By Mary Hoar, President Emerita, Yonkers Historical Society, recipient of the 2004 Key to History and President Untermyer Performing Arts Council
Monday, March 7th
March 7, 1945: Under orders from DA Elbert Gallagher, Yonkers detectives led by Det. Lieut. William Comey staged a major gambling raid on the AC Garden Center, 365 Tuckahoe Road. Gallagher called Comey at 1:30 in the morning to instruct him to head there with three or four trusted men to break up a “large crap game.” Comey, with Sgt. Kennedy, Det. Sgt. Christopher and Det. Will, arrived about 2 am,…
