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Yonkers school named after jazz great Ella Fitzgerald

She was known worldwide as the "First Lady of Song," but Ella Fitzgerald's roots are in Yonkers. On Thursday, she had a school named after her.

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Sep 29, 2022, 9:48 PM

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