. Edwin M. Quezada along with local and state officials today officially broke ground on the Yonkers Public School District’s new Justice Sonia Sotomayor Community School. To be dedicated to Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor, the new school located at 73 Lawrence Street, will serve 675 students from Pre-Kindergarten to 8^th grade and the local community. The Justice School is the first of three new schools to be constructed by the City of Yonkers in its efforts to rebuild the aging infrastructure of the Yonkers Public Schools.

Designed as a community school, the Justice School will feature multi-functional spaces that will be accessible evenings and weekends without the need to open the entire school building. Special amenities include a multi-purpose gymnasium and meeting room with stage; a full-sized basketball court and locker rooms; a cafeteria and meeting room with full kitchen; and a health suite with space for two exam rooms and a dental exam room. 

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