Greenburgh Democratic Party Convention Update and Other News
Hello Greenburgh,
The big update for tonight's email is from the Greenburgh Town Democratic Convention that was held this past Thursday virtually via zoom. Candidates were nominated and endorsements were voted for the following positions:
Town Supervisor
Town Council (2 spots)
Receiver of Taxes
Town Clerk
Town Justice,
Westchester County Leg 12
*I am not aware if a Republican Convention was held, but if it was and anyone is aware I would be interested in reporting on it so please let me know.
Greenburgh Democratic Party Convention Update
The big news of the night was the Town Supervisor race where Tasha Young won a plurality of the vote over longtime incumbent Paul Feiner. At the convention, in order to seek the nomination, you must be nominated, and then seconded by a District Leader representing one of the 81 election districts in Greenburgh. I nominated Tasha Young for Supervisor representing ED 39 in Hartsdale and her nomination was seconded by a representative from Dobbs Ferry. I think Tasha brings the kind of fresh and innovative approach that is needed to lead Greenburgh forward in the years to come and was honored to nominate her. You can learn more about her at her website here and read a preview of the race that I wrote recently here.
Tasha received 42% of the vote and Paul received 40% with 18% abstaining. So while neither of them will receive the official endorsement, having failed to breach the 50% requirement, it sets the stage for an interesting primary that is scheduled to be held 6/22/2021. Mark your calendars. See the below for a breakdown of how the convention voting went based by Greenburgh locale. Paul did best in Hastings and Ardsley while Tasha dominated the Fairview and Edgemont areas.
The rest of the races were less exciting as the following candidates were endorsed unopposed. There was one interesting point where Bishop Preston was nominated to run for Town Council but did not put his name forward for endorsement. He was an extremely late entrant to the race and removed himself from consideration.
Town Council- Ellen Hendrickx and Francis Sheehan
Receiver of Taxes- Venita Howard
Town Clerk- Judith Beville
Town Justice- Bonnie Orden
County Legislative District 12- Mary Jane Shimsky.
Other News
Edgemont Appeal- The appeal filed in the case of the Edgemont Incorporation rejection was hearing on February 2nd. Both sides argued the finer points of Incorporation law and the standards for what would be a sufficient petition. A ruling on this is expected in the next couple of months. Either side will have the option to appeal the ruling, but the appeal is not guaranteed to be held. More to come on this when a ruling is made.
The GASR or Greenburgh Against Systemic Racism committee formed in response to Executive Order 203 from Governor Cuomo tasking each local government to convene stakeholders to examine relations with police in their community and to propose ways to improve those relations has issued their report that was months in the making. Read the report here and if you wish to view some of the public hearings that were held you can click on the link, go to specialty and search for GASR.
The Greenburgh Central School District held a live virtual forum with the two final candidates for Superintendent. Watch here. GCSD declined to renew the contract of Dr. Chase and the contract is scheduled to run out later this year. If you have any feedback or comment you can share it with the board. Here is their contact information.
Unfortunately the Hartsdale Community lost Peter Woods who passed on January 9th. Peter was a 9/11 first responder and active member of the community in many ways including serving on the board of the Hartsdale Fire District. More information about Peters passing and comments from local leaders here.
Hopefully, you have found this informative. Please send any questions and forward to your friends and neighbors. If you have questions about any of the above, please email me at Eric@ericzinger.com
Eric Zinger
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