YONKERS COMMITTEE FOR SMART DEVELOPMENT

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Standard Acronyms
Acronyms abound in any Yonkers conversation. We compiled a list of all the most common ones here. Additional information about many of these terms can be found on the internet or at Wikipedia. If you have another acronym you’d like to add, tell us!

Acronym List

Resource Links
Below are useful links of interest:

City of Yonkers Website
www.yonkersny.gov

Alexander Street Master Plan for Yonkers
www.yonkersny.gov/Index.aspx?page=1817

Beczak Environmental Center
www.beczak.org

City of Yonkers Green Policy Task Force
http://www.yonkersny.gov/Index.aspx?page=1169 

Teutonia Hall-Buena Vista Project
www.buenavistapur.com

Energy Star
Information about Energy Star building practices and rating systems
www.energystar.gov

Historic District Council (NYC)
Valuable information about historic preservation
www.hdc.org

Hudson River Community Association (HRCA)
www.hudsonrivercommunityassociation.org

Historic River Towns of Westchester
www.hudsonriver.com/rivertowns

National Trust for Historic Places
www.preservationnation.org

New York State Energy Research and Development Agency
www.nyserda.org

New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
www.nysparks.state.ny.us

Philipse Manor Hall
Yonkers' premiere historic building
www.philipsemanorfriends.org

Project for Public Spaces
A not-for-profit that works with municipalities to design their public spaces. PPS has an excellent newsletter
www.pps.org

Scenic Hudson
www.scenichudson.org

SFC Development Team
www.sfcyonkers.com

Sustainable Hastings
www.sustainablehastings.org

Sustainable Hudson Valley
www.sustainhv.org

Riverkeeper
www.riverkeeper.org

River Communities Coalition of Yonkers (RCCY)
www.rccy.org

US Green Building Council
LEED building and rating systems
www.usgbc.org

Westchester County
Environmental information
www.westchestergov.com/environment.htm

Westchester County Board of Legislators
www.westchesterlegislators.com

Westchester Land Trust
www.westchesterlandtrust.org

Yonkers Land Conservancy
www.yonkerslandconservancy.org

Yonkers Historical Society
www.yonkershistory.org


Resources

State Environmental Quality "Cookbook"
A SEQRA guidebook provided by the New York State Department of Environmental Protection
http://www.ocpartnership.org/Resources/Files/Demographics/SEQR%20cookbook1(3102005%2085548%20AM).pdf

Yonkers Planning/Zoning/Landmarks/Green Policy Task Force Meeting Schedules
Note: Schedules DO change. Check www.yonkersny.gov Meetings and Agendas or City Calendar to be sure!

Meetings are held at City Hall in the 4th floor conference room or in one of the 4th floor Chambers.

Planning Board: 2nd Wednesdays at 5:30 pm
Zoning Board of Appeals: 3rd Tuesdays at 6 pm
Landmarks Preservation Board: 1st Wednesdays, 7 pm
Green Policy Task Force: 1st and 3rd Wednesdays, 6:30 pm