May 22, 2024 Town Board- Regular

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UH, WELCOME TARA GREENBERG, UH, TOWN BOARD MEETING.

TODAY IS, UH, MAY 22ND AFTER 7:30 PM AND WE'RE GONNA START

[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR RICHARD STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.

REMAIN STANDING PLEASE, AND WE HAVE A MOMENT

[ MOMENT OF SILENCE In memory of Lola Daniels Hunter, 92, who passed May 12, 2024. For 37 years, Lola was the Director of Westchester County Dept. of Social Services, earning her undergraduate and masters degrees during that time. She was the President of the White Plains/ Greenburgh Branch of the NAACP, and a Life Chair member. She was also a very active member of Bethel Baptist Church and was a longtime member of the Greenburgh Police Community Advisory Commission. She served as the treasurer of the North Elmford Civic Association and was a pillar of the civic association, always willing to lend a helping hand. The entire Greenburgh community mourns her loss. In memory of those killed in Ukraine due to the Russian invasion, and in memory of those who have perished in Israel and Gaza due to the terrorist attack by Hamas on October 7, 2023. We pray for a swift return of the hostages and for peace in the region.]

LOLA WAS DIRECTOR OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, EARNING HER UNDERGRADUATE AND MASTER'S DEGREE.

DURING THAT TIME, SHE WAS PRESIDENT OF THE WHITE PLAINS GREENBERG BRANCH OF THE N-A-A-C-P AND A LIFE CHAIR MEMBER.

SHE WAS ALSO A VERY ACTIVE MEMBER OF BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH AND WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE GREENBURG POLICE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMISSION.

SHE SERVED AS TREASURER OF THE NORTH ELMSFORD CIVIC ASSOCIATION AND WAS A PILLAR OF THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION, ALWAYS WILLING TO LEND A HELPING HAND THE ENTIRE GREENBURG COMMUNITY, UH, MORE IN HER LOSS.

AND I'D JUST LIKE TO MENTION THAT WHEN I WAS A COUNTY LEGISLATOR, UM, I WORKED WITH LOLA, UH, PROBABLY DAILY AND OF THE MANY, UH, PUBLIC OFFICIALS THAT I'VE WORKED WITH, NO ONE COMES CLOSE AT EITHER THE FEDERAL, STATE, COUNTY, OR LOCAL LEVELS PROVIDING AS EXCEPTIONAL, UM, CONSTITUENT SERVICES AS, UM, AS SHE DID.

I'LL NEVER FORGET, THERE WAS A WOMAN, HER NAME WAS MARGARET CHUMA, AND SHE WAS BLIND, DISABLED, CONFINED TO A WHEELCHAIR, AND THEY WERE GONNA SEND HER TO A NURSING HOME.

AND SHE HAD A 16-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, AND SHE DIDN'T WANT TO GO TO THE NURSING HOME.

AND LOLA FIGURED OUT A WAY.

THERE WAS LIKE A LOOPHOLE IN THE LAW, AND SHE GOT, UH, THE WOMAN A HOME CARE AID.

UM, AND ANOTHER TIME SHE SAVED SOMEBODY $35,000 FIGURING OUT ANOTHER LOOPHOLE IN, UM, IN THE LAW.

AND THEN I HAD FORMED A, WHEN I WAS A LEGISLATOR, A GROUP TO HAVE A HEART FOR THE HOMELESS COMMITTEE.

AND WE, UM, HELP FAMILIES AVOID EVICTIONS.

AND SOMETIMES SHE GOT ANGRY AT ME FOR GIVING HELP TO PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T DESERVE IT.

OTHER TIMES, SHE, UH, TOLD ME TO, UH, HELP SOMEBODY.

AND I'LL NEVER FORGET ONE PERSON WHO SHE RECOMMENDED THAT WE HELP, UM, NOT ONLY PAID BACK A LOAN, BUT GAVE $500 ON TOP OF IT.

SO SHE WAS REALLY EXTRAORDINARY.

UM, JUST AN AMAZING, UH, YOU KNOW, PERSON.

SHE WAS TOUGH, SHE WAS SMART.

UH, SHE WAS CIVIC MINDED, AND SHE WILL DEFINITELY, UH, YOU KNOW, BE, UH, YOU KNOW, BE BEST.

AND, YOU KNOW, SHE REALLY MADE FOR ME LIKE AN ENORMOUS IMPACT ON MY, UH, ON MY LIFE BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, NOBODY KNEW THE LAW BETTER THAN HER.

AND SHE KNEW EVERY SINGLE LOOPHOLE, ESPECIALLY WITH SOCIAL SERVICES.

AND SHE HELPED HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE, UM, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.

SHE WAS A MODEL PUBLIC SERVANT.

AND ALSO IN MEMORY OF THOSE KILLED IN UKRAINE, DUE TO THE RUSSIAN INVASION.

AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE HAVE PERISHED IN ISRAEL AND GAZA DUE TO THE TERRORIST ATTACKS BY HAMAS ON OCTOBER 7TH, WE PRAY FOR A SWIFT RETURN OF THE HOSTAGES AND FOR PEACE IN THE REGION.

THANK YOU.

AND NOW WE, UM, ARE VERY, UH, THE ROLL CALL.

[ ROLL CALL: Town Clerk]

THAT'S RIGHT.

ALRIGHT.

ROLL CALL SUPERVISOR.

PAUL FINER HERE.

COUNCILMAN FRANCIS SHEEN.

PRESENT.

COUNCILWOMAN GINA JACKSON, PRESENT COUNCILWOMAN JOY HABER.

PRESENT.

COUNCILWOMAN ELLEN HENDRICKS, PRESENT AND ATTORNEY JOSEPH DANKO PRESENT.

GREAT.

UM,

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UM, AND, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY IT'S A GREAT STRESS REDUCTION FOR, UM, FOR THE SENIORS BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE WORRIED IF THERE'S AN EMERGENCY, FIRST RESPONDERS WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO, UM, HELP THEM IF THEY DID NOT HAVE A DRIVEWAY THAT WAS CLEAR ABOUT A SNOWER OR A, A WALKWAY.

SO, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY FIVE OR FIVE OR SIX YEARS AGO, UM, I FELT THAT, UH, THE STUDENTS COULD DO A BETTER JOB ORGANIZING THIS THAN ME, AND I WAS RIGHT.

UM, AND, UM, EVERY YEAR AND RECENT YEARS, UM, IT'S GOTTEN BETTER AND, AND BETTER.

WE HAVE A NETWORK OF, UH, STUDENTS WHO, YOU KNOW, HAVE HELPED.

AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WILL EMAIL US, CALL US, AND

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SO I HAVE CERTIFICATES FOR, UM, UH, THE HONOREES AND REALLY WANT TO THANK, UM, EVERYONE, UM, WHO HAS HELPED THIS PAST WINTER.

ALTHOUGH IT DIDN'T SNOW A LOT, IT DID SNOW, UH, SOMETIMES.

AND THIS IS ALSO LIKE AN INSURANCE POLICY.

YOU, UH, WE'RE, WE KNOW WE COULD DEPEND ON THE STUDENTS IF IT SNOWS OR IF IT DOESN'T, UH, SNOW.

UM, AND, UH, SO I'LL GO DOWN AND, AND THEN, UH, RECOGNIZE THE STUDENTS AND JUST REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR FOR OTHERS.

YOU KNOW, I WAS THINKING ALSO TODAY, WE READ IN THE PAPERS, ALL THESE BIG NEWS STORIES AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, OVER THE PAST YEAR OR SO, WE RECOGNIZE A LOT OF STUDENTS, UM, WHO ARE DOING REALLY GOOD.

SO I THINK THE FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHT AND, UH, THE NEXT GENERATION IS GONNA BE PROBABLY BETTER THAN ANY GENERATION IN THE PAST, IF WE COULD JUDGE IT BY THE STUDENTS WHO WE'VE BEEN RECOGNIZING.

WE HAVE A LOT OF FANTASTIC, UH, YOUNG PEOPLE.

AND I THINK YOU'RE GONNA MAKE A, A GREAT, UM, POSITIVE, UH, IMPACT ON, UH, ON THE WORLD.

UM, SO FIRST I'D LIKE TO, UH, THANK NOAH CIPHER.

NOAH AND NOAH, UH, WAS THE LEADER OF THE SNOW ANGELS AND ALSO HELPED OUT WITH THE LANDSCAPE ANGELS.

DO YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING? SURE.

I CAN SAY SOMETHING.

HE'S PREPARED.

HE'S ALWAYS PREPARED.

UM, YEAH, I MEAN, I JUST, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME THROUGH LEADING THE PROGRAM FOR THE LAST YOU YEAR.

UM, OBVIOUSLY YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT WE DO.

WE HELP ELDERLY, DISABLED MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY OTHERS TO HELP WITH THEIR LANDSCAPING, UM, AND SNOW REMOVAL.

UM, THIS YEAR WE DID HELP OVER 65, UH, PEOPLE, WHICH THAT'S GREAT.

YEAH, I MEAN, THAT'S REALLY AWESOME.

65 DIFFERENT MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT GOT THE HELP THAT THEY NEEDED, WHICH FOR US, IT'S EASY.

I MEAN, WE JUST DRIVE OVER THERE AND SHOVEL A LITTLE BIT, BUT FOR THEM, IT REALLY TRULY MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE.

I MEAN, WE'VE HAD PEOPLE WHO HAD DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS AND PLACES THAT THEY NEEDED TO GO THAT THEY COULDN'T WITHOUT US.

SO JUST, YOU KNOW, IT MAKES US FEEL GOOD KNOWING THAT WE CAN HELP THEM OUT WHEN THEY NEED IT.

UM, AND OBVIOUSLY WE GOT A LOT OF GUYS OUT HERE.

UM, THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT, SO YEAH, WE'RE GONNA JUST KEEP DOING THE, DOING WHAT WE DO.

HOW ABOUT SCHOOL? ARE YOU GONNA BE ? UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND? HOW ARE YOU? IT SNOWS THERE ALSO, RIGHT? .

UM, AND I'D JUST LIKE TO ALSO THANK YOU BECAUSE EVERY TIME, UM, UM, IT SNOWED, PEOPLE WOULD EMAIL ME AND, UM, I WOULD CALL YOU AND THEN THE DRIVEWAY WAS CLEARED, AND THEN PEOPLE WOULD WRITE ME A THANK YOU LETTER.

AND MEANWHILE, I WAS HOME AND COMFORT .

UM, BUT, UH, SO I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR, UH, MAKING US LOOK GOOD.

UM, AND JOEY BILAR.

OKAY.

OKAY.

AND ALEX SHAPIRO.

ALEX IS GONNA BE THE INCOMING, UH, SNOW ANGEL QUARTER.

SO I'M GONNA BE CALLING YOU IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.

ALSO.

, DO YOU WANT A SECOND? I CAN SAY A COUPLE WORDS ABOUT WHAT YOU PLAN TO DO.

WELL, UH, NOAH LEFT US IN GREAT HANDS.

AND I FEEL LIKE THE, THE PROGRAM IS, THERE'S A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS, AND I THINK WE'RE ALL, JUST, HONESTLY, I THINK WE'RE LUCKY TO GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THESE PEOPLE'S LIVES BETTER AND EASIER AND IMPROVE, BUT, AND, AND JUST LIKE, GIVE THEM A BIG, BIG HELP.

AND GOING FORWARD, I THINK WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS EXPAND THE PROGRAM EVEN MORE, GET MORE AND MORE VOLUNTEERS.

I KNOW, UH, THERE'S OTHER, THERE'S OTHER COORDINATORS FROM OTHER TOWNS THAT ARE GOING TO INCREASE THE WEB OF PEOPLE WORKING.

AND HOPEFULLY WHEN WE COME BACK NEXT YEAR, THE LIST OF CERTIFICATES IS TWICE AS LONG.

SO NEXT YEAR AT THIS TIME, THE MEETING'S GONNA BE LONGER.

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THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA HOLD YOU TO THAT.

WE ALSO HAVE JONATHAN GURA.

THANK YOU.

AND ZACH PHILLIPS.

THANK YOU.

GREAT.

REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

AND JOSEPH SIEGEL

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CAN I GET THANKS A LOT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GREAT.

AND TY NAKAMURA, AND THEY'VE NOT, NOT ONLY HELPED, UH, THE SENIORS, BUT ALSO RESIDENTS OF DISABILITIES.

UM, HUDSON, UH, MOLO AND MACK LYONS.

KEVIN LYONS.

LYONS, ALEX HEMSTEAD, CJ STEINBERG, THEY'RE ALL STUDYING RIGHT? FOR THE FINALS.

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DANIEL COKER, WESLEY COKER, FIONA STERN, GRACE LIT CARTY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

GREAT, THANKS.

AND NATE MOSCOWITZ.

THANK YOU.

SHANE SPEC.

THANK YOU.

AND NICK, UH, GROTTOS AND CAMERON AND SIEGEL ARE GONNA BE, UH, HELPING PROVIDE LEADERSHIP, UH, UM, THIS COMING YEAR.

AND THEY'RE HERE.

LEMME GIVE, IF YOU HAVE UPDATES TO THE LIST OR THINK THAT THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO SHOULD NOT BE ON, LET US KNOW.

SO THANK YOU.

THEY'LL ALL HELP.

OH, THEY DID.

OKAY, GREAT.

OKAY, GREAT.

IF PEOPLE WANNA VOLUNTEER, IS THERE ANY, UM, IS THERE ANY LIKE, FORM THAT THEY COULD FILL OUT OR, YOU KNOW, HOW WOULD THEY GO ABOUT IT? I BELIEVE IT'S ON THE WEBSITE.

OKAY.

SO I, WHAT WE'LL DO, WE'LL USE THE SAME LINK THAT WE'VE USED THIS YEAR.

YEAH.

TERRIFIC.

SO I'LL POST, I'LL DO LIKE A YOUTUBE OF THIS AND THEN I'LL POST, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS PRESENTATION WITH THE LINK TO VOLUNTEER.

GREAT.

THANK YOU.

NEXT, UH, UM, DOES ANY BOARD MEMBER HAVE ANYTHING THAT THEY WANT TO SAY ABOUT ANYTHING OR THE TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE? WANT MENTION ANYTHING? NO.

NOPE.

THAT'S GOOD.

UH,

[ 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. There will not be a second five minute round. Any written comments sent to PublicComment@GreenburghNY.com by 6 PM the day of the hearing 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.]

OUR FIRST SPEAKER WOULD BE SIDNEY COLLINS.

FOR EACH SPEAKER, UH, WE'LL HAVE ONE ROUND PUBLIC COMMENT, FIVE MINUTES PER SPEAKER.

WE HAVE CLOCKS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROOM.

AND AS ALWAYS, UH, WE ASK THAT EVERYONE'S ENCOURAGED TO SPEAK.

HOWEVER, PERSONAL ATTACKS OF ANY KIND TOWARDS ANYONE WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.

THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING.

UM, PLEASE EXCUSE THE GLASSES.

I HAVE MY EYES DILATED.

I CAN'T SEE.

I HAVE MY NOTES, BUT I CAN'T SEE 'EM TO READ .

UM, SO LOOK, I CAN REMEMBER SECRET MOST OF THIS STUFF.

SECRET SERVICE, LIKE A SECRET SERVICE OR SOMETHING.

YEAH, YEAH.

SO MY MAIN CONCERN OR ISSUE IS I WANT TO KNOW WHO'S RESPONSIBLE AND HOW CAN THEY GO ABOUT GETTING NEW TOWN BUSES.

DON'T ANSWER THE QUESTION YET, BECAUSE YOU WANNA TAKE MY TIME.

LET ME FINISH.

UM, THOSE BUSES, UH, THAT THIS CENTER, RICK, TDY CCUS AND SOUS RC PARKS YOUTH ARE TERRIBLE.

THEY'RE IN BAD SHAPE.

THEY KEEP SAYING THAT THEY'RE GOOD, THEY KEEP GOING BACK FOR SERVICE.

BUT HOW OFTEN CAN YOU KEEP GOING, TAKING SOMETHING BACK AND GET SERVICE AND, 'CAUSE IT'S GONNA EVENTUALLY BREAK DOWN.

LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, LAST WEEK I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HERE AT THE BOARD MEETING, BUT I WAS ON A SENIOR BUS CENTER BUS WITH SOME SENIORS THAT BROKE DOWN DOWN ON WEST 45TH STREET.

MY ISSUE THERE IS, THANK GOD IT WAS JUST SMOKE.

WHAT IF THE BUS WOULD'VE CAUGHT ON FIRE? AND THOSE SENIORS ARE STUCK THERE ON THE BUS.

WHAT IF THE SENIORS, WHAT IF THE BUS WOULD'VE BROKE DOWN ON THE HIGHWAY? WHERE'S THE SENIORS SUPPOSED TO GO? NOW, SOME OF THE SENIORS, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHO TAKES CARE OF 'EM OR WHO DOES THEIR MAINTENANCE OR WHATEVER, BUT YOU GUYS DON'T REALIZE THEY'RE UNCOMFORTABLE.

'CAUSE YOU GUYS, NOBODY UP IN THE UPPER CLASS OR ALL THOSE DON'T RIDE THOSE BUSES.

THE

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AND THAT'S WHO WE NEED TO BE LOOKING OUT FOR.

BECAUSE IF SOMETHING WAS TO HAPPEN, GOD FORBID IT'S GONNA BE A PROBLEM.

MM-HMM.

, WE DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN.

SO YOU NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THAT ISSUE NOW BEFORE IT GETS WORSE.

UM, WHEN THE GUY CAME TO PICK US UP, FOR INSTANCE, I'VE BEEN ON PLENTY OF THE BUSES.

EVEN THE MINIVANS, THE LIFT ONE TIME WE GO PICK SENIORS UP IN THE MORNING, BRING TO THE SENIOR PROGRAM, WE GO PICK UP SENIOR UP, WHO NEEDS A LIFT? THE LIFT WOULDN'T WORK.

PUT THE, PUT THE UH, VAN IN THE SHOP FOR TWO WEEKS, COME BACK FOR TWO DAYS AND YOU GOTTA PUT IT RIGHT BACK.

SO YOU CAN'T KEEP PUTTING A BANDAID ON A OLD WOUND BECAUSE IT'S NOT HEALING.

AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING FOR THOSE TOWN BUSES.

THEY BEEN IN OPERATION FOR YEARS AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE BEFORE SOMETHING MAJOR HAPPENS.

UM, AND JUST LIKE WHEN THEY CAME TO PICK US UP FROM, UH, WEST 45TH STREET, WHEN WE HAD A BUSLOAD OF SENIORS THAT BUS THE SMOKE, THEY WERE SCARED.

I WAS EVEN NERVOUS, BUT I WAS JUST LIKE, THANK GOD.

I WAS LIKE PRAYING, BUT BECAUSE ALL OF A SUDDEN IT JUST, ALL THIS SMOKE AND I'M TRYING TO GET THEM OFF.

AND THEY WAS LIKE, AND YOU KNOW, SOMEONE GOT CANS AND SOMETHING GOT THIS.

SO IT WASN'T JUST, THANK GOD WE WAS STILL ON WEST 45TH STREET.

LIKE I SAID, BECAUSE HAD WE BEEN ON A HIGHWAY, WHAT WAS I GONNA DO WITH ALL THOSE SENIORS THERE? AND THE BUSES STUCK.

THEN WE HAD TO WAIT OVER AN HOUR AND A HALF BEFORE SOMEBODY CAME TO PICK US UP.

WHEN THAT BUS CAME TO PICK US UP ON THE WAY BACK ON THE HIGHWAY THAT BUS DOOR WAS OPENING.

WHAT KINDA, AND THEY SAY THESE BUSES HAVE BEEN SERVICED.

WHAT KIND OF SERVICE ARE THEY GETTING? SO THE TOWN BUSES, SO THE TOWN NEEDS TO INVESTIGATE.

'CAUSE LIKE I SAID, THE SHOCKS ARE TERRIBLE.

YOU RIDE THOSE BUSES.

'CAUSE YOU GUYS, Y'ALL NEED TO TAKE A TRIP ONE DAY ON THOSE BUSES AND SEE HOW IT IS TO GO FROM HERE.

Y'ALL MIGHT GO ON A LITTLE, A LITTLE SPACE, BUT TO TAKE A TRIP, WE GO TO THE CITY WITH THE SENIORS, THE KIDS GO TO THE CITY, THE KIDS GO AND THE CAMPUS IS GETTING READY TO START.

THEY'RE GONNA BE USING, SO THOSE BUSES SOMETIMES, BUT WE USE THE BUSES ALL THE TIME FOR THE SENIORS.

AND IF WHAT IT WAS ONE TIME WHEN THE LIFT DIDN'T WORK, WE HAD TO USE THE BIG, BIG VAN BUS TO GO PICK UP A SENIOR.

WE COULDN'T EVEN PICK UP THE SENIOR BECAUSE THE BUS COULDN'T FIT WHERE THE SENIOR LIT.

SO THAT SENIOR COULDN'T LOST THE ADVANTAGE TO COME TO A PROGRAM.

AND THAT'S NOT FAIR TO A SENIOR.

SO THAT'S MY CONCERN ABOUT THE BUS.

I KNOW I HAVE MORE, BUT I CAN'T THINK RIGHT NOW.

UH, 'CAUSE I GOT MY NOTES.

BUT MY ISSUE IS THOSE BUSES, SO Y'ALL AS UP, UP THERE, Y'ALL NEED TO TAKE A CHANCE AND GO ON THOSE BUSES AND SEE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

THOSE SHOCKS, THE SMELL, WHEN THEY STOP ON THE BRAKES, THE BRAKES ARE TERRIBLE.

NOT ONLY THE BUSES, THE MINIVANS AND THE MINI BUSES, ALL OF THEM, THEY NEED A MAJOR OVERHAUL.

BUT WE'RE HAVING A CAP, THE CAPITAL BUDGET, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT NOW.

SO, UM, I THINK MAYBE WHAT THE TOWN BOARD SHOULD DO IS, UM, ASK, UM, TERRANCE, UM, AND THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND OUR REPAIR SHOP TO, UH, MEET WITH US ON TUESDAY.

AND THEN WE, YOU KNOW, THIS COMING TUESDAY, AND WE COULD DISCUSS THIS BECAUSE THIS MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT, UM, WE SHOULD BE ADDING, UH, TO THE CAPITAL.

YOU KNOW WHAT THEY, THEY GONNA, THEY PROBABLY SAY NEW NOW THEY CONSIDER SOMETHING NEW THAT COMES FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE THAT'S COMING TO THE CENTER.

SO THAT'S DUE TO THEM.

THAT'S JUST LIKE GETTING A USED CAR.

NO.

WELL, BECAUSE NOBODY ELSE USED IT.

YOU DIDN'T USE IT BEFORE SOMEBODY ELSE USED IT.

SO YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GETTING BECAUSE I WE'RE, I FOLLOW UP.

WE ARE GONNA FOLLOW UP WITH THAT.

IT'S TERRIBLE.

THAT'S, THAT'S UNDERSTOOD.

UNDERSTOOD.

TOTALLY.

THAT'S TERRIBLE.

SENIORS AND KIDS ARE STAKE HERE.

ABSOLUTELY.

OKAY, WE'RE GONNA THANK YOU.

CAN WE, I WE DON'T BUY USED.

NO, I THINK WE SHOULD JUST, UH, PUT THIS ON FOR THE TUESDAY'S WORK SESSION.

WOULD THAT BE? UM, AND THEN HAVE TERRANCE AND, UH, RICH AND UM, UM, I'D SAY THE REPAIR SHOP, UH, YOU KNOW, AND JUST TALKING ABOUT THE, BECAUSE I'VE GOTTEN OTHER COMPLAINTS FROM RESIDENTS ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THE BUSES.

UM, YOU KNOW, SO I KNOW THAT IT'S AN ISSUE WHEN, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD AS A BOARD, YOU KNOW, ADDRESS AND SEE IF WE WANT TO, UM, INCLUDE IT.

RIGHT.

JOE, COULD YOU MOVE THE MONITOR FORWARD SO THAT IT DOESN'T BLOCK THE CLOCK? YES, THANK YOU.

LET'S, OKAY.

ANYBODY ELSE? THAT'S FINE.

THAT'S FINE.

YEAH.

OUR SECOND SPEAKER WILL BE THE HONORABLE JUDITH VILLE.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

TO OUR LISTENING AND VIEWING AND VIEWING AUDIENCE.

I'M JUDITH BEVILLE, FORMER TOWN CLERK, 2008 TO 2023.

AND I'M HERE THIS EVENING TO ADDRESS, UH, UH, A CONCERN THAT, UM, UH,

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IT HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT, UM, ONE OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, UH, HAS MADE COMMENTS, UM, NEGATIVE COMMENTS ABOUT ME, UM, AT, UH, THE COUNCIL OF GREENBERG CIVIC ASSOCIATION MEETINGS WITH REGARDS TO, UM, NOT FOLLOWING THROUGH WITH FOUR REQUESTS.

UM, IT IS SUCH AN ABSURD STATEMENT.

UH, COUNCILMAN SHEEN.

UM, BECAUSE ANYONE WHO HAS BEEN HERE OVER THE COURSE OF MY TENURE OVER THE PAST 15 YEARS, UH, KNOWS THAT, UM, I FOUGHT EXTREMELY HARD TO HOLD DEPARTMENT HEADS ACCOUNTABLE FOR RESPONDING TO FOIL REQUESTS IN A TIMELY MANNER.

AND TO OUR PUBLIC FOIL STANDS FOR FREEDOM OF INFORMATION LAW REQUEST.

THE FIRST DEADLINE FOR RESPONDING TO A FOIL REQUEST IS FIVE BUSINESS DAYS.

I HAVE NUMEROUS DOCUMENTS, DOCUMENTATION, UM, FO UM, E EMAIL DOCUMENTATION, UM, UH, TO THE EFFECT OF REACHING OUT TO DEPARTMENT HEADS AS WELL AS TO TOWN BOARD MEMBERS REQUESTING THAT THEY HOLD THE DEPARTMENT HEADS ACCOUNTABLE FOR RESPONDING TO FALL REQUESTS IN A TIMELY MANNER.

WHEN I HEARD THAT THIS PARTICULAR COUNCILMAN SHEEN HAD MADE COMMENTS ON A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS AT THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION MEETINGS, CLAIMING THAT THE FORMER TOWN CLERK DID NOT RESPOND TO FALL REQUESTS IN A TIMELY MANNER, I CONTACTED THE NEW YORK STATE ASSOCIATION OF TOWNS AS WELL AS THE NEW YORK STATE COMMITTEE ON OPEN GOVERNMENT, THE TWO MAIN AUTHORITIES THAT I CONTACTED, UM, DURING MY TENURE AND MY EFFORTS TO HOLD THIS TOWN, THIS MUNICIPALITY ACCOUNTABLE FOR RESPONDING TO FO REQUESTS ON A TIMELY MANNER.

I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY BOTH THAT ANY FOIL REQUESTS FROM A, FROM A RESIDENT FOILING EMAILS THAT THE TOWN CLERK JUDITH BEVILLE SENT TO THE TOWN BOARD DURING HER 15 YEARS REQUIRING AND RE REQUESTING THAT DEPARTMENT HEADS BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR RESPONDING IN A TIMELY MANNER MUST BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.

SO I, AGAIN, I'M HERE TO, TO SHARE AND TO DOCUMENT THE FACT THAT THROUGHOUT MY TENURE, THROUGHOUT MY TENURE, RESPONDING TO FOUR REQUESTS WAS A NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.

AND SO, FOR ANYONE TO MAKE A COMMENT THAT THE FORMER TOWN CLERK DID NOT HANDLE FOUR REQUESTS PROPERLY OR DID NOT RE RESPOND TO THEM IN A, IN A TIMELY MANNER, IS A LIE, A LIE, A BIG LIE.

AND, UM, I, SO I, I JUST WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT, AND THERE'S DOCUMENTED EVIDENCE TO THE CONTRARY.

ALSO, WHILE I HAVE A FEW MORE SECONDS AVAILABLE TO ME, UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE, UH, INTERNSHIP PROGRAM WILL BE STARTING UP THIS SUMMER.

AND AS EVERYONE KNOWS THAT THE GREENBURG TOWN HALL SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM WAS FOUNDED BY JUDITH BEVILLE, PAUL FINER, AND TIM LEWIS, FORMER TOWN ATTORNEY.

AND IT WAS RUN FOR 15 YEARS HERE AT GREENBURG TOWN HALL.

AND IF I CAN BE OF ANY ASSISTANCE, UM, WITH THE PROGRAM, I AM AVAILABLE.

THANK YOU.

COULD I ASK YOU, WHAT COULD I ASK? WHAT MEETING DATES? I MADE THOSE COMMENTS ALLEGEDLY, BECAUSE THE COUNCIL OF CIVIC ASSOCIATION KEEPS DETAILED MINUTES.

I, I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT MEETING DATES.

I'VE ONLY BEEN TOLD THIS, UM, BY MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION, WHICH MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION, I DO NOT THROW PEOPLE UNDER THE BUS AND I WILL NOT REVEAL THEIR NAMES AT THIS MEETING.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

HOWEVER, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I WOULD NOT MAKE SUCH A STATEMENT

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WELL, THE COUNCIL OF SIGMA ASSOCIATIONS KEEPS VERY, VERY DETAILED MINUTES WRITTEN BY ELLA PRIZER.

SO IF YOU COULD GO THROUGH THOSE MINUTES AND COME BACK THE NEXT MEETING AT WHAT MEETING THIS ALLEGEDLY OCCURRED, IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL TO ME AND TO EVERYBODY ELSE TO SEE WHO'S LYING.

SHE DOESN'T GOTTA GO OUT THERE.

ALL RIGHT, OUR THIRD SPEAKER IS MURRAY BODEN.

IF THINGS DON'T COME OUT THE WAY, I HOPE THEY COME OUT, IT'S BECAUSE I'M DEALING WITH THE EARLY STAGES OF DEMENTIA AND I'M STUDYING IT.

AND I FOUND OUT THAT DISCUSSING IT IN PUBLIC, I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE.

AND ONE OF THE WAYS THAT YOU SLOW IT DOWN IS TO DO NEW AND DIFFERENT THINGS.

I CAME HERE TONIGHT TO DISCUSS EDGE BOND AND THE MISINFORMATION THAT'S OUT THERE.

I LOOKED IT UP AND I WANTED TO KNOW HOW IT CAME ABOUT THAT THAT WAS EXCLUDED FROM THE REST OF THE STATE.

ANDREA STEWART COUSINS HAD THE STATE BUDGET TO PASS.

SHE DIDN'T HAVE THE VOTES.

SO IN ORDER TO BUY THE VOTES, SHE NEEDED, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY, A DOZEN, TWO DOZEN, THREE DOZEN PEOPLE CAME AND SAID, I NEED THIS FOR MY DISTRICT.

YOU GIMME THIS FOR MY DISTRICT SO I CAN GO BACK HOME AND GET ELECTED.

YOU GOT MY VOTE.

ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WAS AMY POLLIN, WHO REPRESENTS EDGEMONT, AND SHE SAID TO, THIS IS RECORDED.

THIS CAN BE SEEN AND CHECKED.

I DON'T HAVE TO DO THE CHECKING ANYMORE IF I FOUND IT, YOU CAN FIND THAT.

SO THE DEAL WAS MADE.

AMY POLAND GOT THE CARVE OUT FOR EDGEMONT FROM THAT NEW LAW WHERE EVERY, EVERYBODY HAS TO DO THE SAME.

RIMSKY WAS CLOSED OUT OF ANY DISCUSSION BEFORE THAT WAS IN THE BUDGET.

SHE FOUND OUT SHE WAS BLINDSIDED AND FOUND OUT ABOUT IT.

AT THE BUDGET CAME OUT, I FOUND A DOCUMENTATION FOR IT, AND IF I CAN FIND IT, IT'S OUT THERE.

YOU CAN FIND IT TOO.

EVERY ONE OF MY EMAILS SAYS, DON'T TRUST WHAT I SAY.

DO IT YOURSELF.

GO OUT THERE AND LOOK FOR IT.

SO TO SAY THAT SHAMSKY VOTED FOR EDGEMONT IS ABSOLUTELY NOT TRUE.

SHE VOTED FOR THE BUDGET.

PART OF THE BUDGET WAS EDGEMONT AND A LOT OF OTHER THINGS WHERE VARIOUS PEOPLE GOT WHAT THEY NEEDED TO TAKE BACK TO THEIR CONSTITUENCY SO THEY COULD GET REELECTED.

BERG DESCRIBED IT VERY EASY, QUICKLY.

THAT'S HOW SOURCES JUST MADE.

I KNOW IT.

AND MOST OF YOU KNOW IT, MOST OF THEM DON'T KNOW IT.

THIS IS CALLED POLITICS.

POLITICS, POLITICS IS THE ART OF THE DEAL.

FAMOUS BOOK WRITTEN BY SOMEBODY WHO'S AROUND.

SO THINK ABOUT IT.

THE ACQUISITIONS ARE COMING FROM TOM ABERNATHY.

THAT'S ANOTHER STORY.

HE USED TO REPRESENT US, AND HE MADE THE MISTAKE OF DISSING GOVERNOR CUOMO, YOU ALL KNOW, YOU DON'T DIS THE GUY WHO WRITES THE CHECKS.

HE AIN'T SMART.

SO THE HOTEL TAX THAT GREENBERG NEEDED FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS WAS HELD UP AT LEAST FIVE YEARS BECAUSE ABERNATHY DIS ANDI CUOMO.

NOW IS THAT TRUE? YOU CAN GOOGLE IT AND YOU CAN FIND OUT.

AND YOU, PAUL, YOU WERE HERE.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WERE HERE FRANCIS, WHY THAT WAS HELD UP SO MANY YEARS.

THAT'S THE REASON.

AND SO ALL OF THE MAILS THAT HE'S PUTTING OUT, HALF OF THEM ARE NOT TRUE.

I STAND HERE AND I MAKE SURE IT'S ON THE RECORD, EASILY FOUND.

EVERY ONE OF MY EMAILS SAYS, TRUST NOTHING.

I SAY, LOOK IT UP YOURSELF.

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I DON'T DO THAT ANYMORE.

I'M NOT DOING THE WORK FOR YOU GUYS.

AND FOR ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO'VE HELPED ME OVER THE YEARS, I COULDN'T HAVE DONE THIS ALONE.

I'VE BEEN TAUGHT BY A LOT OF VERY, VERY, VERY NICE PEOPLE.

I THANK THEM ALL.

I WON'T BE AROUND IN DOING THIS MUCH LONGER.

I'M FAILING.

WHICH ONE'S GONNA TAKE ME OUT FIRST? I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GONNA BE A WRONG WAY DRIVER OR I JUST WEAR OUT.

BUT EVERY MEETING I GO TO, I'M LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO FOLLOW UP ON THE SUGGESTIONS FOR SAFETY ON THE ROAD.

I MAKE EACH OF YOU RESPONSIBLE WHEN YOU DRIVE TO LOOK AND SEE IF THEY MAKE SENSE.

YOU KNOW, IF THE WHITE'S ON THE RIGHT, JUST, IT'S YOUR RIGHT SIDE OF YOUR ROAD.

BUT RIGHT YELLOW IS NOT ALWAYS ON YOUR LEFT.

AND IT'S TIME THAT WAS CONSISTENT BECAUSE OF SELF-DRIVING CARS.

I RESPECT YOUR CLOCK.

THANK ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO'VE HELPED ME ALL THESE YEARS.

I COULD NOT DONE DONE THIS BY MYSELF.

YOU, YOUR, YOUR SIGN IN FRONT OF YOU IS, IS INACCURATE.

YOU'RE NOT LISA, I DON'T THINK.

, .

THANK YOU, MURRAY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MURRAY.

IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU.

OUR FOURTH SPEAKER IS, UH, PAT WILLIAMS. IS THERE A FIFTH? YES.

LET, OKAY.

OKAY.

TAKE YOUR TIME.

NO, I'M READY.

.

BISHOP PRESTON SAYS, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU ANYTIME I'M HERE.

IT'S A PROBLEM.

JOY, I'M SORRY.

MISSED YOU COMING IN.

THAT'S OKAY.

TRY TO STAY AS INDEPENDENT AS YOU HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

NOW I'M GONNA PUT MY CANE TALKING TO THE MIC.

SHE'S GETTING SETTLED.

NAH, IT'S NOT GONNA WORK.

CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME? GO UP A UP A LITTLE BIT, PAT, JUST UP CLOSER TO YOUR THERE.

THERE YOU GO.

THERE YOU GO.

YEP.

BUT, SO YOU CAN'T MOVE THIS AND I CANNOT STAND UP STRAIGHT YET.

NO, I'M GOOD.

THAT'LL WORK.

THAT'LL WORK.

NEED A CHAIR.

THAT'LL WORK.

UM, OKAY, I, UM, TYPED THIS UP BECAUSE I KNOW I GET, ONCE I START, I CONTINUE TO GO.

FIRST I WISH TO DISCUSS THE MURAL ON MANHATTAN AVENUE IN THE FAIRVIEW SECTION OF UNINCORPORATED GREENBERG.

TWO YEARS HAVE PASSED AND, UH, THIS TOPIC HAS NOT BEEN PLACED ON A TOWN BOARD AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION.

IT'S TIME.

SUPERVISOR STEINER STATED THAT HE HAD RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THREE JEWISH PEOPLE WHO DID NOT WANT TO, UM, WANT THE FACE OF MINISTER FARRAKHAN TO BE INCLUDED ON THE MURAL BECAUSE HE FELT, BECAUSE THEY FELT HE WAS ANTISEMITIC.

UM, THREE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO ANYTHING THAT COVERS EVERYTHING.

THE, UH, OPINION OF THREE PEOPLE IS NOT SUFFICIENT FOR DELAYING THE PROGRESS OF THE MURAL WITHOUT OFFERING ANY PROOF OF ANTISEMITISM.

THE NAMES OF THE, OF THESE JEWISH PEOPLE, UM, WHO SUPPOSEDLY WROTE THE LETTER THAT HAS NEVER BEEN PLACED ON RECORD THAT I KNOW OF PAUL FINER.

YOU HAD, YOU WERE THE ONE THAT READ.

YOU DIDN'T READ THE LETTER.

IT WAS AFTER YOU MADE THE STATEMENT THAT THE TOWN BOARD WOULD NOT HAVE ANY LETTERS READ, BUT EVERYBODY MUST COME IN AND DO IT OR DO IT, I THINK VIA ZOOM.

BUT YOU READ, BUT YOU CAME AND STATED THIS.

THESE ARE FACTS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU STATED BLATANTLY, I DON'T THINK YOU DENY IT, NOT WHILE I'M HERE.

ANYWAY, UM, WHAT YOU READ WAS NOT VERBATIM BECAUSE YOU WERE DOING IT OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD.

AND AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED, IT'S BOGUS.

AND THERE'S NO REASON NOT TO CONTINUE WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE MURAL.

THREE PEOPLE CAN'T STOP EVERYTHING.

AND IT GOES ON TO LIKE UNIVERSITY OF COLUMBIA.

THEY WERE GONNA STOP THE ENTIRE GRADUATION BECAUSE I'M GONNA SAY I'M GONNA GIVE 5% OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE THERE STATED THAT THEY WERE SCARED

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AND THAT REALLY GOT ME BACK TO THE MURAL.

FIVE PEOPLE DON'T MAKE UP THE ENTIRE CLASS AT COLUMBIA.

IT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN.

AND THIS SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED.

I THOUGHT WE WOULD'VE BEEN FURTHER ALONG, BUT WE AREN'T.

UM, ALSO, EVERY NAME OF THE INDIVID OF INDIVI INDIVIDUALS ON THAT MIRROR MURAL WERE ACTIVISTS, ADVOCATES FOR JUSTICE, EQUITY AND EQUAL RIGHTS UNDER THE LAW.

AND THE RIGHT TO HAVE AN INDEPENDENT OPINION WITHOUT A WHITE RACIST PERSON STATING, UM, WHO I CAN HOLD AND ESTEEM ME, NOT ANYBODY ELSE.

REVEREND DART, BILL MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

WAS PLACED IN JAILS IN JUST ABOUT EVERY SOUTHERN STATE THAT HE WAS INVITED TO COME TO JUST TO HELP FIGHT RIGHTS.

SO GUESS WHAT? HIS NAME SHOULDN'T BE ON THAT LIST THEN, BECAUSE HE'S A JAILBIRD, RIGHT? THERE YOU GO.

NO, HE IS NOT A JAILBIRD.

OKAY.

UM, EL HODGE, MALIK EL SHABAZZ, MALCOLM X ME, BORN AS MALCOLM LITTLE WAS CALLED EVERY UGLY NAME THAT COULD THINK THAT ANYBODY COULD THINK OF.

AND ALSO DEEMED OF COURSE AN ANTI-SEMITE.

UM, I'M TIRED OF THOSE THREE, THOSE TWO WORDS BEING FLUNG AROUND.

IT'S TIME TO STOP AND I'M GONNA HELP HIM STOP.

OKAY? YOU HAVE MUHAMMAD ALI, CASSIUS CLAY, HIS NAME IS ON THE, UM, MURAL.

HIS FACE IS ON THAT MURAL.

HE WENT TO JAIL FOR DRAFT, DODGING ALL THE WHITE PEOPLE WENT OUT OF THE COUNTRY.

HE'S THE ONLY ONE THAT I KNOW WAS A DRAFT DODGER PUT IN JAIL.

AND THEY TOOK AWAY HIS TITLE AND HIS MONEY, THE RIGHT TO MAKE MONEY.

SO, AND UM, THE REASON BEHIND HIS REASON RATIONALE FOR NOT GOING TO WAR, HE STATED, I AM NOT GOING TO GO TO VIETNAM AND KILL ANYBODY THAT NEVER CALLED ME A N****R.

OKAY? BOTTOM LINE, AN ACTIVIST.

IT MAY NOT BE WHAT THE JEWISH PEOPLE WANTED TO HEAR THOSE THREE.

AND I DON'T, I AM NOT AFFIRMING THEM TO BE IN THE MAJORITY.

BUT THIS COURT, THE BOARD HERE, Y'ALL MADE IT A MAJORITY WHEN YOU SAID, OH, NOBODY ELSE HERE COUNTS, BUT THESE THREE PEOPLE ON THAT, I AM GOING TO STOP.

UM, I HAVE HERE, UM, YOU ARE NOT LISA MARIE NIRO.

UM, DEFINITELY NOT.

I'D LIKE YOU TO COME OVER AND GET THIS.

YEAH, SURE.

AND IT'S FOR THE RECORD.

AND ONE THING THAT I DID SEE, AND UM, THE CHIEF OF POLICE WAS HERE.

HE SAID HE'S GONNA BE HERE.

I DON'T KNOW, PAUL, YOU SAID YOU WANTED TO, UM, BE THE FIRST PERSON, THANK YOU, TO HIRE A BLACK PERSON FOR THE CHIEF OF POLICE POSITION.

WELL, THAT BLACK PERSON HAD THE AUDACITY TO MITIGATE GALL TO BRING BACK HERE TO THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, A CANINE UNIT.

OKAY.

YOU GOT THAT? DOES EVERYBODY REMEMBER THE BRIDGE IN SELMA? OKAY.

YOU DO.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT, MS. WILLIAMSON.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT, I WANTED TO, I'M SORRY, I'M GONNA GO IN TWO SECONDS.

I DIDN'T LIKE THE WAY YOU AND, UM, FRANCIS SHAN TREATED THE ME, UM, THE EAST HEART STILL PEOPLE.

AND, UM, DEBORAH BLOOM.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT, UM, UH, BUILDING SHE LIVES IN.

THEY WERE HERE AND Y'ALL JUST TALKED TO 'EM SO NICELY.

YOU NEVER SAID NOT ONCE, NO MATTER HOW LONG THEY GO.

I BEG YOUR PARDON.

I, NO MATTER HOW LONG THEY GO, THAT THAT'S NOT ACCURATE.

I KEEP EVERYBODY TO A FIVE.

OH, NO, YOU DID APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TONIGHT.

NO, NO, I KNOW THAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NO, YOU DID NOT.

AND SPEAKER, PLEASE ALWAYS PUSHED THE BUTTON.

YOU CAN CALL ANYBODY YOU WANT, BUT I AM GONNA GO GET THE INFORMATION AND I'M BRINGING IT BACK HERE.

SO I'M GONNA PRESENT TO THE TOWN BOARD THAT HE SHOULD BE FIRED.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

OKAY.

BOTTOM LINE.

NO, DON'T SAY THANK YOU UNTIL I FINISH.

I HAVE BEEN, YES, I HAVE.

DON'T I LIKE TO STATE THAT BE CHECKED.

WE HAVE NEXT GREENBURG POLICE.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CLIFTON ABRAMS. AND BASICALLY THEY HIRED TWO POLICES OFFICERS TO COME TO GREENBURG.

ONE BROUGHT A POLICE DOG WITH HIM.

AND IF WE'RE GONNA HIRE ANYBODY AND ANYBODY I WANT FROM THE TOWN, OKAY, LET'S, UH, NO, OF COURSE NOT.

[00:40:13]

YOU KNOW, I WAS .

I I KNOW I'VE BEEN WASTING MY TIME COMING HERE, BUT I DO COME HERE BECAUSE IT SEEMED LIKE NOBODY ELSE FROM FAIRVIEW FIGURED THEY NEED TO SHOW UP AND SPEAK ON THE BEHALF OF FAIRVIEW.

AND I'M SURPRISED I APPRECIATED PAUL.

YOU KNOW, THAT, UM, Y'ALL DO THE PUBLIC COMMENT EARLY, .

SO I I APPRECIATE THAT.

SO THE MERRILL, UM, MISS PAT WAS TALKING ABOUT THE ONLY ONE THAT HAD SOME GUTS TO COME UP HERE.

MS. PAT WAS A ZINGER.

HE CAME AND SAID THAT COUNTY NEED TO DEPEND WHAT MINISTER FARRAKHAN AND GET SUED.

AND I'M LIKE SAYING, WELL, MR. MINISTER FARRAKHAN DIDN'T MURDER NOBODY.

HE AIN'T KILLING INNOCENT BABIES.

12, WHAT IS IT? 12,000, 15,000? YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, SO I'M LIKE SAYING, HE SAID SOME WORDS AND WHERE, WHERE I'M LOST AT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE RUN THAT ANTI-SEMITIC A WHOLE LOT, BUT THEY GOT A THING CALLED ANTI-BLACK THAT BEEN HAPPENING IN AMERICA SINCE 1965, LONGER THAN THAT.

RIGHT? BUT I'M, I'M GIVING THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT, UM, MISS JOY, YOU KNOW, SO WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS THAT, UM, THE MERL SHOULD BE FINISHED, YOU KNOW, THAT WE NEED TO MOVE ON.

IT'S IN A BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU KNOW, NOBODY DON'T HAVE TO COME DOWN HERE BECAUSE THEY DON'T EAT.

ANYWAY, LET'S MOVE ON WITH IT.

UM, IF YOU DON'T WANNA MOVE ON WITH IT, AT LEAST TAKE DOWN THE PLATFORMS. THE PLATFORM'S BEEN UP THERE FOR TWO YEARS.

IT'S A EYESORE.

AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW ANYBODY IN GREENBURG, AND DEFINITELY FAIRVIEW ARE THE, SO-CALLED LEADERS BECAUSE ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, DALE, LEY FERRY, IRVINGTON HASTING WILL HAVE A FIT.

IF THEY LEFT WOODEN PLATFORM UP FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS, TAKE IT DOWN AND THEN WE DECIDE WHAT THE COURT'S GOING TO DO.

WHATEVER.

I HEARD WITH THE, WHAT THE, THE, UM, ARTIST TOLD ME THAT HE CAME UP WITH AN AGREEMENT WITH KEN JONES.

HE CAME AWAY FROM ALBANY AND MADE AN AGREEMENT.

AND THEN KEN COME BACK AND SAID, OH, THE, THE BOARD HERE DON'T AGREE WITH IT.

YOU WASN'T HERE YET.

JOY, AND PLEASE, I'M NOT ASKING FOR NO FEEDBACK BECAUSE YOU, YOU'RE GONNA TAKE 20 MINUTES TO REBUTTAL.

I DON'T GET A CHANCE TO SAY WHAT I NEED TO SAY.

OKAY? SO I SAW RICHARD FA, HE SAID THEY COULD DEFINITELY USE THAT WOOD.

YOU KNOW, TERENCE JACKSON WENT TO WOOD BECAUSE HE WANTED TO DO LIKE, UM, GARDENS BEHIND THE COMMUNITY CENTER.

YOU KNOW, I FIGURED THAT WELL AT LEAST WE CAN TAKE THE PLATFORM DOWN AND WE DO NOTHING ELSE.

ALL RIGHT? THEN I'M THINKING JUNETEENTH 9 16 16, 18 65.

EXCUSE ME.

SO WE HAD THE JUNETEENTH OVER AT DALE, A PREDOMINANTLY WHITE NEIGHBORHOOD.

I SAID, THIS IS WHAT MY WAS THREE YEARS AGO.

HEY, LET'S HAVE IT AT KITTY LAND.

Y'ALL KNOW WHAT LAND IS THAT'S BEHIND THE NEW PROJECT ON MANHATTAN AVENUE, WHAT THEY CALL IT, WASHINGTON PARK, I THINK THEY CALL IT.

I'M NOT SURE, BUT IT'S PREDOMINANTLY BLACKS THAT LIVE THERE.

THEY, THEY IN THE PROJECTS, YOU COULD DO YOUR LITTLE FIRE TRUCK PARADE AND GO UP BECAUSE DINNER HAD A BIG THING WITH, UM, SHE DID SOME TYPE OF ECONOMIC THING UP THERE.

SO YOU KNOW THAT PEOPLE FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD DEFINITELY SHOW UP BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF BLACKS THAT DON'T KNOW NOTHING ABOUT JUNETEENTH.

.

THEY NEED TO BE EDUCATED TOO.

AND LIKE I SAID, LIKE, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE I KNOW JEWISH PEOPLE DON'T COME INTO BLACK NEIGHBORHOODS AND US ABOUT THEIR HOLIDAYS, SO WHY WE GOTTA GO OVER TO TODAY THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND EDUCATE THEM ABOUT OUR HOLIDAY BECAUSE WE NEED TO HAVE IT UP KITTY LAND BECAUSE PREDOMINANTLY OF OUR PEOPLE LIVES RIGHT THERE.

AND IF A PARADE CAME AND THE FOOD AND THE DJ PEOPLE COULD JUST GO WALK RIGHT UP THERE.

I HEARD THEY HAVING IT HERE AT THE TOWN HALL.

IT JUST HAS LIKE HAVING IT AT DOWN WESTFIELD.

YOU KNOW, IT'S EITHER ASSETS, JOY.

I KNOW YOU'RE LOOKING LIKE THAT.

IT'S EITHER ASSETS AND NOW YOU JUST GOT HERE, YOU KNOW, AND YOU KNOW, AND I RESPECT YOU.

LIKE MS. PAT

[00:45:01]

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? I KNOW IT'S CONTAGIOUS WHEN YOU UP HERE ON THAT BOARD THERE, BECAUSE THEY TAKE EVERYTHING SO PERSONAL.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

ANYBODY ELSE? NO MORE SPEAKERS.

NO MORE.

OKAY.

SO NOW WE'LL GO TO, UH, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS APPOINTMENT OF ALISON GILMORE.

BEFORE WE DO THAT, I JUST, I JUST CAN'T LET THE, THOSE COMMENTS GO BY.

I DON'T KNOW HOW ANY JEWISH PERSON COULD NOT TAKE PERSONALLY THE COMMENTS THAT WE JUST HEARD FROM, FROM BOTH SPEAKERS.

I, I KNOW YOU DON'T CARE.

IF WE COULD PLEASE NOT HAVE OUTBURSTS FROM THE AUDIENCE, PLEASE.

I DO NOT ACCOMMODATE.

WE HAVE NO FEEDBACK.

FRANCIS, WHERE DID YOU PICK THAT UP FROM? WHERE? PUT UP MY COMMENTS.

SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.

NO, IT DON'T YOUR COMMENT.

YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR COMMENTS SUPERVISOR? OKAY, LET, JUST LET IT GO SUPERVISOR.

LET'S JUST, UH, LET IT GO.

MOVE ON.

OKAY.

APPOINTMENT

[ Appointment of Alison Gilmore to the Conservation Advisory Council (CAC), for a term to expire December 31, 2024]

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE

[ TB 1 - 5/22/2024 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh in support for the New York State Assembly and Senate to pass a strong Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act (S.4246-B / A.5322-B) and expand the State's Bottle Bill (S.237-C / A.6353-A)]

RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG IN SUPPORT OF NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY AND SEND IT TO PASS A STRONG PACKAGING REDUCTION IN RECYCLING INFRASTRUCTURE ACT.

UM, S 4 2 4 6 B AND A 5 3 2 2 B AND EXPAND THE STATE'S BATTLE BILL S 2 3 7 C AND A 6 3 5 3 A.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.

[ TB 2 - 5/22/2024 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh authorizing a Home Rule Request to the New York State ("NYS") Legislature to amend NYS Village Law to remove recently enacted provisions treating incorporation-related petitions supported by specific residents of Edgemont from incorporation-related requirements applicable to all other residents and areas of the State of New York]

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

[ AT 1 – 5/22/2024 Resolution authorizing settlement of claim/litigation personal injury related Claim, File No.: 88/22C by Noreen Whitty v. Town of Greenburgh, for an amount not to exceed $2,500]

I'D LIKE TO MOVE.

AYE.

SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

RESOLUTION

[ AT 2 - 5/22/2024 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner D & N Realty for property located at 94 White Plains Road. The Town’s share of the refund is $491±; the County’s share is $3,577±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $549±; the Irvington Union Free School District’s share is $22,301±. Refunds from all sources total $26,918±]

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

RESOLUTION

[ AT 3 - 5/22/2024 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner APEX Apartments Property Owners LLC for property located at 290 East Main Street. The Town’s share of the refund is $1,375±; the County’s share is $10,066±; the Bronx Valley Sewer District’s share is $1,398±; the Greenburgh Central School District’s share is $46,713±. Refunds from all sources total $59,552±]

UH, THE TOTAL FROM ALL SOURCE IS 59,552.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

[ CL 1 - 5/22/2024 Resolution authorizing permission to close Kempster Road between Cotswold Way and Hadden Road, on Sunday, June 2, 2024 (Rain date: June 9, 2024), from 3:00 PM until 6:00 PM, for the Cotswold Association to hold its Neighborhood Block Party]

UM, FROM THREE TO 6:00 PM I'D LIKE TO MOVE FOR A BLOCK PARTY.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND ONE FAVOR, AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

RESOLUTION

[ CL 2 - 5/22/2024 Resolution authorizing permission to close Caterson Terrace between 117 Caterson Terrace and Lakeview Avenue, on Saturday, June 1, 2024 (Rain date: June 2, 2024), from 3:00 PM until 7:00 PM, for the residents to hold a Neighborhood Block Party]