December 10th Update

Hello,

Good evening everyone. I hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving.  While I hope everyone is getting into the holiday spirit, there is ALOT going on so straight to the updates.

Town Board Meeting 12/11- Multiple Items

Tomorrow evening at 7:30pm there is a Greenburgh Town Board meeting at Town Hall which will cover a  number of items.  Full agenda here. http://agendaquick.greenburghny.com:8085/agenda_publish.cfm?id=0&mt=ALL&get_month=12&get_year=2019&dsp=ag&seq=1347

Budget 2020

As I have previously highlighted, we have been told this year's 2020 Operating Budget will now have no tax increase year over year.  Many thanks to all those who spoke out about the deceptive messaging of the previous budget.  This is likely going to be the last public hearing on the budget before it is approved.

Tree Law

There has been a lot of discussion about the recently proposed Tree Law. At tomorrow’s Town Board meeting there will be a third public hearing on the proposal for people to share their feedback. Currently, only properties larger than one acre are covered by the existing tree law and this new law will apply to all homes. 

As a result of feedback at these meetings, there have been a number of changes to the proposed bill and you can see the latest copy at the link below.  Some of the changes included an updated appeal process and changes to the requirements for replacing trees.  This will affect all homeowners so please make your neighbors and friends aware.  This is possibly the last hearing that will be held on this topic.

https://greenburghny.com/DocumentCenter/View/6271/Draft-Tree-Ordinance-12-10-19

Banning All Commercial Sales of Dogs and Cats

This meetings agenda includes the first public hearing on a proposal by the Town to ban the sale of any dogs or cats in the town unless those animals come from a rescue facility.  It would likely result in the immediate closure of the Pet store on 119 and the one at 4 Corners.  This is a hearing that I expect to be well attended with many people signing up to speak.  

Congressional Race

Our longtime House of Representatives delegate Nita Lowey has announced she is retiring and will not be running in the upcoming 2020 election.  The 17th district includes both Rockland and Westchester County.  Click here for a map of the district. 

It will be a crowded field with 8 Democratic candidates already announcing their campaigns and a number of others expected to join.  So far we have Catherine Borgia, David Buchwald, David Carlucci, Asha Castleberry-Hernandez, Evelyn Farkas, Allison Fine, Mondaire Jones, and Adam Schleifer.  Also expected to declare are Catherine Parker, John Jabbour, Lucy Moreno-Casanova, Jo-Anna Rodriguez-Wheeler, and David Katz.  Josh Eisen is the only Republican to declare at this time.  More on this to come as we get closer to the primary election.  

Holiday Cheer

The Hartsdale Fire Department and the Greenville Fire Department are both set to do their annual "Operations Candy Cane" Saturday 12/21.  Off Duty firefighters will escort Santa on his sleigh around the neighborhood. 

Fairview- http://www.fairviewfire.org/santa-claus-in-fairview.html

Hartsdale-