A city in New York State, near New York City on the Hudson River (7)

I believe the answer is:

yonkers

(Other definitions for yonkers that I've seen before include "US city" , "Hudson River city" , "place of New York" , "City of New York State" , "NY suburb" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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