What should our elected officials be spending their time on?

Why is it that the village of Pelham Manor, with 1/15th of the population of Greenburgh is able to get their requests for traffic safety through the NYS legislature but the Town of Greenburgh isn't? Meanwhile, according to the article, despite more than 7 pedestrian accidents in just a few weeks time in 2019, Greenburgh hasn't even asked the legislature yet for permission.

https://www.lohud.com/.../pelham-manor-could.../7891132002/

In other, totally unrelated news, see this post from Town Supervisor Paul Feiner complaining about passport applications taking too long.

https://greenburghny.com/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=1105

In a world of finite resources, time, and effort, which one of these problems would our local officials best spend their time on and be most able to make an actual impact?