The City of Peekskill is being sued once again after having already lost a million dollars in one lawsuit and facing a potential multi-million dollar payout in another.

In this new case, Tuesday McDonald, Peekskill Youth Bureau’s executive director sues.

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A Peekskill Police Department employee allegedly travelled to meet with who he believed was a minor, but in reality, was a part of a sting operation.

Parking enforcement officer Victor Ortiz, 44, of Yonkers was arrested in Florida on Aug. 21

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A former Peekskill Police officer who resigned in February after “satisfying” a “sexual addiction” has filed an Article 78 petition in state supreme court claiming that the City of Peekskill Police department violated the terms of a settlement agreement that led to his departure from the force.

How does a mother explain to her four-year-old son why they have to suddenly pack up their things and leave the country?

On Monday, one day before she accepted voluntary deportation, 24-year-old Amy Lituma recalled what she told her son.

“You’re going on an adventure.”

Cries, screams and shouting punctuated the quiet summer afternoon on Liberty Street July 15 as six Homeland Security Investigations agents removed 24-year-old Amy Lituma and her four-year-old son from their home. Later that evening, Lituma and her child were back home.

Robert Scott, the Peekskill Common Council member charged with filing false documents more than a year ago, is leaving local courts and heading to a grand jury where the jurors will decide if there is enough evidence to bring an indictment.

Ramon Fernandez announced that his name will appear on the Nov. 4 ballot for City of Peekskill mayor under The Local Party line. This comes after a successful challenge in court over signatures on his petition. He challenges the Democratic incumbent Vivian McKenzie.

When Mack Godbee taught his daughter CPR, he had no clue she one day would use it to save his life, nor that soon after he would receive what doctors describe as the first heart-liver-kidney transplant in New York State.

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Peekskill City School District voters passed the proposed 2025-2026 $131.7 million school budget and select three out of four candidates to sit on the Peekskill Board of Education.

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Peekskill residents will go to the polls on May 20 to vote on the Peekskill City School District’s proposed 2025-26 budget of $131,740,528.

The proposed budget is about 7 percent higher than last year’s budget of $123 million.

U. S. Rep. Mike Lawler’s Westchester town hall the evening of Sunday, May 4, was filled with jeers and dismissive laughter between questions. About four people were escorted out by security staff, including two who were carried out by law enforcement.

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Winter may be over, but the City of Peekskill is still dealing with the effects of the season’s icy conditions.

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The City of Peekskill celebrated the launch of the community’s first 24/7 food scrap composting site with a ribbon-cutting on Friday, April 25.

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Within hours of the announcement of Pope Francis’ death on Monday, churches all over the world paid tribute to the 88-year-old head of the Catholic Church, including the City of Peekskill’s Church of The Assumption.

A Peekskill man was arrested in relation to an incident with a gun in the area of Ridge and Franklin streets yesterday.

Eric Gordineer, 33, was charged with criminal possession of a weapon, menacing, and harassment.

The City of Peekskill says it is looking to boost tourism and build economic development with a new logo and brand.

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In a recent survey, roughly one hundred City of Peekskill residents said that over the past ten years some of the greatest hazards they’ve experienced were extremely hot days, poor air quality, heat waves, and flooding.

The Peekskill Business Improvement District (BID) announced election results at its board meeting on April 1.

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