Yonkers Planning Board to Weigh 105-Unit Affordable Housing Proposal as Waterfront Changes Move Forward
Yonkers NY – The April 8 Planning Board agenda puts a 105-unit affordable proposal at 372 Riverdale Avenue in focus, with Extell waterfront changes also up for review.
Yonkers residents who want a clear read on the city’s housing pipeline have one meeting to watch on Wednesday, April 8. The Yonkers Planning Board is scheduled to meet at 5:30 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers, and the posted agenda says any matters requiring a public hearing will be heard after 7 p.m. The biggest new housing item on that agenda is a proposed 11-story, 105-unit affordable residential housing project at 372 Riverdale Avenue. ([yonkersny.gov](https://www.yonkersny.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04082026-1408))
What is actually before the board
The Riverdale Avenue item is listed as Item 10 on the agenda and is before the board as a site plan review for a proposed affordable residential housing project. The agenda also identifies it as a SEQRA unlisted action with the Planning Board as lead agency. That matters because this is a live review step, not an approval notice and not a sign that construction has started. For residents trying to track what is real and what is still in process, this is the point where the city is reviewing the proposal on the record. ([yonkersny.gov](https://www.yonkersny.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04082026-1408))
That makes the meeting relevant well beyond one address. Yonkers renters and housing advocates have been looking for evidence that new affordable units are still moving through the city’s approvals pipeline. Nearby neighbors, property owners, and business operators also tend to watch projects at this stage for clues about building scale, site layout, and how added density could affect daily movement in the area, even before any final outcome is known. ([yonkersny.gov](https://www.yonkersny.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04082026-1408))
A second housing signal on the same agenda
The same meeting also includes a public hearing on amendments and modifications to the Extell Hudson waterfront project at Riverside Drive, Admiral Way, and Fisher Way. That is Item 8 on the agenda, and unlike the Riverdale proposal, it is tied to an existing large redevelopment plan rather than a brand-new application. The Yonkers Industrial Development Agency describes the Extell project as a roughly 20-acre redevelopment planned for seven buildings with about 1,395 residential units and roughly 48,280 square feet of commercial space, with the project page listing it as 26% complete. ([yonkersny.gov](https://www.yonkersny.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04082026-1408))
For residents, the pairing of those two items in one meeting says something important about where Yonkers is right now. One item is a new affordable-housing proposal on Riverdale Avenue. The other is a modification hearing tied to one of the city’s biggest riverfront projects. Together, they show a city trying to add housing at very different scales while still moving each proposal through separate case-by-case review. ([yonkersny.gov](https://www.yonkersny.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04082026-1408))
The larger policy backdrop
That broader housing push is not just implied by the agenda. In the city’s 2026 State of the City script, Mayor Mike Spano said Yonkers is expanding its affordable-housing ordinance to require 12% of new units, up from 10%, and said the city is also adding a provision meant to support affordable homeownership opportunities. The Yonkers Post’s coverage of the speech reported the same policy shift and framed it as part of a wider effort to keep housing production moving while broadening affordability options. ([yonkersny.gov](https://www.yonkersny.gov/DocumentCenter/View/16691))
What to watch on Wednesday is straightforward: whether the board advances the 372 Riverdale Avenue review, seeks changes, or asks for more information, and what officials say about the next step for the Extell modifications. For anyone trying to understand how Yonkers is balancing affordable housing, neighborhood change, and continued waterfront growth, this agenda is more useful than a broad trend line because it shows exactly what city officials are reviewing right now. ([yonkersny.gov](https://www.yonkersny.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04082026-1408))
