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AND SORRY THAT WE'RE, UH, A LITTLE LATE, BUT, UH, BETTER LATE THAN NEVER.
AND I THINK I'VE APOLOGIZED FOR STARTING LATE AT EVERY MEETING OF THE TOWN BOARD.
[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
WE'LL START WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.MY PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE, PUR FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS FOR ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[ MOMENT OF SILENCE In memory of Laurence (Larry) Desimone, 77, of Hawthorne, NY, former town employee, after a short but valiant fight against cancer, completed his life’s journey on March 18, 2022, peacefully at home with his family at his side. He is survived by his soulmate of 55 years, Ruth Desimone, children and grandchildren and countless friends. He touched many lives through his volunteerism in many organizations, especially the Hawthorne Fire Department where he served for 40 years as a firefighter, EMT, Chief, Commissioner, Vice President, and Chaplain. He also volunteered as a Scout Master in Elmsford and coached Mt. Pleasant AYSO soccer. He served as Fire Marshall for the Town of Greenburgh for eighteen years after retiring from his construction business of over 25 years. He founded and served as President of the Westchester Fire Marshalls Association until 2022, and served as a member of the Greenburgh (CERT) Community Emergency Response Team. Reposing, Hawthorne Funeral Home on Monday, 4-8 PM and Tuesday, 3-8 PM. Funeral Mass, Holy Rosary Church, Hawthorne, N.Y. on Wednesday, 10 AM. In memory of the 973,213+ individual victims of COVID-19 who have died in the United States, 6,092,933+ deaths worldwide, each leaving family members and friends too soon In memory of the people in Ukraine killed during Russia's invasion and targeted bombing, including of civilians in apartment buildings, hospitals, schools and children centers]
WE HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE IN, IN MEMORY OF LARRY DESIMONE, UM, OF HAWTHORNE, NEW YORK.HE WAS A FORMER TOWN EMPLOYEE AND AFTER A SHORT BUT VALIANT FIGHT AGAINST CANCER, HE COMPLETED HIS LIFE'S JOURNEY ON MARCH 18TH WITH HIS FAMILY AT HIS SIDE.
HE HAS SURVIVED BY HIS SOULMATE OF 55 YEARS.
RUTH DESIMONE HIS CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN, AND COUNTLESS FRIENDS.
HE TOUCHED MANY LIVES THROUGH HIS VOLUNTEERISM AND MANY ORGANIZATIONS, ESPECIALLY THE HAWTHORNE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WHERE HE SERVED FOR 40 YEARS AS A FIREFIGHTER, E M T, CHIEF COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT AND CHAPLAIN.
AND HE VOLUNTEERED AS A SCOUT MASTER IN ELMSFORD AND COACHED MOUNT PLEASANT ASO SOCCER.
HE SERVED AS FIRE MARSHAL FOR THE TOWN OF GREENBERG FOR 18 YEARS.
AFTER RETIRING FROM HIS CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS OF OVER 25 YEARS, HE FOUNDED AND SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE WESTCHESTER FIRE MARSHALS ASSOCIATION UNTIL 2022 AND SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE GREENBERG CERT COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM.
UM, REPOSING AT THE HAWTHORNE FUNERAL HOME ON MONDAY, FOUR TO 8:00 PM AND TUESDAY, THREE TO 8:00 PM UM, AND, UM, HOLY ROSARY CHURCH HAWTHORNE ON WEDNESDAY AT 10:00 AM WE ALSO WILL HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THE 973,213 PLUS INDIVIDUAL VICTIMS OF C OVID 19 WHO HAVE DIED IN THE UNITED STATES, 6,092,933 PLUS DEATHS WORLDWIDE, EACH LEAVING FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS TO SOON.
AND FINALLY, UM, WE HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE IN MEMORY OF THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE KILLED DURING RUSSIA'S INVASION AND TARGETED BOMBINGS, INCLUDING OF CIVILIANS AND APARTMENT BUILDINGS, HOSPITALS, SCHOOLS, AND CHILDREN'S, UM, CENTERS.
AND THERE ARE HEARTS GO OUT TO, UM, UH, THE FAMILY MEMBERS, UM, UM, IN GREENBERG WHO, UM, HAVE FAMILY IN THE UKRAINE, AND THEY'RE WORRIED AND JUST A TRAGEDY.
IF I MAY, UM, I THINK WE SHOULD ACKNOWLEDGE THE FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE, MADELINE ALBRIGHT, WHO PASSED AWAY TODAY.
AND, UM, IF WE CAN EXTEND, EXTEND THAT MOMENT.
[ ROLL CALL: Town Clerk]
CALL.PRESENT COUNCILWOMAN GINA JACKSON.
COUNCILMAN FRANCIS HAN PRESENT AND TOWN ATTORNEY TIM LEWIS PRESENT.
[ PRESENTATIONS A Show of Caring: A Concert to Benefit Ukraine, 3/27/2022, Tarrytown Music Hall -- Dr. Ronald R. Litepio and Irena Portenko will provide details Promotion of Police Officer John Herighty to Sergeant (PO-5 Below) Women's History Month]
I JUST WANTED TO BEGIN THE MEETING BY INTRODUCING YOU TO, UM, UM, TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO LIVE IN THE TOWN, UM, WHO ARE INVOLVED IN A IMPORTANT CONCERT TO BENEFIT THE PEOPLE OF, UM, THE UKRAINE.THE CONCERT IS, UM, MARCH 27TH AT THE TARRYTOWN, UM, MUSICAL HALL.
UM, RONALD TIO AND IRINA KO WILL NOW PROVIDE DETAILS.
I TURN THIS AROUND AND SPEAK TO THE PEOPLE.
UH, THANK YOU MR. FIGHTER MEMBERS OF THE TOWN BOARD.
UH, MY NAME'S RONALD LALO AND I AM A, UH, 40 YEARS RESIDENT OF HEARTS OF HARTSDALE, UH, A RETIRED PHYSICIAN
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AND, UH, A LIFELONG SECOND GENERATION UKRAINIAN AMERICAN.UH, I HAVE BEEN, UH, ASKED TO GIVE A LITTLE BACKGROUND PRESENTATION FOR A BENEFIT CONCERT, UH, FOR UKRAINE, UH, TO BE HELD IN TARRYTOWN MUSIC HALL ON SUNDAY.
I WAS HOPING THERE'D BE A PICTURE OF THE POSTER UP, UM, THIS SUNDAY, OR THE LAND OF THE FREE AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE.
I'M SURE ALL OF YOU WOULD RECOGNIZE THESE AS THE FINAL WORDS OF THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER, WRITTEN BY FRANCIS SCOTT KEY DURING THE BOMBING OF FORT MCHENRY BY THE BRITISH IN, IN BALTIMORE HARBOR DURING THE WAR OF 1812.
AND ULTIMATELY, THIS BECAME THE NATIONAL ANTHEM OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
I'M IMMEDIATELY STRUCK BY THE APPROPRIATENESS OF THESE WORDS TODAY WITH THE, WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF AN ONGOING SAVAGE AND INHUMANE WAR AGAINST UKRAINE, A PEACE-LOVING, SOVEREIGN AND INDEPENDENT NATION, WHICH THE WORLD HAS BEEN WATCHING LIVE DAY AFTER DAY FOR THE LAST FOUR WEEKS.
AND THE BLUE AND YELLOW FLAG STILL WAVES, OR THE LAND OF THE FREE AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE.
BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT, THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES OF THE INDISCRIMINATE TARGETING OF CIVILIANS AND THEIR HOMES, AS MR. FINER ALLUDED TO, AND THE INTENTIONAL DESTRUCTION OF HOSPITALS, SCHOOLS, AND NON-MILITARY TARGETS BY RECENT ESTIMATES, FULLY A ONE QUARTER OF THE UKRAINIAN POPULATION ARE CURRENT REFUGEES, MOSTLY WOMEN AND CHILDREN, ABOUT 6, 5, 6 AND A HALF MILLION INTERNALLY, AND ABOUT 4 MILLION TO NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES OF EUROPE, NEAR AND A AFAR.
MY OWN NIECE, JULIA, AND HER FOUR MONTH OLD SON LUCIAN, HAD TO FLEE TO POLAND WHEN THE SHELLING STARTED, WHO POLAND, BY THE WAY, IS WELCOMING THE BULK OF EXTERNAL REFUGEES, UH, WITH OPEN ARMS. AND LET'S NOT FORGET.
THANK YOU, MR. FEER, FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
THE THOUSANDS OF BRAVE SOLDIERS, LOCAL AND PROVISIONAL AND, AND PROVINCIAL DEFENSE FORCES AND NON-COMBATANTS, SUCH AS FIRST RESPONDERS AND FIREMEN AND JOURNALISTS WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES DEFENDING THEIR COUNTRY AND COUNTLESS, MANY, MANY MORE WHO ARE WOUNDED AND INJURED, THEIR SACRIFICE IS DULY NOTED AND HONORED.
NOTWITHSTANDING ALL THE CARNAGE, IT SEEMS THAT THE WORLD OVER IS IN AWE OF THE BRAVE, RESILIENT, AND GRITTY UKRAINIAN PEOPLE WHOSE ACTIONS AGAINST THE INVADERS HAS BEEN NOTHING LESS THAN INSPIRING.
AND OF COURSE, THEIR LEADER, PRESIDENT VOLA ZELENSKY, WHOSE CHURCHILLIAN STYLE OF LEADERSHIP HAS GALVANIZED THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE AND RIVETED THE ATTENTION OF THE WORLD TO UKRAINE'S PLIGHT.
IT IS IN THIS SPIRIT THAT THERE HAS BEEN A MASSIVE OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT, HUMANITARIAN AND OTHERWISE, NOT ONLY FROM THE UKRAINIAN DIASPORA HERE IN AMERICA AND ELSEWHERE, BUT FROM MILLIONS OF ORDINARY PEOPLE, THE WORLD OVER WHO FEELING COMPASSION AND HELPLESSNESS WANT TO DO SOMETHING.
HELP COMES IN MANY FORMS, EACH PERSON OR ORGANIZATION OFFERING WHAT THEY DO BEST AND TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITIES.
GOVERNMENT CAN OFFER ARMS AND MUNITIONS HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS, MEDICINES AND SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT, NGOS AND CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS, HUMANITARIAN AID AND PERFORMING ARTISTS AND MUSICIANS BENEFIT CONCERTS.
MY OLDEST SON, ANDREW, WHO IS FLUENT IN UKRAINIAN AND IS ABOUT THE SAME AGE AS, UH, PRESIDENT ZELENSKY IS AN EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN AT, AT MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL.
HE IS VOLUNTEERING TO DEPLOY TO MOLDOVA TO PROVIDE MEDICAL CARE FOR THE WAR REFUGEES WHO ARE THERE.
I'M SURE WE WILL ALL BID HIM GODSPEED.
I THINK HE'S LEAVING ON SATURDAY.
BEFORE I TURN THE PRESENTATION OVER TO THE ORGANIZER OF THE TARRYTOWN BENEFIT CONCERT FOR UKRAINE, I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND FOR YOUR SUPPORT
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OF THIS EVENT.YOU CAN BE ASSURED OF THE GRATITUDE OF THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE, BOTH IN THEIR HOMELAND AND IN THE DIASPORA, FOR YOUR ONGOING SUPPORT OF THEM IN THEIR DARKEST TIME OF GREATEST NEED.
I'M NOT ONLY HERE HELPING TO PROMOTE THE EVENT, BUT I'M ALSO PERFORMING PARTICIPANT IN IT AS WELL.
I'VE BEEN A 60 PLUS YEAR MEMBER AND SOLOISTS WITH THE UKRAINIAN CHORUS DUKA OF NEW YORK, WHO RECENTLY PERFORMED PRAYER FOR UKRAINE ON SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE.
EXCUSE ME, WHEN YOU HEAR THE EXTRAORDINARILY BEAUTIFUL SOLO CHORAL AND INSTRUMENTAL WORKS BEING PERFORMED LARGELY BY UKRAINIAN COMPOSERS AT THE CONCERT.
WHEN YOU SEE THE FERVOR AND THE PASSION ON OUR FACES AS WE PUT COLLECTIVE PRAYER TO MUSIC FOR THE GOOD OF UKRAINE, YOU'LL EXPERIENCE A WARM FEELING IN YOUR HEART THAT YOU CAME OUT TO SUPPORT UKRAINE.
UH, IT'S NOW TIME TO, UM, TURN OVER THE LECTERN TO DR.
IA KO, WHO IS THE ORGANIZER AND FEATURED PIANO SOLOIST AT THE CONCERT ON SUNDAY.
UH, SHE IS A MUSICIAN ALL HER LIFE.
STARTED PLAYING PIANO AT AGE THREE, HAD HER FIRST SOLO PERFORMANCE WITH THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ORCHESTRA, THE AGE OF EIGHT.
UM, GOT HER GRADUATE OR, OR, UH, BACHELOR'S DEGREE, UH, IN KAEV.
SHE'S BORN AND BRED IN IV, BY THE WAY.
IV HAS TWO SYLLABLES, IV NOT WHAT YOU HEAR ON TV, AND, UH, GOT GRADUATE DEGREES AND MA A MASTER'S AND A DOCTORAL DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC.
SHE TEACHES PIANO PRIVATELY, PERFORMS REGULARLY INTERNATIONALLY, AND IS A FACULTY MEMBER AT THE MUSIC CONSERVATORY OF WESTCHESTER, UH, IN WHITE PLAINS.
UH, SHE IS ALSO THE FOUNDER AND RUNS A INTERNATIONAL CLASSIC MUSIC FESTIVAL IN THE BAD STEIN VALLEY IN AUSTRIA EVERY SUMMER.
UH, WITH PLEASURE, I WOULD PRESENT DR.
I'M MR. PAUL FINER DIGNITARIES, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
I WAS BORN IN UKRAINE, AND I'VE BEEN LIVING IN THE UNITED STATES FOR 27 YEARS.
UH, I CAME TO STUDY AND I WAS GOING TO GO BACK TO UKRAINE, BUT IT NEVER HAPPENED BECAUSE I FOUND MY SOUL HERE.
UH, AND I FOUND MY PROFESSIONAL CAREER TO BE VERY INTERESTING AND SATISFYING AND BLOSSOMING.
SO THAT MADE ME STAY FOR, UH, MUCH LONGER THAN I THOUGHT.
UH, ON FEBRUARY 23RD, MY MOM WAS, UH, TO BE PREPARED FOR HER HEART SURGERY.
UH, AND SHE WAS, UH, PREPARED IN A WAY THAT, UH, SHE WOULD HAVE, SHE WOULD HAVE ALL THE IVS IN HER, AND THEN THEY WOULD TAKE ALL THE MEASUREMENTS AND EVERYTHING.
HOWEVER, ON FEBRUARY 24TH, AT FOUR O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, THE SIRENS STARTED, UH, SOUNDING, AND ALL THE DOCTORS AND NURSES, UH, RAN TO GUESS WHERE TO A M MACHINES, BECAUSE THAT'S THE FIRST THING THAT PEOPLE NEEDED TO GET SOME MONEY TO, UH, TO SURVIVE, BECAUSE EVERYBODY WAS SAYING THE WORLD, THE WORLD WAR, BUT NOBODY COULD REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS HAPPENING.
SO MY MOM WAS TRYING TO CALL ANYBODY, UH, NURSE OR THE DOCTOR, AND SHE COULDN'T REACH FOR ANYONE.
SO SHE TOOK HER STANCE WITH IVS, AND THEN SHE RAN AFTER EVERYBODY ELSE.
SHE WAS, I THINK, 15TH OR 16TH IN THE LINE FOR, FOR THE A T M MACHINE.
SHE COULD GET SOME, UH, SOME OF IT, UH, FORTUNATELY SO THAT SHE COULD GET HOME ONLY, UH, SIX DAYS AFTER.
AND THE FRONT LINE WAS LESS THAN A KILOMETER, LESS THAN, UH, 0.6 MILES FROM THE HOSPITAL.
SO THIS STORY AND, UH, CHANGED MY PERSPECTIVE OF THINGS.
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PERSONALLY STARTED CHERISHING MOMENT RIGHT NOW, WHAT IS HAPPENING.AND ALSO I ADDRESS TO MY STUDENTS WHOM I TEACH, I ASK THEM NOT TO, UM, NOT TO PROCRASTINATE, NOT TO WAIT FOR A LONG TIME UNTIL THEY WANT SOMETHING TO HAPPEN, UH, SO THAT THEY ACT RIGHT NOW IMMEDIATELY.
AND, UH, THEY MAKE THEIR PLANS AND DREAMS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
SO THAT'S REALLY, THAT SITUATION CHANGED MY PLANS.
SO I AM MAYBE FIRST TWO DAYS, FEBRUARY 24TH AND 25TH WERE, HOW TO DESCRIBE IT, RATHER SHOCK AND, UH, DEEP, DEEP, DEEP GRIEF.
I COULDN'T PUT MY FINGER ON THE SITUATION BECAUSE USUALLY EVEN IF YOU THINK OF SOME REALLY GRUESOME SITUATIONS, WHEN SOMEONE IS ILL, YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING.
YOU CAN THINK OF THE STEPS THAT NEED TO BE MADE FOR THIS PERSON TO GET BETTER, OR IF NOT, THEN YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
AND, UH, THEY ARE SPENDING MOST OF THE TIME IN THE BOMB SHELTERS, UH, WITH SOMETIMES WITH NO WATER, NO FOOD.
UH, AND I, I FEEL THAT THIS IS NOT THE LIFE THAT THEY DESERVE AT THIS POINT.
UH, SO, UM, THE DAY THREE OR FOUR, UH, AFTER THIS HAPPENED, SOME VERY, VERY, UH, HIGH LEVEL ENERGY CAME INTO ME AND I THOUGHT, OKAY, I HAVE TO DO SOMETHING AND WHAT, WHAT TO START WITH.
AND I'M AN ARTIST, AND I'M USING MY SKILLS, UH, MY TALENTS TO SPREAD THE WORD AND TO ASK PEOPLE TOGETHER TO LISTEN TO THE MUSIC AND TO HELP AS MUCH AS THEY CAN.
SO THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN ON SUNDAY.
AND YOU ARE ALL INVITED, PLEASE.
I REALLY HOPE THERE ARE TICKETS LEFT, UH, BECAUSE IT'S, UH, I THINK IT'S ALMOST SOLD OUT, WHICH I'M VERY, VERY PROUD OF.
UM, SOMEONE WHEN I STARTED IT, SOMEONE TOLD ME THAT I DON'T THINK YOU ARE GOING TO GET MORE THAN LIKE A HUNDRED PEOPLE, SO MAYBE 150 AT THE MOST.
SO, WELL, IT IS ALMOST SOLD OUT IN TARRYTOWN.
AND TWO DAYS LATER, I'M PLAYING THE WILD RECITAL HALL AT CARNEGIE HALL.
IT'S GOING TO BE MY SOLO CONCERT.
AND, UH, IT'S ALSO ALMOST SOLD OUT.
SO I THINK PEOPLE'S RESPONSE, RESPONSE IS OVERWHELMING.
I GET MESSAGES FROM PEOPLE WHOM I, I HOPE THEY FORGIVE ME.
I FORGOT ABOUT THEM, THAT THEY EXISTED IN MY LIFE.
SOME STUDENTS THAT I TAUGHT MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, SOME, UH, FRIENDS WHOM WE WERE FRIENDS IN, IN MICHIGAN OR SOME OTHER PLACES, AND THEY WERE WRITING MESSAGES.
I LITERALLY DO NOT HAVE TIME TO ANSWER TO EVERYBODY, BUT I'M TRYING TO.
UM, AND, UH, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I CAN ANSWER THEM.
RIGHT NOW, THE ONLY THING I HAVE TO RUN, I'M ACCOMPANYING SOMEONE AT THE CONCERTO COMPETITION IN, UH, IN, UH, INGS OR HUDSON.
SO, UH, BUT I, I CAN ANSWER A FEW QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE.
ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS OR, BECAUSE I DO HELP ON MANY LEVELS, UH, ALSO TRANSFER PEOPLE FROM THE BIG CITIES WHERE, UM, WHERE THERE'S DANGER.
SO THERE PARTICULAR WAY THAT PEOPLE GET FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER, THEY DON'T DRIVE WITH ONE CAR.
THEY DRIVE WITH THE CARAVAN OF CARS THAT ARE, UH, MOVING VERY, VERY SLOWLY, BECAUSE IN THE, IN FRONT, THERE CAN BE OCCUPANTS THAT CAN START SHOOTING.
AND WITH THE VERY, VERY FIRST, UH, WARNING, THE WHOLE CARVAN HAS TO TURN AROUND AND GO ALL THE WAY, MAY MAYBE, YOU KNOW, THE SIZE STREETS OR, UH, DIVERT THE ROAD.
SO THIS IS VERY, VERY COMPLICATED.
I'M TRYING TO CONNECT PEOPLE AND TO, UM, AND I DO ADMIRE WHEN PEOPLE COME TO THE BORDER, THE EUROPEAN, UH, THE CITIZENS OF EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, THEY ARE WAITING FOR THE PEOPLE AT THE BORDER.
THEY PICK THEM UP WITH THEIR OWN CARS, AND THEY BRING THEM TO THEIR OWN HOUSES.
THEY SHARE THEIR HOUSES WITH THEM, AND, UH, PEOPLE LEAVE STROLLERS FOR THE KIDS AND TOYS, AND THEY TRY TO MAKE THEM AS COMFORTABLE AS THEY CAN IN THIS SITUATION.
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HAVE ONE QUESTION.UH, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE FAMILY IN THE UKRAINE, AND I'M SORT OF WONDERING, UM, UH, SINCE THE RUSSIANS ARE SURROUNDING SOME OF THE, UH, CITIES, UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOOD SUPPLY, YOU KNOW, ARE PEOPLE IN SOME OF THE CITIES IN DANGER OF ACTUALLY JUST STARVING AND, YOU KNOW, HOW DO, HOW ARE THEY ABLE TO SURVIVE DURING THIS CRISIS? THANK YOU.
THIS IS GREAT QUESTION BECAUSE YES, THERE ARE SOME CITIES IN UKRAINE THAT, THAT ARE SURROUNDED AND, UH, IT'S NOT POSSIBLE TO GET FOOD TO THEM.
SO UNFORTUNATELY IT TAKES ANOTHER CONVERSATION ON THE HIGH POLITICAL LEVEL TO OPEN THE GREEN CORRIDORS FOR THEM.
OTHERWISE, THEY ARE, THEY'RE SURVIVING LIT, LITERALLY.
BUT IN THE BIGGER CITIES, THE SUPPLIES ARE MORE OR LESS ALRIGHT, AND THE STORES ARE OPEN, UH, WHEN IT'S, WHEN THERE'S NO CURFEW, PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO GO AND GET, GET SOME FOOD.
IF PEOPLE WANT TO DONATE FUNDS, IS THERE A VEHICLE THROUGH WHICH THEY CAN DO THAT, THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF, THAT YOU CAN LET EVERYONE KNOW, AND THE PUBLIC AS WELL, THAT'S VIEWING.
UM, I PERSONALLY WORK WITH TWO BIG ORGANIZATIONS.
ONE IS CALLED M FOR UKRAINE, AND ANOTHER ONE IS CALLED UNITED HELP UKRAINE.
THEY ARE, UH, SENDING HUGE AMOUNT OF SUPPLIES, MEDICAL SUPPLIES, FOOD, EVERYTHING THAT THEY CAN FROM, FROM HERE.
AND OF COURSE, UH, FINANCIAL HELP.
BUT, UH, I ALSO, I HAVE, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, IN MY OWN CASE, I HAVE ORGANIZED THE FUND SINCE I'M AN ARTIST, AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT IT TAKES TO NURTURE YOUR CAREER IN ONE PLACE, MUSICAL CAREER OR CAREER OF AN ARTIST.
UH, I ORGANIZED FUND FOR DISPLACED MU UH, MUSICIANS OF UKRAINE, WHO, WHO ARE RIGHT NOW SOME, SOMEWHERE ELSE, NOT AT THE PLACE WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN, AND THEY HAVE BEEN PERFORMING.
SO, AND I HAVE A PARTICULAR LIST OF PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY, VERY TALENTED YOUNG MUSICIANS WHO WERE ON THE PEAK OF THEIR CAREERS, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY'RE, EVERYTHING STOPPED.
SO, UH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I PERSONALLY DO.
AND I ALSO, I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP IN UKRAINE PERSONALLY, BECAUSE I'M IN COMMUNICATION, UH, ALL THE TIME, DAY AND NIGHT.
I HONESTLY, I HARDLY SLEPT SINCE FEBRUARY 24TH, AND THIS IS UNDERSTANDABLE.
UH, SO, BUT I FEEL SOMETIMES, UM, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT I SPEND TIME WITH THEM DURING AIRSTRIKES AND JUST TALK TO THEM.
ONE, ONE MUSICIAN E EVEN IT, IT'S WAS A MUSICOLOGIST.
AND HIS FAVORITE, UH, OPERAS WERE WAGNER OPERAS.
AND HE DECIDED TO ASK ME SOME QUESTION, GIMME A QUIZ ON OUR WAGNER OPERAS.
I HONESTLY, UM, I FAILED A FEW ANSWERS, BUT WE, WE HAD WONDERFUL CONVERSATION FOR TWO AND A HALF HOURS, AND I KNOW IT WAS DISTRACTED FOR HIM MM-HMM.
SO, AND ONE GIRL IN, YOU HAVE TO JUST THE LAST STORY.
ONE GIRL IN ODESSA, UH, DURING STRIKES, SHE WAS CRAWLING UNDER DEBRIS AND UNDER, UH, THE FALLEN ROOF TO LIVE STREAM HER CONCERT, UH, FOR HER FRIENDS WHO WERE IN THE BOMB SHELTER.
SO STORIES LIKE THIS, THEY ARE HAPPENING WITH MY COLLEAGUES AND MY FRIENDS.
SO, UH, THAT'S WHY I, UH, I KNOW PEOPLE WHO REALLY NEED DIRECT HELP AND, UM, I'M ORGANIZING IT.
THERE ARE A FEW LEFT, SO PLEASE, THANK YOU.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BRINGING YOUR PERSONAL STORY TO US, FOR BRINGING THE NEWS ALIVE FIRSTHAND.
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN UKRAINE AND IN MANY OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD IS VERY SCARY.
UM, AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR RAISING OUR AWARENESS AND LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS WITH REGARDS TO THE URGENCY OF WHAT PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING IN YOUR COUNTRY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND WORDS AND UNDERSTANDING AND, AND SUPPORT.
IT MELTS MY HEART TO SAY THE LEAST.
DO THEY HAVE ACCESS TO NEWS MEDIA THAT'S NOT PROPAGANDA? YES.
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IT'S, UH, THIS IS HEALTHY INFORMATION THAT IS COMING OUT OF THEIR, UM, THEIR MEDIA SOURCES.SO THAT'S WHY, UM, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO, NOT TO THINK THAT IT'S EASY FOR ME TO TALK ABOUT IT, BUT I FEEL I HAVE TO BECAUSE I, I MUST TELL, UH, PEOPLE WHAT'S GOING ON FROM THE SOURCE AND THAT, THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.
THAT'S WHY I'VE BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH THE MEDIA, WITH THE JOURNALISTS AND 'CAUSE THIS IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'RE DOING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR, UH, QUESTIONS AND THANK YOU.
AND HAVE A GOOD, UM, NEXT, UM, WE HAVE A PROMOTION OF A POLICE OFFICER, JOHN HERY, TO SERGEANT.
AND I'D LIKE TO ASK THE CHIEF TO MAKE A PRESENTATION.
I'M GONNA FACE THE BOSS, SO TO SPEAK.
IT'S MY PRIVILEGE TO PREVENT PRESENT POLICE OFFICER JOHN HERY TO THE TOWN BOARD FOR HIS PROMOTION TO THE RANK OF SERGEANT JOHN IS A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND A GRADUATE OF PACE UNIVERSITY.
THE HERY FAMILY HAS A LONG HISTORY OF SERVICE TO THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
JOHN'S FATHER WORKED FOR THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT FOR 34 YEARS, AND SADLY PASSED IN 2011.
JOHN, I'M SURE YOUR FATHER IS VERY PROUD OF YOU THIS EVENING.
JOHN'S EMPLOYMENT INCLUDES PRIOR SERVICE WITH THE N Y P D, WHERE HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 46TH PRECINCT, ONE OF THE BUSIEST COMMANDS IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK.
I KNOW THIS BECAUSE I WAS ASSIGNED THERE WHEN JOHN WAS IN DIAPERS.
JOHN ALWAYS WANTED TO SERVE THE RESIDENCE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND GOT THAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO IN JULY OF 2007.
FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS, JOHN HAS EXHIBITED EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE WHILE ASSIGNED TO THE PATROL DIVISION.
THROUGH THE YEARS, JOHN HAS SERVED AS A FIELD TRAINING OFFICER AND EARNED THE RESPECT OF HIS PEERS, WHICH IS EVENTS BY THE FACT THAT HE WAS ELECTED AS A TRUSTEE OF THE P B A.
SERGEANT HERY IS JOINED TONIGHT BY HIS COUSIN, JIM BURNS, A RETIRED DEPUTY INSPECTOR FOR THE N Y P D, HIS MOM KATHY, SISTER KRISTEN, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, HIS WIFE JEN, AND THEIR TWO BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS.
OH, THAT'S, I KNOW I HAVE IT HERE SOMEWHERE.
WELL, BEFORE WE DO TOO MANY, UH, CONGRATULATIONS.
PERHAPS WE SHOULD PASS THE RESOLUTION.
[ PO 5 - 3/23/2022 Resolution promoting Police Officer John Herighty to Sergeant]
SO I'D LIKE TO MOVE, UH, THE PROMOTION OF POLICE OFFICER, UH, JOHN, HER TO SERGEANT SECOND.NEXT, UH, IS WOMAN'S HISTORY MONTH, AND, UM, JUDITH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE THE PRE PRESENTATIONS, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE ARE? JUST WAITING.
UM, SHE'S, YOU KNOW, WHILE, WHILE WE'RE WAITING, UM, FOR
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JUDITH TO MAKE THE PRESENT, SHE'LL BE HERE PROBABLY IN A MINUTE.OR IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, COMMENT ABOUT ANYTHING ON, ON THE AGENDA, BE, YOU KNOW, BE, AND WHEN, WHEN JUDITH COMES BACK, THEN WE WILL, UH, DO THE, THE CEREMONY.
UM, ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ANY ISSUES? SHE HAS TO DO IT, SHE HAS TO DO THAT AS WELL.
SO WE CAN'T, WE HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
PLEASE, TIM, JUST SKIP IT AND MOVE ON TO SOMETHING ELSE.
SO ACTUALLY, IS THERE ANYBODY WHO, ANYBODY, UH, BY ZOOM WHO HAS, UH, YES.
TO SPEAK AT TODAY'S MEETING? OH, LET'S SEE.
WE ALMOST HAD NO ZOOM BECAUSE WE HAD NO, NO REQUEST, BUT THEN WE DID.
NO ONE'S ASKING TO SPEAK RIGHT NOW.
SO WE'RE READY FOR, FOR THE GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
ANNUALLY WE DO A TRIBUTE TO WOMEN IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND BEFORE WE BEGIN, I'D JUST LIKE TO, UH, ACKNOWLEDGE THE PRESENCE OF COUNTY LEGISLATOR JEWEL WILLIAMS. BUT THERE'S ANOTHER NAME, THERE'S A HYPHEN TO THAT.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, JEWEL.
AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK DEE FLYNN, WHO IS A RESIDENT OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG FOR PRESENTING ME WITH A BOUQUET OF ROSES THIS EVENING.
AND SHE SAID, THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.
I GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND THAT GIFT.
SO WE HAVE THREE, WE HAVE FOUR HONOREES THIS EVENING, AND I'M GOING TO BEGIN, I'M JUST GOING TO ACKNOWLEDGE EVERYONE IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER.
FELICIA BARBER, WHO IS SITTING UP FRONT, BORN IN NEW YORK CITY AND RAISED IN HARTSDALE TOWN OF GREENBURG, FELICIA GRADUATED FROM ARDSLEY HIGH SCHOOL AND RECEIVED A BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS IN GRAPHIC DESIGN FROM EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY IN PENNSYLVANIA.
SHE HAS DONE GRAPHIC DESIGN DESIGN WORK FOR EDINBURGH PHYSICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, GREENBERG HEBREW CENTER, AND SHE WAS ONCE A GREENBERG TOWN HALL INTERN AND SOON AFTER BECAME EMPLOYED BY THE TOWN OF GREENBERG AS AN ASSISTANT TOWN HISTORIAN.
FELICIA HAS AN EX, HAS EXTRAORDINARY SKILLS IN GRAPHIC DESIGN, INCLUDING ADOBE GRAPHIC DESIGN APPLICATIONS, PHOTOSHOP, ILLUSTRATOR, AND DESIGN.
SHE HAS APPLIED THOSE SKILLS TO WORKING HERE WITH THE TOWN OF GREENBURG ON SEVERAL EVENTS, INCLUDING GREENBURG COMPOST PROJECT, A VETERANS PROJECT AND LEGISLATION, ROAD LEG LEGISLATION.
SHE HAS ALSO DONE AMAZING WORK WITH THE ODELL HOUSE RESTORATION PROJECT.
SINCE 2018, FELICIA HAS BEEN ILLUSTRATING THE WEEKLY SLICE OF HISTORY BLOG AS ASSISTANT TOWN HISTORIAN.
SO, FELICIA, ON BEHALF OF PAUL, FINER TOWN SUPERVISOR, TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS, ELLEN HENDRICKS, GINA JACKSON, KEN JONES, FRANCIS SHAN, AND GREENBERG TOWN CLERK JUDITH BEVILLE.
WE ACKNOWLEDGE WITH APPRECIATION, FELICIA BARBER, FOR HER COMMITMENT, CONTRIBUTIONS,
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DEDICATION AND LEADERSHIP IN HELPING TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OTHERS IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER STATE OF NEW YORK.AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND CELEBRATION OF WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH ON THIS 23RD DAY OF MARCH IN THE YEAR 2022.
IS THIS GOOD? YEAH, THIS IS GOOD.
AND WE HAVE TO MENTION RILEY IS HER, UH, PARTNER IN CRIME AND, UH, AND ALSO DOES AN AMAZING, UH, UH, JOB, UH, UH, WRITING AND PREPARING, UH, THE, UH, THE WEEKLY, UH, UH, HISTORICAL POSTS WHILE FELICIA FOCUSES ON THE ILLUSTRATIONS AND, AND THE VISUALS.
BUT BOTH OF THEM ARE EXCEPTIONAL.
TEAM, TEAM, YOU DO A PHENOMENAL JOB, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE EFFORT AND THE QUALITY OF YOUR PRODUCT.
CAN'T BE BEAT OUR MITS WHAT A TEAM
OUR NEXT HONOREE, ALICIA FORD.
BORN AND RAISED IN HARLEM, THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF HISTORIC, CULTURAL AND MEDICAL CENTERS, THE SCHAUMBURG CENTER FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND RESEARCH.
THE HARLEM Y M C A HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR OVER A HUNDRED YEARS AND HARLEM HOSPITAL, ONCE THE ONLY MEDICAL TRAINING GROUND FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN A VAST REGION, GEOGRAPHICAL REGION.
ALICIA GREW UP IN HARLEM AND GROWING UP IN HARLEM, INTRODUCED HER TO COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.
SHE GREW UP DURING A PERIOD WHEN THE BLACK PANTHERS, THE BLACK LIBERATION ARMY, THE BLACK MUSLIMS, THE ISRAELITES STREET MINISTERS, AND AS SHE SAYS WANNA BE MINISTERS, WOULD BE OUT ON THE STREET CORNER SCHOOLING US YOUNG FOLK, AS THEY CALLED IT, ABOUT INJUSTICES TO OUR PEOPLE.
ALICIA PICKETED HANDED OUT FLYERS AND MARCHED DURING PROTESTS IN THE STREETS OF HARLEM IN THE LATE SIXTIES AND EARLY SEVENTIES, SPORTING OUR AFROS, AS SHE SAYS, BELL BOTTOMS AND DASHIKIS.
WE WERE YOUNG, BARELY TEENS WIDE-EYED AND UNDERSTANDING LITTLE BUT PAYING ATTENTION TO THE SPEECHES THAT WE HEARD.
DURING THOSE YEARS OF UNREST, THERE WAS A LOT OF KILLING OF YOUNG, BLACK AND BROWN INNOCENT CHILDREN WITH NO ACCOUNTABILITY BY THE HANDS OF POLICE OFFICERS.
THUS, LOTS OF RALLIES AND MARCHING.
IT DIDN'T RESONATE, SHE SAYS, UNTIL SHE GOT OLDER.
ALICIA RELOCATED TO THE BRONX IN 1975 AND LATER MOVED TO PARKWAY HOMES IN 1988, WHERE SHE BECAME ENGAGED IN CIVIC ISSUES.
MARRIED AND THE MOM OF THREE ADULT CHILDREN.
SHE IS A 20 YEAR MEMBER OF UNION BAPTIST CHURCH WHERE REVEREND DR.
VERLIN D WILLIAMS, WHO IS VERY ACTIVE IN
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CIVIC EFFORTS AND INITIATIVES HERE IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.AS A MEMBER, ALICIA HELPS OUT WITH THE FOOD FOR LIFE MINISTRY EVERY WEEK.
SHE SERVES BETWEEN 250 AND 300 DINNERS TO LOCAL SHELTERS, SENIORS, THE SICK OR SHUT IN AS WELL AS WALK-INS, ALICIA, RETIRED.
NOW THIS IS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS REALLY, REALLY, UM, IN, IN ADDITION TO YOUR WHOLE STORY, THIS IS REALLY SIGNIFICANT IN, IN DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE TOWN OF GREENBURG IS NOW LOOKING AT VERY DEEPLY DIGGING ITS NAILS INTO AFFORDABLE HOUSING ISSUES, WHERE I THINK YOU CAN BE A VALUABLE RESOURCE.
I KNOW YOU'RE RETIRED, JUDY, PLEASE DON'T CALL ME BACK IN THE SERVICE.
ALICIA RETIRED FROM THE CITY OF NEW YORK, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT H P D IN JANUARY OF 2021, AFTER 40 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO HELPING NEW YORKERS ACHIEVE FAIR HOUSING.
SHE WORKED IN MANY DEPARTMENTS DURING HER TENURE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE CENTRAL SALES UNIT AUCTION PROGRAM, WHICH INCLUDED THE HARLEM SEAL BID IN 8 19 86, AS WELL AS HER LATE LATTER POSITION AS A COMPLIANCE ANALYST IN THE LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT, AND HOME COMPLIANCE UNIT, ENSURING THAT PROPERTY OWNERS, DEVELOPERS, OR MANAGEMENT COMPANIES ADHERE TO THE FEDERAL, STATE AND H U D GUIDELINES FOR PROSPECTIVE TENANTS WITH REGARDS TO INCOME, RENT, HOUSE, HOUSEHOLD SIZE, ET CETERA, FOR VERY LOW, LOW AND MODERATE INCOME TENANTS.
ALICIA LOVED HELPING HER FEDERAL NEW YORKERS WITH HOUSING CONCERNS AS SHE REALIZED HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS FOR CLIENTS TO GET THE ASSISTANCE THAT THEY NEEDED.
FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS, ALICIA HAS BEEN THE PRESIDENT OF THE PARKWAY HOME CIVIC ASSOCIATION, WHERE SHE KEEPS THE COMMUNITY WELL-INFORMED WITH INFORMATION REGARDING UPCOMING EVENTS AND MESSAGES FROM OUR TOWN SUPERVISOR, AND ANY OTHER INFORMATION OF IMPORTANCE.
GINA, I JUST, I LOOK AT THE TOWN BOARD THE DAY, AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AND PAUL FOR BEING THE ONLY ONES WHOSE EYES ARE LOOKING FORWARD, ACKNOWLEDGING WHAT'S BEING SAID ABOUT THE HONOREES.
ALICIA, PLEASE COME FORWARD ON BEHALF OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, FINR TOWN SUPERVISOR AND TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS, ELLEN HENDRICKS, GINA JACKSON, KEN JONES, FRANCIS SHEEN, AND GREENBURG TOWN CLERK JUDITH BEVILLE.
WE ACKNOWLEDGE WITH APPRECIATION ALICIA FORD FOR HER COMMITMENT, CONTRIBUTIONS, DEDICATION AND LEADERSHIP IN HELPING IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OTHERS IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER, STATE OF NEW YORK, AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND CELEBRATION OF WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH ON THIS 23RD DAY OF MARCH IN THE YEAR 2022.
UM, I WANNA THANK YOU, UM, PAUL FINER JUDITH VILLE FOR THAT WONDERFUL BIO.
THERE'S A WHOLE LOT MORE BETWEEN THAT HARLEM STORY, BUT ANYWAY,
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR SISTER AND WHOEVER'S HOME WATCHING ALL OF MY COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
UM, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR HONORING ME, BESTOWING THIS PRESENTATION ON ME FOR WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.
AS YOU HEARD, MY SHORT BUY OF MY LIFE.
IT'S MUCH, SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT.
I AM COMMITTED TO ENSURING IN MY CIVIC DUTY THAT WE MAINTAIN PRESERVED THE RICH HISTORY OF PARKWAY HOMES COMMUNITY TO PROMOTE CIVIC PRIDE, TO BE CONCERNED WITH THE WELFARE OF EACH FAMILY IN PARKWAY HOMES, TO DO ALL THINGS NECESSARY AND DE
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DESIRABLE, TO PRESERVE AND ENHANCE THE PHYSICAL AND AESTHETIC QUALITIES OF THE PARKWAY HOMES COMMUNITY IDENTITY, UNITY, AND NEIGHBORLY FEELINGS SEEKING ENFORCEMENT OF THE STATE IN TOWN LAWS AND REGULATIONS, INCLUDING BUILDING AND ZONING LAWS WHEN NECESSARY TO PRESERVE THE QUALITIES OF OUR LIFE IN OUR AREA.PARKWAY HOMES IS A DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE WELCOME RESIDENTS FROM DIVERSE AND CULTURALLY DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS.
WE HAVE PROVEN THAT WE CAN ALL LIVE TOGETHER IN PEACE AND HARMONY.
I WILL STAY DILIGENT AND STRIVE TO MAKE THIS COMMUNITY A BETTER PLACE FOR ALL OUR PARKWAY HOMES.
MAIN GOAL IS THE MOTIVATION OF THE, THE MOTIVATION OF THE PARKWAY HOME CIVIC ASSOCI ASSOCIATION HAS BEEN TO MAINTAIN A COMMUNITY IN WHICH WE ARE PROUD TO LIVE AND SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE IN THEIR EDUCATIONAL ENDEAVORS.
I JUST WANNA, UH, THANK YOU FOR, UH, BEING A MODEL CITIZEN.
YOU ARE REALLY, UH, A ROLE MODEL IN, IN THE COMMUNITY.
YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN VERY CONSTRUCTIVE AND YOU'VE REALLY MADE A VERY, VERY POSITIVE, UH, DIFFERENCE IN, UM, IN THE LIVES OF, YOU KNOW, MANY PEOPLE.
AND I WISH, UH, IF THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY OF CLONING 90,000 PEOPLE
I MEAN, WE GO BACK TO 1990 WHEN WE STARTED WITH THAT ALFREDO NURSERY, AND I'VE SEEN MANY COMMISSIONERS, MANY TOWN MEMBERS, AND I WILL CONTINUE TO BE ACTIVE AND ADAMANT, AND THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES.
AND YOU CERTAINLY KNOW OUR EMAIL ADDRESSES AND USE IT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK WHAT MAKES YOU, YOU KNOW, SO TERRIFIC IS YOU HAVE LIKE POSITIVE ENERGY.
YOU KNOW, YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN VERY CONSTRUCTIVE.
AND EVEN WHEN YOU DISAGREE, IT'S ALWAYS DONE IN A VERY RESPECTFUL MANNER.
AND, UM, AND BECAUSE YOU'RE SO CONSTRUCTIVE AND BECAUSE EVERYBODY HAS RESPECTS YOU SO MUCH, I THINK YOU HAVE SO MUCH INFLUENCE.
AND, AND AS A, AS A, AS A MEMBER AND OFFICER OF THE NEIGHBORING PARKWAY GARDEN CIVIC ASSOCIATION, I HAVE TO SAY WHAT A PLEASURE IT IS TO WORK WITH YOU WHEN WE HAVE WORKED TOGETHER.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO KEEPING ON WORKING WITH YOU BECAUSE TOGETHER WE MAKE OUR COMMUNITY BETTER.
FIRE COMMISSIONER FOR OVER 30 YEARS, COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS FOR OVER 30 YEARS, MARRIED FOR 55 YEARS, A GRADUATE OF GREENBURG PUBLIC SCHOOLS COLLEGE, SERVING ON THE THEATER OF DE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER ADVISORY BOARD FOR COUNTLESS YEARS, A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG FAIRVIEW COMMUNITY.
CURRENTLY THE INTERIM SITE DIRECTOR AND PERSONNEL DIRECTOR OF THE GREENBURG NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CENTER.
VICKY SIMMONS, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
SO, VICKY, THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, PAUL J FINER TOWN SUPERVISOR, TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS, ELLEN HENDRICKS, GINA JACKSON, KEN JONES, FRANCIS SHEEN, AND GREENBERG TOWN CLERK, JUDITH BEVILLE, ACKNOWLEDGE WITH APPRECIATION VICTORIA SIMMONS FOR HER COMMITMENT, CONTRIBUTIONS, DEDICATION AND LEADERSHIP IN HELPING TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OTHERS IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER, AND STATE OF NEW YORK.
AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND CELEBRATION OF WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH ON THIS 23RD DAY OF MARCH IN THE YEAR 2022.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE RECOGNITION.
UM, I JUST HAVE TO MAKE ONE CORRECTION.
MY NAME IS NOT VICTORIA, IT'S VICKI
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UM, I WANNA TELL YOU A FUNNY STORY THAT WHEN I WAS IN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, I HAD A TEACHER WHO WOULD NOT ACCEPT THAT MY NAME WAS VICKI, AND HE CHANGED MY REPORT CARD AND ALL OF MY SCHOOL RECORDS TO SAY VICTORIA, BECAUSE HE SAID THAT VICKY WASN'T A REAL NAME, IT WAS ONLY A NICKNAME.
WELL, WHEN I BROUGHT MY REPORT CARD HOME, MY MOTHER MARCHED RIGHT BACK UP TO THAT SCHOOL AND SAID, YOU CHANGED THESE RECORDS BACK.
AT SOME TIME, SHE MIGHT HAVE TO PROVE THAT SHE'S BEEN TO THIS SCHOOL AND WE HAVE TO HAVE THE RIGHT NAME HERE.
UM, I, I LOVE THE NAME VICTORIA.
I WOULD'VE LIKED TO HAVE HAD THE NAME VICTORIA, BUT I DIDN'T GET IT.
SO I, I THANK YOU ALL FOR THE RECOGNITION AND FOR HONORING, UH, AND, AND THE OTHER HONOREES THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT.
AND I'M JUST HOPING THAT WE CAN ENCOURAGE YOUNGER PEOPLE TO BE INVOLVED BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY OF US WHO ARE GETTING OLDER, AND WE NEED TO HAVE SOMEONE TO TAKE OUR PLACES.
SO ALL OF YOU YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, UM, PLEASE CONSIDER GETTING INVOLVED IN WHATEVER AREAS IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG THAT YOU CAN.
AND YOU KNOW, I'D JUST LIKE TO, UH, THANK, UH, YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS AT THE GREENBURG HEALTH CENTER.
YOU'VE BEEN DOING AN AMAZING JOB, UH, GETTING, UH, PEOPLE, VACCINES, UH, UH, THE COVID TESTS, UH, THE BOOSTERS, UM, YOU VERY INNOVATIVE.
UH, THE HEALTH CENTER IS TRYING TO, UH, GET A GRANT, UH, TO, UM, PROVIDE HOUSE CALLS TO, UH, THE SENIOR CITIZEN POPULATION THAT CAN'T GET TO THE HEALTH CENTER.
AND, YOU KNOW, I FEEL THANKS TO YOUR LEADERSHIP, UM, THE HEALTH CENTER REALLY HAS BECOME JUST AN AMAZING, UM, YOU KNOW, NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT HAS REALLY MADE A MAJOR, MAJOR DIFFERENCE, POSITIVE DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, OF, OF MANY PEOPLE.
AND YOU SERVE, UM, A LOT OF A POPULATION THAT'S POOR, UH, THAT NEEDS THE HELP.
UM, INSTEAD OF JUST TALKING ABOUT WAYS OF HELPING THOSE WHO, YOU KNOW, NEED, NEED HELP, YOU'RE ACTUALLY DELIVERING AND, AND DOING AN AMAZING JOB.
UM,
I MEAN, YOU JUST REALLY DOING MORE THAN A REMARKABLE JOB.
I JUST WANNA SAY, VICKI, HAVING WORKED WITH YOU ON VARIOUS BOARDS AND BEING YOUR NEIGHBOR IN PARKWAY GARDENS, UH, YOU ARE TRULY A PILLAR OF THE COMMUNITY, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE COMMUNITY REALLY APPRECIATES ALL THAT YOU DO FOR IT EVERY DAY.
AS I SAID BEFORE, WE ARE A BETTER COMMUNITY BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE YOU LIVE HERE AND WE ALL WORK TOGETHER TO KEEP IT STRONG.
ALSO, I, I JUST WANNA ADD, UM, ANYONE WHO KNOWS YOU, WHEN YOU AGREE TO SERVE ON A COMMITTEE, YOU GIVE IT YOUR ALL, YOU DO YOUR HOMEWORK, YOU BRING A LOT OF VALUE TO EVERYTHING YOU DO.
AND IT'S, IT'S REALLY WHAT, UM, WHAT HAS REALLY MADE, UH, I KNOW YOU BASICALLY THROUGH THE, YOU KNOW, FAIRVIEW FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMISSIONER THERE, AND YOU KNOW, MY FAMILY AFFILIATION WITH THAT, UM, AND THE RESPECT THAT YOU HAVE, HAVE EARNED, UM, BECAUSE YOU USE YOUR COMMON SENSE WITH YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE COMMUNITY, THE WANTS OF THE COMMUNITY, THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, AND, AND YOU DELIVER.
AND SO WHATEVER YOU'RE DOING, I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT, UH, IT'LL BE A SUCCESS.
AND NOW AT THE HEALTH CENTER, YOU KNOW, THEY COULDN'T HAVE SOMEBODY BETTER.
OUR FOURTH HONOREE, JUDITH M. WATSON, UM, IS, IS NOT HERE WITH US.
I KNOW THAT SHE MADE EVERY EFFORT TO, TO BE HERE BECAUSE SHE CONFIRMED THAT SHE WOULD BE HERE.
HOWEVER, UM, AND I I WILL NOT DO THE ENTIRE TRIBUTE.
HOWEVER, UM, UH, UH, SOMETHING THAT VICKI JUST SAID ABOUT
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THE IMPORTANCE OF INVOLVING YOUNG PEOPLE, UH, REALLY RESONATES IN JUDITH'S PHILOSOPHY AS AS WELL.UM, SHE CAME ON BOARD IN THE TOWN OF GREENBERG IN 1994 AS A NURSE, AS A REGISTERED NURSE.
AND ONLY EIGHT YEARS LATER SHE WAS APPOINTED, UH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE GREENBERG NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CENTER.
AND SHE, UH, CREDITS HER LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND ACHIEVING HER GOALS TO CAROL MORRIS, WHO WAS AT THAT TIME WHEN SHE FIRST CAME ON BOARD 30 YEARS AGO, WHO WAS THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE MOUNT VERNON NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CENTER NETWORK, WHERE JUDITH IS NOW.
SO TELL ME THAT MENTORING DOES NOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
IT CERTAINLY DOES, UH, JUDITH, THROUGH HARD WORK AND COMPASSION FOR HEALTHCARE RIGHTS, A NURSE TRANSFORMS FROM ON STAFF TO IN CHARGE.
AND THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS, THE TOP OF AN ARTICLE ON JUDITH, THAT, THAT, THAT IS ONLINE.
SO, UM, WE, I, I AM SURE SHE WOULD'VE BEEN HERE.
BUT LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, OUR FOURTH HONOREE, MS. JUDITH WATSON, C E O, OF THE MOUNT VERNON NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CENTER, OF WHICH OUR GREENBURG NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CENTER IS APART.
SO LET'S PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE HER.
THIS THREE COMPLETES OUR TRIBUTE, OUR WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH TRIBUTE TO OUR FOUR AWESOME RECIPIENTS.
SO NEXT, UH, WE HAVE, UH, PUBLIC HEARINGS.
[ To consider an Amended Site Plan Application submitted by Hackley School, located at 293 Benedict Avenue (P.O. Tarrytown, NY)]
UM, IS, UM, TO CONSIDER AN AMENDED SITE PLAN APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY HACKLEY SCHOOL LOCATED AT 2 93 BENEDICT AVENUE.YOU, GARRETT, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE OPEN THE HEARING.
FINER TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THE RECORD.
GARRETT DUQUE, COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION.
THIS HEARING IS A CONTINUATION OF THE HEARING FIRST HELD BY THE TOWN BOARD ON JANUARY 26TH, 2022, RELATED TO A PROJECT CONSISTING OF THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW 54,000 SQUARE FOOT ARTS CENTER BUILDING TO BE KNOWN AS THE CENTER FOR CREATIVE ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY, ALONG WITH RELATED PARKING AND AMENITIES, WHICH WOULD REPLACE AN EXISTING ARTS BUILDING AND GYMNASIUM, WHICH ARE PROPOSED TO BE DEMOLISHED.
HACKLEY SCHOOL IS LOCATED AT 2 93 BENEDICT AVENUE, PO TERRYTOWN, LOCATED IN THE R 41 FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT, AND ALSO IN THE CONSERVATION DISTRICT OVERLAY PORTION OF THE CAMPUS IS LOCATED IN THE VILLAGE OF TARRYTOWN.
AT THE JANUARY 26TH HEARING, THE APPLICANT GAVE A FULL PRESENTATION AND THE HEARING WAS ADJOURNED IN ORDER TO CONTINUE REVIEW OF TECHNICAL, TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF THE APPLICANT'S THEN PETITION TO HAVE THE SCHOOL CAMPUS WATER SYSTEM POTENTIALLY TRANSFERRED TO THE TOWN OF GREENBURG CONSOLIDATED WATER DISTRICT NUMBER ONE.
SINCE JANUARY 26TH, THE APPLICANT WITH INPUT FROM TOWN STAFF THE COUNTY, WESTCHESTER COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND VILLAGE OF TARRYTOWN STAFF, HAS WITHDRAWN THE WATER PETITION AND NOW PROPOSES ALTERNATE WATER UPGRADES TO THE EXISTING VILLAGE SYSTEM.
I SPOKE WITH THE VILLAGE ENGINEER WHO HAS REVIEWED THIS ASPECT OF THE PROPOSAL AND IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE APPLICANT'S APPROACH.
THE APPLICANT HAS MADE NO CHANGES TO THE AMENDED SITE PLAN APPLICATION SINCE THE APPLICATION LAST APPEARED BEFORE THE TOWN BOARD.
MS. ANNIE KLEIN, ATTORNEY ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THE BOARD OR THE PUBLIC MAY HAVE.
AND MS. KLEIN, BEFORE YOU BEGIN, I, I NOTICED THAT WE HAVE SOME NEW PUBLIC HEARING RULES, SO I JUST WANTED TO READ THEM BEFORE YOU START.
AND JUST TO CLARIFY, THE TOWN BOARD RULES A CONTINUOUS FIVE MINUTE LIMIT PER SPEAKER PER HEARING WILL BE STRICTLY ENFORCED.
THE CLOCK WILL START WHEN A SPEAKER BEGINS SPEAKING AND WILL NOT BE STOPPED FOR ANY REASON UNLESS THE SPEAKER IS FINISHED OR FIVE MINUTES HAS ELAPSED, WHICHEVER OCCURS.
INTERRUPTIONS BY TOWN BOARD MEMBERS, THE TOWN CLERK OR THE PUBLIC WILL NOT BE PERMITTED IF A SPEAKER INSISTS ON AN IMMEDIATE ANSWER.
SHOULD AN ANSWER BE PROVIDED, IT SHALL BE
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PART OF THE SPEAKER'S FIVE MINUTES ALLOCATION AND NOT BE INTERRUPTED.THERE WILL BE A SECOND FIVE MINUTE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD OR A SECOND ROUND IF THE HEARING IS, UM, NOT GOING TO BE ADJOURNED.
BUT IF IT IS ADJOURNED, THE TOWN BOARD MAY WAIVE THE SECOND ROUND.
ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS MAY BE SENT TO PUBLIC COMMENT@GREENBERGNY.COM BY 6:00 PM THE DAY OF THE HEARING AND WILL BE FORWARDED TO ALL TOWN BOARD MEMBERS IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING.
UH, WRITTEN COMMENTS WILL NOT BE READ AT THE MEETING UNLESS THE ORIGINAL AUTHOR IS PRESENT TO DO SO.
SO I JUST WANTED TO READ THOSE NEW RULES BECAUSE, UM, SOME PEOPLE WHO MAY BE WATCHING ON ZOOM MAY NOT HAVE THE AGENDA.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SET THE TABLE BEFORE YOU BEGIN AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
FINER MEMBERS OF THE TOWN BOARD.
I'M AN ASSOCIATE AT DALBELLO O'DONNELL AND WEINERT AND WISE AND WHITAKER HERE TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF HACKLEY SCHOOL.
UH, WITH ME TO ALSO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE IS OUR ENGINEER, MIKE YOUNGINS AND PETER MCANDREW FROM HACKLEY.
UM, SO GARRETT BASICALLY SUMMARIZED EVERYTHING TO THIS POINT.
I JUST ADD THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING REALLY DILIGENTLY WITH THE VILLAGE ON THE WATER ISSUE AND HAVE COME TO A RESOLUTION THAT WE BELIEVE IS ACCEPTABLE AND THEY'RE SATISFIED.
UM, THEY STILL HAVE SITE PLAN APPROVAL AS WELL.
SO WE WILL BE WORKING THROUGH THE DETAILS OF THIS, UM, PROPOSED WATER STORAGE TANK FOR FIRE SUPPRESSIONS, UM, PURPOSES.
UM, BUT WE ARE HERE
AND SO FOR THEM TO MAKE ANY DETERMINATION FOR THIS PROCESS TO REALLY GO FORWARD, UM, WE NEED YOU TO ISSUE THE NEGATIVE DECLARATION.
SO WE ARE ASKING THAT YOU PLEASE, UH, CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, UM, AND, UH, PREPARE TO ISSUE THE NEGATIVE DECLARATION AT YOUR FIRST, UH, MEETING IN APRIL.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE WATER DI ISSUE DID, UH, TAKE MONTHS OF TIME AND RESOURCES AND MONEY, SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO GET THIS PROJECT GOING AS SOON AS WE CAN, ESPECIALLY SINCE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE SCHOOL YEAR IS ALMOST OVER AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO MORE WORK DURING, UH, DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS.
SO, UH, BUT WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY, UH, SPECIFIC QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ON THE PROJECT OR ANY SECRET ISSUES.
SO WHERE ARE WE WITH THE WATER? ARE WE BIFURCATING THIS AND IT'S NOW THE WATER IS GONNA BE HANDLED SEPARATELY.
SO WE WITHDREW OUR PETITION TO EXTEND THE WATER DISTRICT.
WE'RE NOW PROPOSING, UM, AND WE HAVE SUBMITTED AN AMENDED SITE PLAN APPLICATION TO TERRYTOWN, UH, TO PUT A WATER STORAGE TANK THAT WILL HAVE 30 MINUTES OF, OF FIRE SUPPRESSION, UH, CAPABILITY.
WE'RE GOING TO BE LOCATING THAT NEAR THE, UM, THE PUMP HOUSE IN TERRYTOWN AND, UH, THE VILLAGE ENGINEER AND THE, WE PRESENTED THIS TO THE VILLAGE PLANNING BOARD, UH, LAST WEEK AND THE VILLAGE ENGINEER IS, UM, SATISFIED WITH THAT PROPOSAL.
SO IF THERE ARE ANY COMMENTS REGARDING EXTENDING THE WATER DISTRICT, THAT'S NO LONGER ON THE TABLE.
AND YOU'RE LIMITING YOUR, TO YOUR NEG DECK ON THE PLAN PROPOSAL ITSELF.
EXCLUSIVE OF THE WATER DISTRICT EXTENSION, RIGHT? YES.
WE SUBMITTED, UM, CORRESPONDENCE, UH, WITHDRAWING THE, UH, THE PETITION, FORMALLY WITHDRAWING THE PETITION, UM, EARLY MARCH
ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC WANNA SPEAK? NO ONE.
THEN I MOVE THAT WE, UH, CLOSE, UH, THE HEARING AND LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN FOR SEVEN DAYS.
'CAUSE WE HAVE THREE WEEKS BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING.
SO YOU GONNA DO THAT, PAUL? YEP.
I MAKE THE MOTION FOR TWO WEEKS.
[ To consider a Local Law amending Chapter 440, “Taxation,” of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh, increasing the maximum allowable amount for the Veterans Alternative and Cold War Veteran Exemptions]
CONSIDER A LOCAL LAW AMENDING CHAPTER FOUR 40, UM, TAXATION OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, INCREASING THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE AMOUNT FOR THE VETERANS ALTERNATIVE AND COLD WAR OF VETERANS EXEMPTIONS.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE OPEN THAT HEARING.
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SAY, SAY SOMETHING.EDIE, YOU NEED TO SAY YES THERE.
OH, DID YOU WANNA DO IT IN PERSON? SHE'S ONE OF THOSE THAT DOES BOTH.
JUST WANT AN OVERVIEW OF THE LOCAL LAW.
SO THE ALTERNATIVE VETERANS EXEMPTION IS ALREADY ON THE BOOKS AS WE SPEAK.
WE PASSED IT, UM, PRIOR TO 2007.
I BELIEVE THE WAY THAT THE EXEMPTION WORKS FOR ALTERNATIVE VETERANS IS THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, NON-COMBAT, COMBAT AND DISABLED.
SO WHAT HAPPENS IF, IF A VETERAN APPLY HAS TO APPLY, THEY HAVE TO SUBMIT, UH, THEIR DD TWO 14, WHICH IS THEIR SEPARATION PAPERS, AND IT'S DETERMINED BY THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE W UM, THEIR WAR PERIOD, WHETHER THEY'RE ELIGIBLE FOR THE EXEMPTION.
SO FAST FORWARD AND, EXCUSE ME A MOMENT, WHOEVER IS SPEAKING, COULD YOU ASK THEM TO GO OUT? JUST CLOSE THE DOOR.
THERE'S CATEGORIES SET BY NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATURE, UM, FOR EACH OF THE DIFFERENT LEVELS FOR EACH OF THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
THE CATEGORIES BEING COMBAT, NON-COMBAT OR DISABLED.
AND THE DIFFERENT LEVELS RANGE ANYWHERE FROM, FOR NON-COMBAT, THEY RANGE FROM $12,000 OFF OF YOUR ASSESSED VALUE ALL THE WAY UP TO 125,000.
SO WHAT HAS TRANSPIRED IN THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS IS THE LEGISLATURE PASSED THE INCREASE TO A HUNDRED TWENTY FIFTY FOUR, I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER THE NUMBERS.
FROM 54 TO 75,000, SORRY, I'LL GET IT IN A SECOND.
AND SO THE NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATURE PASSED THAT.
WESTCHESTER COUNTY PASSED THAT, AND MOST OF THE MUNICIPALITIES IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY AS WELL HAVE PASSED IT.
SO I'M BEFORE YOU WITH THIS LEGISLATION TO ADOPT THE INCREASE FOR THE NON-COMBAT FROM 54 TO 75,000 FOR OUR VETERANS.
THAT'S THE NON-COMBAT COMBAT VETERAN IS CURRENTLY $90,000, WHICH WILL INCREASE TO $125,000 FOR EACH OF THE VETERANS THAT, UM, FALL WITHIN THAT CATEGORY.
THE DISABLED VETERAN, UH, IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
THEY WILL RECEIVE THE COMBAT EXEMPTION IN ADDITION TO THEIR DISABILITY RATING, WHICH IS A MAXIMUM OF $180,000, AND THEY ACTUALLY GET HALF OF THAT OFF OF THEIR ASSESSED VALUE.
SO THAT IS, I AM REQUESTING FOR THAT THROUGH THE NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATURE AND WESTCHESTER COUNTY ADOPTION FROM 180 TO 225,250.
UH, JUST BECAUSE SOME OF THE NUMBERS ARE A LITTLE BIT OFF, THE 54,000 IS GOING TO 75,000.
THE 36,000 IS GOING TO 50,000 AND THE 180,000 IS GOING TO 250,000.
AND THE REASON WHY THE SECOND CATEGORY WAS THE NOT WAS THE COMBAT IS BECAUSE YOU CAN, YOU CAN HAVE A NON-COMBAT IF YOU WERE NOT IN COMBAT.
IF YOU'RE IN COMBAT, IT'S ADDED TOGETHER THE NON-COMBAT AND THE COMBAT IS ADDED TOGETHER, WHICH, WHICH CURRENTLY ADDS UP TO THE 90,000, WHICH WOULD ADD UP TO THE 125
SO YOU GET THE TWO CATEGORIES ADDED TOGETHER FOR THE SECOND CATEGORY.
HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU THINK WILL PARTICIPATE? SO IF THIS LEGISLATION IS PASSED BY THE TOWN BOARD, THEN ANYBODY WHO'S ELIGIBLE OR WHO IS CURRENTLY WHO IS CURRENTLY RECEIVING THE EXEMPTION WILL AUTOMATICALLY GET THAT INCREASE IN THEIR EXEMPTION.
AND TYPICALLY THE LAST TIME THAT WE ADOPTED AN INCREASE, I DON'T EVEN THINK WE, WE ADDED FIVE MORE VETERANS.
UM, I SPEAK TO THE VETERANS ASSOCIATIONS.
UH, THERE'S A COUPLE ACTIVE VETERANS IN TOWN.
THEY SPEAK TO THE VETERANS ASSOCIATIONS.
IF THERE ARE TWO QUALIFYING VETERANS IN A HOUSEHOLD, DO THEY GET DOUBLE THE EXEMPTION? EXCELLENT QUESTION.
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GET THREE.WELL, I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THREE BEFORE, BUT IT IS NOT OUT OF THE REALM OF POSSIBILITIES.
BUT I KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE A COUPLE, UM, DOUBLE EXEMPTIONS IN TOWN, WHICH MEANS IT KEEPS BRINGING THEIR ASSESSED VALUE DOWN.
THAT'S GREAT FOR OUR VETERANS.
YOU HAVE A QUESTION, EDIE, GO AHEAD.
WHEN, WHEN, UM, THIS ISSUE COMES UP, WHEN I GET THE EXEMPTION, I FILE THE APPLICATION, IS IT AN ANNUAL APPLICATION THAT NEEDS TO BE FILED OR DOES THE EXEMPTION AUTOMATICALLY ROLL OVER TO THE FOLLOWING YEAR? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION TOO, TIM.
UM, WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE NON-COMBAT EXEMPTION AND THE COMBAT EXEMPTION, THOSE ARE AUTOMATIC.
THE ONLY TIME THAT THEY'RE REMOVED IS IF, UM, IF THE PROPERTY SELLS OR IF THE VETERAN PASSES AND IF THE WIFE IS OR SPOUSE, UNMARRIED SPOUSE IS STILL ELIGIBLE FOR THE EXEMPTION.
THEY DO NOT HAVE TO RENEW FOR THE NON-COMBAT AND THE COMBAT.
HOWEVER, IF A VETERAN IS RECEIVING THE DISABILITY EXEMPTION AND HIS DISABILITY RATING CHANGES, IT NEVER GOES DOWN.
UM, I REALLY WOULD WANT THEM TO COME IN BECAUSE IT WOULD CHANGE THEIR EXEMPTION AMOUNT TO INCREASE IT A LITTLE BIT.
SO THAT'S THE ONLY TIME, BUT THEY DON'T TYPICALLY HAVE TO RENEW.
IS THERE ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WANTS TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS OR? NOPE.
THEN I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE CLOSE THE HEARING AND LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN FOR TWO WEEKS.
[ To consider a Local Law amending the definition section of Chapter 460 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh entitled “Vehicles and Traffic” to add a "Compact Car" definition]
THE FINAL HEARING, UM, IS TO CONSIDER A LOCAL LAW AMENDING THE, UH, DEFINITION SECTION OF CHAPTER FOUR 60 OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG ENTITLED OF VEHICLES IN TRAFFIC TO A COMPACT CAR.I'D LIKE TO, UH, MOVE THAT WE OPEN THE HEARING.
SO CHIEF, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE, YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THIS, BUT THE ORIGI, ORIGINALLY THERE WAS A REQUEST TO ADD A DEFINITION FOR COMPACT CAR INTO OUR CODE AND THERE WAS SOME PAPERWORK BACK AND FORTH ON DOING THAT.
AND THEN, UM, THE ONLY WAY TO DO THAT IS NOT BY RESOLUTION IS BY LOCAL LAW.
AND SO WE, WE NOTICED THE MEETING FOR A DEFINITION OF COMPACT CAR, AND I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THE LOCAL LAW AND WE CAN, AND NOW I GET IT, BUT IT'S NOT FOR A COMPACT CAR.
IT'S ADDED DEFINITION FOR AN OVERSIZED VEHICLE.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT MADE THAT CHANGE.
'CAUSE WE STILL, WE STILL HAVE COMPACT CAR IN THE CODE AND IT'S NOT DEFINED.
BUT NOW WHAT'S BEFORE US TONIGHT, WHICH I'M JUST SEEING, UH, SAYS, UH, ADDING A DEFINITION OF HOLIDAYS AND OVERSIZED VEHICLE.
I'M NOT ACTUALLY FAMILIAR WITH IT.
BUT I THINK IF WE, I THINK TABLE IT, WE WILL, YEAH, WHY DON'T WE TAKE A LOOK AT IT FIRST THING IN THE MORNING AND GET ADVANCE.
SO WHY DON'T WE ADJOURN THIS, UH, TO THE, TO THE NEXT MEETING.
I, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THOUGH, I DID SPEAK TO SERGEANT REON TODAY WHEN I SAW THIS ON THE AGENDA AND HE EXPLAINED TO ME THAT WE GIVE OUT, OR THE TOWN GIVES OUT SUMMONSES FOR, FOR VEHICLES THAT PARK IN A COMPACT CAR SPACE, RIGHT? BECAUSE THEY'RE TOO LARGE, LET'S SAY AN SS U V.
BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE A DEFINITION OF WHAT QUALIFIES AS A COMPACT CAR.
SO A PERSON WHO PARKS THERE WOULDN'T NECESSARILY KNOW THAT THEIR CAR DOESN'T QUALIFY.
SO IN GENERAL, I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE TERMS WERE.
AND I KNOW FRANCIS, THAT SERGEANT RESON SAID HE SPOKE TO YOU, YOU KNOW, EXTENSIVELY ABOUT IT.
AND WE CAN ADJOURN IT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT.
BUT WHEN WE, EVERY TIME WE SPOKE ABOUT IT, AND I WAS JUST REVIEWING THE EMAIL CHAIN BACK AND FORTH, IT WAS ALWAYS ABOUT A COMPACT CAR DEFINITION.
BUT WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE IS TONIGHT IS AN OVERSIZED VEHICLE AND NOT A COMPACT CAR.
IT'D BE ONE THING IF THEY ADDED OVERSIZED VEHICLE TO A DEFINITION BEING ADDED OF COMPACT CAR, WHICH IS WHAT WE NOTICED.
I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE SWITCH WAS.
SO WHY DON'T WE FIGURE THAT OUT? AND IF WE HAVE TO RE-NOTICE IT, WE'LL RE-NOTICE IT.
UH, BUT TENTATIVELY WHY DON'T WE, UH, JUST PUT IT, HOLD IT OVER FOR ALL PURPOSES, UH, TO THE NEXT MEETING.
IT, IT CERTAINLY WOULD REQUIRE THE DEFINITION OF A COMPACT CAR IN ADDITION TO THE OVERSIZED VEHICLE, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
SOMEBODY NOTICED THAT WE HAVE, UM, THE WORDING OF A COMPACT CAR AS THE TOWN ATTORNEY MENTIONED, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A DEFINITION OF IT, SO.
UM, SO THAT'S GONNA BE HELD OVER.
[ PUBLIC COMMENT Advance signup is required. A continuous five minute limit per speaker will be strictly enforced. The clock will start when a speaker begins speaking and will not be stopped for any reason until the speaker is finished or five minutes has elapsed, whichever occurs first. Interruptions by Town Board members, the Town Clerk or the public will not be permitted. If a speaker insists on an immediate answer, should an answer be provided, it shall be part of the speaker's five minute allocation and not be interrupted. Any questions or comments on agenda items or any other topic should be raised during this extended time period for the public to address the Town Board Department Heads have the option of leaving the meeting following Public Comment. There will not be a second public comment period at the end of the meeting. Any written comments sent to PublicComment@GreenburghNY.com by 6 PM the day of the meeting will be forwarded to all Town Board members in advance of the meeting for their consideration. Written comments will not be read at the meeting unless the original author is present to do so.]
THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.I'M WONDERING, SINCE WE HAVE OUR COUNTY LEGISLATOR HERE, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS AND, UM, YOU COULD ALSO PRESENT US WITH CHECKS AND, UH, TO COVER ANY BYE-BYE
NO, BUT I, I I'M JUST WONDERING IF, UH, UH, YOU'D LIKE
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TO, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE AND YOUR EXPERIENCES SO FAR AND SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT YOU'RE WORKING ON.I DON'T LIKE THE, YOU CAN THANK US LATER.
WE'LL, THANK YOU FOR THE CHECKS.
THIS STENOGRAPHER WHO'S, UH, LEAVING.
AND, UH, GOOD EVENING TO ALL OF YOU.
UM, IT'S BEEN A GREAT EXPERIENCE SO FAR.
UM, AS YOU MAY NOT KNOW, I'VE BEEN ASSIGNED TO CHAIR THE HEALTH COMMITTEE AND WE HAVE A COUPLE PRIORITIES THAT WE'VE BEEN FOCUSING ON LATELY, WHICH IS, UH, HOW THE PANDEMIC HAS DRASTICALLY AFFECTED THE MENTAL HEALTH OF CHILDREN IN OUR COUNTY.
AND ALSO, UM, WE HAVE AN ONGOING SERIES ON CONFLICT RESOLUTION CONSIDERING THE, UM, CLIMATE IN OUR COUNTRY, IN OUR NATION.
UH, WE THINK IT, UH, REQUIRED THAT ADULTS AND YOUTH, UH, LEARN HOW TO BETTER INTERPERSONAL SKILLS AND FOR ADULTS TO SET A BETTER EXAMPLE.
SO, UM, JUST THIS PAST TUESDAY, A PUBLIC, UH, MEETING, UH, FEATURED MICHAEL ART BERRY, UH, WHO WAS DYNAMIC.
AND HE RUNS A YOUTH PROGRAM ON THAT VERY THING.
UH, AND I HIGHLY RECOMMEND HIM, I FORGET THE NAME OF HIS PROGRAM, IT'S YOUTH AND PEACE SOMETHING, BUT HE'S, UH, PRESENTED IT AT SEVERAL SCHOOLS IN THE AREA, UM, THE MAJORITY IN THE NEW ROCHELLE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND, UH, HE'S SOLD, UM, BEEN AS FAR UP AS ALBANY AND INTO NEW JERSEY.
UM, BEFORE THAT WE HAD A PROFESSOR FROM PACE UNIVERSITY WHO TALKED, WHO SPOKE ON NEEDING TO BE BETTER LISTENERS, UH, BEFORE WE CAN AS THE FIRST STEP IN CONFLICT RESOLUTION.
JONATHAN SLATER FROM COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, WHO WROTE AN ESSAY THAT WAS FEATURED IN THE NEW YORK TIMES ABOUT HOW OUR CHILDREN ARE HURTING BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.
SO, UM, MY GOAL IS, AND I'VE GOT, UH, SUPPORT FROM MY COLLEAGUES ON THE BOARD TO REOPEN, UH, MENTAL HEALTH CLINICS IN, UH, WESTCHESTER COUNTY.
UH, THAT WERE CLOSED DOWN UNDER THE LAST ADMINISTRATION AND BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, UM, IN GENERAL, BUT ALSO BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, IT'S VERY MUCH NEEDED, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR YOUTH.
UM, TODAY I ATTENDED THE, UH, ECONOMIC, UH, UH, COMMITTEE WHO'S, UH, CHAIRED BY, UH, COUNTY LEGISLATOR BEN BOYKIN.
HE HAD THE RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION OF WESTCHESTER IN TODAY.
AND THEY SPOKE ABOUT HOW THEY'VE BEEN HURTING BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC AND THEIR, UH, HURDLES WITH OUTSIDE DINING THAT I'M SURE YOU'RE AWARE OF.
AND, UH, THEY WERE HAPPY THAT THE GOVERNOR HAS, UH, SIGNED A LAW TO EXTEND, UH, THE SALE OF TAKEOUT, UH, ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.
UM, BUT, UM, ONE OF THE, UH, BOARD MEMBERS OF, IT'S CALLED ROAR, RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION WORKERS SOMETHING.
BUT ANYWAY, THEY, UH, HE IS, UH, WRITING, UH, ESSAY.
I THINK IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE IN TOMORROW'S JOURNAL NEWS FOOD SECTION ABOUT, UH, HOW RESTAURANT OWNERS ARE SUFFERING MENTALLY AS WELL.
SO, UH, I'M PROUD TO SERVE AND CHAIR THE HEALTH COMMITTEE, AND IT'S PRETTY FULL CIRCLE AFFECTING MANY ASPECTS OF EVERYBODY'S LIVES.
UM, I THINK THAT WILL BE IT FOR NOW.
SO I THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND, UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WOMAN'S HISTORY MONTH, UH, HONOREES.
JUDITH, CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU.
AND THAT'S, THAT IS SO IMPORTANT.
I, I REMEMBER WHEN THE, THE HEALTH CLINICS WERE SHUT DOWN AND HOW APPALLING IT WAS, AND IT WAS JUST A TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE INSULT TO SO MANY PEOPLE.
I THINK YOU'LL BE A REAL GOOD ASSET TO, UH, THE COUNTY.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE, UH, REPRESENTING, UM, GREENBERG.
I THINK YOU'RE FOCUSING ON A REALLY IMPORTANT ISSUE AND, YOU KNOW, WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
AND PLEASE GIVE YOUR MOM OUR BEST REGARDS.
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I'LL SEE HER IN A COUPLE DAYS.UM, NEXT, ANYBODY BEFORE, UH, WE HERE, UM, I JUST WANNA MENTION AT THE NEXT MEETING OF THE TOWN BOARD, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE CALLING ON OUR STATE LEGISLATORS TO ADOPT LEGISLATION THAT WILL ALLOW THE TOWN GREENBERG TO ASSESS ALL NEWLY CONSTRUCTED CONDOMINIUMS TO REFLECT THE MOST CURRENT MARKET VALUE AS ALL OTHER PROPERTY.
SO WE'RE GONNA BE ASKING THE LEGISLATION TO DO THAT AS EITHER A HOME RULE FOR ONLY GREENBURG OR STATEWIDE.
OKAY? SO WE HAVE MARY BOIN, AND MARY, YOU ARE, UM, THE ONLY PERSON WHO HAS SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IN, UH, WHO'S PRESENT.
AND I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THE, THE NEW RULES THAT ONCE YOU START SPEAKING, THE CLOCK WILL BEGIN AND IT WILL RUN FOR FIVE MINUTES STRAIGHT.
EVEN IF YOU ASK QUESTIONS AND, AND WAIT FOR BOARD MEMBERS TO ANSWER YOU, IS GOING TO RUN FIVE MINUTES STRAIGHT.
OKAY? AND THAT GOES FOR ANYBODY WHO IS ON ZOOM.
I UNDERSTAND CLIFF ABRAMS AND MICHELLE BROWN ARE, UH, HAVE ALSO REQUESTED TO SPEAK VIA ZOOM AND, AND ANYONE ELSE? OKAY, SO MUCH FRED.
THERE'S AN ANTENNA REVIEW BOARD IN GREENBERG WHO'S ON THE BOARD.
WHEN WERE THEY APPOINTED? WHAT ARE THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES? IT DOES NOT APPEAR ON OUR WEBSITE, NOR IS THERE ANY INFORMATION THAT I CAN FIND.
THERE WAS A MEETING OF THE TENANT REVIEW BOARD AND I WATCHED IT ON ZOOM FIRST TIME.
ALL OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED WERE QUESTIONS THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ANSWERED BY THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.
THE CHAIR OF THE ANTENNA REVIEW BOARD IS NOT QUALIFIED TO ANSWER THE TECHNICAL CONSTRUCTION QUESTIONS THAT WERE AT ISSUE.
I WAS ON THAT BOARD FOR SOME TIME.
I GRADUATED RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE IN 1955 AS AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEER.
I HAVE THE TECHNICAL BACKGROUND, BUT THEY GOT RID OF ME, FRANCIS, SHE AND YOU WERE ON THAT BOARD AT THE SAME TIME.
AND WHEN YOU WERE ON THE BOARD, YOU WERE TAKING MOVIES OF THE BOARD VIDEOTAPES AS A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL AND A MEMBER, THOSE TAPES BELONGED TO THE TOWN OF GREENBERG.
WHERE ARE THOSE TAPES? LIKE AN ANSWER FOR WHAT HAPPENED TO THE TAPES AND WHEN YOU STOPPED TAKING THE PICTURES, THE VIDEOS, YOUR SON TOOK THE PICTURES THAT WAS TOWN PROPERTY.
IT'S PAST THE TIME WHEN YOU CAN BE PROSECUTED FOR REMOVING TOWN PROPERTY WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION.
BUT THE TOWN IS ENTITLED TO KNOW THE CHARACTER THAT YOU ARE.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO TELL ME AND EVERYBODY ELSE WHAT HAPPENED TO THOSE VIDEOS.
PAUL, YOU WERE AWARE OF THE FACT THAT HE TOOK THOSE VIDEOS, WEREN'T YOU? YES OR NO? I REMEMBER HE DID IT.
I CAN'T HEAR YOU THROUGH THE MASK.
WELL, WE HAVE, AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN, WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO INTERRUPT, RIGHT? WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO INTERRUPT THE SPEAKER UNTIL THE SPEAKER HAS.
THERE ARE PEOPLE LIKE ME THAT CANNOT UNDERSTAND SPEAKERS WHEN THEY HAVE THEIR FACE COVERED.
THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITY ACTS REQUIRE YOU TO REMOVE YOUR MASK WHEN SPEAKING AT A PUBLIC HEARING.
I CANNOT UNDERSTAND THE WORDS YOU'RE SAYING CORRECTLY.
AND THERE ARE DOZENS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE TOLD ME THE SAME.
SO YOU ARE ALL BREAKING THE LAW UP HERE, BUT IT'S YOUR LAW.
THERE WERE LOTS AND LOTS OF PEOPLE HERE TODAY WITHOUT MASKS SPEAKING HERE, SPEAKING THERE.
I DIDN'T COME IN FOR THE CEREMONY TODAY 'CAUSE I DIDN'T WANNA HAVE THIS CONVERSATION WHEN THEY WERE ALL HERE.
WHY DO YOU HAVE A MASK ON WHEN YOU'RE SPEAKING, WHEN ME AND DOZENS OF OTHER PEOPLE CANNOT UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF THE WORDS THAT YOU'RE USING? SO OUT OF RESPECT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HANDICAPPED,
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NOT NECESSARILY AND VISIBLY, VISIBLY, BUT CANNOT UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF YOUR WORDS WITHOUT SEEING YOUR EL LIPS.SO WHOSE LAW DO WE HAVE HERE? THE REAL LAW OR FRANCIS SHEEN'S LAW? FRANCIS SHEHAN DECIDES.
I'M NOT GOING TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABOUT WHAT I DID WITH THE TAPES, 'CAUSE I CAN GET AWAY WITH IT.
FRANCIS SHEEHAN DECIDED YOU ARE ALL GONNA WEAR MASKS UP THERE BECAUSE HE WANTS YOU TO.
BUT THERE WERE A HUNDRED PEOPLE HERE TONIGHT.
YES, WE'VE ALL HAD FRIENDS WHO DIED FROM COVID FOR VARIOUS REASONS I'VE BEEN VACCINATED.
BUT FRANCIS SHEEN AND IT'S SOMEBODY ELSE'S RESPONSIBILITY TO FIND OUT THE QUALITY OF THE MAN SITTING RIGHT THERE.
WHERE ARE THE TAPES? COUNCILMAN SHEEN.
I GOT 17 SECONDS TO ANSWER IT.
AND THE NEXT TIME YOU SPEAK UP THERE AND YOU DON'T TAKE YOUR MASK OFF AND YOU'RE SAYING SOMETHING ON CAMERA, I'M GONNA STAND UP THERE AND MAKE AN ISSUE OF IT.
PAUL, DID YOU WANT TO RESPOND TO MR. BOWDEN? THAT'S OKAY.
UH, LET, LET ME JUST SAY, AND I DIDN'T WANNA TAKE ANY OF YOUR FIVE MINUTES BECAUSE YOUR LISTEN, YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T INTERRUPT ME.
ANYTHING I WANT YOU, OF COURSE YOU CAN.
OKAY? THE SAME LAW YOU CHOOSE, WHICH LAW DO YOU FOLLOW? I CHOOSE WHICH LAW I FOLLOW.
FOLLOW THE LAW SAYS TAKE YOUR MASK.
YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'RE GONNA STOP PUBLIC COMMENT.
OKAY? THE PUBLIC COMMENT'S OVER, WE'RE GONNA GO NOW INTO, UH, IT'S NOT PAUL.
YOU OTHER PEOPLE HAVE OTHER PEOPLE THAT'S ON THE LINE, NEEDS TO SPEAK EARL ABRAMS. BUT I I JUST HAVE TO SAY THIS THOUGH.
YOU KNOW, I, I'VE KNOWN MR. MURRAY FOR OVER 20 YEARS AND FOR OVER 20 YEARS HE SAID, HE'S BEEN SAYING I DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME LEFT.
IT'S TIME FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE.
AND I'VE HEARD THIS OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
AND HE WAS ON THE ANTENNA BOARD FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
HE MAKES 20 SOMETHING YEARS AGO.
AND I'M TRYING TO BE KIND TO YOU MR. MURRAY, IN NOT OBJECTING TO EACH TIME YOU FALSELY ACCUSE ME OF A CRIME DESTROYING GOVERNMENT PROPERTY.
THERE WAS NO GOVERNMENT PROPERTY DESTROYED.
YOU HAVE TRIED IN EVERY AVENUE YOU POSSIBLY CAN TO SPILL THAT GARBAGE, INCLUDING TO THE ETHICS BOARD.
AND THE ONE TIME, THE ONE TIME THAT YOU DID NOT WANNA TURN ON YOUR CAMERA AND SPEAK IS WHEN THE ETHICS BOARD SAID, WHERE'S THE VIOLATION? WHAT'S WRONG? AND YOU CHOSE NOT TO TURN ON YOUR CAMERA AND RESPOND.
AND THEY FOUND THAT YOUR STATEMENTS ARE UNFOUNDED.
AND YET YOU GET UP HERE MEETING AFTER MEETING.
'CAUSE I'M TRYING TO BE RESPECTFUL TO YOUR AGE.
AND IN YOUR EMAILS YOU SAY TRUST NOTHING.
YOU CAN'T VERIFY ANYTHING YOU SAY REGARDING THIS INCIDENT AND I'VE HAD IT ENOUGH.
YOU'RE, YOU'RE RELYING ON THE FACT THAT I'M A PUBLIC OFFICIAL AND THE STANDARD, THE LAND, THE STANDARD FOR SLANDER IS MALICE.
IF YOU CAN'T PROVE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, THEN PLEASE STOP SAYING IT BECAUSE IT'S NOT FACT.
YOU KEEP SAYING I WAS ON THE COUNCIL WHEN I WAS ON THE ANTENNA BOARD.
YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BE ON THE ANTENNA BOARD WHEN YOU'RE ON THE TOWN COUNCIL.
SO PLEASE, I'M TRYING TO BE AS POLITE AS I POSSIBLY CAN TO YOU, BUT YOU SEEM TO HAVE THIS OBSESSION, THIS COMPULSION OF SOMEHOW, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING FROM 21 YEARS AGO ABOUT SOME TAPES, HOW THAT HAS ANY RELEVANCE WHATSOEVER, EVEN IF THERE WASN'T A, YOU KNOW, THE STORAGE RETENTION POLICY, WHICH THERE IS, BUT ENOUGH IS ENOUGH WITH YOU ACCUSING ME OF A CRIME.
IF YOU DO IT AGAIN, IT'S CLEARLY INTENTIONAL AND IT'S WITH MALICE.
OKAY, MR. CAN'T RESPOND TO THAT.
THE BOARD, YOU WERE THE BOARD MEETING RESPOND TO THAT LAST WEEK.
CAN YOU TURN TO, YEAH, WE DON'T HAVE YOU.
JUST PROVE YOURSELF NOT TELLING THE TRUTH.
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NEXT.MICHELLE, JUST LIKE, JUST, I THINK THERE'S JUST ONE MORE PERSON OKAY.
WHO WISHES TO SPOOF? MICHELLE, IT TAKES A MINUTE.
DO WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE.
UH, YEAH, MICHELLE, YOU HAVE TO SAY YES, IT WAS AN ACCUSATION, OTHERWISE WE COULD GO ON TO THE REGULAR AGENDA.
WE JUST NEED, SO SHOULD WE JUST GO TO THE AGENDA? THANKS.
OH, SHE DECLINED TO BE PROMOTED.
SO THEN WE'LL GO ONTO THE AGENDA.
[ BOARDS & COMMISSIONS Appointment of Leslie Davis as an Alternate Member of the Planning Board, for a term to expire December 31, 2022]
OF LESLIE DAVIS AS AN ALTERNATE MEMBER OF THE PLANNING BOARD FOR A TERM TO EXPIRE DECEMBER 31ST, 2022.SECOND, SECOND, SECOND ON FAVOR, AYE AYE.
[ TB 1 - 3/23/2022 Resolution of the Town Board authorizing the execution of a contract between Sarah Bracey White for Arts & Culture services, at a cost not to exceed $62,547, the budgeted amount]
OF THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A CONTRACT BETWEEN SARAH BRACY WHITE FOR ARTS CULTURE SERVICES REQUEST NOT TO EXCEED 62,547.[ AT 1 - 3/23/2022 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Lewiston Realty Holdings,LLC for property located at 80 Grasslands Road. The Town’s share of the refund is $62,513±; the County’s share is $34,478±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $4,940±; the No. Elmsford Fire Protection District’s share is $6,702±; the Consolidated Sewer Mtc District’s share is $2,348±; the Pocantico Hills Central School District’s share is $94,617±. Refunds from all sources total $205,599±]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX TERTIARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER LEWISTON REALTY HOLDING FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 80 GRASSLANDS ROAD, UM, REFUNDS FROM WALL SOURCES TWO 5,599.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
UH, MY AGENDA SAYS 65,000 FOR, NO, THAT'S WRONG FOR SARAH BRI WHITE.
'CAUSE THE BUDGET IS, IT'S NOT TO EXCEED THAT AMOUNT AND IT DOESN'T, OH, IT SAYS IT'S ACTUALLY 62 SAYS IT COSTS NOT TO EXCEED 65.
NO, IT'S, WHAT'S THE, THE ACTUAL NUMBER WE CORRECTED IT ON THE, HAS THE RIGHT IT'S CORRECT ON THE WEBSITE.
I, I, UH, OBVIOUSLY HAVE AN INCORRECT, UM, UH, VERSION OF THE AGENDA.
COULD YOU PLEASE REPEAT THAT? 62 2 5 4 7 60 2000.
THAT'S THE AMOUNT THAT WAS BUDGETED SO WE CAN'T EXCEED THE AMOUNT THAT WAS BUDGETED.
[ AT 2 - 3/23/2022 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Lewiston Realty Holdings, LLC for property located at 100 Grasslands Road. The Town’s share of the refund is $19,778±; the County’s share is $10,972±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $1,647±; the No. Elmsford Fire Protection District’s share is $2,256±; the Consolidated Sewer Mtc District’s share is $738±; the Pocantico Hills Central School District’s share is $29,565±. Refunds from all sources total $64,956±]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX TERTIARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER LEWISTON REALTY HOLDING, UH, THE TOTAL AMOUNT 64,956.DID ANYONE SECOND A T ONE? YES.
[ AT 3 - 3/23/2022 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner W.W. Grainger Inc. for property located at 505 Saw Mill River Rd. The Town’s share of the refund is $28,735±; the County’s share is $16,172±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $2,268±; the No. Elmsford Fire Protection District’s share is $3,152±; the Pocantico Hills Central School District’s share is $43,210±. Refunds from all sources total $93,538±]
AUTHORIZING TAX SARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER WG GRANGER, UH, REFUNDS FROM WELL SOURCES 93, UH, 5 38.[ AT 4 - 3/23/2022 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Sprainbrook Nursery and/or Alfred H. Krautter for property located at 448 Underhill Rd. The Town’s share of the refund is $14,670±; the County’s share is $8,190±; the Bronx Valley Sewer District’s share is $1,080±; the Greenville Fire District’s share is $8,657±; the Edgemont Union Free School District’s share is $48,347±. Refunds from all sources total $80,945± ]
OF AUTHORIZING TAX TERTIARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER SPRAIN BOOK NURSERY AND, UM, OR ALFRED CROWDER FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 4 48 UNDERHILL ROAD.REFUNDS FROM ALL SOURCES TOTAL 80,945.
[ AT 5 - 3/23/2022 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner 519 Central Park, LLC for property located at 519 Central Park Avenue. The Town’s share of the refund is $16,214±; the County’s share is $10,788±; the Bronx Valley Sewer District’s share is $1,203±; the Greenville Fire District’s share is $9,505±; the Consolidated Sewer Mtc. District’s share is $582±; the Edgemont Union Free School District’s share is $53,588±. Refunds from all sources total $91,879±]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX TERTIARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER FIVE 19 CENTRAL PARK, L L C FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT FIVE 19 CENTRAL AVENUE REFUNDS FROM ALL SOURCES 91,879.[ AT 6 - 3/23/2022 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to enter into an Inter-Municipal Agreement with the Hartsdale Public Parking District (HPPD) to reimburse HPPD the costs of personnel and benefit expenses for a full-time parking enforcement officer and two part-time parking enforcement officers from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022, in an amount not to exceed $99,500]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TOWN SUPERVISOR TO ENTER INABLE AGREEMENT WITH THE HARTSDALE PUBLIC PARKING DISTRICT TO REIMBURSE THE, UH, HARTSDALE PUBLIC PARKING DISTRICT, THE COST OF PERSONNEL AND BENEFIT EXPENSES FOR A FULL-TIME PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AND TWO PART-TIME PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FROM JANUARY 1ST TO DECEMBER 31ST NOT TO EXCEED $99,500.[ AT 7 - 3/23/2022 Resolution authorizing settlement of Property Damage Related Claim, File No.: 08/22C by Eric Lederer, for an amount not to exceed $5,398.07]
AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF PROPERTY DAMAGE RELATED CLAIM BY ERIC LETTERER FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 5,398 AND 7 CENTS.[ AT 8 - 3/23/2022 Resolution authorizing settlement of Property Damage Related Claim, File No.: 137/21C by Allstate Insurance Company A/S/O Rosemary T. Brembs, for an amount not to exceed $6,137.80]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF PROPERTY DAMAGE RELATED CLAIM BY WALL STATE INSURANCE COMPANY FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $6,137 AND 80 CENTS.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ CL 1 - 3/23/2022 Resolution scheduling two (2) Public Hearings for April 13, 2022, at 7:30 PM, to consider (2) two agreements between the Town of Greenburgh and the Village of Elmsford to provide Fire Protection Services to Unincorporated area residents of the North Elmsford and West Elmsford Fire Protection Districts, respectively, for the year 2022]
SCHEDULING TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR APRIL 13TH TO CONSIDER TWO AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE TOWN OF GREENBERG IN VILLAGE OF ELMSFORD TO PROVIDE FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES TO UNINCORPORATED AREA RESIDENTS OF THE NORTH ELMSFORD AND WEST ELMSFORD FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICTS 2022.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT, THAT SECOND.
[ CO 1 - 3/23/2022 Resolution authorizing Fiscal Year 2021 budget transfers]
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YEAR, UM, 2021.[ CO 2 - 3/23/2022 Resolution authorizing Fiscal Year 2022 budget transfers]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING FISCAL YEAR 2022.[ CO 3 - 3/23/2022 Resolution amending the 2022 Town Entire Fund Budget to reflect the acceptance of the Justice Court Assistance Program (JCAP) Grant by resolution JC - 1 9/24/2021]
RESOLUTION AMENDING 2022 TOWN ENTIRE FUND, UM, BUDGET TO REFLECT THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE JUSTICE COURT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM BY RESOLUTION 9 24 2021.[ PO 1 - 3/23/2022 Resolution adopting the recommendations of the Greenburgh Police Department to make Robin Hill Road a one-way street Southbound from Mount Joy Avenue to Henry Street, amending Chapter 460 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh (Held over to Town Board Meeting of 4/13/2022)]
[ PO 2 - 3/23/2022 Resolution adopting the recommendations of the Greenburgh Police Department to make Robin Hill Road a one-way street Northbound from Mount Joy Avenue (West) to Mount Joy Avenue (East) amending Chapter 460 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh (Held over to Town Board Meeting of 4/13/2022)]
[ PO 3 - 3/23/2022 Resolution adopting the recommendations of the Greenburgh Police Department to make Mount Joy Avenue a one-way street Westbound from Old Army Road to the west intersection of Robin Hill amending Chapter 460 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh (Held over to Town Board Meeting of 4/13/2022)]
REQUEST OF THE TOWN BOARD.UM, I, UM, POSTED TODAY, UM, UM, INFORMATION ABOUT RESOLUTIONS PO 1, 2 3, UM, DEALING WITH, UM, UH, MAKING, UM, ROBIN HILL ONE WAY.
MOUNT JOY, UM, UM, ONE WAY STREET WESTBOUND FROM OLD ARMY ROAD, UM, YOU KNOW, MAKING ROUND HILL ROAD A ONE-WAY STREET NORTHBOUND FROM MOUNT JOY AVENUE WEST TO MOUNT JOY AVENUE EAST.
UM, AND I ALSO, SO THE BOARD IS HOLDING IT OVER TILL APRIL 13TH.
UM, I ALSO SENT, UM, UM, COPIES OF THE RESOLUTION TO, UM, THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE ON, UH, MOUNT JOY, UH, ROBIN HILL UNIT ROAD AND A VERY SMALL AREA, UH, NEAR OLD ARMY ROAD.
SO THAT, THAT WILL BE, PEOPLE WILL GET IT TOMORROW THE, OR THE DAY AFTER.
AND THEN WHEN WE GET BACK, UM, AND HAVE OUR NEXT WORK SESSION, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE HAD SOME COMMENTS.
WE'VE ALREADY GOTTEN A FEW COMMENTS.
DID YOU PUT OUT THE, UH, WHEN DID YOU PUT THAT OUT? DID YOU HAVE THE MOST RECENT MAP? 'CAUSE THEY DID A, A VERY NICE MAP.
YEAH, I BASICALLY, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE ARE COMMENTING, RIGHT? WE HAVE GARRETT'S, YOU KNOW, GARRETT'S MAP AND OKAY.
THE LETTERS WILL INCLUDE THE MAP THAT GARRETT DID.
UH, SO PO ONE, TWO AND THREE IS BEING HELD OVER, UM, RE PO
[ PO 4 - 3/23/2022 Resolution authorizing the Greenburgh Police Department to award bid for Various Medical Supplies to be used in 2022 to the lowest responsible bidder per item, at a total cost not to exceed $27,000]
FOUR RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT TO AWARD BID FOR VARIOUS MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO BE USED IN 2022 TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER PER ITEM AT A COST NOT TO EX EXCEED $27,000.[ PO 6 - 3/23/2022 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to execute a Letter of Intent with Westchester County and its Department of Community Mental Health and the Mental Health Association of Westchester to establish a Mobile Crisis Response Team serving the Town of Greenburgh (Held over to Town Board Meeting of 4/13/2022) ]
PO SIX IS BEING HELD OVER TO APRIL 13TH AND THAT'S EXECUTED LETTER OF INTENT WITH THE COUNTY AND IT'S DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION TO ESTABLISH A MOBILE CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM OBSERVING GREENBERG PAUL, I'M SORRY.UM, YOU SAID THAT ONE, TWO, AND THREE ARE BEING HELD OVER, RIGHT? WHO'S SECOND? P O FOUR.
THAT WAS DONE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE, THAT WAS DONE EARLIER TODAY.
WHO SECOND PLEASE? PO OH FIVE? YES.
SO THEN I'D LIKE TO MOVE EVERY ADJOURN.
THERE'S NO WORK SESSION NEXT WEEK IN THE TOWN BOARD NOW.
THERE ARE NO MEETINGS OF THE TOWN BOARD NEXT WEEK.