* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:02] WELCOME TO OUR TOWN BOARD MEETING, UH, TODAY'S, UH, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26TH. AND, UM, WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE DELAY. AND WE'LL START WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. [ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] A PLEDGE OF ALL PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH ITS STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE. FOR NAME STANDING, PLEASE. UH, WE HAVE A [ MOMENT OF SILENCE In memory of Florence Greene, resident for nearly seventy years of the Parkway Homes community, Town of Greenburgh passed away on March 17, 2025. Wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, she will be dearly remembered for her warmth, laughter, kindness, caring and unwavering love that deeply impacted the lives of family and countless others. A pilar of strength, endurance and commitment, Florence dedicated her life to family, church, community and her town where she diligently served as an Elections Inspector in the Town of Greenburgh for more than fifty years In memory of Bill DiVico, owner of Reader’s Hardware in Dobbs Ferry In memory of those around the world who have perished as victims of war, disease and natural disaster. Our hearts are with all who needlessly suffer] MOMENT OF SILENCE IN MEMORY OF FLORENCE GREEN. SHE WAS A RESIDENT OF GREENBURG FOR NEARLY 70 YEARS. SHE LIVED IN THE PARKWAY, UM, HOMES COMMUNITY. UM, SADLY SHE PASSED AWAY ON MARCH 17TH. SHE WAS A WIFE, A MOTHER, A GRANDMOTHER, AND A GREAT-GRANDMOTHER. AND SHE WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR HER WARMTH, HER LAUGHTER, HER KINDNESS, HER CARING AND UNWAVERING LOVE THAT DEEPLY IMPACTED THE LIVES OF FAMILY AND COUNTLESS OTHERS. SHE WAS A PILLAR OF STRENGTH, ENDURANCE, AND COMMITMENT, AND SHE DEDICATED HER LIFE TO FAMILY, THE CHURCH COMMUNITY, AND THE TOWN WHERE SHE LIVED. SHE WAS ALSO AN ELECTION INSPECTOR FOR MORE THAN, UM, UH, 50 YEARS, AND WE WILL ALWAYS MISS HER. AND, UM, BILL DCO, UH, WAS THE OWNER OF READERS HARDWARE AND, UH, WAS VERY, VERY, UM, POPULAR. UM, UH, LOCAL, UM, YOU KNOW, MERCHANT, UM, VERY KIND, UH, VERY NICE. UM, AND HE ALSO WILL BE MISSED. AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE AROUND THE WORLD WHO HAVE PERISHED AS VICTIMS OF WAR, DISEASE AND NATURAL DISASTER OR HEARTS ARE WITH THOSE WHO NEEDLESSLY SUFFER. THANK YOU. UH, NOW THE TOWN CLERK WILL [ ROLL CALL: Town Clerk] DO THE ROLL CALL SUPERVISOR FINER HERE. COUNCILMAN SHIN PRESENT. COUNCILWOMAN JACKSON PRESENT. COUNCILWOMAN HABER PRESENT, COUNCILWOMAN HENDRICKS, PRESENT AND TOWN ATTORNEY AND PARLIAMENTARIAN, MR. JOE DKO PRESENT. UH, GREAT. WE'RE GONNA [ PRESENTATIONS In celebration of Women's History Month, we will be honoring two outstanding women for their community service: Colleen Brathwaite of Fairview Grace Lin of Edgemont We will also be posthumously honoring three outstanding women for their lifetime of service to their communities: Cora Carey Cleo Oliver Millie Ortiz Sheehan Sustainable Westchester (Lauren Brois)] BE HAVING SOME PRESENTATIONS AND CELEBRATION OF WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. UH, WE'RE HONORING, UM, SOME OUTSTANDING WOMAN FOR THEIR, UH, COMMUNITY SERVICE AND, UM, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, ELLEN HENDRICKS, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, JOY HABER AND COUNCILWOMAN GINA JACKSON WILL MAKE, UH, THE PRESENTATIONS. SO I'LL GO. SO, UM, UM, UH, JOY, WOULD YOU LIKE ELLEN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO START WITH, UM, HONORING COLLEEN? UM, YES. YES, COLLEEN, DO YOU WANT TO JOIN ME UP HERE? I GET TO READ ABOUT YOU, AND THEN YOU CAN DO THE REST. WHEREAS IN RECENT YEARS, THE GREENBERG TOWN BOARD HAS HONORED EXCEPTIONAL INDIVIDUALS OF THE TOWN WHOSE ACCOMPLISHMENTS SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED DURING WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. AND I'M GONNA SKIP AROUND A LITTLE BIT, BUT LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT COLLEEN, AND I'M GOING TO READ THIS BECAUSE I DON'T WANNA MISS ANYTHING, EVEN THOUGH THIS BARELY COVERS IT. COLLEEN R BREATH WEIGHT IS THE CHAIR EMERITA OF THE WESTCHESTER WOMEN'S AGENDA. A KEY ORGANIZATION FOCUSED ON ADVANCING THE LIVES OF WOMEN IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY BY ADVOCATING FOR RACIAL, ECONOMIC, AND SOCIAL EQUITY. IT'S REALLY QUITE A POWERHOUSE OF A GROUP, AND SHE WAS A GREAT LEADER AND STILL REMAINS VERY INVOLVED IN IT. UM, UNDER HER STRONG LEADERSHIP, IT HAS CONDUCTED VITAL RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTING THE STRUGGLES MANY WOMEN FACE DUE TO ECONOMIC AND RACIAL DISPARITIES. THESE IMPORTANT STUDIES HAVE GUIDED WW A'S STRATEGIC GOALS AND ENHANCED ITS EFFORTS IN ADVOCATING FOR LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES ON VARIOUS CRITICAL ISSUES, INCLUDING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION, IMMIGRANT RIGHTS, HEALTHCARE EDUCATION, AND CHILDCARE FUNDING, ELDER SERVICES, AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT. YOU KNOW, THEY ARE EVEN MORE IMPORTANT IN THESE DAYS, WHEREAS COLLEEN IS A DEDICATED ADVOCATE FOR RACIAL EQUITY AND HAS EFFECTIVELY LED HER TEAM IN PERSUADING THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT TO IMPLEMENT CRITICAL RACIAL EQUITY POLICIES AND PROGRAMS. AND I KNOW [00:05:01] HOW HARD SHE WORKED AT THAT . SHE ALSO INFLUENCES STATE GOVERNMENT LEGISLATION AND HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN FOSTERING COMMUNITY ANTI-RACIST EDUCATION INITIATIVES WITHIN THE WWA AND BEYOND, INCLUDING THE COUNTY. AS A CORE MEMBER OF THE GREENBERG RESTORATIVE LISTENING CIRCLES PROJECT AND CO-FOUNDER OF THE WESTCHESTER RACIAL EQUITY COLLABORATIVE, SHE WORKS TO UNITE COMMUNITY GROUPS DEDICATED TO ANTI-RACIST EFFORTS. ADDITIONALLY, COLLEEN VOLUNTEERS, JUST IN HER SPARE TIME TO TUTOR CHILDREN IN READING THROUGH AARP'S VOLUNTEER TUTOR PROGRAM, AND HER CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE RECEIVED A LOT OF RECOGNITION, ESPECIALLY NEWS 12 WESTCHESTER. AND IN WESTCHESTER MAGAZINE, SHE , IF THAT WASN'T ENOUGH, SHE SERVES AS PRESIDENT OF THE PUBLIC RELATIONS SOCIETY OF AMERICA'S WESTCHESTER, FAIRFIELD CHAPTER, AND IS A MEMBER OF IONA UNIVERSITY'S COMMUNICATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. ADDITIONALLY, SHE'S BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE BOARDS OF VARIOUS NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. SHE DOESN'T STOP. SO WE REALLY, REALLY ARE HAPPY TO CELEBRATE YOU, COLLEEN. AND PLEASE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ALAN, AND THANK YOU TO THE GREENBERG TOWN BOARD, AND I FEEL LIKE YOU'RE MY FRIENDS . SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M REALLY, UM, VERY PLEASED THAT SET THIS AWARD. I DON'T KNOW THAT I'VE DONE ANYTHING THAT'S HISTORIC, BUT I APPRECIATE IT. I HUMBLY ACCEPT THE RECOGNITION, NOT JUST FOR MYSELF, BUT ALSO FOR MANY WOMEN WHO WORK AND VOLUNTEER TO MAKE WESTCHESTER COUNTY A COMMUNITY WHERE ALL RESIDENTS CAN THRIVE. EVEN THOUGH I'M FROM BARBADOS ORIGINALLY, I'VE LIVED IN WESTCHESTER LONG THAN, THAN I'VE LIVED IN BARBADOS. SO WESTCHESTER HAS REALLY BEEN MY HOME FOR THE LAST 45 YEARS. LIKE MANY OTHERS, I CAME HERE BECAUSE I WAS TRANSFERRED BY IBM, AND IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IBM, WE ALWAYS GET TRANSFERRED. BUT ANYWAY, WHEN I CAME HERE, I LIKED WESTCHESTER, AND I STAYED IN WESTCHESTER. UM, IT REALLY FELT LIKE A WELCOMING COMMUNITY. IT BOASTED GOOD SCHOOLS. UM, IT WAS A NICE COMMUNITY TO RAISE A FAMILY, LOVELY PARKS, OPEN SPACES, AND WHAT FROM ALL APPEARANCES SEEMED LIKE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE COULD LIVE. PEOPLE LIKE ME COULD LIVE AND THRIVE. ALL SEEMED VERY WELL FOR A FEW DECADES, BUT AFTER A WHILE, CRACKS IN THE FACADE BEGAN TO EMERGE. THE DEMOGRAPHICS IN THE COUNTY BEGAN TO CHANGE. IT WAS BECOMING MORE DIVERSE, AND THAT PROBABLY UNNERVED SOME FOLK. AS A PARENT WITH TWO DAUGHTERS, WE BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE SOME RACIALLY UNPLEASANT SITUATIONS. AS THE RESULT, I BECAME MORE INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY, AS ELLEN SAID, JOINING REGISTER, THE WOMEN'S AGENDA. AND SHE MENTIONED THE STUDY, SO I WOULDN'T REPEAT THEM, BUT WHAT IT DID IS THAT IT ACQUAINTED ME AS WELL AS OUR MEMBERS OF THE RACIAL DISPARITIES THAT EXISTED IN THE COUNTY. AND AS A RESULT, I SPENT THE LAST MORE THAN A DECADE TRYING TO WORK WITH OTHERS TO ADDRESS THOSE DISPARITIES. UM, WESTCHESTER'S A WEALTHY COMMUNITY, AND SO IS GREENBERG. AND THE DISPARITIES THAT WE'VE SEEN REALLY SHOULDN'T EXIST. AND SO I TAKE IT AS MY RESPONSIBILITY TO TRY TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. AND THAT'S WHY I'VE JOINED AND STARTED SOME OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ELLEN MENTIONED. UM, I BELIEVE THAT IF WE WORK TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY, WE CAN ELIMINATE DISPARITIES. AS WE KNOW THE DEMOGRAPHICS ARE CHANGING. WE'RE GONNA BECOME A MAJORITY COUNTY OF PEOPLE OF COLOR VERY SOON. AND SO CHANGES HAVE TO BE MADE TO ADDRESS THOSE NEW POPULATIONS AND THE ISSUES THAT COME WITH THEM. POVERTY IS AT AN ASTRONOMICAL LEVEL IN A VERY WEALTHY COUNTY THAT SHOULDN'T EXIST. UH, WE'VE GOT CHILDREN HERE WHO ARE NOT MEETING THE SCORES THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT. THE GREATEST DISPARITY THAT WE'VE SEEN IN OUR STUDIES FOR WESTCHESTER WOMEN'S AGENDA IS THAT SINGLE BLACK WOMEN ARE THE MOST DISCRIMINATED AGAINST IN WESTCHESTER. AND, AND WOMEN WITH CHILDREN PARTICULARLY. AND SO WE'VE GOT WORK TO DO, AND I REALLY ENCOURAGE EVERYONE, I TAKE IT AS MY RESPONSIBILITY TO DO SOMETHING. AND I'VE REALLY STARTED ALONG WITH LANE, WHO'S SITTING IN THE BACK, UH, AS PART OF A COLLABORATIVE TO TRY TO BRING OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER. WE'VE BEEN HAVING LISTENING CIRCLES, AND I'M REALLY GLAD THAT GINA, UH, WAS IN OUR LAST ONE LAST WEEK. AND I KNOW THAT THERE WAS ONE THAT THE BOARD DID ENJOYED. EVERYBODY PARTICIPATED, AND WE'VE HAD SEVERAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS SHOW UP AND REALLY COME OUT AND EXPRESS THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT THEY CAN DO TO MAKE WESTCHESTER A BETTER COUNTY FOR ALL OF US. AND I REALLY ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU HERE TO TELL YOUR NEIGHBORS ABOUT OUR LISTENING CIRCLES, TO COME OUT AND TALK ABOUT THE SOLUTIONS THAT CAN MAKE WESTCHESTER A BETTER COMMUNITY FOR ALL OF US. AND SO I ACCEPT THIS, UH, RECOGNITION [00:10:01] WITH HUMILITY, BUT I ENCOURAGE ALL OF US TO COME OUT, DO SOMETHING, MAKE THIS A BETTER COMMUNITY SO THAT WE CAN ALL THRIVE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BUT BEAUTIFUL FOR BEAUTIFUL WOMEN. THERE YOU GO. AND COUNCILWOMAN, UH, THEY MIGHT WANNA TAKE A PICTURE. YEAH, YEAH. TAKE, YOU WANNA TAKE A PICTURES WITH YOUR FAMILY? YEAH. TAKE A PICTURE. ELLEN, TAKE A PICTURE. PICTURE. YEAH. SO, UH, HERE'S MY PHONE. YEAH. DR. ALLEN. OH, KAREN. THANK YOU. DR. ALLEN. YOU WANT YOUR FAMILY TO COME UP, GET US PICTURE? YES. YES. FAMILY MEMBERS COME UP. COME ON. JUST SO, YES. SHOULD WE PUT UP THE SCREEN SO THEY GET THE REAL BRIGHT? THAT'S A PRETTY PICTURE. THAT'S GREAT. YES, PLEASE. THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. RALPH. COME ON. RALPH. RALPH, I CAN TAKE THE PICTURE. RALPH, IF YOU NEED TO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. OKAY, NEXT, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, UH, JOY HABER WILL RECOGNIZE GRACE LYNN. GOOD JOB. YOU SAID GOOD JOB. THAT WAS VERY NICE. SO WONDERFUL. SO I HAVE TO PUT MY GLASSES ON. UM, SO I HAD NOT HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING GRACELYN BEFORE THIS EVENING. HOWEVER, READING ABOUT HER AND HEARING ABOUT HER, I WAS JUST SO IMPRESSED. AND, UM, HER NAME GRACE, UH, I THINK IS VERY WELL SUITED. TO HER IT MEANS COURTEOUS GOODWILL. AND I THINK THAT FROM ALL THE THINGS THAT I'VE LEARNED ABOUT YOU, YOU EXHIBIT THAT IN EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. SO, AND YOU'VE DONE A LOT. SO I'M GONNA ALSO READ FROM THE PROCLAMATION THAT WE WILL BE GIVING YOU, UM, I THINK IT'S, UH, INCREDIBLY, UH, REWARDING TO COME BACK TO THE COMMUNITY THAT RAISED YOU AND TO DO THE WORK THERE TO CONTINUE FOR THE REST, OTHERS WHO LIVE THERE. NOW, AND I KNOW YOU HAVE THREE CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE ALSO VERY ACCOMPLISHED IN YOUR OWN PROFESSIONAL CAREER. UH, YOU'RE CURRENTLY SERVING AS A, YOU HAVE A COUNSELING CENTER, WHICH IS ALSO A HELPING MECHANISM FOR THE COMMUNITY. I THINK THAT'S WONDERFUL. UM, SO GRACE IS A PROUD GRADUATE OF EDGE ONE HIGH SCHOOL. UM, SHE IS, UH, THE FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF MINDSET COUNSELING. IS THAT BASED HERE IN WESTCHESTER, OR IS THAT IN WHITE PLAINS? GREAT. AND THAT IS ANCHORED IN COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY DEVOTED TO GUIDING INDIVIDUALS OF ALL AGES ON THEIR JOURNEY TOWARDS WELLBEING. AND WE, WE ALL NEED THAT, THAT'S FOR SURE. UM, NOW YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY REALLY IS INCREDIBLE. SHE'S IN HER SECOND TERM AND IS VICE PRESIDENT OF THE, UH, EDGEMONT SCHOOL BOARD, WHICH IS A LOT OF WORK, I'M SURE. UM, AND THE, THE POLICY ISSUES THAT YOU HAVE WORKED ON ARE MEANINGFUL. THEY'RE NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, YOU ALSO, YOU ALSO MAKE COOKIES, AND YOU'RE A GIRL SCOUT TROOP LEADER, BUT YOU DO SOME SER REALLY SERIOUS STUFF. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH THE GREENBERG POLICE DEPARTMENT ON SAFETY ISSUES FOR, FOR THE STREETS IN, IN YOUR COMMUNITY, UNBELIEVABLE. UM, AND THE FCI, THE FACILITIES USE POLICY TO PRIORITIZE STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND PROTECT THE FINANCIAL INTERESTS OF THE DISTRICT AND THE GENDER EQUITY POLICY THAT'S SO TIMELY RIGHT NOW TO COMMUNICATE UNEQUIVOCAL SUPPORT FOR TRANSGENDER LEGAL PROTECTIONS AS IT RELATES TO IDENTITY ACCESS AND DISCRIMINATION. I KNOW THAT YOU ALSO, UH, HELPED ADOPT THE GUIDELINES FOR INTEGRATING AI, WHICH HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, SO, SO PREVALENT RIGHT NOW. AND, AND SO MANY SAFEGUARDS HAVE TO BE PUT IN PLACE TO UTILIZE IT. BUT IT IS, IT'S CERTAINLY A WONDERFUL TOOL FOR EVERYONE, UM, TO LEVERAGE TECHNOLOGY WITHOUT COMP, COMPROMISING CORE COMPETENCE. UM, I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT YOU'VE DONE, YOU KNOW HOW BUSY YOU [00:15:01] ARE. AND I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY ON BEHALF OF THE WHOLE BOARD TO CONGRATULATE YOU, HONOR YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK. AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE SO BUSY, IT'S HARD TO TAKE TIME OUT FOR YOURSELF. BUT I HOPE THIS IS A MOMENT WHERE YOU CAN TAKE TIME TO ENJOY EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE AND TO REFLECT ON THAT AND TO BE SO PROUD OF IT. SO, CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. UM, THANK YOU. I, MY COMMENTS WILL PROBABLY BE, UH, A LITTLE BRIEFER, BUT I JUST WANTED TO A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE MICROPHONE. OH, SORRY. I JUST WANTED TO FIRST SAY A QUICK HELLO TO MY FAMILY BACK THERE. MY MOM AND DAD JUST HAPPENED TO BE IN TOWN THIS WEEK, JUST BY CHANCE. SO THEY'RE HERE FROM CALIFORNIA. MY LITTLE ONE'S SERENA LITTLEST ONE, UM, 10-YEAR-OLD FIFTH GRADER AT GREENVILLE ELEMENTARY, WHICH IS WHERE I WENT TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. UM, YOU KNOW, SO WHEN I FIRST GOT THE MESSAGE, I HONESTLY, NOT ONLY WAS I SURPRISED, I WAS CONFUSED, RIGHT? I THINK MY FIRST INSTINCT WAS WHAT FOR? AND I THINK, UM, MY MOM'S FIRST INSTINCT WAS LIKE, IS THIS A HOAX OR SOMETHING? LIKE, IS THIS A, I THINK WE HAD A CONVERSATION AS TO WHETHER THIS WAS LIKE A, LIKE A REPUTABLE KNOWN ORGANIZATION. I'M LIKE, MOM, IT'S THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND IT'S DYLAN. WE KNOW THESE PEOPLE. I, I THINK THIS IS ACTUALLY REAL. UM, BUT IT GOT ME THINKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS WHOLE CONCEPT OF WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF WOMEN TO COMMUNITIES AND, AND HISTORY AND, AND RECOGNIZING, I THINK A LOT OF WHAT WE DO, OR AT LEAST I IDENTIFY THIS WAY, JUST IT'S LIKE A, AN EXTENSION OF A NATURAL INSTINCT TO JUST CARE FOR AND HELP AND SUPPORT. THERE'S NO GRAND PLAN. THERE'S NO GOAL THAT WE'RE GOING AFTER. IT'S JUST KIND OF DAY TO DAY DECISIONS TO SAY YES TO, OPPORTUNITIES TO DO MORE. AND SO, I, YOU READ ALL THIS, AND IT SOUNDS LOVELY. LIKE, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS ALL HAPPENED, BUT YOU KNOW, IT, IT, IT'S, IT, AS THE PERSON WHO EXPERIENCED IT, IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE THAT PURPOSEFUL, LIKE WITH A VISION. IT WAS JUST PEOPLE COME ASKING, WOULD YOU, COULD YOU, WILL YOU? AND I THINK A BUNCH OF YESES JUST KIND OF ENDS UP BEING SOMETHING BIGGER THAN MAYBE YOU REALIZE. AND THAT'S REALLY HOW I, I FEEL I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE FOR THIS. I FEEL LIKE IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED, BUT I'M SO APPRECIATIVE OF MY COMMUNITY. MY SCHOOL DISTRICT, GREENBERG, MY PARENTS, MY, MY KIDS, TWO OF WHICH ARE BUSY. UM, AND I, YOU KNOW, MY PARENTS CAME HERE IN THE EARLY EIGHTIES, PROBABLY COULDN'T AFFORD IT, BUT THEY CHOSE TO COME ANYWAY, JUST TO INVEST IN MY BROTHER AND I, AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE LIVED ALL OVER THE COUNTRY IN THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD THROUGH MY FORMER PROFESSIONS. AND WHEN IT CAME TIME TO DECIDE WHERE I WANTED TO RAISE MY KIDS, THERE REALLY WASN'T A QUESTION. I MEAN, I SUPPOSE IT WAS A JOINT DECISION WITH MY HUSBAND, BUT LIKE, HE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE AS MUCH OF A STAY, BECAUSE I WAS PRETTY COMMITTED TO THE FACT THAT I WANTED TO COME BACK. AND, YOU KNOW, ONCE HE AGREED TO COME VISIT, HE ALSO, IT WAS JUST CLEAR TO HIM THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS REALLY IS THE BEST PLACE. AND SO I AM, I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO THIS COMMUNITY, AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO THIS BOARD FOR THIS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. SO, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. OKAY. YOU WANT ME TO HOLD THIS LIKE THIS? GRACE, YOU WANNA GRAB YOUR DAUGHTER AND YOUR MA YOUR PARENTS? OH, SURE. MOM, WE'LL TAKE ONE. JUST THE TWO OF THESE. OKAY. TRAVELED ALL THIS WAY. YOU COULD TRAVEL UP HERE, . WE'VE GOT TWO NEW KNEES. SO ALL ABSOLUTELY. THE CHECK'S IN THE MAIL. , UH, NEXT, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, GINA JACKSON WILL, UH, HONOR, UM, UH, CORA, HARRY, CLEO, OLIVER, AND MILLIE ORTIZ. GIAN, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I DO HAVE THE GREAT PLEASURE OF HONORING, UM, THREE PHENOMENAL WOMEN WHO ARE NO LONGER HERE, BUT THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS COMMUNITY IS TRULY, UH, JUST TRULY AMAZING. AND IT'S, IT'S A TIME THAT ALTHOUGH THEY ALWAYS, [00:20:01] THERE'S AN OLD SAYING THAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO GIVE, UM, PEOPLE THEIR FLOWERS WHEN THEY'RE HERE. WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO REMEMBER THESE THREE LIES. AND I'M EMOTIONAL FOR A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT REASONS. ONE, 'CAUSE I HAVE TO HONOR THESE EXCEPTIONAL WOMEN, BUT TO BE IN THE, IN THE, IN THE AUDIENCE, AND TO SEE ALL MY CLASSMATES THAT I WENT AMEN. TO HIGH SCHOOL WITH. AMEN. THAT'S RIGHT. AND WE TALK ABOUT WOODLANDS. SO I JUST WANNA SAY THIS, AS WE TALK ABOUT THE COMMUNITY, WE TALK ABOUT COMING BACK. AND SO, HONESTLY, ALSO HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF TRULY HONORING ONE OF MY COMMUNITY MOTHERS, MEANING CLEO OLIVER. SO IF I CAN HAVE THE OLIVER BROTHERS COME UP AND STAND NEXT TO ME, I DON'T EVEN SEE NATE. OH, OKAY. I LIKE, WOW. . THERE YOU GO. THIS IS AMAZING. ALRIGHT. STAND YOU STAND BEHIND ME. YEAH. ALRIGHT. I APPRECIATE YOU. ALRIGHT. SO BEHAVE YOURSELF, . ALL RIGHT. UM, SO I'M JUST, I'M GONNA READ A LITTLE BIT, BUT IF ANYONE WHO KNEW CLEO OLIVER, SHE NEVER WAS LOST FOR WORDS. AND YOU KNEW EXACTLY WHAT SHE WAS THINKING. 'CAUSE SHE NEVER, EVER, EVER MADE YOU WONDER . AND SITTING IN THIS ROLE, AFTER I GOT ELECTED, I RECEIVED TWO PHONE CALLS THAT SHE INITIATED. SO WHEN I SAW HER NUMBER COME UP, I GOT A LITTLE NERVOUS, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE. BUT, UM, THE TOWN BOARD WISHES TO PAY HOMAGE TO SUCH AN INDIVIDUAL, MS. CLEO OLIVER, WHO HAS MADE THIS WORLD A BETTER PLACE. WITH MANY OF HER POSITIVE CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR COMMUNITY OVER THE YEARS. SHE IS DEDICATED. SHE WAS DEDICATED TO LOCAL POLITICS SPANNING SEVERAL DECADES, WHICH SHE HELD NUMEROUS ESTEEM POSITIONS SUCH AS DISTRICT LEADER, PRESIDENT OF THE HILLSIDE, WINDOW OF CIVIC ASSOCIATION, VICE CHAIR OF THE COUNCIL, GREENBERG CIVIC ASSOCIATION, AND MEMBER OF THE POLICE ADVISORY BOARD TO NAME A FEW, WHICH IS TRULY REMARKABLE. SHE WAS A TIRELESS CHAMPION OF PROGRESSIVE CAUSES AND ADDRESSED THE MOST CRITICAL TOWN ISSUES BY THAT'S AFFECTING HER COMMUNITY FOR OVER 25 YEARS. SHE HOSTED THE CABLE SHOW, THE BELOVED CABLE TV PROGRAM CALLED THE THREE CS, CLEO CORA IN THE COMMUNITY. ALONGSIDE HER DEAR FRIEND, CORA CAREY CLEO'S UNWAVERING COMMITMENT AS A COMMUNITY ACTIVIST GARNERED HER MANY AWARDS AND ACCOLADES, INCLUDING THE RICHLY EARNED DISTINGUISHED HERO, WHICH SHOULD BE SHERO HERO AWARD IN 2018 FOR THE GREENBERG HUMAN RIGHTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, HER WILLINGNESS TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND TO HELP OTHERS EXEMPLIFIES HER TRUE NATURE. SHE WAS NOT JUST A HERO, I'M GONNA KEEP SAYING SHERO 'CAUSE WE HAVE HERO, BUT SHE WAS A SHERO, BUT A BEACON OF HOPE AND SUPPORT FOR OUR COMMUNITY. LET IT BE RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD OF TOWN OF GREENBURG HEREBY HONOR CLE OLIVER FOR ALL OF HER MANY ACHIEVEMENTS AS WE CELEBRATE WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS IS HISTORY. DO YOU WANNA GET PICTURES? AND THEN, AND THEN, 'CAUSE I WANNA BRING, OH, I'M SORRY TO GIVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU EVERYONE. UM, THANK YOU TO THE, UH, THE BOARD FOR THIS, UH, INCREDIBLE HONOR THAT YOUR BESTOWED ON MY MOTHER. THANK YOU, GINA, FOR YOUR EFFORTS AND GETTING US TO THIS POINT. UH, WE GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. AND SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE FAMILY, THOSE IN ATTENDANCE AND THOSE WHO COULDN'T ATTEND. AND OF COURSE, THOSE THAT ARE HERE IN SPIRIT, WE, UH, DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THE RECOGNITION OF MY MOTHER'S WORK. UH, IT DEFINITELY, SHE WOULDN'T HAVE, UH, LOOKED FOR ANY ACCOLADES AND WHAT SHE WAS DOING. SHE BELIEVED IN THIS COMMUNITY. SHE LOVED THIS COMMUNITY. UH, TO HER COMMUNITY WAS A CONCEPT. IT WASN'T, IT WAS A CONCEPT THAT JUST HAD PEOPLE NETWORKING AND HELPING EACH OTHER OUT. SO DEFINITELY SHE, UH, PUT HER HEART, HER TIME, HER EFFORT, WITHOUT HESITATION TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. SO, UH, THE STORIES THAT SHE WOULD ALSO TELL US AS HER SONS OF WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY WAS VERY ENCOURAGING TO US, EVEN THOUGH WE MOVED AWAY AND CAME BACK. BUT, YOU KNOW, SHE, SHE REALLY, UH, REALLY LOVED THIS, THIS COMMUNITY AND LOVED WHAT SHE WAS DOING FOR, UH, FOR EVERYONE BEING THAT VOICE AND ADVOCATING FOR THOSE [00:25:01] WHO DIDN'T HAVE A VOICE AND MAKING A DIFFERENCE. SO, UH, ONCE AGAIN, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS, UH, THIS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. UH, IT'S GONNA GO A LONG WAY, OF COURSE. AND, UH, WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE DONE. THANK YOU. YOU WANT, UNLESS YOU DON'T WANT ME TO, THIS IS A BIG DEAL TO BE AROUND ALL OF FACTS. SECONDLY, WE WOULD LIKE TO HONOR CORA CAREY, IF I CAN HAVE DR. WEBB COME UP, PLEASE. THIS IS, THIS IS ONE OF, THIS IS GONNA BE REALLY HARD TO GET THROUGH. SO I NEED, I NEED YOU RIGHT HERE. OKAY. SO, ANYONE WHO KNEW CORA CAREY KNEW EXACTLY WHAT CORA WAS THINKING, WHICH, WHICH IS WHY WE UNDERSTAND WHY CLEO AND CORA ARE VERY CLOSE FRIENDS. SO, UM, SO I'M GONNA READ FROM HERE. PROBABLY BE EASIER TO DO THAT. OKAY. UM, SO THE TOWN BOARD AGAIN WOULD LIKE TO PAY HOMAGE TO SUCH AN INDIVIDUAL AS CORA CAREY, WHO HAS MADE THIS WORLD A BETTER PLACE OF MANY OF HER POSITIVE CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR COMMUNITY. OVER THE YEARS, CORA'S PRESENCE LOOMED A LARGE FIREBRAND WITH A BOLD SPIRIT WHO FIERCELY SPOKE HER MIND. CAN ANYONE AGREE? YES. RIGHT. OFTEN REPRESENTING THE COMMUNITY OF VOICES AT PUBLIC FORUMS AND PASSIONATELY CHAMPIONING THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF GREENBERG'S CHILDREN AND THE WELLBEING FOR ITS VULNERABLE RESIDENTS. HER KOREAN EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM AT THE GREENBERG SCHOOL SYSTEM AS A TEACHING ASSISTANT WAS THE ONLY, THE BEGINNING. HER SELF MOTIVATION DETERMINATION PROPELLED HER TO BECOME THE ELITE TEACHER AND ULTIMATELY THE DIRECTOR OF EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM IN THE SCHOOL, IN THE GREENBIRD SCHOOLS. THEREBY SETTING AN EMPEROR IN ARY STANDARD IN EDUCATION, HER EXPANDED LEADERSHIP AND ADVOCACY SKILLS TO HER ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT. AS THE 12 YEAR CO-HOST FOR THE GREENBERG CABLE ACCESS CHANNEL, THE THREE CS ADDRESSING VITAL CIVIC ISSUES, SHE SHOULD BE LAUDED FOR HER DEDICATION. AS A MEMBER OF THE GREENBURG GREENBURG BOARD OF EDUCATION, GREENBURG HOUSING AUTHORITY, GREENBURG ANTENNA BOARD, THE THEDO YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER AND MORE CORA'S LIFE SERVICE EXEMPLIFIED THE VERY BEST OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A COMMITTED RESIDENT OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG. THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG HEREBY HONORS AND CELEBRATES THE REMARKABLE CONTRIBUTION OF THIS PHENOMENAL WOMAN, CORA CAREY. HER LEGACY, UNWAVERING FAMILY, DEVOTION, AND PASSIONATE COMMUNITY ACTIVISM CONTINUES TO INSPIRE US ALL AS WE CELEBRATE WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. AND JUST ON A PERSONAL NOTE, I JUST HAVE TO SAY, CORA USED TO CALL ME AND CHECK ON ME. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT ANYONE ME KNOWS WHAT IT MEANS TO BE CHECKED ON. SHE CHECKED ON JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE WAS DOING WELL, THAT I WAS DOING WELL IN THIS NEW ROLE, BECAUSE SHE UNDERSTOOD THE CHALLENGES THAT I WAS FACING. AND SHE ALWAYS KEPT ME POSITIVE. SO I JUST WANNA SAY TO THANK YOU, DR. WEBB, THANK YOU TO CORA'S FAMILY FOR SHARING HER WITH US. WELL COME ON. FAMILY UP. COME ON. Y'ALL COME UP AS, 'CAUSE WE GONNA TAKE THIS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR REALLY SHARING. CORA. SHE'S JUST AN, SHE WAS AMAZING, PHENOMENAL INDIVIDUAL. AND I AM JUST SO HONORED TO HAVE HAD SPENT THE TIME AND REALLY HAVE RECEIVED THE NUGGETS THAT SHE HAS GIVEN TO ME. SO I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I JUST LIKE TO SAY ON BEHALF OF THE FAMILY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS HONOR. I AGREE THAT FLOWERS ARE GIVEN, YOU KNOW, WHILE THEY CAN BE SMELLED, HOWEVER, IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO SAY THANK YOU. IT'S NEVER, EVER TOO LATE. I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN THE TIME AS A TOWN BOARD TO SAY THANK YOU TO CORA FOR ALL THAT SHE HAS DONE. I AM SURE, UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN HER PRESENCE WHEN SHE HAS [00:30:01] MADE HER PRESENTATIONS, UH, THOSE ARE NOT TO BE FORGOTTEN. JUST AS SHE HAS BEEN AS FIERY DURING MEETINGS, SHE HAS BEEN AS FIERY WITH US AT HOME. SO THAT, UH, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO UNDERGIRD EACH OTHER IN DOING WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AS FAR AS THIS COMMUNITY IS CONCERNED. UM, AS AN EDUCATOR, SHE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR CHILDREN. NOT JUST FOR THE CHILDREN, THE LITTLE CHILDREN IN THE EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM, BUT SHE WAS ALWAYS THE ONE WHO WOULD SAY, IF ANYONE SAID, UM, MY LITTLE BABY, SHE WOULD SAY, OH NO, THESE ARE LITTLE PEOPLE, PEOPLE WHO HAVE MINDS THAT CAN BE NURTURED AND CAN BE UNDERSTOOD. AND SO SHE CARRIED THAT THROUGH IN EVERYTHING THAT SHE DID. AS FAR AS THE CHILDREN WERE CONCERNED WHEN IT CAME TO COMMUNITY, THERE WAS NO QUESTION ABOUT HER ADVOCACY FOR THOSE WHO WOULD NOT SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES, WHO COULD NOT SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. HER PHONE STAYED BUSY ALL OF THE TIME. SO SHE WOULD COME AND SHE WOULD SPEAK FOR THOSE WHO NEEDED SOMEONE TO SPEAK FOR THEM. WE MISS HER. BUT WE KNOW THAT SHE IS IN OUR HEARTS AND SHE WILL REMAIN IN OUR HEARTS FOR WHATEVER IT IS THAT SHE HAS GIVEN US OVER THE YEARS. I AM SO PROUD OF HER, PROUD OF MY FAMILY. UM, THERE WERE JUST THREE OF US, CORA, BARBARA, AND NETTY. BARBARA, UNFORTUNATELY, UH, LEFT US A YEAR AND TWO DAYS BEFORE CORA. SO WHEN IT CAME TIME FOR CORA'S PASSING, IT WAS REALLY VERY, UM, IT WAS VERY HARD FOR US. BUT WE KNOW THAT, UH, CORA IS IN OUR HEARTS AND, UH, WE ARE STRONG BECAUSE OF WHAT IT IS THAT SHE HAS DONE FOR AND WITH US. SO, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS HONOR. WE APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL RESIDENT FOR TALKING. OKAY. OH, WE HAVE, IT WAS, IT WASN'T RIGHT. WELL COME, I'M SORRY. BACK UP. BACK UP. REDO. COME. COME ON. COME. PHOTOGRAPHER. YOU CAN DO PICTURE JUST THEM. OH, THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. OUR LAST HONOREE. OH, OUR LAST HONOREE. OUR LAST HONOREE IS OUR BELOVED MILLIE ORTIZ SHEEN. I'M JUST GONNA READ FROM HERE 'CAUSE IT'LL PROBABLY BE JUST A LITTLE EASIER FOR ME JUST TO READ FROM HERE. SO, UM, THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, HAS BEEN BLESSED WITH MANY OUTSTANDING RESIDENTS WHO COMMITTED TO THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE THAT HAS ENRICHED THE TOWN. WE PAY TRIBUTE TO ONE OF OUR, ONE OF THESE REMARKABLE LONGTIME RESIDENTS. TODAY. DURING, DURING WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, MILLIE ORIEN WAS A DEVOTED AND SELFLESS WIFE OF COUNCILMAN FRANCIS SHEEN. MOTHER OF CHRISTINE CAME FRANCIS SHEEN, SEC II GRANDMOTHER AND DAILY CAREGIVER OF KAYDEN ASHA. I WAS ASHA. ASHA, SORRY. I LOVE, UM, ASHLYN AND KAREN, AND THE DAUGHTER OF A DAILY CAREGIVER OF HER MOM CAR, OR CRUZ ORTIZ, THE MOTHER-IN-LAW TO BRIAN KAIN AND THE LATE DIANA SHEEN. SHE WAS A PROFESSIONAL [00:35:01] AND DEDICATED TO HELPING CHILDREN OF ALL AGES, PARTICULARLY DEVOTING HER CAREER TO HELPING THE CHILDREN OF THE GREENBERG CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, ALWAYS PUTTING OTHERS FIRST, RELUCTANTLY RETIRED FROM THE GREENBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT IN 2023 TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL CARE FOR HER. 92-YEAR-OLD MOTHER AT THE TIME, NEEDED AT, AT THE TIME, NEEDED AT HOME. HER COMMITMENT TO HER CHILDREN OF THE SCHOOL WAS BEST EXPRESSED IN A NOTE. HER HUSBAND LEFT WHEN SHE TEARFULLY RETURNED FROM HER LAST DAY OF WORK PRIOR TO RETIREMENT. IT SAID, WELCOME HOME FULL-TIME. MY LOVE. YOU'VE GIVEN ALL TO THE GSC, TO THE GCSD, STARTING WITH THE PTA PRE-K CHAIR, TO TEACHING ASSISTANT TO BILINGUAL ASSOCIATE SOCIAL WORKER TO PSYCH SCHOOL PSYCHIATRIST, INTERN SCHOOL, PSYCH PSYCHOLOGIST, EXCUSE ME. CSE MEMBER AND CHAIR. YOU HAVE DONE IT ALL AS A PARENT, STAFF AND ADMINISTRATOR. AS EXPECTED, YOU WERE ALL IN. YOU'VE GIVEN YOUR CELL NUMBER TO STUDENTS WHO NEED HELP AT 2:00 AM YOU LISTENED, YOU CARED, YOU HELP. AND WHEN NECESSARY, YOU ARRANGE THEM TO HAVE A SAFE PLACE TO STAY. MOST TIMES, THEY JUST NEEDED SOMEONE JUST TO TALK TO WHO CARED. YOU HELP COUNTLESS STUDENTS, AND I LOVE YOU FOR THAT. IT IS YOU BEING YOU. IT WILL TAKE TIME FOR YOU TO ADDRESS. BUT AS OUR HONEY DO, LIST GROWS, KEEP IN MIND YOU'RE NOT ENDING A MEANINGFUL CAREER. YOU'RE BEGINNING TO LIVE. SHE WAS VERY ALSO, SHE WAS ACTIVE IN THE GREENWOOD DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE AS CORRESPONDENT SECRETARY FOR DECADES, AND HELPED FOSTER GOOD WORK DONE BY THE COMMITTEE. HER LIFE IN SERVICE EXEMPLIFIES THE VERY BEST OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A COMMITTED RESIDENT OF TOWN OF GREENBURG. SO NOW THEREFORE, LET IT BE RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN OF THE TOWN BOARD OF TOWN OF GREENBURG HEREBY HONORS AND CELEBRATES THE REMARKABLE CONTRIBU CONTRIBUTIONS OF MILLIE ORIEN, HER TIRELESS, UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO THE TOWN. THE STUDENTS OF GREENBURG DIS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND HER INCREASINGLY EXTENDED FAMILY CONTINUES TO INSPIRE ALL OF US TO CELEBRATE AS WE CELEBRATE WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO WE HAVE ONE OF HER GRANDCHILDREN WHO'S GOING TO SAY SOMETHING. COME ON UP, MY MOM. YOU GOTTA SPEAK INTO YOUR MIC. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO HONOR MY NANA MILLI SHEHAN. MY NANA WAS A SPECIAL GRANDMA WHO ALWAYS WORKED HARD AND WAS ALWAYS THERE FOR OUR FAMILY. SHE WAS A SPECIAL WAIT. SHE WAS SPECIAL TO ALL OF US AS WE WERE TO HER. SHE LOVED US ALL SO MUCH, AND WE ALWAYS LOVED HER. I LOVED SPENDING TIME WITH HER EVERY DAY AT HOME. BUT I ALSO HAD THE CHANCE TO SEE HER EVERY DAY AT SCHOOL FOR PRE-K AND KINDERGARTEN, BECAUSE SHE WORKED AT, AS THE SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST, PSYCHOLOGIST AT LEAH JACKSON. SHE WAS ALWAYS HELPING STUDENTS, PARENTS, AND TEACHERS. AND IT WAS SO NICE TO SEE HER MAKE SO MANY PEOPLE HAPPY. IT WAS SAD WHEN SHE DECIDED TO RETIRE IN JUNE, 2023 TO TAKE CARE OF, OF ABUELA BECAUSE SHE WASN'T GOING TO BE IN THE SCHOOL FOR FIRST GRADE. BUT HER KINDNESS TOUCHED SO MANY PEOPLE THAT I STILL HEAR ABOUT. WE SHE CAN, THAT SHE HELPED PEOPLE ALL THE TIME. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR HONORING HER TODAY. IT MEANS A LOT TO OUR FAMILY. I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF WORDS JUST 'CAUSE I CAN'T GET THROUGH 'EM, BUT, BUT, UM, I APPRECIATE THIS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT BY THE TOWN BOARD AND BY THE COMMUNITY. UM, SHE WAS SOMEONE TRULY EXTRAORDINARY. SHE REALLY CARED ABOUT HER COMMUNITY JUST AS MUCH AS SHE CARED ABOUT HER FAMILY. UM, SHE WAS A DISTRICT LEADER. SHE WOULD SPEND COUNTLESS HOURS, UM, SENDING EMAILS, PREPARING MAILINGS AND ALL OF THAT. AND IN HER MANY ROLES IN THE GREENBERG CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, I JUST, I CAN'T EVEN COUNT HOW MANY ROLES SHE HAD. AND SHE TRULY WAS AMAZING. UM, IN HER MOST RECENT ROLE AS A SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST IN FIRST, UH, WOODLANDS, AND THEN LATER LEAH JACKSON. SHE REALLY, SHE REALLY [00:40:01] ENJOYED SPENDING ALL THE TIME WITH THE STUDENTS AND BEING THERE FOR THEM AND THEIR PARENTS. UM, AND HELPED ADVOCATE FOR THE SPECIAL ED STUDENTS WHO NEEDED A LOT OF SUPPORT AND, UM, MAKING SURE THAT THEY GOT THE SERVICES THAT THEY NEED WITH NEEDED WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. UM, I THINK THAT THIS IS WONDERFUL THAT YOU ARE HONORING HER. I WISH SHE WAS ALIVE TO HEAR THIS BECAUSE SHE WAS SOMEBODY THAT, YOU KNOW, WHILE SHE DID A LOT OF THINGS, SHE DIDN'T REALLY GET CELEBRATED, I GUESS, IN IT. SHE JUST DIDN'T ASK FOR IT. SHE DIDN'T WANT IT, YOU KNOW, LIKE, SHE DID THINGS JUST BECAUSE SHE LOVED HELPING. AND SO I JUST WISH SHE HEARD IT, AND HOPEFULLY SHE DOES, UM, FROM HEAVEN. BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO, JUST TO BE CLEAR, I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THIS UNTIL A COUPLE DAYS AGO. THIS BOARD KEPT A SECRET. WHATEVER THE WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH CAME UP, THEY ALWAYS SAID, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BOTHER WITH THIS . YOU KNOW, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. I WAS, WHY WOULD I CARE ABOUT WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH? UM, AND THEN I KIND OF FIGURED IT OUT. YOU CAN'T TALK ABOUT MILLIE WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT FAMILY, WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT THE GREENBERG SCHOOL DISTRICT. THAT'S RIGHT. WHICH WAS HER, I'M NOT SURE IF IT WAS HER FIRST FAMILY OR HER SECOND FAMILY. . SHE, SHE THRIVED, SHE ABSOLUTELY THRIVED ON HELPING STUDENTS FIGURING OUT HOW TO SUCCEED. THAT WAS HER SUCCESS. AND I KNEW HOW MUCH OF AN IMPACT SHE MADE ON PEOPLE. YES. AT THE REPAS, WHERE SO MANY PEOPLE CAME UP TO US, INCLUDING TEACHERS AND STAFF, AND SAID THEY HAD ISSUES. AND MILLIE WORKED THEM THROUGH IT. BUT IT WAS THE STUDENTS WHO, WHEN WE WENT OVER, I SAID TO HER, BILLY, YOU KNOW, I'M OUT EVERY NIGHT THIS WEEK. HOW ABOUT COMING WITH ME? THERE'S A, I'M GONNA GET MYSELF IN TROUBLE HERE. THERE'S A JAZZ CONCERT AT YOSEMITE OR YOSEMITE, WHICHEVER ONE YOU PICK, . UM, AND I THOUGHT, OKAY, YOU KNOW, MILLIE'S GOING TO JOIN ME THERE. AND AS SOON AS WE ARRIVED, I REALIZED I WAS JOINING HER THERE BECAUSE CHILDREN CAME UP AND GRABBED HER LEG IF THEY WERE SO SMALL. PARENTS CAME UP CRYING ABOUT HOW SHE HELPED THEM. AND WE SAW THIS OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. AND IT CONTINUES TO THIS DAY WITH PEOPLE STOPPING BY THE HOUSE THAT WAS BILLY. AND AS MUCH AS SHE GAVE A FULL-TIME EFFORT TO GREENBERG SCHOOL DISTRICT, SHE DID THE SAME FOR FAMILY. AND GRACE HAD MENTIONED EARLIER, THIS IS KIND OF EXPECTED. MILLIE NEVER, MILLIE WOULD NEVER EXPECT THIS. SHE JUST DID WHAT SHE WAS BORN TO DO. AND AT THE EULOGY, I I READ A BIRTHDAY CARD THAT I HAD SENT TO MILLIE OR GIVEN TO BILLY ON THE PREVIOUS BIRTHDAY BEFORE HER PASSING. BECAUSE SO OFTEN WE SAY FLOWERY THINGS AFTER THEY PASS. AND I WANTED TO READ WHAT I WROTE TO HER BEFORE SHE DID. AND WHAT GINA, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, GINA, FOR GINA READ, WAS THE LETTER THAT I WROTE FOR MY WIFE, KNOWING HOW HARD THAT LAST DAY WAS BEFORE RETIREMENT, THAT SHE DID NOT WANT TO DO, BUT SHE HAD TO FOR HER FAMILY. 'CAUSE IN OUR FAMILY, WE TAKE CARE OF FAMILY. AND SO NINETY FOUR, NINETY SEVEN, A HUNDRED AND TWO, LIKE MY GRANDFATHER, WE TAKE CARE OF THEM. AND SO SHE HAD TO LEAVE [00:45:01] AND SHE FELT LIKE SHE WAS ABANDONING THE CHILDREN, BUT SHE HAD TO DO IT. SHE WAS SELFLESS, SELFLESS, NO MATTER WHAT THE CAUSE. AND SOMEHOW, NO MATTER WHAT ANYBODY NEEDED, SHE HAD A LITTLE BIT MORE TO GIVE. AND SO I SO THRILLED, SO HONORED THAT THE BOARD IS RECOGNIZING HER ALONG WITH THE OTHER TREMENDOUS PEOPLE THAT WERE RECOGNIZED TONIGHT AND WHAT THE THEME HERE WAS. BUT WHAT I UNDERSTAND ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE HELPED CHILDREN. AND WHAT YOU FIND IS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH IS EVERYDAY WOMEN DO THIS EVERY DAY. BALANCING PROFESSION, FAMILY, COMMUNITY, SERVICE. AND IT'S SO NICE THAT PEOPLE TAKE THE TIME TO REMEMBER EVEN AFTER THEY HAVE PASSED. AND I THANK YOU RIGHT AFTER THE, UM, PICTURES. UM, WE WERE GOING TO HAVE, UM, YEAH, YEAH. TAPE IS FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, I THINK, I THINK YOU JUST ABOUT SAID IT. BUT BOARD PRESIDENT TRACY MES COULDN'T BE HERE THIS EVENING, BUT SHE SENDS HER REGRETS ON BEHALF OF THE GREENBURG CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE THANK CORA CARE AND MILLI SHEEN FOR THEIR YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE STUDENTS OF OUR DISTRICT. OUTWARDLY THESE TWO WOMEN WERE POLAR OPPOSITES. MILLI WAS A SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST WHO WORKED IN OUR DISTRICT FOR OVER 30 YEARS. HER DEMEANOR WAS QUIET AND PROFESSIONAL, AND SHE DEALT WITH OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR PROBLEMS INDIVIDUALLY WITH PATIENCE, COMPASSION. KORA CAREY WAS THE HEAD OF THE EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM, AND LATER A BOARD TRUSTEE AT GCSD. SHE WAS A DEFENDER OF THOSE WHO COULDN'T SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES, NOTABLY THE ECP THREE AND FOUR YEAR OLDS, SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS AND THE CUSTODIANS. SHE WAS VERY ASSERTIVE WHEN SHE WAS A BOARD MEMBER, SHE WOULD SOMETIMES LEAVE THE TABLE AND SPEAK TO US FROM THE PUBLIC INPUT PODIUM TO GIVE US A PIECE OF HER MIND. SO IMAGINE ONE OF YOU COME OUT HERE AND YOU TURN TO THE OTHER AND SAID, OKAY. WHAT MILLIE AND CORE HAD IN COMMON WAS THAT THEY BOTH CARED ABOUT KIDS. OUR TEACHERS WAITING IN LINE AT MILLIE'S WAKE KNEW AND RESPECTED THAT THE CROWD AT CORE'S FUNERAL KNEW IT. WE RECOGNIZED THAT THESE TWO WOMEN WERE ABLE TO TRANSLATE THEIR COMPASSION INTO A BENEFIT TO OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY WERE ABLE TO ASSUME POSITIONS OF AUTHORITY WITHIN OUR DISTRICT. WE TEACH OUR STUDENTS TO SET HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR THEMSELVES AND CONTINUE THE TRADITION OF WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT THAT MS. CAREY AND MS. SHEEN EMBODIED IN THEIR CAREERS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. WARNER. THANK TAKE. GREAT JOB. GREAT JOB. EVERYBODY. SEE EACH THAT WHAT'S THAT? THAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, BABY. WELCOME BABY. YOUNG MAN. BYE. I TAKE THE YOU DID. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. UH, NEXT, UM, ON THE LIST TODAY, WE HAVE, UH, LAUREN, UM, OF SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER EARLIER TODAY. UM, UH, SHE HELPED ORGANIZE, UM, UM, AN INITIATIVE WHERE, UM, PROBABLY OVER 50 OR 60 PEOPLE, UM, FROM GREENBERG, UM, RECEIVED, UM, UH, KITS HELPING THEM, UM, SAVE MONEY ON THEIR ENERGY BILLS. EACH OF THE KITS WAS WORTH ABOUT $80. AND, UM, IF THEY USE IT, THEY'LL SAVE MUCH MORE, UH, BY BEING, UH, GREENER AND MORE SUSTAINABLE. SO, UH, LAUREN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ORGANIZING, UH, THE PROGRAM TODAY. THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME, UM, SHE DID IT. UM, AND THE SECOND TIME WE OFFERED IT, AND WE'RE GONNA DO IT, WE'RE GONNA OFFER, UH, A SIMILAR, UM, YOU KNOW, PROGRAM IN THE FALL. [00:50:01] GREAT. THANKS. THANKS EVERYONE. THANKS SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME, AND THANKS FOR THE TRIBUTE TO WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. AND FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE LEAVING, IF YOU WANT INFORMATION ABOUT GRID REWARDS, JUST GRAB A FLYER ON YOUR WAY OUT. UM, WE PRESENTED TONIGHT, UM, ABOUT ENERGY SAVINGS AT HOME. IT'S A GREAT THING TO DO WITH CONED BILLS INCREASING. THERE ARE WAYS THAT YOU CAN LOWER YOUR ELECTRICITY BILL. SO RIGHT NOW IT'S GRID REWARD SEASON. I COULD BE REALLY SHORT WITH THIS PRESENTATION, BUT JUST WANNA LET PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET PAID TO REDUCE POLLUTION. UM, SO I WORK AT SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER. WE'RE A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION BASED IN MOUNT KISCO WITH THE GOAL OF SUPPORTING, UM, MUNICIPALITIES, BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTS OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY WITH GREEN ENERGY INITIATIVES. AND THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, OF COURSE, IS A MEMBER OF SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER. SO, UM, VERY BRIEFLY, BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE CONED SMART METERS, WE'RE ABLE TO MEASURE OUR ELECTRICITY USAGE DOWN TO A VERY SMALL INCREMENT IN TIME SO THAT YOU CAN PARTICIPATE IN WHAT THEY CALL A DEMAND RESPONSE EVENT. AND THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE IF YOU IMAGINE IN THE SUMMERTIME WHEN ALL THE RESIDENTS ARE CALLING FOR EXTRA ENERGY, WE NEED AIR CONDITIONING, WHICH IS A EXTREMELY ENERGY INTENSIVE THING TO PROVIDE. TYPICALLY, WE THINK ABOUT THOSE HOT SUMMER DAYS AND WHAT HAPPENS, THERE'S A POWER OUTAGE, RIGHT? SO INSTEAD OF HAVING A POWER OUTAGE, UM, THE UTILITY HAS TO TURN ON WHAT THEY CALL PEAKER POWER PLANTS, BECAUSE THE ELECTRICITY GRID IS AT ITS PEAK, AND THEY ARE ABLE TO TURN THESE ON TO PROVIDE THAT EXTRA POWER. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THERE'S A NEGATIVE SIDE TO THESE PEAKER POWER PLANTS. THEY'RE LOCATED IN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITIES. THEY SPEW NOXIOUS CHEMICALS INTO THE AIR. UM, AND TYPICALLY THESE POLLUTANTS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH HARMFUL HEALTH ISSUES, SUCH AS ASTHMA. ALSO, THESE PEAKER POWER PLANTS COST THE UTILITY A LOT OF MONEY TO TURN ON. SO INSTEAD OF CON EDISON PAYING A PEAKER POWER PLANT, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO TURN ON, THEY CAN PAY US AS THE RESIDENTS TO CREATE A VIRTUAL POWER PLANT BY REDUCING OUR ELECTRICITY USAGE. SO, UM, WE HAVE A PRODUCT THAT IS PROVIDED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH A COMPANY CALLED LOGICAL BUILDINGS. CON EDISON OFFERS THE SMART USAGE REWARDS PROGRAM, AND YOU CAN CHOOSE AN AGGREGATOR TO SIGN UP WITH. SO SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER PROMOTES THE LOGICAL BUILDINGS PROGRAM OF GRID REWARDS, AND THAT CAN BE USED AT YOUR OWN HOMES. I LIVE IN WHITE PLAINS, REALLY CLOSE TO HERE, AND WE JUST ALL GOT PAID FOR. ARE THERE ANY GRID REWARD USERS IN HERE RIGHT NOW? ANYBODY ON THE BOARD? A GRID REWARDS USER? OKAY. UM, SO TYPICALLY, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WILL RAISE THEIR HAND, THEY GET $60, A HUNDRED DOLLARS, YOU ACTUALLY DO GET A CHECK IN THE MAIL BASED OFF YOUR PERFORMANCE. SO THERE IS REALLY NO DOWNSIDE TO PARTICIPATING, UM, AS A RESIDENT. AND YOU CAN ALSO PARTICIPATE AS A MUNICIPALITY AS WELL. UM, THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS AND ABOUT 10 OTHER MUNICIPALITIES ARE ENROLLED. UH, IN TWO WEEKS, WE'LL BE HONORING THE TOWN OF MOUNT KISCO. THEY EARNED $8,000 FROM THEIR REDUCTION LAST SUMMER, ONLY PARTICIPATING ABOUT FIVE TIMES, UM, FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS. THIS IS A PICTURE YOU MAY RECOGNIZE SOME OF THE OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM THE RIVER TOWNS WHO PUT ON THE RIVER TOWNS MAYOR'S CHALLENGE TWO YEARS AGO, TRYING TO INCENTIVIZE THEIR RESIDENTS TO SIGN UP FOR THE RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM OF GREG REWARDS. AND, UM, NIKKI ARMACOST WON THAT HASTINGS ONE. THEY ENROLLED THE MOST PEOPLE, AND THEY, THEY EARNED AN EXTRA THOUSAND DOLLARS, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THEY DELIVERED, UH, I SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT THIS STATISTIC, BUT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO THEIR RESIDENTS IN THE PARTICIPATION OF THE PROGRAM. SO IT'S EASY TO GET INVOLVED. NOURISH, ROCHELLE SCHOOL IS DOING IT. THEY JUST GOT A CHECK FOR $70,000 FOR REDUCING THEIR ELECTRICITY ON A COUPLE DAYS LAST SUMMER. AND JUST BECAUSE MUNICIPALITIES AND SCHOOLS AND BUSINESSES ARE DOING IT, IT'S AWESOME THAT WE CAN DO IT AS RESIDENTS OURSELVES. SO I CAN HAND OUT THESE PAPERS, AND I DID MENTION HOW IT'S GRID REWARDS SEASON. WE WANNA GET PEOPLE ENROLLED TO PARTICIPATE BEFORE THE END OF APRIL, BEFORE THE END OF EARTH MONTH, SO THAT YOU'LL BE ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM AND CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE SUMMER SEASON. SO, UH, I THINK THAT'S EVERYTHING. WE'D LOVE TO GET COMMUNITY GROUPS TO COLLABORATE WITH US ON THE PROMOTION. UM, AND YEAH, THERE'S A QR CODE HERE. I'LL HAND OUT FLYERS AS I WALK OUT. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO THE TOWN BOARD FOR HAVING US TONIGHT FOR THE ENERGY SESSION AND FOR THE GRID REWARDS PROMOTION. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, AND I JUST WANNA MENTION, UM, TWO THINGS. ONE, [00:55:01] UM, AGAIN, THERE'S A MARCH, UH, WALK, UM, IRVINGTON PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, UM, SUNDAY, APRIL, UH, SIXTH FROM AT 2:00 PM UH, FROM THE CHURCH TO, UH, THE MARIO CUOMO BRIDGE, UH, TO RAISE AWARENESS OF, UM, THE FEDERAL CUTS AND, UM, AND, UH, FOOD, YOU KNOW, FOR FOOD, UH, PANTRIES. UH, SO IF PEOPLE HAVE THE TIME, UH, UH, OR THE MONEY TO MAKE DONATIONS TO, UH, THE CAUSE THAT WOULD BE, UM, YOU KNOW, APPRECIATED. AND, UM, ON, UM, APRIL ON 16TH TOWN BOARD WILL BE, UM, HONORING JOAN DRISCOLL. UM, UH, SHE, UM, UM, UH, AND HER LATE HUSBAND, UM, DEVOTED MANY, MANY, YOU KNOW, HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF HOURS, UM, UH, NEAR THE HARTSDALE TRAIN STATION, UH, LANDSCAPING A A NICE LITTLE PARKLET. SO WE WANT TO, UH, PAY TRIBUTE TO HER EFFORTS BY DEDICATING THE PARK AND HER, UM, HONOR AND MEMORY OF HER, UM, HUSBAND. IS THAT, UH, NEXT? UM, DOES THE TOWN CLERK HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY? UH, NO. NOT AT THIS TIME. OKAY. UH, SO NOW, UM, LET'S SEE, WE HAVE PUBLIC HEARINGS. WE DON'T HAVE, UH, NOTHING. WE, NOTHING, NO. UM, NOW PUBLIC COMMENTS. [ 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.] UH, FIRST WE HAVE TERRY PAVONE. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. I'M TERRY PAV. AND, UH, I JUST WANNA SAY I, I'VE BEEN IN THIS COMMUNITY SINCE 1960 AND NOTHING HAS CHANGED. IT'S AMAZING COMMUNITY. I MEAN, THE AMOUNT OF WARMTH, UH, AND CARING THAT GOES ON HERE IS WE, WE SAW IT TONIGHT. AND, UM, IT JUST REMINDS ME OF EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED WITH MY FAMILY. AND, UH, IT'S JUST, IT'S A, IT IS A VERY BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY TO BE A PART OF. THE STUFF THAT I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT IS SOMETHING THAT'S COMING UP IN APRIL, I THINK, WHICH IS THE ADDITIONAL DWELLING UNIT, OR A DU PEOPLE MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH THAT CONCEPT, BUT, UH, WHAT WE'RE SEEING TODAY, I HAD MY DAUGHTER HERE AND MY GRANDSON, HE WOULD'VE CAME UP AND SPOKE, BUT IT WAS HIS BEDTIME. SO HE LEFT . BUT HERE'S WHAT'S GOING ON. UH, THE KIDS, UH, MY KIDS, I'M A BABY BOOMER. MY, UH, ECHO BOOMERS, YOU KNOW, BORN IN 89 AND 92, UH, CAN'T REALLY AFFORD A HOME. AND THERE'S NO HOMES AVAILABLE. AND THE PRICES OF HOMES ARE, ARE JUST ENORMOUS. SO WHAT DO WE DO? SO I HAVE MY DAUGHTER, WHO'S A SINGLE MOM, UH, WITH MY GRANDSON LIVING IN OUR HOUSE, AND THEY'LL GO TO GREENBURG SCHOOLS, YOU KNOW, UM, BUT WE'RE USING THE SAME KITCHEN. WE DO HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE TWO BEDROOMS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S FINE. BUT CAN WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL DWELLING UNIT? COULD WE CONVERT THE BASEMENT INTO A LIVING SPACE AND HAVE A KITCHEN DOWN THERE? AND, AND BEDROOMS AND MEANS OF EGRESS AND THE WHOLE BIT, OR A A, A STANDALONE UNIT ADJOINING OR NEXT TO THE HOUSE IS SORT OF LIKE EXPANDING THE HOUSE IS REALLY ALL IT IS. UM, IF WE DO THAT, IF WE GO AHEAD WITH THE ADDITIONAL DWELLING UNIT AND MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT OUR OFFSPRING AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN, UH, CAN WE DO IT IN A WAY, UH, THAT IT WOULDN'T INCREASE THE TAXES? I MEAN, IT, IT, HOW WOULD THE TOWN OF GREENBERG LOOK AT THIS? WOULD THEY LOOK THE TOWN OF GREENBERG? LOOK AT THIS IN THE WAY GREENBERG HAS BEEN SINCE 1960, WHICH IS TO HELP EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, IS WHAT WE HEARD TONIGHT. EVERYBODY HELPING EVERYBODY. WELL, WE DO IT TO MAKE MONEY, OR WOULD WE DO IT TO HELP OUR OFFSPRING? SO THAT'S MY SUGGESTION, AND IT HASN'T COME UP YET, BUT, UH, I THINK THERE IS A BILL IN CONGRESS WHERE THE ADDITIONAL DWELLING UNIT WOULD NOT INCREASE THE TAX OF THE HOUSE, BECAUSE THE PURPOSE IS, IT, IT GOES BACK TO THE, TO THE, UH, MOTHER-DAUGHTER, MOTHER-DAUGHTER TYPE OF HOUSE. BUT WE'RE GONNA BE MORE PRACTICAL ABOUT IT AND HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST INCREASE THE SPACE A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW? UM, AND TRY TO LOOK AT IT AS A WIN-WIN FOR EVERYBODY. BECAUSE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, WE HAVE THIS GREAT MOMENTUM HERE, AND IF WE CAN KEEP FAMILIES HERE, IF WE CAN KEEP, IF MY GRANDCHILD GOES TO GREENBURG SCHOOLS, HE'S GONNA TAKE OVER, YOU KNOW, THE MISSION I HAD YEARS AGO, YOU KNOW, WITH NETTY WEBB AND, AND WITH YOU, PAUL, THE PROMISE OF UNITY. AND WHEN WE, WE HAD, WE HAD ALL, WE WERE KEEPING PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT NOT MOVING AWAY, MOVING UP TO THE HIGH SCHOOL. WE MADE THE SCHOOLS BETTER. UM, AND, AND IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, I I, THAT MY GRANDCHILD WILL TAKE OVER. [01:00:01] YOU KNOW, HE'S GONNA TAKE OVER ALL THAT. UM, SO LET'S LOOK TO NOT SHUT PEOPLE OUT, BUT GROW. AND IF, IF IN, IN THIS TIME PERIOD, IF WE HAVE TO HAVE OUR GRANDCHILDREN LIVING WITH US, LET'S MAKE A LITTLE SPACE FOR THEM, RIGHT? AND IT'S, AND LOOK AT IT AS A WIN-WIN FOR EVERYBODY. SO, UM, THAT'S WHAT I'M, I'M, UH, BASICALLY PRESENTING HERE. I WISH MY, I COULD BRING UP MY GRANDCHILD BECAUSE, UH, THAT WOULD CONVINCE EVERYBODY WHEN YOU SEE HIM , UH, AND THEY SAY, NEVER GO ON AFTER CHILDREN OR DOGS. SO, UH, IF I HAD HIM, NOBODY COULD SPEAK AFTER ME. THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, LISTEN, THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH. THANK, HAVE A GOOD EVENING FOR THE TAC FOR THE TAXES RELATING TO ACCESSORY, UH, DWELLING UNITS THAT WOULD REQUIRE STATE LEGISLATION. THE TOWN WOULD NOT BE AUTHORIZED BY STATE LAW TO, UH, REDUCE THE TAXES OR SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE AN AN A DU, THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL TAXES UNLESS THE STATE WOULD GIVE US, UH, PERMISSION TO DO THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD, YOU KNOW, IT'S A DETERRENT WHEN THE TAXES ARE GOING UP. AND IT'S A SORT OF, IN SOME WAYS DEFEATS THE PURPOSE. SO, UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT DURING THE, UH, LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WE MAY WANNA ALSO, UH, LOOK AT AND EXPLORE WITH OUR STATE LEGISLATORS. I WOULD SAY THAT THE DISTINCTION IS WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE HAVING JUST TENANTS OR YOU'RE HAVING YOUR OFFSPRING LIVING THERE. THAT'S, THAT'S A BIG, UH, DISTINCTION, RIGHT? WE, WE WANT OUR, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR EXTENDED FAMILY WHO CAN'T AFFORD TO, TO BUY A HOUSE, WHO CAN'T AFFORD TO BUY A HOUSE, NOT TO HAVE TO INCREASE THE TAXES. YOU KNOW, WE COULD ALWAYS FIGURE OUT A WAY AROUND IT AND, YOU KNOW, NOT HAVE A GAS RANGE OR NOT HAVE A, A CLOSET OR NOT HAVE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE TECHNICAL THING IS. BUT WHY DO THAT? WHY PLAY GAMES? YOU KNOW, LET'S, LET'S DO IT THE RIGHT WAY, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS REALLY WHAT GREENBERG IS ALL ABOUT, RIGHT? YES. WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING THE, THE RIGHT WAY. DEFINITELY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT. WE INVITE YOU TO COME BACK ON APRIL 23RD AS WELL, TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING. VERY GOOD. AND, AND I'LL BRING MY GRANDSON THAT TIME. . THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND I, I AGREE AND I AGREE WITH YOU. THERE IS NO PROVISION RIGHT NOW IN THE LAW, BUT THE LAW'S NOT FINALIZED FOR A FAMILY SITUATION. IT'S, IT'S BASICALLY AS, IT'S NO DIFFERENT BETWEEN SOMEBODY COMING IN AND RENTING CELL, YOU KNOW, TO SOMEBODY THAT'S OFF, YOU KNOW, NO RELATIONSHIP VERSUS THAT. AND MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE DONE WITH THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. UM, UH, TARA PAVONE, UH, YEAH, SO SHE'S THE MOM. SHE'S OH, OKAY. NO PROBLEM. UH, BISHOP PRESTON, GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING TO, UH, OUR AUDIBLE ELECTED OFFICIALS IN OUR TOWN, COUNCILPERSON. WE, UH, I'M COMING BEFORE YOU TONIGHT WITH, UM, QUITE CONCERNED, UM, ISSUES THAT, UM, I HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED IN THE, THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. UM, LET ME PREFACE MY STATEMENTS BE BEFORE I GET STARTED, UM, THAT I'M, I'M NOT ANGRY WITH ANYONE, BUT I AM VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY TONIGHT BECAUSE IT IS VERY DISTURBING. OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN FOR THE LAST FEW MONTHS, UH, VERY FRAGMENTED BECAUSE OF UNCLARITY AND UNCERTAINTY OF WHAT THINGS, HOW THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND IT SEEMS AS OUR COMMUNITY LEADERS, UH, WHERE TO BE FOUND, OUR VOICES ARE QUIET. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF ANSWERS. I'VE, I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO SPEAK WITH, UM, OUR SENATOR COUSINS AND TO OUR ASSEMBLYWOMAN, MARY JANESKY, AND THEY DON'T HAVE ANSWERS, BUT OUR COMMUNITY NEED TO HAVE A FORUM TO EXPRESS THEIR CONCERNS. AND GREENBERG HAS NOT CREATED THAT FORUM BY HAVING SOME KIND OF TOWN MEETING OR SOME KIND OF PUBLIC PLACE THAT WE CAN COME TOGETHER AND EXPRESS THE NEEDS THAT WE HAVE. I, UM, I'VE BEEN, UH, SPOKEN, I'VE SPOKEN TO TWO OF THE TOWN, OUR TOWN COUNCIL PEOPLE, I WAS ASKED TO GO QUESTION AND, UM, AT A MEETING, UH, CONCERNING WHAT I KNOW THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AND HOW AM I, UM, GOING TO ADDRESS IT WITH, UH, THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT SINCE I'M THE CHAIR OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY BOARD, AND I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWERS, BUT I DO HAVE, UH, SOME QUESTIONS AND I HAVE SOME CONCERNS [01:05:01] BECAUSE IF WE LOOK AT HOUSING, UH, AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME, HOUSING IS, IS, AS THE GENTLEMAN STATED, IT IS ALMOST AN IMPOSSIBLE COMMODITY TO AFFORD IN OUR PRESENT TIME. AND WE ARE PROVIDING LOW INCOME HOUSING. AND IN THAT LOW INCOME HOUSING, I DID SOME RESEARCH IN, AND WE HAVE, UH, SENIORS THAT, UM, THAT ONLY LIVE ON SOCIAL SECURITY AS LOW HERE IN GREENBURG, AS LOW AS $500 A MONTH, THEY PAY 30% OF $500 A MONTH. AND IF THEY MISS ONE MONTH, VETERAN LAW REQUIRES US TO START EVICTION PROCEEDINGS THAT VERY SAME MONTH. THAT'S THE LAW. WE CANNOT GET AROUND. AND, AND WE HAVE OUR FEDERAL LEADERS THAT ARE SAYING THAT IF, UH, YOU DON'T GET YOUR CHECK IN A MONTH, DON'T WORRY, WE'LL MAKE IT UP NEXT MONTH. BUT BY THAT TIME, OUR RESIDENTS ARE IN COURT. SO, SO WHAT I'M REALLY STEERING TO IS THAT WE NEED OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS. I'M NOT AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, AND THE HOUSING RESIDENTS ARE JUST AS MUCH YOUR CONSTITUENTS AS ANYBODY ELSE. WE SHOULD NOT DIVIDE THAT. THEY, WE SHOULD ALL BE LOOKED UPON AS EQUALS. AND IF WE CAN COME TOGETHER AND GET SOME THINGS DONE, WE WOULD, WE REALLY WOULD, UH, UH, BE A GREAT ASSET AND A GREAT RELIEF. YOU MAY NOT KNOW THE ANSWERS, BUT YOU DO HAVE AN EAR TO HEAR. YOU HAVE A HEART TO FEEL. AND I IMPLORE YOU TO, LET'S DO SOMETHING. UM, SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICERS, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW, WHITE PLAIN SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICE IS SLATED TO BE CLOSED. MM-HMM . THERE'S ALREADY PIG SKILL, SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICE, AND I JUST, THE, THE SOCIAL SECURITY HEARING OFFICE, BUT NOT THE SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICE, RIGHT? AND, AND IN THAT HEARING OFFICE, MANY THINGS TAKE PLACE. THAT'S NOT, IT'S JUST NOT A PLACE TO GO. BUT YOU CAN A ACCESS MANY SERVICES THERE. PIG SCALE IS CLOSED. IT CLOSED FOR RENOVATION, BUT IT NEVER REOPENED. UM, UH, ACROSS THE BRIDGE, CLOSED FOR RENOVATIONS, HAVEN'T REOPENED. WE ALREADY SEE IN OUR NATION LINES THREE AND FOUR BLOCKS LONG WITH SENIORS STANDING OVER 30 MINUTES ON THE PHONE TRYING TO GET A, A CALL. AND WHEN YOU GET THROUGH, THEY TELL YOU TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT OR COME TO THE OFFICE. WE CANNOT TAKE THAT HERE IN GREENBERG. WE CAN, WE CANNOT DO THAT DISSERVICE TO OUR PEOPLE THAT RECEIVE SOCIAL SECURITY. WE NEED YOU TO LIFT YOUR VOICE, GET OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS HERE TO TALK TO US SO THAT WE CAN ASK THE QUESTION. AND I'M SORRY I'M GOING OVER TIME, BUT WE NEED, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. WE NEED THEM TO COME AND LISTEN. WHAT HAPPENED TO GEORGE LATIMER? DID SOMEBODY LOCK HIM UP OR DID HE GO ON VACATION? I DON'T, WE DON'T HEAR ANYTHING. WE NEED TO SPEAK TO OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND I'M PLEADING WITH YOU TONIGHT. LET'S DO SOMETHING TO PULL OUR PEOPLE TOGETHER IN A COMMUNITY EFFORT TO HEAR THE VOICES OF THOSE THAT ARE IN NEED. IF YOU NEED MY HELP, I'M HERE. I WILL, I'M ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY, AND I WILL DO JUST AS MUCH IN THIS EFFORT AS I DID FOR THE COVID VAC, UH, VACCINE VACCINATION WHEN WE, WHEN WE GOT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE VACCINATED THROUGH OUR EFFORTS. I'M HERE FOR YOU. LET'S HEAR FROM OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS. THANK YOU, BISHOP. COULD YOU TELL US, YOU KNOW, JUST SO WE GET A, HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN EVICTED, SAY, SINCE COVID? I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER FROM THE HOUSING AUTHORITY. YEAH, I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER. UH, READILY AVAILABLE. I CAN FIND OUT AND GET BACK TO YOU. OKAY, THAT'D BE GREAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS, UH, YOU KNOW, AS I WAS LISTENING TO YOU, IF SECTION EIGHT IS CUT, UH, THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF EVICTIONS MM-HMM . BECAUSE, UM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NEW HOUSING, UH, ON MANHATTAN AVENUE, WHICH IS REALLY BEAUTIFUL, AND YOU HAVE ALL THESE SENIOR CITIZENS, UM, UH, ENJOYING THE NEW CLEAN, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, IF THEY DON'T HAVE, IF THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO PAY BECAUSE THEY LOST THEIR SECTION EIGHT CERTIFICATES, UH, THE OWNERS ARE GONNA EVICT THEM. YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE SEEING, UM, TENANTS ALL OVER, UH, STRUGGLING PAYING THEIR, THEIR BILLS. AND AGAIN, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CUTS ARE REALLY IMPACTING, UH, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE'S LIVES. THERE'S GREENBERG RESIDENTS WHO, UM, HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS. UM, YOU KNOW, AND THEY'RE GONNA BE STRUGGLING. UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, AND YOU [01:10:01] KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK WE REALLY HAVE TO DO IS HIGHLIGHT, UH, ALL THE FEDERAL CUTS, UH, THAT ARE IMPACTING, YOU KNOW, OUR COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW, IF THE STATE IS LOSING, UH, FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, HOW IS THAT GONNA IMPACT WESTCHESTER COUNTY? AND IT'S GONNA ALL TRICKLE, THE IMPACTS ARE GONNA TRICKLE DOWN, UH, TO, YOU KNOW, LOCALITIES BECAUSE THERE'S GONNA BE MORE AND MORE CUTS, YOU KNOW, ALL OVER. SO, YOU KNOW, I'M VERY, VERY NERVOUS AND, AND WORRIED BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I JUST KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR QUALITY OF LIFE IS GONNA BE IMPACTED AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE THE POOREST AND THE COMMUNITY ARE REALLY GONNA SUFFER, YOU KNOW, THE GREATEST. AND I I, I, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I SAID BEFORE, EARLIER TODAY WITH THE FOOD PANTRIES, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN GREENBURG WHO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE DOPPS FERRY FOOD PANTRIES. THE UNION BAPTIST CHURCH HAS A PANTRY. MANY OF THE CHURCHES HAVE FOOD PANTRIES. THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO GET F AS MUCH FOOD BECAUSE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS CUTTING BACK, UH, UH, THE MONEY THAT WAS GIVEN TO THESE, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, SOUP, UH, FOOD KITCHENS. UM, SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IT REALLY IS A MAJOR, MAJOR PROBLEM. WELL, LET ME, LET ME LEMME SPEAK TO THAT ISSUE REAL QUICKLY. UM, I HAVE, WE DO HAVE OTHER SPEAKERS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP. I UNDERSTAND, BUT I DID INCREASE FIVE MINUTES. I DID INCREASE, UH, MY FOOD PANTRY FROM ONCE A MONTH TO TWICE A MONTH, ONLY TO GET A NOTIFICATION THAT WE MIGHT NOT GET THE FOOD STARTING NEXT, NEXT MONTH TO SUPPLY. AND WE GIVE OUT APPROXIMATELY 200 BOXES OF FOOD TWICE A MONTH. I, I JUST WANTED TO ADD, BECAUSE I WAS AT THE, UH, HOUSING AUTHORITY MEETING WHERE I'M, I'M THE LIAISON, AND WE DID DISCUSS THIS, AND IT'S ABOUT THE UNCERTAINTY. AND THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE DISCUSSED AS A BOARD, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T HAVE THE ANSWERS OR THE OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS ABOVE DON'T HAVE THE ANSWERS, IT DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN'T, WE SHOULDN'T COME TOGETHER AND DISCUSS. SO WE'RE GONNA TRY TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. WE WANT TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT IT, THAT WE'RE AWARE OF IT, THAT WE KNOW THAT THEIR CONCERNS, UH, THAT THEY ARE AS CONCERNED, WE ARE AS CONCERNED AS THEY ARE ABOUT ALL OF THIS UNCERTAINTY THAT HITS SO MANY DIFFERENT FROM HOUSING TO FOOD SECURITY. ALL THESE THINGS ARE IMPACTED. SO WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO BRING SOMETHING TOGETHER TO TALK, YOU KNOW, WE WILL, WE HEAR YOU ABSOLUTELY. MURRAY BODEN. I'VE BEEN COMING HERE A LONG TIME. CAN'T DO IT MUCH LONGER. IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO SEE IF CERTAIN THINGS GET DONE. YOU GO TO PUT A BUNCH OF SIDEWALKS IN, MADE OUT OF CEMENT, ENVIRONMENTALLY DISASTER, AND SOUTH BROADWAY, I GUESS IT'S TARRYTOWN OR IRVINGTON. THEY PUT SIDEWALKS IN OF ASPHALT. MUCH BETTER TO WALK ON. THE REASON I KNOW, BECAUSE I USED TO BE A MARATHON RUNNER, AND WHEN WE RAN ON THE CONCRETE, IT WAS HARD ON THE BODY. AND WHEN WE RAN ON ASPHALT, MUCH EASIER. THESE MICROPHONES, IT'S TIME TO CHANGE 'EM TO HANDHELD. THERE WERE MANY TIMES TODAY WHEN PEOPLE WANTED TO ADDRESS THE PEOPLE OUT THERE, THE MICROPHONE WAS OVER HERE AND YOU PUT ME IN. AND IF YOU WANT TO TRANS FUTURE LEADERS, EVERYBODY USES A MICROPHONE HELD THIS WAY, YOU MIGHT AS WELL START TEACHING THEM RIGHT HERE BY EXAMPLE. THE CELL PHONE CAMERA CHANGED THE WORLD BECAUSE WHEN THERE'S A UNSAFE CONDITION, YOU CAN NOW TAKE A PICTURE OF IT AND NOTIFY THE TOWN. AND IT BECOMES PRIOR NOTICE THAT IF YOU DON'T FIX IT AND THERE'S AN ACCIDENT, YOU'RE GONNA GET SUED. SO THINGS LIKE RAILROAD CROSSINGS AND VAL HALLOW, WHERE THEY'RE STILL USING FLASHING RED LIGHTS, WHICH WAS DESIGNED IN LINCOLN'S DAY WHEN THEY DIDN'T HAVE RAILROAD PLA PLATFORMS. IT'S TIME TO USE TRAFFIC LIGHTS AT RAILROAD CROSSINGS AND GATES. EVERYBODY KNOWS A TRAFFIC LIGHT, [01:15:02] WHAT THEY USED 200 YEARS AGO ISN'T GOOD TODAY. I CAN'T DO THIS MUCH LONGER. I WILL JUST COME TO MEETINGS WHERE I CAN GIVE OUT INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW UP ON. ONE OF THE ISSUES I'M DEALING WITH HIS DEMENTIA. I HAVE WHAT IS RECOGNIZED AS EARLY DEMENTIA, AND I SPEAK ABOUT IT BECAUSE THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE I INTERACT WITH, SOME OF WHO ARE VARIOUS GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND KNOWING ABOUT IT, WE WORK TO COVER OURSELVES AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW ABOUT THE ISSUES THAT I HAVE. I CAN'T REMEMBER, I HAVE TO ASK NAMES. AND AT MEETINGS I GO TO NOW I REQUEST THAT EVERYBODY HAS A NAME ON THE RIGHT SHOULDER, SO WHEN I REACH OUT TO SHAKE HANDS WITH THEM, I KNOW YOUR NAME UNLESS YOU ARE OLDER AND YOU REC AND YOU UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEM THAT I HAVE TO LOOK UP MY SON'S NAME WHEN I WANT TO SEND THEM AN EMAIL. SCARY STUFF. SO YOU HAVE AN ENORMOUS RESPONSIBILITY. 6,000 YEARS OF HISTORY IS CHANGING IN 2025. JUST LOOK AT THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE HERE SPEAKING TODAY. LOOK AT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE APPOINTED TO COMMISSIONS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. WORLD HAS CHANGED VASTLY. IT'S TIME TO PASS THE MANTLE. WELL, YOU KNOW, TECH SUPPORT STARTS AT THREE O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON WHERE MY GRANDSON COMES HOME. YOU'VE ALL KNOW THAT STORY. THE GRANDCHILDREN CAN FIX THE PHONE. I CAN'T. IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE PEOPLE OF GREENBERG ALL THESE YEARS. TAUGHT ME A LOT. I'M NOT THAT SMART. I DIDN'T DO THIS BY MYSELF. I HAD LOTS OF HELP. THEY TAUGHT ME AND I APPLIED IT AND I THANK ALL THOSE PEOPLE THAT HELPED ME. NOW IT'S YOUR TURN TO TAKE OUT AND GO ON. THANK YOU JUDITH, A BEVILLE. GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. THE TOWN BOARD, UH, IN, IN RESIDENCE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG. I AM HONORABLE JUDITH ABBEVILLE. AND THIS EVENING I WOULD LIKE TO JUST USE MY FIVE MINUTES TO ACKNOWLEDGE WOMEN IN OUR TOWN, UH, WHO HAVE JUST BEEN, UM, AMAZING, UH, LEADERS. DR. CAROL ALLEN WAS SITTING IN FRONT OF US WHO TIRELESSLY LEADS AND GUIDES EFFORTS TO EDUCATE AND INFORM RESIDENTS REGARDING THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF AN INCORPORATED EDGEMONT. ALICIA FORD CIVIC ASSOCIATION, PRESIDENT OF PARKWAY HOMES, AN EXCEPTIONAL COMMUNITY, CIVIC ASSOCIATION LEADER WHO STANDS UP FOR WHAT SHE BELIEVES AND ARE THE RIGHTS OF THE COMMUNITY AND EFFORTS TO MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF PROPERTY AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE COMMUNITY. COLBY JENKINS, WHOSE MANTRA MIGHT AS WELL BE, I WILL MAKE A WAY WHERE THERE IS NO WAY. INSTEAD OF FIGHTING THE OBSTACLES PRESENTED BY THE POLITICS OF LOCAL POLITICS OF GREENBURG, SHE HAS DECIDED TO RISE ABOVE AND HAS CREATED HER OWN NON-FOR-PROFIT AND IS, I BELIEVE THIS YEAR WAS THE 11TH OR 12TH YEAR. I'M NOT SURE OF HER WOMEN WHO DARE TO BE DIFFERENT PROGRAM. CHRISTINA RYAN LINDER, EXCEPTIONAL LIBRARIAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE GREENBERG, UH, LIBRARY. AND SHE SHOULD BE ACKNOWLEDGED FOR RISING ABOVE AGAIN THE POLITICAL CONTROVERSY, CONTROVERSY OF, UM, THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN, UM, LOT THE, THE PICTURES AND THE EXHIBIT THAT, UH, LAUNCHED THE [01:20:01] AFRICAN AMERICAN, UM, GREENBERG BLACK HISTORY MUSEUM PROJECT. SHE OPENED UP THE DOORS OF THE GREENBURG PUBLIC LIBRARY AND SAID, COME IN. AND SHE HOUSED THE INITIAL ITERATION OF THAT PROJECT THAT'S NOW AT THE WESTCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE LIBRARY. PATRICIA WEEMS, WHO REMINDS US OF OUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS. ALENE SUBER, WHO HAS LAUNCHED COMMUNITY, UM, UH, UM, EFFORTS TO ACKNOWLEDGE A WELLKNOWN INDIVIDUALS LANE COBB, WHO IS LEADING A DISCUSSION GROUPS TO FOSTER AN UNDERSTANDING AND STRATEGIZING AROUND ADDRESSING THE ISSUES OF THE DISEASE IN THIS COUNTRY, WHICH IS ALSO IMPACT HAS ALSO IN OUR TOWN OF, OF SYSTEMIC RACISM. MRS. FLORENCE D GREEN, WHO YOU PAY TRIBUTE TO EARLIER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HONORING HER. PAUL ALICE JOYCE SIMPKINS, WHO WAS AN AMAZING POET, A LIFELONG RESIDENT HERE IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND VOLUNTEER. SHE WOULD VOLUNTEER IN THE COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER TO ASSIST WITH INTERNS DURING OUR GREENBERG SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM. AND JUST AN AMAZING SPEAKER, POET AND AND AND PERSON AND OF COURSE BARBARA ANN WATSON PRAIRIE, WHO I UNDERSTAND IS GOING TO BE HONORED TOMORROW EVENING, UM, WITH THE SECOND FLOOR, UH, COMMEMORATIVE NAMING OF THE, OF THE THEATER DE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER, THE BARBARA WATSON PRAIRIE SECOND FLOOR EXTENSION, WHICH I LAUNCHED AND INITIATED. I I ALSO WANT TO JUST THANK THIS BOARD FOR CONTINUING THE WOMEN'S HISTORY PROGRAMS, WHICH I ALSO LAUNCHED AND INITIATED 17 YEARS AGO. KNIGHT'S PROGRAM WAS JUST AMAZING AND THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING THOSE INITIATIVES. THANK YOU. NO MORE SPEAKERS. OKAY, NEXT, UH, [ BOARDS & COMMISSIONS Reappointment of William Sicari to the Hartsdale Public Parking District Board of Commisioners, for a term to expire December 31, 2028] UH, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS REAPPOINTMENT OF WILLIAM CCARE, UH, TO THE HARSDALE PUBLIC PARKING, UH, DISTRICT BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR A TERM TO EXPIRE DECEMBER 31ST TWO, UH, UH, 2028. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. UH, [ TB 1 - 03/26/2025 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh adopting a Home Rule Message of Support and requesting that the NYS Legislature execute a Town Home Rule Request seeking amendment of Section 1202 of the NYS Tax Law to permit village officials on behalf of certain villages and the Town Board on behalf of the unincorporated area of the Town of Greenburgh (Unincorporated Greenburgh) to extend existing Local Laws imposing a Hotel and/or Motel “Occupancy Tax” on persons occupying rooms for hire in the respective municipalities] TB ONE, UM, RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG ADOPTING A HOME RULE MESSAGE OF SUPPORT AND REQUESTING THAT THE STATE LEGISLATURE EXECUTE A TOWN HOME RULE REQUEST SEEKING AMENDMENT OF SECTION 1202 OF THE NEW YORK STATE TAX LAWYER TO PERMIT VILLAGE OFFICIALS ON BEHALF OF CERTAIN VILLAGES IN THE TOWN BOARD ON BEHALF OF UNINCORPORATED AREA OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, UM, UNINCORPORATED GREENBURG TO EXTEND EXISTING LOCAL LAWS IMPOSING A HOTEL AND OR A HOTEL OCCUPANCY, TAX PERSON, MOTEL, HOTEL AND MOTEL. YEAH. HOTEL AND OR MOTEL, UM, OCCUPANCY TAX ON PERSONS OCCUPYING ROOMS FOR HIRE AND THE RESPECTIVE MUNICIPALITIES. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. UM, [ TB 2 - 03/26/2025 Resolution adopting a Local Law amending Chapter 440 “Taxation” of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh as it relates to exemptions for members of incorporated volunteer fire companies, fire departments and ambulance services (to be held over to April 9, 2025 Town Board meeting due to notice requirements)] TB TWO IS BEING HELD OVER TB THREE, [ TB 3 - 03/26/2025 Resolution adopting a Local Law amending Chapter 460 “Vehicles and Traffic” of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh adding new Article XIV entitled, “Owner Liability for Failure of Operator to Comply with Traffic Control Indication”] UM, RESOLUTION ADOPTING A LOCAL LAW AMENDING CHAPTER FOUR 60 VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, ADDING NEW ARTICLE, UM, ON ENTITLED OWNER LIABILITY 14 FOR FAILURES, UH, OF OPERATORS TO COMPLY WITH TRAFFIC CONTROL INDICATORS. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. UM, UH, [ TB 4 - 03/26/2025 Resolution authorizing the hiring of Joel R. Dichter of Dichter Law LLC as special counsel to represent participating Westchester Municipalities in Con Edison’s electric and gas rate case before the public service commission] TB FOUR AUTHORIZING THE HIRING OF JOEL VICTOR OF VICTOR LU AS SPECIAL COUNSEL TO REPRESENT PARTICIPATING WESTCHESTER MUNICIPALITIES AND CONED ELECTRIC AND GAZ RATE CASES BEFORE THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION. UM, ABOUT 28 COMMUNITIES ARE GONNA BE FIGHTING, UM, UH, THE CON RATE HIKES AS ALONG WITH THE COUNTY AND HUNDREDS OF OTHER PEOPLE LIKE TO MOVE THAT. SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE. AYE. UM, TB [ TB 5 - 3/26/2025 Resolution rescinding Resolution TB-1 -- 9/25/2024 and authorizing the Town Supervisor to enter into a one year contract commencing January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023 with the Village of Tarrytown for Fire Protection Services to the Glenville Fire Protection District] FIVE RESOLUTION RESCIND TB ONE, UM, 9 25 2024 UN AUTHORIZING TOWN SUPERVISOR TO ENTER INTO A ONE YEAR CONTRACT COMMENCING [01:25:01] JANUARY 1ST, 2023 THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2023 WITH THE VILLAGE OF TARRYTOWN FOR FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES TO THE GLENVILLE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. AT ONE, [ AT 1 - 03/26/2025 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Hartsdale Manor Owners Corp. for property located at 26-30 and 51-59 Fieldstone Drive. The Town’s share of the refund is $24,004±; the County’s share is $15,990±; the Bronx Valley Sewer District’s share is $2,271±; the Greenburgh Central School District’s share is $60,227 ±; the Hartsdale Fire District’s share is $19,367±; the Consolidated Sewer Mtc. District’s share is $521±. Refunds from all sources total $122,379±] UH, RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX TERTIARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER HARTSDALE MANOR OWNERS CORP, UM, FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 26 30 51 59 FIELD, UM, STONE DRIVE, THE REFUNDS FROM ALL SOURCES 1 2 2 3 79. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE. AYE. AYE. A TWO [ AT 2 - 03/26/2025 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Hartsdale Manor Owners Corp. for property located at 26-30 and 51-59 Fieldstone Drive. The Town’s share of the refund is $36,610±; the County’s share is $20,344±; the Bronx Valley Sewer District’s share is $2,806±; the Greenburgh Central School District’s share is $95,538 ±; the Hartsdale Fire District’s share is $33,901±; the Consolidated Sewer Mtc. District’s share is $1,304±. Refunds from all sources total $190,503±] RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX TERTIARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER HARTSDALE MATTER OWNERS COURT OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 26 30 51 59 FIELDSTONE DRIVE, UH, TOTAL REFUNDS $190,503. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE. AYE. EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE THE SAME PROPERTY, THEY'RE DIFFERENT YEARS THAT THE UH, OKAY. THAT'S CORRECT. AND USUALLY ALL THE YEARS ARE SETTLED IN ONE CASE THERE WERE SOME CIRCUMSTANCES HERE THAT THERE WAS ONE SETTLEMENT SOMETIME EXPIRED AND THERE WAS ANOTHER SETTLEMENT. ANOTHER SETTLEMENT. SO THERE WERE TWO CONSENT JUDGEMENTS AND THANK YOU FOR APPROVING BOTH A T THREE RESOLUTION, [ AT 3 - 03/26/2025 Resolution approving the continued retention of Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP, to represent the Town and requested Greenburgh Police personnel in the matter of Kristin Stein v. The Town of Greenburgh, et al., for an amount not to exceed $50,000, $750,000 in total] APPROVING CONTINUED RETENTION OF VOLSON, UM, ELER, MOSCOWITZ, EDELMAN AND VICTOR TO REPRESENT THE TOWN. UM, AND UH, REQUESTED GREENBURG POLICE PERSONNEL IN THE MATTER OF KRISTEN STEIN VERSUS TOWN OF GREENBURG FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 50,000. UM, AND, UH, THE TOWN ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WON A VERY BIG, UH, UH, VICTORY ON THAT, UH, A FEW DAYS AGO. UM, UH, MOST OF THE UM, UH, ASPECTS WERE DISMISSED, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. THE LARGE, MORE MAJORITY OF THE CLAIMS WERE DISMISSED. THERE ARE STILL SEVERAL MORE AND WE'RE PREPARING FOR TRIAL. IT'S $750,000 IN TOTAL, RIGHT? UM, UH, RESOLUTION AUTHORIZED VOTE NO. VOTE. MOVE THAT. WHO SECONDED? WHO SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. SECOND. THANK YOU GINA. ALL AYE. CL OF ONE, [ CL 1 - 03/26/2025 Resolution authorizing closing Jennifer Lane, between the dead end of Jennifer Lane and the intersection of Jennifer Lane and Jean Lane, on Saturday, June 7, 2025 (Rain Date: Saturday, June 14, 2025), from 4:00 pm until 8:00 pm, for the residents of Jennifer Lane to hold a neighborhood block party] UH, RESOLUTION AUTHORIZED ENCLOSURE OF JENNIFER LANE BETWEEN THE DEAD END OF JENNIFER LANE AND THEN INTERSECTION OF JENNIFER LANE AND JEAN LANE ON SATURDAY JUNE 7TH FOR A BLOCK PARTY. RAIN DATE 14TH. I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. RELU, UH, CD [ CD 1 - 03/26/2025 Resolution adopting a Local Law amending Chapter 160 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh, entitled “Sewers.”] ONE RESOLUTION ADOPTING A LOCAL LAW AMENDING CHAPTER ONE 60 OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG ENTITLED SEWERS. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. CD [ CD 2 - 03/26/2025 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh affirming that a water infrastructure project (“DWSRF Project 18495”) and related actions constitute a Type II action under SEQRA] TWO RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF UM, TOWN OF GREENBERG AFFIRMING THAT A WATER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT AND RELATED ACTIONS CONSTITUTE A TYPE TWO ACTION UNDER SEEKER. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. UH, CD [ CD 3 - 03/26/2025 Resolution authorizing a professional service agreement with Creighton Manning, for construction inspection services for a federal-aid project known as the Dobbs Ferry Road Sidewalk Project, at a cost not to exceed $248,300] THREE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH CREIGHTON MANNING FOR CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION SERVICES FOR FEDERAL AID PROJECT KNOWN AS DO ROAD SIDEWALK PROJECT AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED $248,300. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT. SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AND JUST UH, WHAT'S POSTED ON THE WEBSITE IS THE CORRECT RESOLUTION FOR $248,300 EARLIER TODAY. IT WAS MUCH MORE THAN THAT. SO THE PROPOSAL THAT'S UP THERE CURRENTLY IS FOR THE HIGHER AMOUNT THE RESOLUTION IS CORRECT. THE BACKGROUND DOCUMENT THEY'RE GOING TO PROVIDE US WITH THE REDUCED COST, UM, OR COMMISSIONER OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CONSERVATION EXPRESSED THE BOARD'S DESIRE THAT THE COST BE REDUCED AND IT WAS TODAY, THIS AFTERNOON. GREAT. AWESOME. UM, PR ONE [ PR 1 - 03/26/2025 Resolution awarding a contract with BBS Architects, Landscape Architects, and Engineers P.C. to provide professional architectural and engineering services for development or rehabilitation of various parks and recreation facilities and other municipal projects in the Town of Greenburgh, at a cost not to exceed the amounts budgeted by the Greenburgh Town Board for such services] RESOLUTION AWARDING A CONTRACT WITH BBS ARCHITECTS, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR DEVELOPMENT OR REHABILITATION OF VARIOUS PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES, UH, AT A COST, UM, NOT TO EXCEED THE AMOUNT BUDGETED BY THE GREENBURG TOWN BOARD FOR SUCH SERVICES. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE. AYE. AND IF I COULD JUST COMMENT BECAUSE THIS IS, IT'S STRANGE THE WAY THIS IS WORDED IS OF COURSE NOT TO EXCEED THE AMOUNTS BUDGETED. THIS IS FOR FUTURE PROJECTS COMING UP RATHER THAN A PROJECT NEEDING TO BE DONE, WE GO OUT AND START DOING BIDS. THIS IS TO DO GET IN ADVANCE OF THAT. SO THE BOARD WOULD'VE TO PUT MONEY INTO A BUDGET FOR A PARTICULAR PROJECT AND THAT'S WHY WE DON'T GIVE A DOLLAR AMOUNT BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROJECT'S GONNA BE. WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH IT'S GONNA COST AND UM, BUT THIS IS JUST GETTING AHEAD OF THE GAME. 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, IF SOMETHING COMES UP URGENTLY AND THEN YOU HAVE TO WAIT SIX MONTHS TO GET BIDS BACK, IT'S ENOUGH. THAT'S NOT A GREAT WAY TO WORK. AND I THINK IT'S AN AGREEMENT TO, UM, TO OBSERVE THE MULTIPLES AS WE HAVE LAID OUT. YEAH. AGAIN, THANKS TO OUR STAFF. UM, PAY [ PR 2 - 03/26/2025 Resolution authorizing the Town of Greenburgh Department of Parks and Recreation to execute a contract with Diane Sorg to provide a rumba dance fitness program, conditioned on the direct costs being covered by registration fees] R TWO RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TOWN OF GREENBURG, DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH DIANE SORG TO PROVIDE A RBA DAN'S FITNESS PROGRAM CONDITIONED ON THE DIRECT PLUS, [01:30:01] I THINK ZUMBA. ZUMBA, I WAS, WHAT ELSE IS A RUMBA? ZUMBA, THAT'S A DIFFERENT DANCE, BUT IT'S NOT A DANCE CONDITION. IT'S A LITTLE BEHIND THE TIMES. SO THAT MEANS WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE WORDING ON THE RESOLUTION. YEAH, NO, THE RESOLUTION IS CORRECT. IT'S THE HEADING HERE THAT'S NOT CORRECT. OKAY. CONDITION. AND YOU'RE EXPECTED TO BE AT THAT FIRST ON THE DIRECT CLAUSE BEING, UH, COVERED BY REGISTRATION FEES. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND ON FAVOR, AYE. AYE. RE PO O ONE, [ PO 1 - 03/26/2025 Resolution appointing Joseph Maniscalco as Entry-Level Police Officer] UH, RESOLUTION APPOINTING JOE JOSEPH MANISCALCO AS ENTRY LEVEL POLICE OFFICER. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. UM, PO [ PO 2 - 03/26/2025 Resolution promoting Police Officer Alex Arias to Detective] O2 A RESOLUTION OF PROMOTING POLICE OFFICER ALEX ARIA TO DETECTIVE. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR. AYE. AYE. AYE. UH, P OH [ PO 3 – 03/26/2025 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to execute a Radio License Agreement with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (To be rescheduled to April 9, 2025 Town Board Meeting)] THREE, IT'S HELD OVER SOLUTION. IT'S RESCH, IT'S NOT HELD OVER IT'S SCHEDULE. THAT'S FINE. DOCUMENTS AREN'T READY YET. PO AND PO FOUR [ PO 4 - 03/26/2025 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to execute a Radio License Agreement with Westchester County (To be rescheduled to April 9, 2025 Town Board Meeting)] IS ALSO BEING RESCHEDULED. UM, PW ONE [ PW 1 - 03/26/2025 Resolution authorizing the Town of Greenburgh to use a contract bid by the Town of Smithtown, NY made open for use by other municipalities for roadway management, scanning and condition assessment of town-owned roads, by Pavement Management Group (PMG), at a cost not to exceed $34,715] RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, UH, TO USE A CONTRACT BID FOR THE TOWN OF SMITHTOWN, MADE OPEN FOR USE BY OTHER MUNICIPALITIES FOR ROADWAY MANAGEMENT, SCANNING AND CONDITION ASSESSMENT OF TOWN OWNED ROADS BY PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP IT OF COST, UH, TO EXCEED $34,714 SEVEN 15. SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE. AYE. AYE. YOU NEED THAT EXTRA DOLLAR THERE PAUL . AND, UH, FINALLY [ PW 2 - 03/26/2025 Resolution authorizing an extension of a Professional Services Agreement with Arcadis of New York, Inc. (Arcadis) for additional construction administration and resident inspection to the consolidated water district for a chlorine contact tank and chemical feed station at the Knollwood Pump Station for an estimated cost not to exceed $113,000] PW UH, TWO, UH, RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN EXTENSION OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH ARC OF NEW YORK, UH, FOR ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION AND RESIDENT INSPECTION TO THE CONSOLIDATED WATER DISTRICT FOR CHLORINE, UH, UH, CONTACT TANK AND CHEMICAL FEED STATION AT THE NORWOOD PUMP STATION. TOTAL AMOUNT IS, UH, ONE 13002ND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT ADJO SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.