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Largest district by enrollment
Where the general fund goes, tracked district by district as budgets are proposed, amended, and put to a vote.
2026-27 Adopted Budget
Yonkers City School District
Yonkers is one of New York's five "Big 5" city school districts, so this budget was never put to a public vote. The Board of Education's budget estimate is filed with the Mayor and folded into the city's own budget, which the City Council can increase, cut, or reject line by line. For 2026-27, the Council voted unanimously to adopt the full city budget — which included $56.3 million in new funding for the schools — on May 29, 2026, after negotiating the combined city/school property-tax-rate increase down from Mayor Mike Spano's proposed 5.25% to 4.75%. The Board of Education's own adopted-budget book, published in June 2026, puts the district's total at $822,451,205, up 1.45% from the prior year's $810,723,013.
Total budget
$822.5M
up 1.45% from 2025-26
Approved by
Council, 9–0
May 29, 2026
Yonkers City School District is Westchester County's largest school district by enrollment. The $822.5 million figure is the district's own all-funds total (general fund, special aid, debt service, school lunch, capital, and federal/state grants); it's distinct from the City of Yonkers' overall $1.64 billion municipal budget, which covers city government beyond just schools.

New York's "Big 5" city school districts — Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Yonkers, and New York City — don't hold the property-tax-cap budget referendum that every other district in the state does; their budgets are adopted through a city-budget process instead. Westchester County's other districts' budgets will be added here as they're verified.

Elections & Candidates

Most recent results
Who’s on the ballot for open board seats, and what they’re running on.
Governance · mayor-appointed board, not elected

9 Trustees

Yonkers City School District · 5-year staggered terms, appointed by the Mayor · roughly 1–2 seats turn over each May
Current trustees →
President
Dr. Rosalba Corrado Del Vecchio
Appointed

Re-elected by fellow trustees as Board President, May 12, 2026.

Vice President
Gail Burns
Appointed

Re-elected by fellow trustees as Vice President, May 12, 2026.

Trustee
Dr. John C. Castanaro
Appointed

Sitting trustee as of the June 2026 budget document.

Trustee
Sheila Greenwald
Appointed

Sitting trustee as of June 2026.

Trustee
Amjed I. Kuri
Appointed

Sitting trustee as of June 2026.

Trustee
Rosemarie P. Linton
Appointed

Sitting trustee as of June 2026.

Trustee
Lorraine Lopez
Appointed

Sitting trustee as of June 2026.

Trustee
Arz Raheem
Appointed

Sworn in by Mayor Mike Spano, April 11, 2025.

Trustee
Lawrence R. Sykes, Esq.
Appointed

Sitting trustee as of June 2026.

Yonkers is the only one of New York's five "Big 5" city school districts with a fully mayor-appointed board: per NY Education Law §2553, all 9 trustees are appointed by the Mayor to staggered 5-year terms beginning the first Tuesday in May, rather than elected by voters. There is no election to report here, and no next election date — the board changes only as the Mayor makes new appointments.

School Board Watch

5 Largest Districts
Meeting-by-meeting coverage of the largest school districts serving Westchester County: when the board meets, and where to find the agenda.
Yonkers City School DistrictConfirmed via the district's official Board of Education page (yonkerspublicschools.org), which lists "Upcoming Meetings": a Wednesday, September 16, 2026, 5:30 p.m. Board of Education Stated Meeting (the full board's regular voting meeting) at Saunders Trades and Technical High School. A Sept 8 listing on the same page is committee-only meetings (Facilities/Workshop, Audit Budget and Finance, Policy), not the full Board Stated Meeting.
16
Sep
Stated Meeting
5:30 PM · Angelo E. Paradiso Auditorium, Saunders Trades and Technical High School, 183 Palmer Road, Yonkers, NY 10701
Agenda pending
View meeting info
New Rochelle City School DistrictConfirmed via the district's official 2026-2027 Board of Education meeting schedule (nred.org), which lists full dates, times and locations for every meeting of the year: Thursday, September 10, 2026, 6:00 p.m. Executive Session / 7:00 p.m. Public Session, at the Linda E. Kelly Theatre, New Rochelle High School.
10
Sep
Regular Meeting
7:00 PM · Linda E. Kelly Theatre, New Rochelle High School, 265 Clove Road (Braemar Avenue entrance), New Rochelle, NY 10801
Agenda pending
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White Plains City School DistrictConfirmed via the district's official Board Meeting Dates page (whiteplainspublicschools.org): "Monday, September 14 - Education House at 6:30 PM." The page states regular meetings are usually held at 6:30 PM on the second Monday of each month, or as designated.
14
Sep
Regular Meeting
6:30 PM · Education House, 5 Homeside Lane, White Plains, NY 10605
Agenda pending
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Mount Vernon City School DistrictConfirmed via the district's own official calendar (mtvernoncsd.org), which lists a "Board of Education Business Meeting" event on Tuesday, September 29, 2026, 6:30 PM, at 165 N. Columbus Avenue (the district's Education Center). A separate "Board of Education Work Session" (not a voting meeting) is also listed for Sept 16.
29
Sep
Board of Education Business Meeting
6:30 PM · 165 North Columbus Avenue, Mount Vernon, NY 10553
Agenda pending
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Mamaroneck Union Free School DistrictConfirmed via the district's own official calendar (mamkschools.org), which lists a "BoE Meeting, Tiered Classroom, MHS" event on Tuesday, September 15, 2026, 7:00-9:00 PM. This matches the district's BoardDocs-stated general pattern of an official business meeting usually held at 7:00 p.m. on the third Tuesday of the month.
15
Sep
BoE Meeting
7:00 PM · Tiered Classroom, Mamaroneck High School, 1000 W Boston Post Rd, Mamaroneck, NY 10543
Agenda pending
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Dates refresh automatically once a day from each district's official site. Last checked 2026-09-08 14:59.

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