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4 women elected to Yonkers City Council set new precedent in politics

It took more than a century after Yonkers became a city in 1872 for the first Black woman to sit on the City Council. Now, in 2022 - history is being made yet again.

News 12 Staff

Feb 12, 2022, 4:22 PM

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