Editing Mount Vernon, New York

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| subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
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| subdivision_name2        = [[Westchester County, New York|Westchester]]
| government_type          = [[mayor-council government|Mayor-Council]]
| leader_title             = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name              = Shawyn Patterson-Howard ([[United States Democratic Party|D]])
| leader_title1            = City Council
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|1           = Derrick Thompson ([[United States Democratic Party|D]]) President

|2           = Danielle Browne ([[United States Democratic Party|D]]) President Pro Tempore

|3           = Cathlin Gleason ([[United States Democratic Party|D]]) Acting President Pro Tempore

|4           = Lisa Copeland ([[United States Democratic Party|D]])

|5           = Edward Poteat ([[United States Democratic Party|D]])
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| established_title        = Incorporated (as a village)
| established_title2       = Reincorporated (as a city)
| established_date         = 1853<ref name="Lew 1985"/>
| established_date2        = 1892<ref name="Lew 1985"/>
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| area_land_km2            = 11.38
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| population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_total         = 73893
| population_density_km2   = 6495.76
| timezone                 = [[Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern]]
| utc_offset               = −5
| timezone_DST             = [[Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern]]
| utc_offset_DST           = −4
| elevation_m              = 33
| elevation_ft             = 108
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| postal_code              = 10550, 10552, 10553
| area_code                = [[Area code 914|914]]
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| blank_info               = 36-49121
| blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info              = 0957917
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'''Mount Vernon''' is a city in [[Westchester County, New York]], United States. It is an [[inner suburb]] of [[New York City]], immediately to the north of the [[Borough (New York City)|borough]] of [[the Bronx]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], Mount Vernon had a population of 73,893,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mount Vernon city, New York |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US3649121 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=February 23, 2021 |archive-date=March 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220310042926/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US3649121 |url-status=live }}</ref> making it the 24th-largest municipality in the state and [[List of U.S. communities with African-American majority populations in 2020#New York|largest African-American majority city in the state]]. Mount Vernon has 12,898 [[Jamaicans]] with [[Afro-Jamaicans|African]] and [[Indo-Jamaicans|Indian]] descent that had immigrated from their homeland of [[Jamaica]] after the country gained its independence from [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|Britain]] on August 6, 1962.

Mount Vernon has two major sections. South-side Mount Vernon is more urban, while north-side Mount Vernon is more residential. Mount Vernon's downtown business district is on the city's south side, which includes City Hall, Mount Vernon's main post office, Mount Vernon Public Library, office buildings, and other [[municipal]] establishments.<ref name="Cohen">{{Cite news |last=Cohen |first=Joyce |title=If You're Thinking of Living In / Wakefield, the Bronx; Hugging Westchester at the Subway's End |newspaper=The New York Times |date=January 31, 1999 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/01/31/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-living-wakefield-bronx-hugging-westchester-subway-s-end.html |access-date=August 21, 2009 |archive-date=December 24, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101224151640/http://www.nytimes.com/1999/01/31/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-living-wakefield-bronx-hugging-westchester-subway-s-end.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

==History==
[[File:South Fourth Avenue, Mt. Vernon, N. Y (NYPL b12647398-66687).tiff|thumb|South Fourth Avenue in the 1890s]]
[[File:Westchester Electric RR Company 519 S 5th Av.jpg|thumb|Former trolley company building, Southside]]
The Mount Vernon area was first settled in 1664 by families from [[Connecticut]] as part of the [[Eastchester (town), New York|Town of Eastchester]].<ref name="Lew 1985">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/01/13/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-of-living-in-mount-vernon.html|title=If You're Thinking of Living in: Mount Vernon|last=Lew|first=Julie|date=January 13, 1985|work=The New York Times|access-date=June 18, 2019|archive-date=December 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211060709/https://www.nytimes.com/1985/01/13/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-of-living-in-mount-vernon.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Mount Vernon became a [[Administrative divisions of New York (state)#Village|village]] in 1853, and a [[Administrative divisions of New York (state)#City|city]] in 1892.<ref name="Lew 1985" /> Early development was driven by the New York Industrial Home Association No. 1, a home building cooperative organized to build homes for "tradesmen, employees, and other persons of small means".<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Shonnard |first1=Frederic |url=http://archive.org/details/historyofwestche00inshon |title=History of Westchester County, New York, from its earliest settlement to the year 1900 |last2=Spooner |first2=Walter Whipple |publisher=New York History Co. |year=1900 |pages=578–581 |oclc=1046597892 |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref>

Mount Vernon takes its name from [[George Washington]]'s [[Mount Vernon]] plantation in [[Virginia]], much as neighboring [[Wakefield, Bronx|Wakefield]] (in the [[Bronx]]) was named for the [[Virginia]] plantation where Washington was born.<ref name="Cohen" />

In 1894, the voters of Mount Vernon participated in a [[referendum]] on whether to consolidate into a new "[[City of Greater New York]]". The cities of [[Brooklyn, New York|Brooklyn]] (coterminous with [[Kings County, New York|Kings County]]) and [[Long Island City]], the western towns and villages of [[Queens|Queens County]], and all of [[Richmond County, New York|Richmond County]] (present day Staten Island) all voted to join with the existing city (present day [[Manhattan]] and [[The Bronx]]). However, the returns were so negative in Mount Vernon and the adjacent city of [[Yonkers, New York|Yonkers]] that those two areas were not included in the consolidated city and remain independent to this day.<ref>{{cite inside}}, p.177-78</ref>

The Mount Vernon Public Library, a gift to the city from [[Andrew Carnegie]], opened in 1904 and is now part of the [[Westchester Library System]], providing educational, cultural and computer services to county residents of all ages. The [[Mount Vernon Trust Company]] opened in 1903. It was the largest bank in  [[Westchester County, New York|Westchester County]], with branches in the east and west sections of the city.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92451521/american-national-bank/|title=2 Banks Merge In Mt. Vernon|work=The Yonkers Herald|place=Yonkers, New York|date=July 18, 1930|page=2|access-date=January 11, 2022|archive-date=January 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220112235020/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92451521/american-national-bank/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92498949/largest-bank/|title=Financial Institutions of County Owed Deb By Real Estate Industry|work=The Daily Times|place=Mamaroneck, New York|date=June 22, 1928|page=4|access-date=January 13, 2022|archive-date=January 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220113174724/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92498949/largest-bank/|url-status=live}}</ref>

During the 1960s, Mount Vernon was a divided city on the brink of a "northern style" segregation. Many African Americans from the [[southern United States]] migrated north and settled in the city of Mount Vernon for better job opportunities and educational advancements. At the same time, many [[white American]]s from the [[Bronx]] and [[Manhattan]] looked to Mount Vernon as a new "[[bedroom community]]" because of rising crime in New York City (a "[[white flight]]" factor contributed as well). As a result, Mount Vernon became divided by the [[New Haven Line]] (today part of [[Metro-North Railroad]]) into North Side and South Side. The population south of the tracks became predominantly African-American, while that north of the tracks was largely white.

At the height of this segregation in the 1970s, August Petrillo was mayor. When he died, Thomas E. Sharpe was elected mayor. Upon Sharpe's death in 1984, Carmella Iaboni took office as acting mayor until [[Ronald Blackwood]] was elected; Blackwood was the first [[Afro-Caribbean American|Afro-Caribbean]] mayor of the city (as well as of any city in New York State). In 1996, Ernest D. Davis was elected the mayor of Mount Vernon; he served until 2007. Clinton I. Young, Jr. became the city's mayor on January 1, 2008. Four years later, on January 1, 2012, Ernest D. Davis became the 21st mayor of Mount Vernon. In 2013, Davis was investigated for failure to report rental income.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.lohud.com/article/20130213/NEWS/302130069/Feds-investigate-Mount-Vernon-Mayor-Ernest-Davis-finances|title= Feds investigate Mount Vernon Mayor Ernest Davis' finances|date= February 13, 2013|newspaper= The Journal News|first= Jonathan|last= Bandler|via= LoHud.com|access-date= February 23, 2013|archive-date= February 16, 2013|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130216224654/http://www.lohud.com/article/20130213/NEWS/302130069/Feds-investigate-Mount-Vernon-Mayor-Ernest-Davis-finances|url-status= live}}</ref> In 2015, Richard Thomas defeated Davis in an upset victory in the September primary. in the November general election, Thomas received 71% of the votes to become the mayor of Mount Vernon.<ref>{{cite news | last=Lungariello | first = Mark | title = Westchester County Primaries: Thomas Wins in Mount Vernon | via = LoHud.com | work = The Journal News | date = September 11, 2015 | url = http://www.lohud.com/story/news/politics/2015/09/10/westchester-county-primary-2015/71959272/?from=global&sessionKey=&autologin= | access-date = December 20, 2015 | archive-date = December 26, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151226075313/http://www.lohud.com/story/news/politics/2015/09/10/westchester-county-primary-2015/71959272/?from=global&sessionKey=&autologin= | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last = Garcia | first = Ernie | title = Richard Thomas Wins Mount Vernon Mayoral Race | via = LoHud.com | work = The Journal News | date = November 4, 2015 | url = http://www.lohud.com/story/news/politics/elections/2015/11/03/thomas-wins-mount-vernon/74895762/ | access-date = December 20, 2015 | archive-date = January 17, 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190117111558/https://www.lohud.com/story/news/politics/elections/2015/11/03/thomas-wins-mount-vernon/74895762/ | url-status = live }}</ref>

In the subsequent 2019 election, Shawyn Patterson-Howard unseated the incumbent Mayor Thomas in a hotly contested June primary to become the new Democratic nominee and went on to capture 81% of the vote to defeat André Wallace (who had since been named Acting Mayor and ran as a Republican) in the general election in November to become the first black woman mayor of Mount Vernon (and of any city in Westchester County).<ref>{{cite news | last = Bandler | first = Jonathan | title = Patterson-Howard declares victory in Mount Vernon mayoral primary | via = LoHud.com | work = The Journal News | date = July 3, 2019 | url = https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/mount-vernon/2019/07/03/patterson-howard-declares-victory-mount-vernon-mayoral-primary/1640686001/ | access-date = January 2, 2020 | archive-date = September 4, 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190904013056/https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/mount-vernon/2019/07/03/patterson-howard-declares-victory-mount-vernon-mayoral-primary/1640686001/ | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last = Bandler | first = Jonathan | title = Patterson-Howard cruises to victory to become first woman elected Mount Vernon mayor | via = LoHud.com | work = The Journal News | date = November 6, 2019 | url = https://www.lohud.com/story/news/politics/elections/2019/11/06/shawyn-patterson-howard-first-woman-elected-mayor-mount-vernon/4166691002/ | access-date = January 2, 2020 | archive-date = December 18, 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191218104618/https://www.lohud.com/story/news/politics/elections/2019/11/06/shawyn-patterson-howard-first-woman-elected-mayor-mount-vernon/4166691002/ | url-status = live }}</ref>

Mount Vernon has in recent years undergone a transition from a city of homes and small businesses to a city of regional commerce. Between 2000 and 2006, Mount Vernon's economy grew 20.5%, making it one of the fastest-growing cities in the New York metropolitan area.<ref name="engel.house.gov">{{Cite web|url=https://engel.house.gov/about-our-district/|title=Congressman Eliot Engel : About Our District|website=engel.house.gov|access-date=October 7, 2018|archive-date=October 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007223103/https://engel.house.gov/about-our-district/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In January 2019, [[Moody's Ratings|Moody's]] withdrew its credit rating for Mount Vernon because of the city's failure to provide audited financial statements.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/mount-vernon/2019/01/29/mount-vernon-loss-credit-rating/2713486002/|title=Mount Vernon credit rating falls; who is to blame?|last=Bandler|first=Jon|date=January 29, 2019|work=Lohud.com|access-date=September 8, 2019|archive-date=January 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190130191553/https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/mount-vernon/2019/01/29/mount-vernon-loss-credit-rating/2713486002/|url-status=live}}</ref> The failure to prepare and deliver audited financial statements stemmed from a disagreement as to which entity would pay for the audit of  the Urban Renewal Agency (URA), one of the city's agencies, and which auditing firm would perform the audit.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TWGz-mfZqun4xv_F-iQ-GM5r40EaJNJp/view?usp=sharing&usp=embed_facebook%7Ctitle%3DMountVernonInspectorGeneralReport.02-25-19.pdf&usp=embed_facebook |title=MountVernonInspectorGeneralReport.02-25-19.pdf|website=Google Docs|access-date=September 8, 2019|archive-date=July 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210712100932/https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TWGz-mfZqun4xv_F-iQ-GM5r40EaJNJp/view?usp=sharing&usp=embed_facebook%7Ctitle%3DMountVernonInspectorGeneralReport.02-25-19.pdf&usp=embed_facebook|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fH_jh2a44wBRpGrMHqhfBsUVbkPq5vzu/view?usp=sharing&usp=embed_facebook%7Ctitle%3DFebruary2019_ErasmusMemo.pdf&usp=embed_facebook|title=February2019_ErasmusMemo.pdf|website=Google Docs|access-date=September 8, 2019|archive-date=July 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711192629/https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fH_jh2a44wBRpGrMHqhfBsUVbkPq5vzu/view?usp=sharing&usp=embed_facebook%7Ctitle%3DFebruary2019_ErasmusMemo.pdf&usp=embed_facebook|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TvX0bgC3T2559RJyKkpnY-gBXcktdY6S/view?usp=sharing&usp=embed_facebook%7Ctitle%3D2018.11.20.ErasmusAudited.pdf&usp=embed_facebook |title=2018.11.20.ErasmusAudited.pdf|website=Google Docs|access-date=September 8, 2019|archive-date=July 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210712125337/https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TvX0bgC3T2559RJyKkpnY-gBXcktdY6S/view?usp=sharing&usp=embed_facebook%7Ctitle%3D2018.11.20.ErasmusAudited.pdf&usp=embed_facebook|url-status=live}}</ref> Further clouding the city's financial condition is the prospect that it might have a repayment obligation to HUD in connection with grants previously awarded to the city <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FyEZIGGmrGTMC-Z3mkVJvo8X0m0-u8wU/view?usp=sharing&usp=embed_facebook|title=Ex. B 2018-03-28_Letter_Baker Tilly to the Mayor of Mt Vernon.pdf|website=Google Docs|access-date=November 4, 2019|archive-date=May 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522002322/https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FyEZIGGmrGTMC-Z3mkVJvo8X0m0-u8wU/view?usp=sharing&usp=embed_facebook|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== 2019 mayoral dispute ===
On July 9, 2019, mayor Richard Thomas pleaded guilty to stealing campaign funds and lying to the [[New York State Board of Elections|State Board of Elections]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2019/attorney-general-james-and-comptroller-dinapoli-announce-guilty-plea-mount-vernon|title=Attorney General James And Comptroller DiNapoli Announce Guilty Plea Of Mount Vernon Mayor Richard Thomas &#124; New York State Attorney General|website=ag.ny.gov|date=July 8, 2019 |access-date=September 24, 2019|archive-date=September 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924230741/https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2019/attorney-general-james-and-comptroller-dinapoli-announce-guilty-plea-mount-vernon|url-status=live}}</ref> Thomas was ordered to resign from office by September 30, 2019. The city council then appointed council president Andre Wallace as acting mayor.<ref name="Nir 2019">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/18/nyregion/mount-vernon-mayor.html|title=Mt. Vernon Has 2 Mayors, and Its Police Commissioner Was Just Arrested|first=Sarah Maslin|last=Nir|newspaper=The New York Times|date=July 18, 2019|access-date=September 24, 2019|archive-date=September 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190915100442/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/18/nyregion/mount-vernon-mayor.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Thomas refused to resign from his post. Wallace then appointed Shawn Harris as new police commissioner. After arriving for work, Thomas ordered the Mount Vernon Police to arrest Harris for trespassing.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dailyvoice.com/new-york/mountvernon/news/da-orders-release-after-police-commissioner-named-by-mount-vernon-city-council-charged/772174/|title=DA Orders Release After Police Commissioner Named By Mount Vernon City Council Charged|last=Failla|first=Zak|date=July 17, 2019|website=Mount Vernon Daily Voice|access-date=September 24, 2019|archive-date=July 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190718195115/https://dailyvoice.com/new-york/mountvernon/news/da-orders-release-after-police-commissioner-named-by-mount-vernon-city-council-charged/772174/|url-status=live}}</ref> Harris was released after an order from the Westchester County District Attorney. Both Thomas and Wallace occupied offices in the city hall, with Thomas in the mayor's office, under the guard of the Mount Vernon Police.<ref name="Nir 2019"/> Finally, before a packed courtroom in White Plains, Judge Ecker made a decisive ruling that Thomas had actually vacated the office of mayor on July 8, that Wallace had automatically assumed the office at that time, and that Wallace would be the acting mayor of Mount Vernon until January 1, 2020.

=== Mount Vernon Charter Revision Commission ===
In March 2019, Mayor Richard Thomas called for the formation of the Mount Vernon Charter Revision Commission, suggesting the charter was antiquated, dating to the late 19th century.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/mount-vernon/2019/03/28/mount-vernon-mayor-city-charter-revision/3287678002/|title=Mount Vernon mayor calls for revision of city charter|last=Bandler|first=Jonathan|date=March 28, 2019|website=lohud.com|language=en|access-date=August 31, 2019|archive-date=June 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190611081807/https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/mount-vernon/2019/03/28/mount-vernon-mayor-city-charter-revision/3287678002/|url-status=live}}</ref>  In August 2019, the Commission presented its final report <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1g3E1T16CNwG3a21vOutIzZtrDhTQVrTp/view?usp=sharing|title=City of Mount Vernon Charter Revision Commission Final Report|last=Cullen|first=Kevin|date=August 31, 2019|website=google drive|access-date=August 31, 2019|archive-date=May 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522002327/https://drive.google.com/file/d/1g3E1T16CNwG3a21vOutIzZtrDhTQVrTp/view?usp=sharing|url-status=live}}</ref> which included four key proposed changes to the City's Charter:
# A new requirement for annual financial audits.
# Quarterly financial reports showing the city's fiscal condition.
# An updated comprehensive plan for economic growth.
# A periodic review of the city charter.<ref>{{Cite web|date=August 1, 2019|url=http://westchester.news12.com/story/40867935/residents-skeptical-of-mount-vernons-plan-to-overhaul-city-charter|title=Residents skeptical of Mount Vernon's plan to overhaul city charter|website=westchester.news12.com|language=en|access-date=August 31, 2019|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190802053950/http://westchester.news12.com/story/40867935/residents-skeptical-of-mount-vernons-plan-to-overhaul-city-charter|archive-date=August 2, 2019}}</ref>

== Notable sites ==
[[St. Paul's Church National Historic Site|St. Paul's Church]] is a Mount Vernon attraction designated as a [[National Historic Sites (United States)|National Historic Site]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2009a}}</ref>

Mount Vernon sites included on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] include:
* [[First United Methodist Church (Mount Vernon, New York)|First United Methodist Church]]
* [[John Stevens House]]
* [[Trinity Episcopal Church Complex (Mount Vernon, New York)|Trinity Episcopal Church Complex]]
* [[United States Post Office (Mount Vernon, New York)|United States Post Office]] on First Street
* Former Con Edison Westchester County HQ, which is now Westchester County Social Services (Mount Vernon)

==Geography==
[[File:Corner of Gramatan and Grand in Fleetwood October 2012.jpg|thumb|The corner of Gramatan Avenue and
Grand Street in Fleetwood]]

===Location===
Mount Vernon is at {{Coord|40.914060|-73.830507|type:city_region:US|format=dms|display=inline}} (40.914060, −73.830507).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990|archive-date=August 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824085937/https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|url-status=live}}</ref> It is the third-largest and the most densely populated city in Westchester County. According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|11.4|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.04|sqkm|order=flip}}, or 0.39%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US3649121| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212184828/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US3649121| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Mount Vernon city, New York| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=January 29, 2013}}</ref>

Mount Vernon is bordered by the village of [[Bronxville, New York|Bronxville]] and city of [[New Rochelle, New York|New Rochelle]] to the north, by the town of [[Pelham, New York|Pelham]] and village of [[Pelham Manor, New York|Pelham Manor]] to the east, by the [[Hutchinson River]] and the [[Eastchester, Bronx|Eastchester]] and [[Wakefield, Bronx|Wakefield]] sections of the Bronx to the south, and by the city of [[Yonkers, New York|Yonkers]] and the [[Bronx River]] to the west.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cmvny.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Mount-Vernon-Comprehensive-Plan-Chapter-3.0.pdf|title=Mount Vernon Comprehensive Plan, November 2011|last=Department of Planning|first=Westchester County|access-date=October 7, 2018|archive-date=October 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007223243/http://cmvny.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Mount-Vernon-Comprehensive-Plan-Chapter-3.0.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Elevation===
Mount Vernon's elevation at City Hall is about {{convert|235|ft|m}}{{citation needed|date=October 2017|reason=disagrees with infobox}}, reflecting its location between the [[Bronx River]] to the west and the [[Hutchinson River]] to the east. On a clear day, the [[Throgs Neck Bridge]] can be seen from {{convert|10|mi|km|-1}} away from many parts of the city, while at night, the bridge's lights can also be seen. The city's seal, created in 1892, depicts what were then considered the highest points in Mount Vernon: Trinity Place near Fourth Street, Vista Place at Barnes Avenue, and North 10th Avenue between Washington and Jefferson places. Since then, it was discovered that the city's highest elevation is on [[New York Route 22]], North Columbus Avenue, at the [[Bronxville, New York|Bronxville]] line.{{citation needed|date=November 2012}}

===Neighborhoods===
[[File:MountVernonNeighborhood.PNG|thumb|upright|Map of Mount Vernon's neighborhoods]]
[[File:Church at the Circle MV jeh.JPG|thumb|The Circle at Lincoln and Gramatan Avenues]]
Mount Vernon is typically divided into four major sections in four square miles: Downtown, Mount Vernon Heights, North Side, and South Side.

====Downtown====
Downtown Mount Vernon features the Gramatan Avenue and Fourth Avenue shopping district (known as "The Avenue" by locals<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.loopnet.com/Listing/19046880/Gramatan-Avenue-at-Lincoln-Avenue-Mount-Vernon-NY/|title=Gramatan Avenue at Lincoln Avenue, Mount Vernon, NY, 10550 - Office Building Property For Sale on LoopNet.com|website=LoopNet|language=en|access-date=October 7, 2018|archive-date=October 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007223226/http://www.loopnet.com/Listing/19046880/Gramatan-Avenue-at-Lincoln-Avenue-Mount-Vernon-NY/|url-status=live}}</ref>) and the Petrillo Plaza transit hub, and houses the city's central government.

Downtown is in the same condition it was 40 years ago. It features the same mid-century architecture and format. Former mayor Clinton Young vowed to make Mount Vernon a new epicenter with a new central business district. His failed plans included establishing commercial office space and rezoning to allow high density development in the downtown, as well as affordable and market rate housing.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Garcia|first=Ernie|date=August 3, 2019|url=https://eu.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/mount-vernon/2018/08/03/mount-vernon-must-pay-more-than-3-million-grocer/874246002/|title=Mount Vernon must pay more than $3 million to grocer|work=lohud.com|access-date=October 7, 2018|language=en|archive-date=October 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002000422/https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/mount-vernon/2018/08/03/mount-vernon-must-pay-more-than-3-million-grocer/874246002/|url-status=live}}</ref>

====Mount Vernon Heights====
Mount Vernon Heights' highly elevated terrain has earned the moniker "the rolling hills of homes".{{citation needed|date=November 2012}} It is home to the city's commercial corridor, along Sandford Boulevard (6th Street). Vernon Hills has been reclaimed from the Village of Easchester that used it as the name the name as open mall shopping center.

Sandford Blvd (6th Street)—also known as "Sandford Square"—is a commercial corridor which attracts residents from Mount Vernon, nearby communities in Westchester County and the Bronx a well as other locales.

Most of the commercial development in this corridor has occurred since the 1980s. The area is still undergoing revitalization to encourage economic development within this {{convert|400|acre|km2|adj=on}} of land along and around the boulevard.<ref name="engel.house.gov" />

====North Side====
[[File:Fleetwood Neighborhood Association Welcom Sign 2012.jpg|thumb|left|Fleetwood Welcome Sign]]Mount Vernon's North Side is one of the most ethnically diverse neighborhoods in Westchester County. The northern part of the city consists of five neighborhoods: Chester Heights, Estate Manor/Aubyn Estates, Fleetwood, Huntswood, and Oakwood Heights. In Fleetwood, many large co-op buildings line the center of town, which is bisected by Gramatan Avenue.

====South Side====
[[File:White Plains Deliverance Evangelistic Ctr 10 S 8th Av Mt Vernon jeh.jpg|thumb|Church housed in a former synagogue on the South Side]]
Mount Vernon's South Side, which abuts [[Bronx, New York|The Bronx]], resembles [[New York City]] and includes the neighborhoods Parkside, South Side and Vernon Park. Numerous industrial businesses are in Parkside, while the rest of South Side Mount Vernon features multi-family homes, apartment buildings, and commercial businesses.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}

South Side Mount Vernon features notable city landmarks such as Brush Park, Hutchinson Field, the [[Boys & Girls Clubs of America|Boys and Girls Club]], and [[St. Paul's Church National Historic Site]].

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1870= 2700
|1880= 4586
|1890= 10830
|1900= 21228
|1910= 30919
|1920= 42726
|1930= 61499
|1940= 67362
|1950= 71899
|1960= 76010
|1970= 72778
|1980= 66713
|1990= 67153
|2000= 68381
|2010= 67292
|2020= 73893
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades|publisher=[[US Census Bureau]]|access-date=|archive-date=July 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706023553/https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|url-status=live}}</ref><br /> 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2/> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/>
}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Mount Vernon city, New York – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br /><small>{{nobold|''Note: the U.S. Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Mount Vernon city, New York|url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=1600000US3649121&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino By Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Mount Vernon city, New York|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US3649121&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=March 10, 2022|archive-date=March 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220310042925/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US3649121&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|url-status=live}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino By Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Mount Vernon city, New York|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US3649121&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=March 10, 2022|archive-date=March 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220310043426/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US3649121&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|url-status=live}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|16,677
|12,449
|style='background: #ffffe6; |9,077
|24.39%
|18.50%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |12.28%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|39,889
|41,266
|style='background: #ffffe6; |44,655
|58.33%
|61.26%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |60.43%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|160
|200
|style='background: #ffffe6; |140
|0.23%
|0.30%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.19%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|1,433
|1,206
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,398
|2.10%
|1.79%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.89%
|-
|[[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|36
|27
|style='background: #ffffe6; |21
|0.05%
|0.04%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.03%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|663
|922
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,459
|0.97%
|1.37%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.97%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|2,440
|1,670
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,140
|3.57%
|2.48%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.25%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|7,083
|9,592
|style='background: #ffffe6; |14,003
|10.36%
|14.25%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |18.95%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''68,381'''
|'''67,292'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''73,893'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

===2010 census data===
As of the [[2010 United States Census]], there were 67,292 people living in the city. The racial makeup of the city was 61.3% Black, 18.5% White, 0.3% Native American, 1.8% Asian, <0.1% Pacific Islander, 1.4% from some other race and 2.5% from two or more races. 14.3% were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

===2000 census data===
As of the 2000 [[census]],<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website|archive-date=December 27, 1996|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961227012639/https://www.census.gov/|url-status=live}}</ref> 68,381 people, 27,048 households, and 18,432 families resided in the city. The population density was {{convert|14,290.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}, with 28,558 housing units at an average density of {{convert|7,205.9|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 59.58% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 28.63% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 10.48% [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race, 4.85% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], 4.44% from two or more races, 2.12% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.05% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], and 0.32% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]. A significant proportion of the population is of [[Brazilian people|Brazilian]] descent; Brazilians can be included in the [[African American]], [[white people|White]], [[Multiracial]] and/or [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Latino]] categories. Similarly, a significant part of the Black and/or Latino population is of [[Caribbean]] origin.

There were 27,048 households, of which 40.9% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 31.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 37.2% were non-families, and 28.0% had a female householder with no husband present. 30.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.63 and the average family size was 3.27.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 25.3% under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 31.1% from 25 to 44, 22.4% from 45 to 64, and 12.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years.

For every 100 females, there were 82.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 76.9 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $47,128, and the median income for a family was $55,573. Males had a median income of $41,493 versus $37,871 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $24,827. 13.9% of the population and 11.8% of families were below the [[poverty line]]. 12.7% of the population was 65 or older.

==Economy==
Mount Vernon's three major employers are the Mount Vernon city school district with (1,021 employees), Michael Anthony Jewelers (712 employees), and Mount Vernon Hospital (700 employees).{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}

Mount Vernon has a large [[commerce|commercial]] sector, with industries such as [[electronics]], [[engineering]], [[high tech]], historical metal restoration, and [[manufacturing]] mainly in the Southside section of the city.

Mount Vernon also has an established [[Empire Zone]] for commercial and industrial use, in the southern portion of the city.

==Parks and recreation==
[[File:Memorial Field; Mount Vernon, New York.jpg|thumb|left|The grandstand at Memorial Field. The aging structure was finally demolished in May 2018.]]

The city limits contain a number of city parks large and small {{citation needed|date=October 2015}}, and [[Willson's Woods Park]], a {{convert|23|acre|m2|adj=on}} county-owned park. One of the oldest parks in the county system, Willson's Woods offers a wave pool, water slides, and a spray deck and water playground, against the backdrop of an English [[Tudor period|Tudor]] style bathhouse. The park also has areas for picnicking and fishing.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://parks.westchestergov.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1919&Itemid=3770|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100713074850/http://parks.westchestergov.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1919&Itemid=3770|url-status=dead|title=Parks|archive-date=July 13, 2010|website=parks.westchestergov.com|access-date=September 24, 2019}}</ref><!-- This reference moved from previous location and citation needed template moved to unsourced statement above-->

==Government==
[[File:Mt Vernon Municipal Bldg jeh.jpg|thumb|Municipal Building]]
The City of Mount Vernon is governed by a five-member city council, a mayor, and a comptroller. As per the city charter, to balance power, the mayor runs every four years with two council members, and the comptroller runs two years after the mayor with three council members. Therefore, in 2019, the mayor and two council seats were up for re-election; in 2021 the remaining offices will be up for election. Beyond the regular political powers of elected officials, the City of Mount Vernon also has a checks and balances voting session called the Board of Estimate.

===City council===
The city council consists of five representatives, elected at-large, one of whom is the city council president. The city council president is appointed/elected by the existing city council members. Under normal circumstances the council presidency is rotated, as are the council committee assignments as chair of the four council committees. In recent years, the full rotation has ceased to reappoint the more experienced council members. The council president also serves as mayor, in the absence of the mayor. This can occur when the mayor is out of town, had resigned, or dies in office. When this happens the president pro tempore becomes acting city council president and the acting president pro tempore becomes assumes his/her duties.

===Mayor===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name
! Years
! Party
! Notes
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| Edward F. Brush
| January 1, 1892 – December 31, 1893
| Republican
|
* elected to one two-year term
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| Edson Lewis
| January 1, 1894 – December 31, 1895
| Republican
|
* elected to one two-year term
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| Edwin W. Fiske
| January 1, 1896 – December 31, 1903
| Democratic
|
* elected to four two-year terms
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| Edward F. Brush
| January 1, 1904 – December 31, 1907
| Republican (first term)<br />Independent (second term)
|
* elected to two two-year terms
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| Benjamin Howe
| January 1, 1908 – December 31, 1909
| Republican
|
* elected to one two-year term
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| Edwin W. Fiske
| January 1, 1910 – December 31, 1917
| Democratic
|
* elected to four two-year terms
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| Edward F. Brush
| January 1, 1918 – December 31, 1919
| Republican
|
* elected to one two-year term
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| Elmer L. Kincaid
| January 1, 1920 – December 31, 1921
| Republican
|
* elected to one two-year term
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| William D. MacQuesten
| January 1, 1924 – December 31, 1927
| Republican
|
* elected to one four-year term
* did not run for renomination<ref>{{cite news |title=Contests in 3 Cities in Westchester – Republicans in New Rochelle, Yonkers and Mount Vernon Face Mayoralty Battles – Candidates File Petitions – Yonkers Also Has Fight Ahead in Both Parties for Aldermanic and Assembly Nominations |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1927/08/24/archives/contests-in-3-cities-in-westchester-republicans-in-new-rochelle.html |access-date=September 21, 2018 |work=The New York Times |date=August 24, 1927 |page=24 |archive-date=September 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921230428/https://www.nytimes.com/1927/08/24/archives/contests-in-3-cities-in-westchester-republicans-in-new-rochelle.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| James Berg
| January 1, 1928 – July 2, 1931
| Republican
|
* elected to one four-year term
* resigned to become secretary of the Westchester County Sanitary Sewer Commission<ref>{{cite news |title=Plan Farewell for Mayor Berg |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1931/06/22/archives/plan-farewell-for-mavor-berg.html |access-date=September 21, 2018 |work=The New York Times |date=June 22, 1931 |page=9 |archive-date=September 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921231548/https://www.nytimes.com/1931/06/22/archives/plan-farewell-for-mavor-berg.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Berg, by virtue of not filing his letter of resignation was actually in office until 8:45 a. m. on July 2, 1931<ref name="fultonhistory.com">*"Berg Resigns Mayors Post," Mount Vernon (New York) Daily Argus, July 2, 1931, p. 1, 4th col.; Old Fulton New York Post Cards (http://www.fultonhistory.com {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327005531/http://www.fultonhistory.com/ |date=March 27, 2019 }} : accessed December 31, 2018) Browse Archives > Historical Newspapers United States and Canada > Mount Vernon NY Daily Argus > Mount Vernon NY Daily Argus 1931 > Mount Vernon NY Daily Argus 1931 – 3790.pdf</ref>
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| Thomas H. Hodge (Acting)
| July 2, 1931 – December 31, 1931
| Republican
|
* was City Council President, became Acting Mayor after Berg's resignation<ref name="fultonhistory.com"/>
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| Leslie V. Bateman
| January 1, 1932 – December 31, 1935
| Democratic
|
* elected to one four-year term<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1946/09/14/archives/leslie-v-bateman-mt-vernon-leader-exmayor-head-of-county-rationing.html|title=Lelie V. Bateman, Mt. Vernon Leader – Ex-Mayor, Head of County Rationing Boards, Dies – Hines Trial Witness|date=September 14, 1946|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 18, 2020|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=May 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522002327/https://www.nytimes.com/1946/09/14/archives/leslie-v-bateman-mt-vernon-leader-exmayor-head-of-county-rationing.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| Denton Pearsall, Jr.
| January 1, 1936 – December 31, 1939
| Republican
|
* elected to one four-year term
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| William Hart Hussey
| January 1, 1940 – December 31, 1951
| Republican
|
* elected to three four-year terms
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| Joseph V. Vaccarella
| January 1, 1952 – December 31, 1959
| Democratic
|
* elected to two two-year terms
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| P. Raymond Sirignano
| January 1, 1960 – December 31, 1963
| Republican
|
* elected to one four-year term
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| Joseph P. Vaccarella
| January 1, 1964 – December 31, 1967
| Democratic
|
* elected to one four-year term
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| August P. Petrillo
| January 1, 1968 – August 29, 1976
| Republican
|
* elected to two four-year terms
* died in office<ref>{{cite news |title=August P. Petrillo, Mount Vernon Mayor |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/08/31/archives/august-p-petrillo-mt-vernon-mayor.html |access-date=September 21, 2018 |work=The New York Times |date=August 31, 1976 |page=29 |archive-date=September 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921231822/https://www.nytimes.com/1976/08/31/archives/august-p-petrillo-mt-vernon-mayor.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
| [[Ronald Blackwood|Ronald A. Blackwood]] (Acting)
| August 29, 1976 – December 31, 1976
| Republican
|
* was City Council President and a Republican at the time;  became Acting Mayor after Petrillo's death
* first African-American mayor
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| Thomas E. Sharpe
| January 1, 1977 – October 27, 1984
| Democratic
|
* elected to two four-year terms
* died in office<ref>{{cite news|title=Thomas E. Sharpe, Mt. Vernon Mayor – Attracted 35 New Companies and Rehabilitated Housing During 8 Years in Office|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/10/28/obituaries/thomas-e-shapre-mt-vernon-mayor.html|access-date=September 21, 2018|work=The New York Times|date=October 28, 1984|page=44|archive-date=September 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921230430/https://www.nytimes.com/1984/10/28/obituaries/thomas-e-shapre-mt-vernon-mayor.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| Carmella Iaboni (Acting)
| October 27, 1984 – February 4, 1985
| Democratic
|
* was City Council President, became Acting Mayor after Sharpe's death<ref>{{Cite news|last=Williams|first=Lena|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/11/25/nyregion/heated-race-unfolds-in-mt-vernon.html|title=Heated Race Unfolds in Mt. Vernon|date=November 25, 1984|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 18, 2020|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=May 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522002330/https://www.nytimes.com/1984/11/25/nyregion/heated-race-unfolds-in-mt-vernon.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| [[Ronald Blackwood|Ronald A. Blackwood]]
| February 4, 1985 – December 31, 1995
| Democratic
|
* won a special to fill the remainder of Sharpe's unfilled term<ref>{{cite news |last1=Williams |first1=Lena |title=Blackwood Outlines Goals As Mayor |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/02/03/nyregion/blackwood-outlines-goals-as-mayor.html |access-date=September 21, 2018 |work=The New York Times |date=February 3, 1985 |page=WC1 |archive-date=September 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921231559/https://www.nytimes.com/1985/02/03/nyregion/blackwood-outlines-goals-as-mayor.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last1=Williams|first1=Lena|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/01/30/nyregion/man-in-the-news-milestone-for-new-mt-vernon-mayor.html|title=Man in the News; Milestone for New Mt. Vernon Mayor|date=January 30, 1985|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 18, 2020|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=November 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171128143620/http://www.nytimes.com/1985/01/30/nyregion/man-in-the-news-milestone-for-new-mt-vernon-mayor.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* elected to two four-year terms
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| Ernest D. Davis
| January 1, 1996 – December 31, 2007
| Democratic
|
* elected to three four-year terms<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://westchester.news12.com/story/34907445/ernie-davis-sworn-in-for-third-term-as-mount-vernon-mayor|title=Ernie Davis sworn in for third term as Mount Vernon mayor|website=westchester.news12.com|language=en|access-date=April 18, 2020}} {{dead link|date=March 2023}}</ref>
* lost to Young in the Democratic primary and the general election
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| Clinton I. Young, Jr.
| January 1, 2008 – December 31, 2011
| Democratic
|
* elected to one four-year term<ref>{{Cite web|date=January 2, 2008|url=http://westchester.news12.com/story/34912108/young-sworn-in-as-new-mount-vernon-mayor|title=Young sworn in as new Mount Vernon mayor|website=westchester.news12.com|language=en|access-date=April 18, 2020|archive-date=October 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002000426/https://westchester.news12.com/young-sworn-in-as-new-mount-vernon-mayor-34912108|url-status=live}}</ref>
* lost to Davis in the election
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| Ernest D. Davis
| January 1, 2012 – December 31, 2015
| Democratic
|
* elected to one four-year term
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| Richard Thomas
| January 1, 2016 – July 11, 2019
| Democratic
|
* elected to one four-year term<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lohud.com/story/news/politics/2016/01/01/thomas-inauguration-mount-vernon-mayor/78179430/|title=Richard Thomas sworn in as Mount Vernon mayor|last=Spillane|first=Matt|website=lohud.com|language=en|access-date=April 18, 2020|archive-date=April 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420173047/https://www.lohud.com/story/news/politics/2016/01/01/thomas-inauguration-mount-vernon-mayor/78179430/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Removed from office by City Council<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/mount-vernon/2019/08/15/mount-vernon-mayor-decision/2016515001/|title=Judge rules Andre Wallace is mayor, invalidating council choice of Lisa Copeland|last=Bandler|first=Jonathan|date=August 15, 2019|website=lohud.com|language=en|access-date=April 18, 2020|archive-date=August 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803143054/https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/mount-vernon/2019/08/15/mount-vernon-mayor-decision/2016515001/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=August 1, 2019|url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/mouth-vernon-finally-has-one-mayor-again-after-judge-rules-guilty-plea-equates-office-forfeiture/1496820/|title=Mount Vernon Back to One Mayor Again After Judge Rules Guilty Plea Equates Office Forfeiture, Ending Weeks-Long Standoff|website=NBC New York|language=en-US|access-date=April 18, 2020|archive-date=July 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730204534/https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/mouth-vernon-finally-has-one-mayor-again-after-judge-rules-guilty-plea-equates-office-forfeiture/1496820/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| André Wallace (Acting)
| July 12, 2019 – December 31, 2019
| Democratic
|
* was City Council President, became Acting Mayor after Thomas's removal from office <ref>{{cite news |last1=Bandler |first1=Jonathan |title=Mount Vernon: Andre Wallace becomes acting mayor but Richard Thomas insists he's still mayor |url=https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/mount-vernon/2019/07/10/andre-wallace-mayor-mount-vernon-richard-thomas/1700178001/ |access-date=July 10, 2019 |work=The Journal News |publisher=The Journal News |date=July 10, 209 |language=en |archive-date=July 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711171438/https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/mount-vernon/2019/07/10/andre-wallace-mayor-mount-vernon-richard-thomas/1700178001/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pix11.com/2019/08/16/judge-rules-andre-wallace-as-acting-mayor-of-mount-vernon|title=Judge rules Andre Wallace as acting Mayor of Mount Vernon|last=Harry|first=Ayana|date=August 16, 2019|website=WPIX|language=en|access-date=April 18, 2020|archive-date=September 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190914053355/https://pix11.com/2019/08/16/judge-rules-andre-wallace-as-acting-mayor-of-mount-vernon/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://westchestermagazine.com/life-style/updated-andre-wallace-is-officially-the-mayor-of-mount-vernon/|title=UPDATED: Andre Wallace Is Officially the Mayor of Mount Vernon|last=Zucker|first=Dave|date=July 8, 2019|website=Westchester Magazine|language=en-US|access-date=April 18, 2020|archive-date=May 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200511185241/https://westchestermagazine.com/life-style/updated-andre-wallace-is-officially-the-mayor-of-mount-vernon/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://abc7ny.com/5470369/|title=Andre Wallace named mayor of Mount Vernon once again after month of political turmoil|last=WABC|date=August 16, 2019|website=ABC7 New York|language=en|access-date=April 18, 2020|archive-date=January 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121030220/https://abc7ny.com/5470369/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| [[Shawyn Patterson-Howard]]
| January 1, 2020 – present
| Democratic
|
* elected to one four-year term<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/mount-vernon/2020/01/01/shawyn-patterson-howard-mount-vernon-mayor/2789555001/|title=Shawyn Patterson-Howard, first woman elected mayor of Mount Vernon, sworn in to office|last=Bandler|first=Jonathan|date=January 1, 2020|website=lohud.com|language=en|access-date=April 18, 2020|archive-date=April 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200414163515/https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/mount-vernon/2020/01/01/shawyn-patterson-howard-mount-vernon-mayor/2789555001/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Vergari|first=Mark|date=January 4, 2020|url=https://www.lohud.com/videos/news/local/westchester/mount-vernon/2020/01/04/shawyn-patterson-howard-sworn-mount-vernon-mayor/2815102001/|title=Shawyn Patterson-Howard sworn in as Mount Vernon Mayor|website=www.lohud.com|language=en|access-date=April 18, 2020|archive-date=April 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200415174627/https://www.lohud.com/videos/news/local/westchester/mount-vernon/2020/01/04/shawyn-patterson-howard-sworn-mount-vernon-mayor/2815102001/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|}

===Comptroller===
{| class="wikitable"
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
! Name
! Years
! Party
!Notes
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| Maureen Walker
| January 1, 1994 – December 31, 2017
| Democratic
|• elected to five four year terms
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| Deborah Reynolds
| January 1, 2018 – present  (after winning  an election that features former City Councilman Marcus Griffith, no independent official building have yet to be established by the City of Mount Vernon, authorized by the State of York, or U.S. House of Representative motion to do so as of November 16, 2021)
| Democratic
|• elected to one four year term<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bandler|first=Jonathan Bandler and Jonathan|title=Maureen Walker loss means first new Mount Vernon comptroller since 1994|url=https://www.lohud.com/story/news/2017/09/13/first-new-mount-vernon-comptroller-since-1994/660814001/|access-date=September 10, 2020|website=The Journal News|language=en-US|archive-date=April 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413071241/https://www.lohud.com/story/news/2017/09/13/first-new-mount-vernon-comptroller-since-1994/660814001/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|}

===Board of Estimate===
The Board of Estimate is composed of the mayor, the city council president, and the comptroller. The city council president votes on behalf of the city council. All monetary decisions, including the annual budget and many legal ramifications, must pass vote of the Board of Estimate, which meets every Tuesday after the city council's Wednesday legislative session.

==Court system==
{{unreferenced section|date=October 2015}}
The Mount Vernon city court is part of the [[New York State Unified Court System]]. It has three elected full-time judges who serve for ten years and one part-time associate judge who is appointed by the mayor for a period of eight years. The judges of the court are William Edwards, Adrian Armstrong, and Nichelle Johnson. Adam Seiden serves as an associate judge of the court. The court handles a wide variety of cases, including initial processing of all felony criminal cases; handling of all misdemeanor cases from inception through trial; civil proceedings with a limited monetary jurisdiction of up to $15,000; all landlord tenant cases originating in the city; small claims cases; and all vehicle and traffic law matters. The court is housed in the public safety complex, which is adjacent to City Hall.

==Education==
[[File:Hamilton Elem Sch Oak St Mt Vernon jeh.jpg|thumb|Hamilton Elementary]]
{{see also|Mount Vernon City School District (New York)}}
Mount Vernon City School District includes 11 elementary schools, two middle schools, two high schools and one alternative high school.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Elementary schools
! Middle schools
! High schools
|-
| Cecil H. Parker
| Denzel Washington School of the Arts (6-12)
| [[Mount Vernon High School (New York)|Mount Vernon High School]]
|-
| Columbus
| Benjamin Turner 
| Denzel Washington School of the Arts (6-12)
|-
| Edward Williams
|Pennington Middle
| Nelson Mandela/Dr. Hosea Zollicoffer Alternative High
|-
| Graham School
| rowspan=8 |
|Mount Vernon STEAM Academy 
|-
| Grimes
|-
| Hamilton
|-
| Lincoln
|-
| Rebecca Turner 
|-
| Pennington
|-
| Traphagen
|-
| Mount Vernon Honor Academy (K-8)
|}
[[Westchester Community College]] has an extension site education facility, downtown.

In 2011, ''[[The Journal News]]'' featured an article titled "Region's Aging Schools Crumble as Finances Falter", by Cathey O'Donnell and Gary Stern. The article discussed several old school buildings within the region that were in disrepair, how much it would cost to fix them, and which if any might need to be demolished. The Mount Vernon school district was included in the article, which stated:

:"In Mount Vernon, meanwhile, where a high school wall collapsed last year, inspectors flagged buildings for insufficient smoke detectors, poor air quality, evidence of rodents and vermin, halls without emergency lighting and junction boxes with exposed live wires."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lohud.com/article/99999999/WATCHDOG/399990168/|publisher=The Journal News|title=Region's aging schools crumble as finances falter|access-date=July 4, 2015|archive-date=January 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113080558/http://www.lohud.com/article/99999999/WATCHDOG/399990168/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Infrastructure and services==
===Fire department===
The city of Mount Vernon is protected by Fire Department of the City of Mount Vernon (FDMV).The FDMV currently operates out of four firehouses, throughout the city, under the command of the Chief of Operations. The department operates four engine companies and two ladder companies. The department responds to approximately 14,000 emergency calls annually.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cmvny.com/147/Fire|title=Fire Department|website=City of Mount Vernon, NY|access-date=September 21, 2016}}</ref>

=== Police department ===
As of 2021, the Mount Vernon Police Department has 184 officers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cmvny.com/440/Police/|title=Police Department|website=City of Mount Vernon, NY|access-date=September 21, 2016|archive-date=November 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123102458/https://cmvny.com/440/Police|url-status=live}}</ref>

In May 2021, the District Attorney for Westchester County requested intervention by the [[United States Department of Justice|Department of Justice]] (DOJ) for civil rights violations by the Mount Vernon Police Department. The DOJ announced its civil investigation in December 2021.<ref name=nakamura>{{cite news | newspaper=The Washington Post | title=Justice Dept. launches civil investigation into Mount Vernon, N.Y., police | date=December 3, 2021 | last=Nakamura | first=David | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/mount-vernon-police-investigation/2021/12/03/ca04b57e-5465-11ec-8927-c396fa861a71_story.html | access-date=December 3, 2021 | archive-date=December 3, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203200951/https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/mount-vernon-police-investigation/2021/12/03/ca04b57e-5465-11ec-8927-c396fa861a71_story.html | url-status=live }}</ref>

===Healthcare===
The 115-year-old Mount Vernon Hospital<ref name="Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital">{{Cite web |title=Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital |url=https://www.montefiorehealthsystem.org/MountVernon |access-date=January 25, 2023 |website=www.montefiorehealthsystem.org |archive-date=January 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125210033/https://www.montefiorehealthsystem.org/MountVernon |url-status=live }}</ref> has 121 beds.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Montefiore Medical Center – History and Milestones |url=https://www.montefiore.org/about-history-and-milestones |access-date=January 25, 2023 |website=www.montefiore.org |archive-date=January 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125210534/https://www.montefiore.org/about-history-and-milestones |url-status=live }}</ref> It is part of the [[Montefiore Health System]] and provides in-patient, critical care, and ambulatory services to residents of Mount Vernon and neighboring communities. The hospital is most known for its premier Chronic Wound Treatment and Hyperbaric Center, which is one of the most advanced in the Northeast. It also offers a variety of services, including the Assertive Community Treatment Center (ACT), the Family Health and Wellness Center, the Hopfer School of Nursing, Hyperbaric Medicine, and Intensive Case Management.<ref name="Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital"/>

Mount Vernon Hospital is one of four hospitals in the county that provides programs in medicine, nursing, podiatry, and surgery. ([[Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital]], [[Westchester Medical Center]], and [[White Plains Hospital]] are the others.)

Mount Vernon Hospital's emergency room treats 25,000 patients a year and is going to be expanded at a cost of $2.5&nbsp;million, doubling its size from {{convert|9000|to|18500|sqft|m2|-2}}. The expansion plans include 15 private treatment rooms and upgrades to the waiting area, triage room and other areas in the emergency department.{{citation needed|date=November 2012}}

The area around the hospital has many medical office buildings and treatment facilities which provide healthcare to residents living in Mount Vernon, the southeast section of Yonkers, and the north Bronx, which shares a border with the city. For example, Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic, the [[Planned Parenthood]] affiliate that serves New York's [[Putnam County, New York|Putnam]], [[Rockland County, New York|Rockland]], [[Suffolk County, New York|Suffolk]] and Westchester Counties, opened its first medical center in Mount Vernon in 1935; the affiliate remains a vital source for reproductive health care services to Mount Vernon residents.{{citation needed|date=November 2012}}

===Places of worship===
The city's previous motto was "A City That Believes". This is reflected in the houses of worship in the city that represent more than 25 denominations.<ref>{{cite web|website=City of Mount Vernon, NY|url=http://cmvny.com/cmsget?exporturi=/export/sites/cmvny3/services/worship.html|title=Houses of Worship|access-date=April 9, 2020}}{{dead link|date=April 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

Research has confirmed the tradition that Grace Baptist Church was founded in 1888 by a few women who formerly had been enslaved and it discovered their names: Emily Waller, Matilda Brooks, Helen Claiborne, Sahar Bennett, and Elizabeth Benson.<ref>Pilgrim, Rachel J., ''[https://messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com/template/oakv2?campaign_id=37&emc=edit_rr_20201017&instance_id=23229&nl=race%2Frelated&productCode=RR&regi_id=68634180&segment_id=41374&te=1&uri=nyt%3A%2F%2Fnewsletter%2F1fa04adb-d969-56ad-b49e-82fe33179777&user_id=7ba9d4f960a15368a47b9c698678ed2e The Search for the Five Women of Grace Baptist Church] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522002321/https://messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com/template/oakv2?campaign_id=37&emc=edit_rr_20201017&instance_id=23229&nl=race/related&productCode=RR&regi_id=68634180&segment_id=41374&te=1&uri=nyt://newsletter/1fa04adb-d969-56ad-b49e-82fe33179777&user_id=7ba9d4f960a15368a47b9c698678ed2e |date=May 22, 2023 }}'', The [[New York Times]], Race/Related, October 17, 2020</ref>

===Transportation===

In late 2005, the RBA Group conducted a study and found that over 5,000 commuters traverse the area on a daily basis; about 3,600 commuters use the Westchester County [[Bee-Line Bus System]], and 1,500 use the [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority|Metropolitan Transportation Authority's]] [[Metro-North Railroad]] commuter rail service.
* Petrillo Plaza, adjacent to Metro North's Mount Vernon East station in downtown Mount Vernon, is the hub for Westchester's [[Bee-Line Bus System]] service in Mount Vernon. The Mount Vernon's taxi services operate from Petrillo Plaza as well.{{citation needed|date=November 2012}}
* [[Bee-Line Bus]] routes serving Mount Vernon are 7, 40, 41, 42, 43, 52, 53, 54, 55, as well as the 91, which operates during the summer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.libertylines.com/content/images/pdf/beeline.PDF|website=Libertylines.com|title=Bee-Line Bus Map|access-date=August 25, 2014|archive-date=April 12, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150412090610/http://www.libertylines.com/content/images/pdf/beeline.PDF|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.libertylines.com/content/images/pdf/beeline.PDF |title=Archived copy |access-date=August 25, 2014 |archive-date=April 12, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150412090610/http://www.libertylines.com/content/images/pdf/beeline.PDF |url-status=dead }}, Liberty Lines</ref>
* A [[New York City Bus]] route (MTA) serves two blocks in Mount Vernon along the NYC border. The [[List of bus routes in the Bronx#Bx16|New York City Bus Bronx Route]] travels along Mundy Lane (S. 11th Avenue) between W. 5th Street (Nereid Avenue) and W. Sandford Blvd (Pittman Avenue).<ref>{{Cite NYC bus map|Bx}}</ref>
* The Metro-North's north–south [[Harlem Line]] stops at [[Mount Vernon West (Metro-North station)|Mount Vernon West]] and [[Fleetwood (Metro-North station)|Fleetwood]], both on the western edge of Mount Vernon; the west–east [[New Haven Line]] stops at [[Mount Vernon East (Metro-North station)|Mount Vernon East]], in the heart of downtown.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/mnr/html/mnrmap.htm|title=MNR Map|website=mta.info|access-date=August 25, 2014|archive-date=May 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525010734/http://web.mta.info/mnr/html/mnrmap.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Both the {{NYCS trains|White Plains north}} ([[IRT White Plains Road Line]]) and the {{NYCS trains|Dyre}} ([[IRT Dyre Avenue Line]]) of the [[New York City Subway]] system have terminals just south of the Mount Vernon border, served by the Bee-Line. The {{NYCS trains|White Plains far north}} terminates at [[Wakefield – 241st Street (IRT White Plains Road Line)|241st Street]] in [[Wakefield, Bronx|Wakefield]]. The {{NYCS trains|Dyre}} terminates at [[Eastchester – Dyre Avenue (IRT Dyre Avenue Line)|Dyre Avenue]] in [[Eastchester, Bronx|Eastchester]]. Additionally, the {{NYCS White Plains north|exclude=2}} goes to [[Nereid Avenue (IRT White Plains Road Line)|Nereid Avenue]] during rush hours in the peak direction. Both locations are within 5&nbsp;minutes walking distance of Southside Mount Vernon.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/maps/submap.html|website=mta.info|title=MTA Subway Map|access-date=August 25, 2014|archive-date=September 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918074651/http://web.mta.info/maps/submap.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Notable people==
{{div col|colwidth=14em}}
* [[A.D.O.R.]]
* [[Camille Akeju]]<ref name=Bass>{{cite journal|last=Bass|first=Holly|title=Camille Akeju: New Director Seeks to Rejuvenate Anacostia Museum|journal=Crisis|date=March–April 2006|pages=37–39|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sEIEAAAAMBAJ&q=Anacostia+Museum&pg=PA37|access-date=April 22, 2012|archive-date=October 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002000422/https://books.google.com/books?id=sEIEAAAAMBAJ&q=Anacostia+Museum&pg=PA37#v=snippet&q=Anacostia%20Museum&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Lou Albano]]
* [[Debbie Allen]]
* [[James Anthony Bailey]]
* [[Bob Baldwin (musician)|Bob Baldwin]]
* [[Larry Barnes (boxer)|Larry Barnes]]
* [[Rai Benjamin]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://usctrojans.com/sports/track-and-field/roster/rai-benjamin/7256 | title=Rai Benjamin - Track & Field }}</ref>
* [[Alessandra Biaggi]]
* [[John G. Branca]]
* [[John R. Branca]]
* [[Ralph Branca]]
* [[The Falling Man|Jonathan Briley]]
* [[Art Carney]]
* [[Jonathan Stuart Cerullo]]
* [[David Chase]]
* [[Dick Clark]]
* [[Craig Colorusso]]
* [[Sean Combs]]
* [[Isaiah Cousins]]
* [[DMX (rapper)|DMX]]
* [[Andre Drummond]]
* [[Damion Easley]]
* [[Susie Essman]]
* [[Eddie F|DJ Eddie F]]
* [[Linda Fairstein]]
* [[Adelaide Gescheidt]]
* [[Robin Givens]]
* [[Seth Godin]]
* [[Ben Gordon (basketball)|Ben Gordon]]
* [[Paul Grassi]]
* [[Rudy Hackett]]
* [[Mark Harris (author)|Mark Harris]]
* [[Christine E. Haycock]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/499131177/ |title=Dr. Christine Haycock |work=The Nutley Sun |date=January 31, 2008 |access-date=January 9, 2021 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |quote=Born in Mount Vernon, N.Y., and raised in Richmond, Va., before moving to Nutley, Dr. Haycock went from Nutley High School to the Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing. |archive-date=January 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111200709/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/499131177/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Heavy D]]
* [[W. C. Heinz]]
* [[Michael Imperioli]]<ref name="Michael Imperioli">{{cite web|title=Michael Imperioli|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0408284/|website=IMDb|access-date=October 29, 2015|archive-date=November 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151103104513/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0408284/|url-status=live}}</ref>{{better source needed|reason=IMDb not a viable source|date=February 2025}}
* [[Kay Johnson]]
* [[Kevin Jones (basketball)|Kevin Jones]]
* [[Andy Karl]]
* [[Roz Kelly]]
* [[Harvey Kurtzman]]
* [[Benton MacKaye]]
* [[Johnny Marks]]<ref name=htif>{{Cite web|last=Bloom|first=Nate|title=Shining a Light on the Largely Untold Story of the Origins of Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer|website=InterfaithFamily.com|date=December 20, 2011|url=http://www.interfaithfamily.com/arts_and_entertainment/popular_culture/Shining_a_Light_on_the_Largely_Untold_Story_of_the_Origins_of_Rudolph_the_Red-Nosed_Reindeer.shtml|access-date=December 22, 2011|archive-date=September 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170919081752/http://www.interfaithfamily.com/arts_and_entertainment/popular_culture/Shining_a_Light_on_the_Largely_Untold_Story_of_the_Origins_of_Rudolph_the_Red-Nosed_Reindeer.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Frances Marlatt]]
* [[Rodney McCray (basketball)|Rodney McCray]]
* [[Scooter McCray]]
* [[The Mello-Kings]]
* [[Stephanie Mills]]
* [[Lowes Moore]]<ref>{{cite web|website=Official Web Site of the Boys and Girls Club of Mount Vernon|title=Board of Directors|access-date=November 5, 2012|url=http://www.bgcmvny.com/index.php?PID=20&cid=2|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120528101346/http://www.bgcmvny.com/index.php?PID=20&cid=2|archive-date=May 28, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Robin Morgan]]
* [[Robert Mosbacher]]
* [[Sal Mosca]]
* [[Asia Nitollano]]
* [[Michael O'Keefe]]
* [[Floyd Patterson]]
* [[Sidney Poitier]]
* [[Adam Clayton Powell Jr.|Adam Clayton Powell]]
* [[Phylicia Rashad]]<ref>{{cite news| url= http://www.westchestermagazine.com/Westchester-Magazine/February-2009/Honoring-Our-Own/| title=Honoring Our Own|work=Westchester Magazine|date= January 23, 2009|archive-date=July 18, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718041321/http://www.westchestermagazine.com/Westchester-Magazine/February-2009/Honoring-Our-Own/ }}</ref>
* [[Leon Robinson]]
* [[Pete Rock]]
* [[Larry Romano]]
* [[Wayne Allyn Root]]
* [[James Rowson]]
* [[Oliver Sacks]]
* [[Davetta Sherwood]]
* [[John Simon (critic)|John Simon]]
* [[Nina Simone]]
* [[Ken Singleton]]
* [[Roy Smith (1980s pitcher)|Roy Smith]]
* [[J. B. Smoove]]
* [[Lionel Stander]]
* [[John M. Sternhagen]]
* [[Al B. Sure!]]
* [[Corrinne Tarver]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://crooked.com/podcast/the-hbcu-vaulting-into-gymnastics-history/|title=The HBCU Vaulting Into Gymnastics History|date=February 21, 2023|work=What A Day|last=Tolliver|first=Juanita|publisher=[[Crooked Media]]|type=podcast|access-date=April 14, 2023|archive-date=April 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415040521/https://crooked.com/podcast/the-hbcu-vaulting-into-gymnastics-history/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Earl Tatum]]
* [[Denzel Washington]]
* [[Barbara Werle]]<ref name=utsd>{{cite news |title=Barbara May Theresa Werle Obituary |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/utsandiego/obituary.aspx?n=barbara-may-theresa-werle&pid=162146393 |work=[[U-T San Diego]] |date=January 5, 2013 |access-date=January 7, 2013 |archive-date=December 2, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202224632/http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/utsandiego/obituary.aspx?n=barbara-may-theresa-werle&pid=162146393 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[E. B. White]]
* [[Gus Williams (basketball)|Gus Williams]]
* [[Ray Williams (basketball)|Ray Williams]]
* [[Sylvia Woods]]
{{div col end}}

==In popular culture==

===Motion pictures===
====Advertising====
* Memorial Field in Mount Vernon was used to film the classic "[[Joe Greene|Mean Joe Greene]]" [[Coca-Cola]] commercial in May 1979.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]]|date=December 17, 1979|author=Isaacs, Stan|title=Mean Joe: Goliath plays Othello|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1126412/1/index.htm|access-date=June 17, 2011|archive-date=November 4, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104113448/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1126412/1/index.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

====Films====
Multiple movies have been set in or featured Mount Vernon, such as:
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* ''[[Dead Presidents]]'' (1995)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mountvernonpubliclibrary.org/node/631|website=Mount Vernon Public Library|title=City of Mount Vernon General Page}}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* ''[[Empty Places]]'' (1999)<ref name="Movies Filmed In Mount Vernon">{{cite web| url=https://www.imdb.com/search/title?locations=Mt.%20Vernon,%20New%20York,%20USA&ref_=tt_dt_dt| title=Movies Filmed In Mount Vernon| website=[[IMDb]]| access-date=November 27, 2013| archive-date=September 4, 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904040352/http://www.imdb.com/search/title?locations=Mt.%20Vernon,%20New%20York,%20USA&ref_=tt_dt_dt| url-status=live}}</ref>
* ''[[The Thomas Crown Affair (1999 film)|The Thomas Crown Affair]]'' (1999): shot a scene in Willson's Woods Park, which was transformed to look like [[Central Park]]; the Vernon Woods co-op complex was used to stage and store equipment during the scene.<ref name="Mount Vernon...Did You Know?">{{cite news| last=Maker| first=Greg| date=October 3, 2012| url=http://mountvernon.dailyvoice.com/lifestyle/mount-vernondid-you-know-0| title=Mount Vernon...Did You Know?| work=Mount Vernon Daily Voice| access-date=November 27, 2013| archive-date=December 2, 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202235633/http://mountvernon.dailyvoice.com/lifestyle/mount-vernondid-you-know-0| url-status=live}}</ref>
* ''[[Riding in Cars with Boys]]'' (2001)<ref name="Mount Vernon...Did You Know?"/>

====Television====
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* ''[[The Leftovers (TV series)|The Leftovers]]''<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/2014/06/27/hbo-filming-leftovers-mount-vernon/11552691/|work=LoHud.com|title=HBO series 'The Leftovers' stars Mount Vernon|author=Rauch, Ned P.|date=June 27, 2014|access-date=October 30, 2015|archive-date=December 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203021008/https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/2014/06/27/hbo-filming-leftovers-mount-vernon/11552691/|url-status=live}}</ref>

== See also ==
* {{Portal-inline|New York (state)}}
* [[List of Tree Cities USA|Tree Cities USA]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Mount Vernon, New York}}
* [http://www.cmvny.com/ City of Mount Vernon official website] at cmvny.com

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