Demario A. Strickland is expected to start in the district July 1. "I want to make sure that ZIP code doesn't define what our students are capable of,” Strickland said. Mount Vernon's school board ...

The voter rolls in the heavily Democratic city of Mount Vernon are so shady that they include dead residents and locals who were born as early as 1897, a scathing new lawsuit claims. In just over a ...

MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) - The ongoing political saga played out today in a Westchester County courtroom as disgraced mayor Richard Thomas fought to keep his job. A judge hearing over the ...

The Mayor of Mount Vernon, New York, is extending an olive branch to a police officer being terminated while undergoing kidney failure. In a recent interview with ABC 7 NY, Mayor Shawyn ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mount Vernon's school board unanimously appointed a new superintendent, Demario A. Strickland, at a May 14 special meeting.