Back row, left to right, IDA Executive Director Jaime McGill; Deputy Mayor Susan Gerry; Schools Superintendent Anibal Soler Jr; Mayor Mike Spano; City Council Majority Whip Deana Norman; Parkledge Representative Robert Gomara and William Williams.
Front row, left to right, Tyler Gordon, Vanessa Aguilar, Daphne Durane, Willkiana Sosa Diaz, Leila Campbell, Emmanuellar Asiedu, Avril Salazar and Tennecia Nelson.
Students Each Receive Scholarship Awards of $2,500
The Yonkers Industrial Development Agency (YIDA) has presented 10 Yonkers high school students with 2025 Parkledge Breakthrough Scholarship awards totaling $25,000. The awards were presented at City Hall on June 23.
The high school seniors each won awards of $2,500. The awards are made to seniors who have been enrolled in a Yonkers school for all four years of high school. Applicants must be in good academic standing and accepted to a post-secondary institution that leads to a degree, license or certification. Awardees are required to have a recommendation from a member of the faculty who knows the student well. Applicants must also provide a personal statement concerning his/her future community service goals and how his/her education will contribute to these goals. The scholarship fund was created by the Parkledge Apartments.
The 2025 scholarship awardees are:
Yonkers Industrial Development Agency
Established in 1982, the Yonkers Industrial Development Agency is a public benefit corporation that provides business development incentives to enhance economic development and job growth in the City of Yonkers. For more information visit yonkersida.com

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