Political Loyalty Tests at Yonkers City Hall

Political Loyalty Tests at Yonkers City Hall

Leslye Oquendo-Thomas Photo Courtesy of LinkedIn In Yonkers, party politics can be a blood sport. City Council aides — who have no civil service protections — can lose their jobs if they or the Council members they work for fail to toe the party line. That’s what happened to City Council Legislative Aide Leslye Oquendo-Thomas. She was fired after deciding to run for an open seat on the County Board of Legislators. Her political ambitions, which …