Empire City Casino Hosts "Changing of the Sash" Celebration

Empire City Casino General Counsel, Tim Rooney, Jr., has been named the 2015 Grand Marshal for the 60th Annual Yonkers St. Patrick-s Day Parade (March 21). To officially install Mr. Rooney as Grand Marshal and celebrate this year-s ?Changing of the Sash,? Empire City will host a gala celebration and Dinner-Dance in the Good Time Room on Saturday, March 7th, at 7:00 PM. "It's quite an honor to be chosen to serve as Grand Marshal," said Rooney. "With our family's Irish heritage and long association with the City of Yonkers, it will be a special day for me, and the entire Rooney Family." ‎ In 2014, the South Broadway St. Patrick's Day Parade merged with the McLean Avenue Merchant-s Association St. Patrick's Day Parade. This combination began a new era for Yonkers in honoring our Irish heritage, contributions and Saint Patrick, the Patron Saint of Ireland and the Archdiocese of New York. The Parade will be underway on March 21st following a Mass at St. Barnabas High School Chapel on McLean Avenue, when marchers step off at 1:00 p.m. on McLean Avenue west of Bronx River Road Tickets to the gala are priced at $90 per person (must be paid in advance). Checks should be made payable to the St. Patrick-s Day Committee and sent to 941 McLean Avenue, Suite 432, Yonkers, New York 10704. For more information contact Jean Tickell at 914-419-3611 or email [email protected].