Apr 23, 2025 Town Board- Regular

AND THE TOWN CLERK WILL DO THE ROLL CALL.

[ ROLL CALL: Town Clerk]

GEORGIA.

GOOD EVENING, SUPERVISOR.

FINER HERE.

COUNCILMAN SHAN.

PRESENT.

COUNCILWOMAN JACKSON.

PRESENT.

COUNCILWOMAN HABER.

PRESENT, COUNCILWOMAN HENDRICKS, PRESENT TOWN ATTORNEY AND PARLIAMENTARIAN.

MR. JOE DANKO PRESENT.

UM, WHY DO YOU ALWAYS SAY HIS SUCH ENTHUSIA? I APPRECIATE JOE DANKO.

LET'S BRING IT ALL TOGETHER.

SHOULD WE SETTLE DOWN? WE'RE WAITING FOR, UH, LET'S START, LET'S KEEP, START CONGRESS TO THE COMPANY.

CONGRESS.

LAER, DO WE WANT TO HAVE THE LIAISON REPORT? WE WEREN'T, NO, WE WE'RE NOT GONNA DO THAT.

TABLE THAT BECAUSE WE'RE SO DO WE WANT TO HEAR FROM, UH, THE PUBLIC, THE PUBLIC FIRST ABOUT TO AMEN.

BUT PEOPLE MAY HAVE QUESTIONS OF THE CONGRESSMAN, SO THAT'S OKAY.

WE'LL START THE PUBLIC COMMENT.

WE'LL BE HERE.

COMMENT MOMENTARILY.

NOT HERE.

LET'S, LET'S, OH, HE IS HERE.

IS HE HERE? OH, IT STEP RIGHT, SIR, JUST STEP RIGHT TO THE MICROPHONE.

YOU'RE UP.

PERFECT TIMING.

TO THE MICROPHONE IS CONGRESSMAN.

GATHER YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE, YOU COULD NOT TIME THAT BETTER.

AND COMING

[ PRESENTATIONS Congressman George Latimer: Update on the federal government, the first 100 days (2025)]

THIS IS THE, UH, 12TH, UH, VILLAGE TOWN AT CITY BOARD THAT I'VE MADE A PRESENTATION TO.

NOBODY HAS GREETED ME.

, THIS IS WHAT YOU TALKING ABOUT, EIGHT 30 AT NIGHT.

THAT'S WITH NO FOOD.

THEN THAT'S .

GENERALLY I GET THE LOOKING AT THE WATCH SAYING, HOW LONG IS THIS DUDE GONNA TAKE? KIND OF THING.

BUT, UH, IN ANY EVENT, MR. SUPERVISOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, CLERK AND, AND THOSE WHO ARE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE.

AND I WILL TRY TO MAKE IT BRIEF.

AND THEN DEPENDING ON THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE, WE'LL GO FROM THERE.

UM, UH, I HAD NOT REPRESENTED GREENBERG TOWN IN PUBLIC OFFICE PRIOR TO BECOMING COUNTY EXECUTIVE.

IN MY PRIOR ROLES AS A STATE ASSEMBLYMAN SENATOR OR COUNTY LEGISLATOR REPRESENTED OTHER PARTS OF WESTCHESTER.

AND SO IT WAS ROUTINE FOR ME TO VISIT THE LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE STATE OR WHAT WAS HAPPENING WAY BACK WHEN YOUR SUPERVISOR REMEMBERS WHEN HE WAS A COUNTY LEGISLATOR BACK IN THE DAY.

UH, SO THIS IS WHAT I INTEND TO DO, UM, PERHAPS TWICE A YEAR, DEPENDS ON WHAT MAKES SENSE FOR, FOR THE TOWN.

UH, TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN WASHINGTON, UM, IT IS A VERY, UH, VOLATILE TIME.

AND OF COURSE, I KNOW I'M IN A PUBLIC MEETING, NOT IN A PRIVATE CONVERSATION.

SO WE'LL HAVE PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS, UH, BUT IN A PUBLIC SETTING, THERE IS SO MUCH THAT IS, IS IN FLUX THAT IT'S GONNA BE HARD FOR ME TO GIVE YOU ADVICE AS I NORMALLY WOULD TO SAY, HERE'S THE PATH, HERE'S WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO IN ORDER TO DO THIS, BECAUSE OF THE, THE, THE STATE OF VOLATILITY THAT THINGS ARE IN.

UH, THIS IS, UH, CLOSING ON THE END OF MY FOURTH MONTH IN OFFICE.

AND THIS IS, THIS IS THE LARGEST GOVERNMENT I'VE EVER DEALT WITH.

I'VE DEALT WITH THE STATE GOVERNMENT AND THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT AND MY HOME COMMUNITY GOVERNMENT.

BUT THE VAST SIZE AND SCOPE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS, IS, UH, YOU KNOW, BEYOND EASY GRASP.

AND, UM, ALSO GIVEN THE DIRECTION OF THIS PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATION, UH, THINGS ARE IN, IN, IN A STATUS WHERE, UH, IT'S DIFFERENT.

EVEN PAST EXPERIENCE WOULD NOT BE A GUIDE FOR HOW WE WORK THROUGH AND GO FORWARD.

LET ME MENTION FIRST OF ALL THAT, UM, I'VE ESTABLISHED A DISTRICT OFFICE FOR THE BENEFIT OF CONSTITUENTS, UH, IN WHITE PLAINS.

UH, IT IS HEADED BY ELLEN HENDRICKS, AND I'M VERY PROUD THAT SHE'S DISTRICT MANAGER.

I DO WANNA ADDRESS ONE THING IN THIS PARTICULAR COMMUNITY, WHICH I DID NOT IN OTHERS, AND THAT IS ANY CONCERN THAT PEOPLE HAVE ABOUT A CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

I WAS PREVIOUSLY COUNTY EXECUTIVE, AND I HAD A VERY LARGE GOVERNMENT THAT, UH, REPORTED THROUGH ME.

AND THEN MY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, I HAD FOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS.

ELLEN SERVED AS DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH AS A TOWN COUNCILWOMAN.

SHERRY ASHER

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WAS A VILLAGE TRUSTEE, STILL IS IN DOBBS FERRY.

MARTHA LOPEZ, A CITY COUNCILWOMAN, A NEW ROCHELLE AND C**N PINEDA, UH, ISAAC IN YONKERS AS A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER.

IN EVERY ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS, I'VE HAD SEVEN YEARS OF HAVING A POLICY, WHICH WAS VERY SIMPLE.

ANY ELECTED OFFICIAL THAT WORKS WITHIN MY JURISDICTION IS EXEMPT FROM ANY ISSUE THAT DEALS WITH THAT JURISDICTION.

SO ANY ISSUE THAT COMES UP THAT MIGHT BE CONSIDERED CONTENTIOUS OR CONCERNING FOR GREENBERG ELLEN IS EXEMPTED FROM DOING ANY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WORK ON THAT.

AND, AND WHY DO I SAY THAT? BECAUSE EACH OF YOU, AS I DID, RAISED YOUR HAND AND TOOK AN OATH OF OFFICE AND YOU PROMISED TO UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION, YADA YADA, AND THE ORDINANCES OF YOUR COMMUNITY.

AND THAT IS A SWORN OBLIGATION.

SO HER OBLIGATION, ANY OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS OBLIGATIONS TO THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU'VE GIVEN THAT OATH TO.

SO THERE SHOULD BE NO CONCERN ABOUT A, A CONFLICT OF INTEREST IN ANY OF THESE AREAS.

UH, UH, AND, AND ASIDE FROM HER ETHICAL BEHAVIOR, AND CERTAINLY MINE AS WELL, UH, THERE'S NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.

IN FACT, I THINK IT'S AN ASSET THAT GREENBERG HAS, SOMEBODY WORKING INSIDE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BECAUSE, UH, SHE WILL HAVE ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION THAT, WHILE NOT INSIDER TRADING, WILL CERTAINLY BE HELPFUL TO YOU AS YOU LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUR TOWN.

UH, BUT TO THE, TO THE WORK AT HAND, THAT OFFICE IS LOCATED, DO THAT.

YES, PLEASE.

I THINK THE ISSUE WAS THE HATCH ACT, WHICH DOES NOT APPLY AND DOES NOT APPLY TO, UH, LEGISLATIVE OFFICIALS.

AND IN FACT, ALL ACROSS, UH, COUNCILMEN, ALL ACROSS, UH, UH, THE LEGISLATIVE BODIES, THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE.

THERE ARE STAFF PEOPLE WHO HOLD POSITIONS IN BOTH MUNICIPAL OR LOCAL AND COUNTY GOVERNMENT POSITIONS.

UH, IT IS, UH, IT IS FAIRLY COMMONPLACE, BUT THANK YOU FOR THAT, HIGHLIGHT FOR THOSE.

AND IF, IF THERE ARE ANY OF THOSE WHO STILL, UH, UH, THINK THAT THERE'S A DIFFERENT STRATEGY, THEY CAN REACH OUT TO ME AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO DEBATE THEM AND GIVE THEM THE DOCUMENTATION AS NECESSARY, AND WE CAN PUT THAT TO REST.

UM, THE OFFICES ARE LOCATED 2 22 MECK AVENUE IN THE SAME LOCATION THAT BOTH OF MY PREDECESSORS, JAMAL BOWMAN AND ANITA LOWY OFFICED OUT OF IT'S EASILY ACCESSIBLE, CERTAINLY FROM GREENBERG.

IT IS, UH, IT'S ON BUS ROUTE ON MECK AVENUE.

IT'S RIGHT OPPOSITE THE FIRE STATION, WHICH WE HEAR ALL THE TIME.

UH, BUT, UH, THE BOTTOM LINE IS IF THERE'S ANY RESIDENT OF GREENBURG THAT WANTS TO COME IN PERSON, UH, IT'S EASILY ENOUGH, UH, ACCOMMODATED AT THAT LOCATION.

FOR THE RECORD, I ALSO HAVE AN OFFICE IN CO-OP CITY TO SERVE THE BRONX PORTION OF MY DISTRICT, UH, TMA O GARO HEADS THAT OPERATION.

AND IN WASHINGTON, I'M AT 1507 IN LONGWORTH, ONE OF THE THREE HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS, RAYBURN, CANADA AND LONGWORTH.

I'LL PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION TO YOUR CLERK AND SHE CAN CIRCULATE IT TO THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL WITH PHONE NUMBERS, SO YOU CAN REACH OUT TO ME ANYTIME.

I THINK MOST OF YOU PROBABLY HAVE MY CELL AND PERSONAL EMAIL ANYWAY, MY PAST CONVERSATIONS, BUT FORMALLY THAT YOU HAVE THAT AND, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO WORK OFF OF THAT.

IN TERMS OF, UH, MY COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS, I'VE BEEN ASSIGNED TO TWO COMMITTEES, WHICH IS THE STANDARD.

I'M ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND SMALL BUSINESS.

OBVIOUSLY, MY PAST EXPERIENCE DID NOT TOUCH ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

SO THAT'S AN AREA OF GROWTH AND INVOLVEMENT SINCE THE TOWN BUSINESS DOES NOT INVOLVE ITSELF MUCH WITH FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

I WELCOME YOUR INDIVIDUAL OPINIONS ON THESE ISSUES, BUT STRUCTURALLY WE WILL PROBABLY WORK MORE CLOSELY ON THE SMALL BUSINESS SIDE OF IT, WHICH IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ISSUES THAT ARE IMPORTANT, UH, IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND I KNOW THAT IN THE OVERALL TOWN OF GREENBURG, YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF LOCAL CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE IS THAT ARE TIED TO PERHAPS THE VILLAGES, BUT, UH, WHERE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO TAKE ACTION, LEGALLY LEGISLATIVE, AND SO FORTH.

I WELCOME THOSE, UH, THOSE IDEAS AND THOSE ADVICE.

I AM IN THE MINORITY AND I AM, UH, WITH, UH, MINIMAL SENIORITY.

AND, AND OBVIOUSLY IN THAT FORM OF GOVERNMENT, UH, THE SENIORITY MATTERS.

THAT'S HOW YOU GET COMMITTEE CHAIRMANSHIPS, AND YOU CAN MOVE THINGS.

BUT YOU KNOW, MY, UH, MY ABILITY TO, UH, ADVOCATE I THINK IS STRONG.

AND AS, AS IDEAS ARISE THAT, THAT YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO ADVOCATE FOR, WE'LL WORK TOGETHER ON THOSE ADVOCACIES.

CERTAINLY THE SUPERVISOR HAS ALWAYS BEEN, UH, GOOD ABOUT SENDING LETTERS WITH OPINIONS AND IDEAS TO THOSE OF US AT OTHER LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT.

AND I'M SURE THAT WILL HAPPEN, CONTINUE TO HAPPEN AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.

UM, THE, UM, THE, THE PROBLEM WE'RE FACING RIGHT NOW, AND I'M GONNA TRY TO DO THIS IN A NEUTRAL WAY, BECAUSE WE ARE IN A PUBLIC NEUTRAL SETTING, IS THE PHILOSOPHY OF THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS, UH, SHOWN ITS HAND IN BASICALLY DECONSTRUCTING GOVERNMENT WITHOUT LAYING OUT A PLAN FOR THE PURPOSE AND THE END RESULT OF THAT DECONSTRUCTION WHEN HE ANNOUNCES, UH, THROUGH, UH, ELON MUSK THAT WE'RE GONNA LAY OFF 10,000 PEOPLE IN HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, YOU DON'T LAY OUT EXACTLY HOW YOU INTEND TO PROVIDE PUBLIC HEALTH BENEFITS.

YOU, THERE'S SORT OF A GENERAL ARGUMENT THAT THERE'S FRAUD, WASTE, AND CORRUPTION GENERICALLY.

UM, YOU DON'T IDENTIFY ANY EXAMPLE OF FRAUD OR CORRUPTION, WHICH REALLY REQUIRES AN ANALYSIS OF STUDY.

UH, MY EXPERIENCE, BOTH IN GOVERNMENT AND IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, IS BEFORE YOU DO SOMETHING AS RADICAL AS, AS CUT THAT KIND OF A STAFF, UH, YOU HAVE AN ANALYSIS OR REPORT DONE, MAYBE YOU BRING IN BOOZ ALLEN OR MCKINSEY AND COMPANY OR

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SOMEBODY, OR SOME PEOPLE WHO PASSED EXPERIENCE, AND YOU LAY OUT A GAME PLAN TO, UH, TO DO THINGS LIKE CLOSE THE SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICERS ALL ACROSS THE NATION.

WHEN 10,000 NEW, UH, UH, SENIORS ARE BEING CREATED EVERY DAY BY THE BABY, BOOM GENERATION IS JUST NOT INTELLIGENT PUBLIC POLICY.

BUT FROM A PRACTICAL STANDPOINT, IT'S NOT IN ONE OR TWO AREAS OF PUBLIC POLICY THAT THIS PO THAT THIS PRACTICE IS GOING ON.

IT'S ACROSS ALL AREAS OF PUBLIC POLICY.

SO THE PROBLEMS FOR A TOWN GOVERNMENT NOW IS THAT YOU NEED TO LOOK AT EVERY AREA OF INTERACTION THAT YOU HAVE DIRECTLY WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND IDENTIFY WHAT GRANTS, WHAT, UH, PROGRAMS YOU'RE DOING THAT ARE UNDERWRITTEN BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

AND THAT INCLUDES, UH, ORGANIZATIONS THAT FALL, MAYBE NOT UNDER DIRECT TOWN CONTROL, BUT FOR WHICH YOU COORDINATE WITH IT.

I DON'T KNOW THE RELATIONSHIP THAT YOU HAVE, SAY WITH THE GREENBERG HOUSING AUTHORITY, BUT EVERY TOWN, EVERY COMMUNITY IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, BUT EVERY ONE OF THOSE AREAS SHOULD BE IDENTIFIED, CATEGORIZED, AND A DOLLAR AMOUNT PUT TO IT, BECAUSE WE CANNOT BE SURE THAT HE IS, THAT THE PRESIDENT IS NOT GOING TO TRY TO DEFUND SOME COMBINATION OF THESE THINGS.

HE'S SHOWN THAT ALREADY IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT AREAS THAT POTENTIAL EXISTS.

THE, UM, THE, THE PARTICULAR CONCERN AS WELL THAT I HAVE IS THAT THE ACTIONS THAT ARE BEING TAKEN AFFECT THE TOWN DIRECTLY, BUT THEY EVEN MORE AFFECT THE STATE DIRECTLY, AND THAT TO SOME EXTENT THE COUNTY DIRECTLY.

AND THERE WERE THINGS THAT THIS TOWN IS RELYING ON THE STATE TO DO, OR THE COUNTY TO DO, AND THE FINANCES OF THE STATE AND THE COUNTY MAY BE UNDERMINED BY THESE DECISIONS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

KNOWING WHAT I DO ABOUT THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT'S, ABOUT $700 MILLION, UH, IN, UH, REVENUE TO THE COUNTY HELPS FUND THE COUNTY BUDGET.

COUNTY BUDGET'S $2.5 BILLION.

A LOSS OF SOME SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF THAT 700 MILLION WOULD BE DEVASTATING TO THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT.

COUNTY GOVERNMENT HAS A RESERVE FUND THAT IS SLIGHTLY BELOW 200 MILLION, WHICH IS A SIGNIFICANT RESERVE THAT'S BEEN BUILT UP FROM WHERE IT WAS, UH, WHEN I, WHEN I FIRST BECAME COUNTY EXECUTIVE, THE RESERVE FUND WAS ABOUT 65 MILLION.

SO IT'S ABOUT 200 MILLION NOW, BUT LOSING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF THAT 700 MILLION WOULD GO THROUGH THE RESERVE FUND LIKE THAT.

AND THE ABILITY FOR THE STATE TO BACKFILL WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MAY PULL OUT WILL CAUSE RIPPLE EFFECTS THAT WILL COME DOWN AND, AND HIT YOU AT THE TOWN LEVEL.

SO, TO SOME EXTENT, THE CONVERSATIONS AHEAD INVOLVE THE STATE LEGISLATORS AND STATE ADMINISTRATION AND THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION AS WELL.

IF IN FACT, AS AN EXAMPLE, UH, THE, UH, UH, THIS, THIS MAJORITY OF THE HOUSE, UH, THE SENATE AND THE, THE PRESIDENT INTENDS TO CUT $880 BILLION OUT OF THE MEDICAID PROGRAM.

MEDICAID IS HEALTHCARE FOR THE INDIGENT.

THERE ARE PLENTY OF PEOPLE IN GREENBURG THAT, UH, HAVE A NECESSITY FOR MEDICAID IN ORDER TO GET EVEN THE, THE, THE LEVEL OF HEALTHCARE THEY HAVE NOW, WHICH MAY NOT BE ALL THE HEALTHCARE THEY NEED.

BUT IF A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF THAT IS MISSING, THAT IS GONNA CREATE A FINANCIAL PROBLEM AT THE STATE LEVEL, COUNTY'S RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE QUARTER OF THAT AMOUNT, ABOUT $200 MILLION OF WHAT GOES TO THE STATE.

AND THAT COULD DESTABILIZE THE FINANCES ALL THE WAY DOWN THE LINE, AND IT'LL HURT INDIVIDUAL HUMAN BEINGS, PEOPLE WHO ARE POOR, WHO RELY ON MEDICAID.

THAT IS A THREAT ON THE TABLE WITH THE BUDGET THAT'S BEFORE US.

AND THOSE IN THE MAJORITY HAVE YET TO SPEAK OUT THAT THEY WILL, THAT THEY WILL OPPOSE THESE CUTS, AND THE MAJORITY VOTES HAVE CARRIED THE DAY.

IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT, I'M USING THIS AS ONE EXAMPLE, THAT TO UNDERSTAND THAT MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS RELY ON MEDICAID AS A, AS A RESOURCE TO FUND THE SERVICES THEY PROVIDE FOR THE INDIGENT AND SOME OF THOSE MEDICAL FACILITIES, CERTAIN HOSPITALS, NURSING HOMES COULD BE DESTABILIZED FINANCIALLY AND COULD CLOSE.

SO YOU COULD LOSE FACILITIES IN THE, IN, IN THE WORLD OF SERVICE PROVIDERS IN ADDITION TO HURTING THE INDIVIDUAL SERVICE RECIPIENTS BY THESE CUTS.

MULTIPLY THIS, I'VE JUST TALKED ABOUT, MEDICAID, MULTIPLY THIS OUT WITH THREATS TO SOCIAL SECURITY.

WE'VE SEEN A CLOSING OF THE, UH, OF THE HEARING OFFICE IS COMING UP, EVEN THOUGH THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE, UH, OFFERED A, UH, AN UNBELIEVABLY GENEROUS ALTERNATIVE, UH, TO THE FEDS.

BUT THE FEDS DECIDE NOT TO DO IT BECAUSE THEY WANT TO CLOSE THE OFFICE.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IN PRACTICAL TERMS? IF YOU HAD, UM, A CHANGE IN YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS AND IT WAS LOWERED, AND YOU WANTED TO CHALLENGE THAT, YOU WOULD GO TO A HEARING BEFORE AN ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE, THAT WOULD'VE HAPPENED AT 77 SOUTH BROADWAY IN WHITE PLAINS.

SO YOU'RE IN FAIRVIEW, YOU'RE IN ARDSLEY, YOU'RE IN EDGEMONT, YOU'RE ONE OF THE VILLAGES, AND YOU GO TO WHITE PLAINS, YOU'LL NOW HAVE TO GO WHEN THAT OFFICE CLOSES TO NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

AND IF YOU'RE A SENIOR CITIZEN WITH LIMITED MOBILITY, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET A FRIEND TO DRIVE YOU TO DOWNTOWN WHITE PLAINS FOR YOUR HEARING.

YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT GO TO THE HEARING AND FIND OUT YOU DON'T HAVE ALL THE PAPERWORK YOU NEED, COME BACK TOMORROW WHEN THAT TRIP IS TO NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

THAT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT SITUATION.

SO THIS IS A PURPOSEFUL EFFORT TO

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REDUCE THE ABILITY OF PEOPLE TO TAP THEIR SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS AND THEREBY REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PAYS OUT IN SOCIAL SECURITY.

IT'S OUR MONEY WE CONTRIBUTED TO THAT FUND.

I SPENT 50 YEARS OF MY LIFE CONTRIBUTING TO SOCIAL SECURITY BEFORE I, UH, REACHED THE AGE OF 70.

AND, UH, THAT IS ONE EXAMPLE.

THERE ARE OTHER EXAMPLES OUT THERE.

THE, THE NATURE OF THE, UH, OF THE NOT KNOWING MEANS IF YOU HAVE, UM, UH, RECEIVED, LET'S SAY THROUGH THE COUNTY'S COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM, AN ALLOCATION OF GRANT MONEY TO DO A PARTICULAR PROJECT IN THE COMMUNITY, THAT PROJECT MAY OR MAY NOT, UH, STILL BE FUNDED IN THE DAYS COMING.

WE DON'T KNOW THAT.

AND I'M CERTAINLY GONNA GO TO BAT WITH YOU.

I'LL MEET WITH SUPERVISED MEMBERS OF TOWN BOARD AND SOME OF YOUR STAFF PEOPLE WHO TRY TO IDENTIFY THOSE THINGS.

BUT IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE WAY THEY'RE CUTTING THE CDBG PROGRAM OR THEY'RE CUTTING THINGS IN HUD, THAT A COMMITMENT MADE TO DO A PARTICULAR THING, UH, WILL NOT HAPPEN, AND YOU'VE ALREADY BUDGETED FOR THAT THING TO HAPPEN.

THERE MAY BE CASES, I DON'T KNOW, YOU'LL HAVE TO ADVISE ME WHERE YOU HAVE A PROJECT UNDERWAY AND YOU'VE LAID OUT MONEY AND YOU'RE WAITING FOR REIMBURSEMENT, AND THAT REIMBURSEMENT MAY NOT COME IF THE EXECUTIVE DECIDES, NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HONOR THAT SITUATION.

UH, SO THAT IS AN AREA OF JEOPARDY THAT WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT OFFLINE TO DETERMINE IF THERE'S A JEOPARDY TO GREENBERG DIRECTLY.

THE INSTABILITY, UH, I THINK IS PROBABLY SEEN IN THE DECISIONS THAT ARE BEING MADE IN THE WHITE HOUSE REGARDING TARIFFS.

NOW, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I WAS IN GRAD SCHOOL.

I REMEMBER MY GRAD SCHOOL COURSE WHEN IT TOUCHED ON TARIFFS.

TALKED ABOUT TARIFFS AS AN ECONOMIC TOOL, NOT A POLITICAL TOOL, BUT IT'S BEING USED IN A WAY NOW WITH A CERTAIN INSTABILITY.

YOU'VE SEEN THE PRESIDENT HAVE LIBERATION DAY AND ANNOUNCED A HOST OF THINGS TO HAPPEN AND A HOST OF TARIFFS, TARIFF LEVELS.

AND THEN WITHIN THE WEEK, HE PULLED SOME OF THEM BACK.

THEN HE REESTABLISHED SOME OF THEM.

HE POSTPONED SOME, HE HAD SOME EXEMPTIONS, HIGH TECH EXEMPTIONS.

AND THEN MOST RECENTLY, HE'S NOW CHANGED THE FORMULA WITH CHINA.

THIS KIND OF INSTABILITY MEANS THAT IN YOUR PURCHASING, DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU NEED TO RUN THE TOWN AND WHAT YOU PURCHASE, WHETHER IT'S EQUIPMENT OR SUPPLIES, IF ANY OF THAT COMES FROM OVERSEAS AND IS SUBJECT TO A TARIFF OR IF THE FINAL PRODUCT IS DEVELOPED IN THE UNITED STATES, BUT A A COMPONENT PART OF THAT PRODUCT OR EQUIPMENT WAS PREPARED OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES, IS GONNA BE HAVE A TARIFF ATTACK.

NOT EVEN, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PRICE IS GONNA BE, YOUR BUDGET IS CLOSED, YOU CLOSED YOUR BUDGET ON TIME.

TAKE A BOW FOR THAT.

THE STATE AND THE FEDS CAN'T SAY THAT YOU CLOSED YOUR TOWN BUDGET ON TIME AND BALANCE, AND YOU MADE CERTAIN LOGICAL PROJECTIONS OF COSTS.

AND NOW THOSE COSTS MAY BE VERY DIFFERENT THROUGH TARIFFS.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING WE'LL HAVE TO ASSESS AND THEN, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'LL WORK TOGETHER AND WHATEVER WE DO TOGETHER, WE WILL CERTAINLY LET OUR TWO UNITED STATES SENATORS KNOW, BECAUSE IT IS THE THREE OF US THAT REPRESENT GREENBERG, UH, IN WASHINGTON, OBVIOUSLY, US SENATORS REPRESENT THE WHOLE STATE.

SO I'LL TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF MAKING SURE THAT THAT, THAT BOTH OF THEM ARE AS ENGAGED ON AN IMPORTANT ISSUE TO GREENBERG AS IT'S POSSIBLE.

UM, THERE MAY BE CUTS THAT AFFECT THE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES YOU PROVIDE AT THEODORE YOUNG.

THERE MAY BE CUTS AND PROGRAMS, UH, THAT YOU HAVE AT THE BURN CENTER THAT MAY BE AFFECTED BY THIS.

YOU SEE THAT THEY'VE, UH, THEY'VE CUT MONEY FOR SNAP AND FOR FOOD PROGRAMS, AND WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A POPULATION THAT IS IN NEED OF FOOD.

IT'S PROVIDED THROUGH LOTS OF DIFFERENT RESOURCES.

WE HAVE, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, CHURCH FOOD PANTRIES, AND WE HAVE, UH, MOBILE FOOD PANTRIES, AND WE HAVE FOOD DISTRIBUTION DAYS AND DIFFERENT TYPES OF THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT ALL OF THAT IS PREDICATED ON BEING ABLE TO OBTAIN THE FOOD WITH SUBSIDY THAT HELPS, HELPS THAT TO BE BOUGHT AND PURCHASED AND PROVIDED FOR FREE.

AND IF THOSE SUBSIDIES CHANGE, THEN THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE THAT FOOD CHANGES.

AND THEN YOU HAVE THE PRACTICAL REALITY AT THE LOCAL LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT, OF DEALING WITH PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY, DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT HEALTHCARE, AREN'T FED PROPERLY, AND THEY'RE LIVING ON THE STREETS OF YOUR COMMUNITY.

AND YOU HAVE TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE IN A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS.

THAT'S WHAT THIS INSTABILITY HAS CAUSED.

NOW, THIS IS NOT ABOUT PARTISAN POLITICS PER SE.

THIS IS ABOUT WHAT REPRESENTS GOOD MANAGEMENT OR BAD MANAGEMENT.

SO, UH, AS I CLOSE MY PREPARED COMMENTS, I I HAVE LESS ANSWERS THAN I HAVE CONCERNS, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO BE AS ALERT TO THESE CONCERNS AS POSSIBLE.

WE'RE WILLING TO WORK CLOSELY WITH THE TOWN AS YOU'VE, AS YOU IDENTIFY WHERE THOSE AREAS OF OVERLAP, DIRECT OVERLAP ARE.

AND THEN, UH, OUR STAFF PEOPLE WILL WORK WITH YOU TO TRY TO IDENTIFY EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING.

AND MY, MY FONDEST HOPE IS THAT THE ADMINISTRATION, WHICH HAS MADE SOME, I THINK, POOR DECISIONS IN SOME AREAS, UH, WILL JUST, LIKE IN TARIFFS, THEY'LL REALIZE THAT THIS IS A BAD DECISION, IT'S CAUSED A NEGATIVE IMPACT, AND THEY'LL PULL BACK ON SOME OF THESE DECISIONS.

ONE FINAL COMMENT THAT TIES TO THIS, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS ALSO TRYING TO, UNDER THIS ADMINISTRATION, IS TRYING TO TIE CERTAIN POLICIES THAT THEY BELIEVE IN AND MAKE CONTINGENT SUPPORT FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

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IF YOU ADOPT THOSE POLICIES, THIS TOWN, THE OTHER COMMUNITIES IN WESTCHESTER, THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER, HAS NO INTENT TO ABANDON DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION.

THAT'S RIGHT.

NO, NO WILLINGNESS TO MAKE THE MORAL STATEMENT.

AND I MIGHT ADD THE STUPID ECONOMIC STATEMENT OF ABANDONING THOSE PROGRAMS. IN ADDITION, YOU'VE MADE TREMENDOUS STRIDES.

OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE AS WELL IN DEALING WITH RENEWABLE ENERGY AS A, UH, AS A PATH TO THE FUTURE.

AND THIS ADMINISTRATION'S HOSTILE TO RENEWABLE ENERGIES, AS WE'VE SEEN IN SOME OF THE DECISIONS ON WIND AND SO FORTH.

AND THEY MAY TRY TO SAY, FINE, YOU HAVE A GRANT FOR $50,000, BUT THE CONTRACT THAT YOU SIGN WILL REQUIRE YOU TO HAVE NO DEI PROGRAMS AND NO RENEWABLE ENERGY.

WE DON'T KNOW THAT, BUT THAT IS A POSSIBILITY.

SO I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT FOR YOU.

AND AS WE GO FORWARD, WE, I WILL DO THE VERY BEST JOB I CAN TO BE YOUR PARTNER IN ALL OF THIS, UH, AND TO, UH, UM, AND TO STAND UP FOR THE PRINCIPLES THAT WE SHARE.

AND, UH, THIS IS, UH, THIS IS THE TASK I'VE TAKEN ON, AND, UH, HOPEFULLY I'LL BE GOOD AT IT.

SO, MR. SUPERVISOR, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES, ONE QUESTION.

I SEE BISHOP PRESTON HERE, AND ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE IS, UM, THE POSSIBILITY OF SECTION EIGHT, UH, BEING, UH, UH, CUT BACK OR ELIMINATED.

AND IF THAT WOULD HAPPEN, IT WOULD MAKE IT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE, UH, OFFER AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, DEVELOPERS, UH, TO, UH, GET THEIR RENT PAID.

AND YOU KNOW, IT, IT WILL DESTROY AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN WESTCHESTER.

I'M JUST WONDERING IF THAT'S JUST A RUMOR OR IF THAT'S A A SERIOUS NO, IT'S A CONCERN BECAUSE WE'RE WATCHING THE KINDS OF PROGRAMS THAT THE ADMINISTRATION'S COMING OUT AGAINST, AND THEY FIT THE SAME CONSTITUENCY THAT IS HELPED BY FOOD AND BY EDUCATION.

AND IN THIS CASE, NOW HOUSING.

SO IT'S NOT ILLOGICAL TO THINK THEY GO AFTER SECTION EIGHT.

AND, AND JUST AS A MATTER OF, UH, DISTANT MEMORY, IT'S PROBABLY NOT EVEN ON MY RESUME ANYMORE.

UH, 19 77, 19 78, I WAS 23, 24 YEARS OLD.

I WAS THE SECTION EIGHT COORDINATOR FOR THE CITY OF MOUNT VERNON.

THAT'S WHEN SECTION EIGHT ORIGINALLY STARTED UP IN THE BEGINNING OF THE CARTER ADMINISTRATION.

SO I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE PROGRAM, I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT DOES AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT.

AND ALL OF OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING EFFORTS DURING MY TENURE IN THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT, AND WE, YOU KNOW, WE MADE STRIDES IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

WE COULD NOT REACH PEOPLE WHO WERE UNDER 30% OF A MI IF WE DIDN'T HAVE SECTION EIGHT, BECAUSE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AT 60 AND 70 AND 75% OF A MI IS GOOD, BUT THE POOREST PEOPLE WON'T BE RESOLVED JUST BY THE SUBSIDY IN THE BUILDING.

YOU NEED THE SUBSIDY TO THE INDIVIDUAL TENANT.

SO THE, THE URGENCY IS THERE.

AND PAUL, THE TRUTH IN THE MATTER IS THE FEAR IS LEGITIMATE.

THERE'S A LEGITIMATE FEAR.

THIS ADMINISTRATION MAY DECIDE TO GO THROUGH THE SECTION EIGHT PROGRAM, AND THEY, AND THEY MAY NOT ELIMINATE IT, BUT THEY MAY CHANGE REGULATIONS IN A WAY THAT MAKE IT UNWORKABLE.

AND THEN WHEN YOU SIT DOWN AND SAY, WE WANNA DO THIS PROJECT OR RENOVATE THIS PROJECT A HUNDRED UNITS, AND WE NEED THIS KIND OF SUBSIDY TO HELP THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THERE NOW, IF, IF THEY CHANGE THE RULES IN A WAY THAT THOSE PEOPLE CAN'T BE HELPED, THEN YOU'VE, YOU'VE ESSENTIALLY EVICTED PEOPLE, IS WHAT YOU'VE DONE.

SO WE'LL WATCH FOR THAT AND WE'LL BE ADVOCATES, UH, ALONGSIDE OF GREENBURG ON THESE ISSUES.

I JUST HAD ONE OTHER, ONE OTHER QUESTION.

SURE.

UM, UH, YOU KNOW, WE GET A REQUEST FROM SENATOR GILLIBRAND, SENATOR SCHUMER, YOUR OFFICE, SAYING WE COULD APPLY FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR GRANT FOR, FOR FEDERAL DOLLARS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, TRUMP SEEMS TO BE ELIMINATING A LOT OF THE FEDERAL DOLLARS.

IS IT WORTH SPENDING, YOU KNOW, TOWN RESOURCES, YOU KNOW, FILLING OUT ALL THESE APPLICATIONS AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN, YOU KNOW, DO WE HAVE A SHOT AT GETTING THESE, UH, GRANTS? MOST LEGITIMATE QUESTION ON THE, THE SENATE OPERATES DIFFERENTLY FROM THE HOUSE IN WAYS THAT I DON'T KNOW OR UNDERSTAND YET.

UM, BUT WE WENT THROUGH THIS CONVERSATION IN THE HOUSE A YEAR AGO.

UM, THERE WAS A PROJECT FOR EAST BROOK PARK, FOR WHICH THERE WAS AN ALLOCATION OF MONEY ACHIEVED BY MY PREDECESSOR.

AND IT WAS, IT WAS PASSED BY THE, UH, UH, THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE.

AND SO IT WAS A LEGITIMATE, UH, COMMITMENT TO DO THE PROJECT.

AND, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER ANNOUNCEMENTS WERE MADE, THE BIG CHECKS AND ALL THAT STUFF WAS LEGITIMATE AT THE TIME BY MY PREDECESSOR.

UH, WHEN THEY DID THE CONTINUING RESOLUTION IN MARCH, I THINK IT WAS NOW, UH, THEY DID NOT INCLUDE THE MONEY FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 PROJECTS THAT WERE APPROVED IN FISCAL YEAR 24.

THOSE GRANT PROJECTS WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE CONTINUING RESOLUTION, WHICH EFFECTIVELY KILLED THOSE PROJECTS.

THERE'S ALSO A SIDEWALK PROJECT, UH, ON BENEDICT AVENUE THAT TARRYTOWN PUT IN AND OTHER PROJECTS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTY, ABOUT 15 OF THEM THAT WERE, UM, UH, APPROVED UNDER MY PREDECESSOR'S TENURE.

UH, SO WE MADE THE DECISION TO RESUBMIT THEM BECAUSE RATHER THAN GO OUT AND JUST AS YOU SAID, ENCOURAGE 15 NEW PROJECTS WITH ALL THE PAPERWORK INVOLVED, NOT KNOWING IF IT'S GONNA HAPPEN OR NOT, WE HAD THE EXISTING PAPERWORK AT HAND.

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WE SAID, YOU KNOW, WHAT, IF YOU, IF YOU DROPPED THESE PROJECTS, RESTART THEM AGAIN AND LET'S TRY TO GET THEM PASSED AGAIN.

BUT I HAVE TO SAY, PAUL, UH, YOU KNOW, FROM, UH, NOT KNOWING THE SENATE PROCEDURES, I'D HAVE TO SAY, YOU HAVE TO INVEST THE ENERGY AND TIME, EVEN IF YOU THINK IT MIGHT NOT HAPPEN.

BECAUSE IF IT DOES HAPPEN AND THE BOAT LEAVES THE DOCK, THEN YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT ON THE BOAT.

SO, UNFORTUNATELY TO, TO THE STAFF THAT MAY BE LISTENING TO THIS, IT, IT'S A COMMITMENT TO HAVE TO TRY TO APPLY FOR THESE FUNDS.

WE ALMOST, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU'RE SURE THEY'RE GONNA HAPPEN OR NOT, UNLESS WE HEAR ALREADY THAT THERE'S A COMPLETE CUTOFF AND THEY'RE NOT GONNA DO THOSE THINGS.

ANYBODY ON THE BOARD HAVE QUESTIONS? NO, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU.

'CAUSE OUR COMMISSIONER PLANNING JUST SAID HE JUST SUBMITTED A $2 MILLION GRANT TO YOUR OFFICE.

VERY GOOD.

, WE APPRECIATE THAT.

YOU CAN TELL HIM THAT JESSICA MERRIT FROM OUR OFFICE, YOU SPEND A COUPLE OF DAYS UP HERE GOING OVER SOME OF THESE GRANTS WE'RE BEING TOUCHED, AND THEY'LL GO THROUGH DETAILS.

ABSOLUTELY.

AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE HAVE TO DO TO HELP REFINE THE GRANT TO GET IT TO ITS FINAL, UH, STATUS, WE'LL DO THAT.

I KNOW YOU'VE GOT A LONG AGENDA, BUT I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ASK.

SO YOU'RE THE NEW KID ON THE BLOCK? THAT'S CORRECT.

AND WHAT, IN THE FIRST HUNDRED DAYS, WHICH I THINK WAS APRIL 7TH, WAS YOUR HUNDREDTH DAY.

STATE, SENATE, COUNTY EXECUTIVE.

UM, WHAT'S, WHAT SURPRISED YOU POSITIVELY AND WHAT SURPRISED YOU NEGATIVELY? WELL, PROBABLY THE MOST, UM, THE, THE MOST POSITIVE VIBE I GOT OUT OF IT, AND, AND THIS WOULD HAPPEN TO ANYBODY IF, IF, IF ANYBODY HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE IN CONGRESS, YOU WALK INSIDE THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CHAMBER.

I WAS A COUNCIL MEMBER LIKE YOU ARE WHEN I FIRST STARTED MY CAREER.

IN FACT, EARLIER TONIGHT, I UPDATED THAT COUNCIL, THE RISE CITY COUNCIL.

SO I LOOKED EXACTLY AT THE SEAT THAT I SAT IN WHEN I WAS A, UH, 30 5-YEAR-OLD MAN SERVING ON THE CITY COUNCIL.

AND TO THINK THAT I COULD WALK INTO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

AND, AND I'M LOOKING AT THE, UH, THE, THE SPEAKER'S ROSTERS WHERE I SAW THE VIDEO WHERE FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT GAVE THE DAY OF INFAMY SPEECH, OR LYNDON JOHNSON.

THIS, I ACTUALLY REMEMBER SEEING IN NIGHTLY NEWS, LYNDON JOHNSON SPOKE ABOUT THE LEGACY OF JOHN F. KENNEDY WHEN HE BECAME PRESIDENT AFTER THE ASSASSINATION.

THAT YOU ARE THERE IN THAT INSTITUTION.

YOU LOOK AT A SEAT AND YOU KNOW THAT, UH, JACK KENNEDY SAT IN THAT SEAT AND NIXON SAT IN THAT SEAT.

IT, IT, IT'S OVERWHELMING IN SOME WAYS.

I ALWAYS CONSIDER MYSELF A REGULAR GUY.

I OFTEN SAY I'M THE KID FROM THE SOUTH SIDE OF MOUNT VERNON, ALWAYS IN MY HEART.

AND YOU ALL KNOW I'VE HAD DIFFERENT POSITIONS OF AUTHORITY.

I DON'T THINK IT'S EVER REALLY, UH, BEEN SOMETHING WHERE I WALKED AROUND AND SAID, GEE, YOU KNOW, I'M THIS, UH, YOU KNOW, TREAT ME A CERTAIN WAY.

BUT WHAT IT HAS DONE IS IT MAKES ME APPRECIATE THE SCOPE OF AMERICAN HISTORY FAR BEYOND THAT, OF WHAT I HAVE DONE UP TO NOW.

AND, UH, BEING IN THE STATE, LEGISLATURE'S A BIG DEAL.

BUT THIS IS THE NATIONAL LEGISLATURE.

THAT'S PROBABLY THE MOST POSITIVE THING.

IT GIVES YOU A SENSE OF, OF IMPORTANCE OF WHAT YOU CAN DO AND THE LIVES YOU CAN AFFECT.

IT DOES THE OPPOSITE IN TERMS OF YOUR EGO.

I FEEL VERY SMALL AS A CONGRESSMAN VERY SMALL.

NOT ONLY BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY OF US, AND BECAUSE I'M IN THE MINORITY AND BECAUSE I'M PRETTY OLD FOR A FRESHMAN AT 71.

YIKES.

BUT, UM, BECAUSE ALSO YOU'RE IN A ROOM WHERE GREAT THINGS WERE DONE IN THAT ROOM.

DID WE FINALLY PASS THE CIVIL RIGHTS LAW IN THAT ROOM? DID WE FINALLY GIVE WOMEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE? THINGS HAPPENED IN THAT ROOM, AND I'M HONORED TO BE THERE.

THAT'S THE POSITIVE SIDE.

ON THE NEGATIVE SIDE, I THINK, AND, AND I HAVEN'T SERVED THERE TO MAKE A COMPARISON, IT'S, YOU KNOW, WHAT I THINK I'VE BEEN TOLD ABOUT, UH, THE WAY THE, THE CONGRESS HAS REP HAS WORKED IN YEARS PAST.

THERE'S, THERE IS MINIMAL BIPARTISAN CONNECTION FOR THE AVERAGE MEMBER.

THE TWO SIDES ARE VERY STRUCTURED.

AND BECAUSE THE MAJORITY SIDE HAS TAKEN FULL CONTROL, THERE'S VERY MUCH AN ATTITUDE OF, IT'S, IT'S OUR GOVERNMENT NOW.

WE'RE GONNA DO WHAT WE WANT.

AND THE BILLS THAT WE PUT IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU DON'T GET ANY INPUT ON.

YOU WANNA VOTE? NO, VOTE NO.

I GOT ENOUGH VOTES TO VOTE.

YES.

NOW, I'VE BEEN IN THAT SITUATION IN MY CAREER A COUPLE OF TIMES.

MOST RECENTLY AS COUNTY EXECUTIVE, I HAD 15 MEMBERS OF MY PARTY OF THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE.

BUT YOU COULD TALK TO, UH, MARGARET ZI OR JIM NOLAN WHO WERE ON THE MINORITY SIDE, AND THEY WOULD TELL YOU, I MEAN, NOT, MAYBE NOT IN PUBLIC 'CAUSE YOU CAN'T SAY SOME OF THOSE THINGS, THE PARTISAN ENVIRONMENT YOU'RE IN, BUT IN PRIVATE, THAT THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE WOULD PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL THEM AND ASK 'EM FOR THEIR OPINIONS.

AND WE WOULD TALK ABOUT THINGS AND WE'D SEE IF WE COULD GET TO A POINT WHERE EVERYBODY COULD FEEL COMFORTABLE, UH, ON A DECISION.

THAT'S NOT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN WASHINGTON.

THAT'S A NEGATIVE THING.

UM, ALSO, WHAT TROUBLES ME IS IN THE GROWTH OF, UH, CABLE VI CABLE TELEVISION MEDIA, WHICH HAS GROWN OVER THE LAST NUMBER OF YEARS, AND SOCIAL MEDIA, IT STRIKES ME THAT MANY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ARE MORE ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE, UH, ART, HOW THEY APPEAR, AND HOW FREQUENTLY THEY CAN GET, UH, TWITTER LIKES OR, OR EX LIKES AND TWEETS, UH, AND HOW MANY TIMES THEY

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AND SO MUCH OF THEIR EFFORT IS ABOUT PERFORMANCE ART RATHER THAN PERFORMANCE.

HOW DO I JUDGE THAT? IF IT WAS MORE ABOUT THE LEGISLATION WE WOULD DO, WE WOULD HAVE, AS YOU HAVE EVERY WEEK WORK SESSIONS, AND IN THOSE WORK SESSIONS, YOU WORK THROUGH THE DETAILS OF SOMETHING AND THE SPECIFICS, AND YOU HAVE PEOPLE THERE TO GIVE YOU ADVICE THAT YOU CAN COME UP WITH WHATEVER YOU THINK THE BEST PLAN IS.

I'VE GONE TO COMMITTEE MEETINGS THAT HAVE BEEN MORE LIKE SHOWTIME, WHERE YOU HAVE A GROUP OF PEOPLE TESTIFYING.

THE, THE PEOPLE THAT YOU'VE ASKED TO COME IN, UH, USUALLY THREE MAJORITY SIDE, ONE MINORITY SIDE.

THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO, UH, SAY, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY'RE GONNA SAY.

AND THE QUESTIONS FROM THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE TO THE, UH, PEOPLE IN THE HEARING ARE SOFTBALLS.

IF THEY'RE ON YOUR SIDE, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS? YOU KNOW, UH, IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT A SEARCH TO FIND AN ANSWER TO SOMETHING.

IT'S TO RECONFIRM THE MESSAGING THAT YOU'RE DOING.

AND THERE'S A WHOLE HECK OF A LOT OF, UH, BASHING AND, AND I, I THINK IT'S ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE.

THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT IT, BOTH SIDES TO BE BLAMED OF IT.

BUT SO MANY SPEECHES THAT I HEAR GIVEN, START OUT WITH A CRITICISM OF THE PERSONALITY, WHO THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS, OR, YOU KNOW, WHO THE CURRENT PEOPLE ARE.

AND NOT TO THE MERIT OF THE ISSUE.

THAT'S, I, I EXPECTED WHEN I GOT TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF LEGISLATING, I WOULD GET THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF PEOPLE ENGAGED IN LEGISLATING.

AND I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT YET.

IT'S FOUR MONTHS.

THERE'S A LOT.

I DON'T KNOW.

LET ME SEE IF THAT, UH, IS AN ACCURATE IMPRESSION OR IF OVER TIME I GET TO SEE SOME DEPTH THAT MAYBE I HAVEN'T SEEN YET IN MY EARLY TENURE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

DOES ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UH, ME COME? ABSOLUTELY.

WHY SHOULD, UH, IT BE ANY DIFFERENT THAN EVERY OTHER TIME YOU'VE COME TO THE MICROPHONE? GOOD TO SEE YOU.

UH, MY, MY QUESTION AND CONCERN, UH, DEALS WITH, UM, WITH HOUSING, AND I'M NOT REPRESENTING HOUSING.

IT'S JUST MY PERSONAL, UH, CONCERNS AS, AS THE, UH, CHAIR OF THE HOUSING.

UM, AND YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE READ REDONE AND, AND YOU KNOW ABOUT THE TWO TYPES.

BISHOP, WOULD YOU MINE THE MICROPHONE? YES.

AND YOU KNOW, THE TWO TYPES OF VOUCHERS THAT WE HAVE, THE, UH, THE, UH, VOUCHERS THAT STAY WITH THE PROJECT AND THE VOUCHERS THAT GO WITH THE PERSON THAT MIGHT WANT TO GO ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES.

MY CONCERN, AND, AND, UH, AND WHAT BOTHERS ME IS WE HAVE THESE TAX CREDIT PROGRAMS AND, AND THE, UH, PROJECT BASED VOUCHERS IS, IS PART OF THE WAY THAT WE STABILIZE THE FUNDING AND, AND CARRY OUT THE, UM, MECHANICS OF THE, UH, TAX CREDIT PROGRAM.

AND TAX CREDIT PROGRAMS ARE UNDERWRITTEN BY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.

IF THAT THERE IS ANY INTERRUPTION IN THAT, THEN WE HAVE IN GREENBURG RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE A 155 FAMILIES THAT DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE THAT WILL CONSTITUTE THAT WILL BE JEOPARDIZED BECAUSE OF THAT.

WHAT CAN WE DO TO, UM, SECURE THAT AND MAY MAYBE FIND OUT WAYS TO CIRCUMVENT THAT BECAUSE WE ARE INTO A 15 YEAR AGREEMENT WITH THE, WITH THE, UH, TAX CREDIT PROGRAMS BEFORE THEY ARE PAID THE BALANCED OFF.

MY OTHER QUESTION IS, WITH THE FLUCTUATION AND, AND THE, UM, UH, WEIGHT THAT THE TARIFFS ARE USED, DO YOU THINK THAT THE FULL IMPACT OF THE PRICING OF FOOD, PRICING OF ENERGY, PRICING OF EVERYDAY NEEDS, DO YOU THINK WE HAVE FELT THE FULL IMPACT OF THAT NOW? OR WILL WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE? AND HOW CAN WE PREPARE, PREPARE OUR PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE TO, UH, UNDERGIRD THAT? THANK YOU, BISHOP.

I'LL TAKE THE SECOND QUESTION FIRST.

WE HAVE NOT FELT THE IMPACT OF THE TARIFFS YET, UM, BECAUSE THE, UH, THE PERIOD AT WHICH THEY WERE INTENDED TO BE IMPLEMENTED HAS BEEN STAYED AND CHANGED.

SO THE FULL IMPACT HASN'T REALLY BEEN FELT YET.

AND IT WILL TAKE A MONTH OR TWO, UH, FOR PRICE CHANGES TO HAPPEN ONCE THE IMPACTS ARE ON.

AND I THINK WHEN THE IMPACT, DEPENDING ON IF IT'S STABILIZE AS TO WHAT IT IS TODAY OR IF IT CHANGES IN SOME OTHER FASHION, I THINK THE IMPACTS ARE GONNA BE STRIKING.

I THINK PEOPLE ARE GONNA FIND, WHEN THEY GO TO THE GROCERY STORE, CERTAIN KINDS OF PRODUCTS ARE GONNA JUMP UP.

PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE HOW MUCH WE IMPORT, UH, IN OUR EVERYDAY LIVING.

IT'S NOT JUST LIKE FRENCH WINES, YOU KNOW, AVOCADOS.

THERE'S, THERE'S EVERYDAY, UH, PRODUCTS THAT, THAT WE USE AND CONSUME FOOD PRODUCTS AND OTHER PRODUCTS.

UH, IF WE WANNA BUY A CAR, YOU'RE GONNA SEE THE IMPACT ON CARS AND THE USED CAR, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PRICES ARE GONNA JUMP UP.

UM, SO WE HAVEN'T SEEN THE IMPACT YET.

AND IN FACT, THAT'S

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WHY THE, THE STOCK MARKET HAS REACTED SO BADLY TO THE TARIFFS BECAUSE THEY'RE PROJECTED TO THE FUTURES.

YOU'RE INVESTING IN A STOCK AND YOU'RE PROJECTING, WILL THE STOCK MAKE MONEY OVER TIME? IF SO, I'LL BUY IT HERE.

'CAUSE IT'S GONNA GO UP AND IT'S GOING DOWN BECAUSE THERE'S NOT CONFIDENCE IN, IN WHAT THE IMPACT OF THE TARIFFS WILL BE IN THE FUTURE.

NOW, THEY RALLIED A LITTLE BIT WHEN HE, HE INDICATED HE MIGHT PAUSE IT, WHICH GAVE A HOPE OF OPTIMISM.

THAT'S WHAT BROUGHT THE MARKET UP, NOT THE ACTUAL RESCISSION OF THE TARIFFS.

SO WE HAVEN'T SEEN THE IMPACT OF THAT.

ON THE EARLIER ISSUE, YOU HAVE A STRONG ADVOCATE IN COUNCILWOMAN JACKSON.

SHE'S, SHE'S BEEN TRYING TO GET ME TO, TO GET TO A MEETING WITH YOU, WHICH WE'RE GOING TO DO, I PROMISE.

AND, AND WE'RE GONNA DO IT SOON.

AND I THINK WHAT, WHAT THE MOST PRACTICAL THING WE COULD DO IS SIT DOWN AND, AND CATEGORIZE THE SPECIFIC PROJECTS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE, UH, THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT ARE AFFECTED.

AND THEN I WILL TAKE THAT AS CORRESPONDENCE THAT I WILL, UH, UH, DIRECT TO THE APPROPRIATE PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON TO SEE IF I CAN GET A READOUT ON IT.

THE READOUT WE GET ON IT WILL GIVE US AN IMMEDIATE ANSWER, BUT I DON'T KNOW DOWN THE LINE, BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T YET PUT THE FINAL BUDGET BILL TOGETHER.

WHAT I TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, UH, WITH WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN, THE BIGGEST POLICY ISSUE IS IN ORDER FOR THE PRESIDENT TO DO WHAT HE WANTS, HE'S GOING TO NEED TO RAISE THE, UM, THE DEBT CEILING PROBABLY SOMETIME IN SEPTEMBER.

I WOULD THINK.

THERE IS NOT ENOUGH SUPPORT IN THE MAJORITY SIDE OF THE AISLE TO DO THAT.

AND THE DEMOCRATS ARE NOT ABOUT TO GIVE SUPPORT TO DO THAT UNLESS WE GET CONCESSIONS.

AND CONCESSIONS THEN BECOME THINGS LIKE THIS, YOU HAVE TO RESTORE THIS OR RESTORE THAT.

IF YOU EXPECT WE ARE GONNA VOTE FOR THE RAISING OF THE DEAD CEILING.

AND SO HOW THAT BATTLE TURNS OUT WILL BE A, A, A CASE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

BUT I THINK FROM A PRACTICAL GREENBERG STANDPOINT, WE SET UP A MEETING, MAYOR COPA, MAYOR COPA, MAYOR MAXIMA, COPA, AND WE HAVE THAT DONE IN SPECIFICS, AND THEN IT'S IN WRITING, AND OF COURSE EVERYBODY WILL HAVE COPIES OF IT.

AND THEN I'LL GET AN OFF OF WHAT WE WRITE, WE'LL GET AN ANSWER, AND WE'LL GET, AND WE'LL SEE EXACTLY WHAT IT SAYS.

AND HOW CAN WE HAVE WITH THAT PROCESS.

UH, TOMORROW MORNING, I'M GONNA RETURN MY CALL TO GINA JACKSON .

I APOLOGIZE.

I CAN, I CAN'T PUBLICATE THAT.

WELL, I THINK WE HAVE A MEETING FIRST TO OUTLINE YOUR EXPLANATION OF WHAT YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT IS IN THREAT.

THEN AT THAT POINT, WE CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN WILLING, WE'VE TALKED IN GENERAL TERMS, BUT HAVING A PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS IT, BUT THE NUB OF THE DETAILS, PROBABLY THE AVERAGE PERSON IN PUBLIC DOESN'T WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE AVERAGE PERSON WANTS TO KNOW IS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

SO THE FEAR IS ALLAYED.

AND WHEN WE GET A RESPONSE BACK, THEN I THINK WE SHARE THAT IN A PUBLIC DOMAIN, BECAUSE THEN PEOPLE WILL SEE, OKAY, HERE'S WHERE THE POLICY IS OR IT ISN'T.

AND, AND IT'S NOT SO MUCH THAT I DON'T WANT TO, I MEAN, I'M OUT IN THE PUBLIC ALL THE TIME.

I DON'T, I DON'T, I RESPECTFULLY WITH THE POSSIBLE EXCEPTION OF YOUR SUPERVISOR, I DON'T THINK ANY PUBLIC OFFICIALS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY'S PLURAL MORE THAN I EVER THEODORE YOUNG THIS WEEK HERE, THIS AREA AND OTHER PLACES IN THE TOWN AND MEETING DOWN IN HASTINGS OVER SOME FLOODING A COUPLE DAYS AGO.

SO THE LONG AND THE SHORT OF IT IS, IS THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS, GET TO A PLAN, AND THEN HAVE THE PLAN BE WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING IN PUBLIC.

BECAUSE OTHERWISE WE WIND UP HAVING PUBLIC SESSIONS THAT BECOME A GRIPE SESSION.

PEOPLE COME TO THE MICROPHONE, THEY EXPRESS THEIR ANGER, AND, AND IT DOESN'T LEAD TO A SOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM.

SO WE WORK ON WHAT WE THINK IS THE RIGHT ANSWER, AND THEN WE HAVE THE PUBLIC DIALOGUE, AND HERE'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.

SO, AND AGAIN, AND, UH, I APPRECIATE COUNCILWOMAN JACKSON'S EFFORT TO TRY TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN TO NOW.

I REMEMBER WHEN, UH, YOU WERE A COUNTY EXECUTIVE, I THOUGHT YOU CAME UP WITH A REALLY FANTASTIC IDEA OF, UM, ALLOWING, UM, OF TRYING TO GET METRO NORTH, THE MTA TO HAVE, UM, UH, TRAIN SERVICE FROM, UH, THE HUDSON LINE TO PENN STATION.

NOW THAT, UH, THE PRESIDENT IS TAKING OVER THE RESTORATION OF PE STATION.

I'M SORT OF WONDERING IF THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME TO SEE IF WE COULD GET THAT, UH, THAT TO HAPPEN, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE ENORMOUS, UH, QUALITY OF LIFE ENHANCEMENT.

AND, YOU KNOW, I, I THOUGHT IT WAS LIKE A GREAT IDEA WHEN YOU SUGGESTED IT.

SIDE, WEST SIDE WESTCHESTER RESIDENCE CAN ONLY GET TO THE EAST SIDE GRAND CENTRAL STATION.

YOU KNOW, I'M HOPEFUL THAT, UH, THAT COULD BE IMPLEMENTED.

YOU KNOW, WHAT'S INTERESTING IS BEFORE, UH, CONGESTION PRICING WAS PUT INTO EFFECT IN LONDON, UH, THE, UM, UH, THE ENTITY THAT RUNS THE MASS TRANSIT IN LONDON, UPGRADED ALTERNATIVES, MASS TRANSIT ALTERNATIVES, SO THAT IF YOU DROVE INTO CENTRAL LONDON, YOU NOW HAD AN EASIER WAY TO GET INTO CENTRAL LONDON, AND YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO USE YOUR CAR.

SO IT WAS A, UH, IT WAS A CARROT STICK APPROACH.

THE STICK IS, YOU KNOW, PAYING A CONGESTION PRICING FEE, BUT THE CARROT IS BETTER.

BUS AND UNDERGROUND SERVICE, THAT SAME THING SHOULD APPLY, UH, TO THE CONGESTION PRICING ISSUE HERE.

AND HAVING COMMUTER RAIL, UH, WHICH YOU HAVE FROM LONG ISLAND.

IN LONG ISLAND, YOU CAN GET TO BOTH PENN STATION AND GRAND CENTRAL STATION, EAST

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AND IF YOU'RE SELLING A HOUSE IN, IN, UM, UH, PICK A PART OF THE TOWN THAT YOU WANT ANYTHING CLOSER TO THE RIVER, IF YOU COMMUTE OUT OF THE HUDSON LINE AND YOU ONLY GO INTO, UH, UH, GRAND CENTRAL STATION, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT SAY, WELL, IF MY OFFICES ARE ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN OR LOWER MANHATTAN, I'VE HAD THAT HAPPEN.

UH, I'D BE BETTER OFF, UH, COMMUTING INTO PENN STATION AND MAYBE I SHOULD LOOK ON LONG ISLAND TO BUY A HOUSE AS OPPOSED TO LOOKING AT WESTCHESTER COUNTY.

AND WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO UPGRADE THAT.

AND, AND COMMUTER RAIL, WHICH IS, UH, IN THE WORKS ON THE NEW HAVEN SIDE, NEEDS TO BE COMPLIMENTED BY THE SAME THING ON THE HUDSON SIDE.

WE'LL MAKE THAT CASE AGAIN, I'M AFRAID RIGHT NOW THAT, UH, THE MTA FACES A HUGE GAP IN MAKING THEIR EXISTING CAPITAL NEEDS MET.

$15 BILLION NEED.

AND, AND EVEN CONGESTION PRICING DOESN'T MAKE THAT, UH, DOESN'T CLOSE THAT GAP.

BUT I'VE TALKED TO JAN LIEBER ABOUT IT PERSONALLY IN A BRIEF CONVERSATION, AND I COMMUNICATED WITH HIM, AND WE'LL DOUBLE DOWN ON THAT.

AND THE LAST THING I WANTED TO SAY IS, I WAS READING AN ARTICLE IN THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, IT WAS JUST LIKE ONE SENTENCE, AND I WAS REALLY, UH, I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY HORRIBLE.

I THINK THE PRESIDENT WANTS TO, UH, UH, ELIMINATE THE NUMBER OF STAFFING, UH, IN NURSING HOMES.

UM, SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF SOMEBODY'S A NURSE RIGHT NOW, SAY YOU GO TO A NURSING HOME AND, UM, THERE'S A FEDERAL REQUIREMENT THAT THERE HAS TO BE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF, UH, UH, NURSES, AND THEY'RE GONNA BE REDUCED.

NOW THEY'RE GONNA ELIMINATE THAT REQUIREMENT, WHICH WOULD REALLY BE HORRIBLE.

'CAUSE EVEN THE MEDIC, THE HOSPITALS AND NURSING HOMES THAT ARE GREAT DON'T PROVIDE ADEQUATE, UM, ATTENTION TO THE PATIENTS.

YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T GET NURSES BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH.

SO IF THEY'RE GONNA HAVE EVEN FEWER, UH, PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE REALLY TREATED LIKE, UH, SUBHUMANS.

AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK IT'S, I THINK THIS IS, WHEN I READ IT, I, I SAID, I JUST THINK IT'S WAS HORRIBLE.

AND, YOU KNOW, I HOPE THAT WASHINGTON DOESN'T CUT, YOU KNOW, CUT THAT PROGRAM.

IT'S ONE OF MANY, MANY HORRIBLE THINGS.

YEAH, NO, I'M SAYING EVERY DAY.

BISHOP TO OUR FOLLOW UP MEETING.

IT'S LIKE, AND THEN THEY'RE CUTTING THE OVERSIGHT THAT WOULD CHECK TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE EVEN COMPLIANT.

YOU KNOW, AS I SAID AT THE OUTSET, UH, PAUL, YOUR EXAMPLE AND OTHER EXAMPLES THAT WE COULD ADD TO IT, THERE IS A WAY TO DO SOMETHING AND THERE'S A WAY NOT TO DO IT.

UH, I, I WILL ARGUE THAT, UH, I'M PROBABLY ABOUT 25 POUNDS OVERWEIGHT.

THE WEIGHT TO LOSE THOSE 25 POUNDS IS THE TRADITIONAL WAY YOU EAT.

YOU WATCH WHAT YOU EAT, YOU EAT GOOD THINGS AND NOT BAD THINGS.

AND YOU EXERCISE TWO THINGS THAT MOST OF US WHO ARE OVERWEIGHT DON'T REALLY WANT TO DO.

WE LOOK FOR SOME OTHER WAY TO DO IT.

IF I CUT OFF MY ARM, I WOULD LOSE 25 POUNDS.

MY ARM WEIGHS 25 POUNDS, WHY WOULD I CUT OFF MY ARM TO LOSE WEIGHT? AND THAT IS WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IN THIS STRATEGY AT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

IT IS TO CUT OFF WORKING LIMBS ON THE BELIEF THAT YOU ARE, UH, CREATING LESS COST TO GOVERNMENT AND LESS EMPLOYEES.

BECAUSE GENERICALLY, THOSE PEOPLE THAT HATE GOVERNMENT THINK IT'S, UH, THE DEEP STATE AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.

UM, DON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT THE OUTPUT OF GOVERNMENT.

YOU CARE ABOUT THE OUTPUT OF GOVERNMENT AND HOUSING.

YOU'VE JUST DESCRIBED HEALTHCARE AS AN OUTPUT.

AND THERE ARE OTHER OUTPUTS THAT WE EACH CARE ABOUT, BUT WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT IT WITH ANY KIND OF ANALYTICAL, SO THEY'RE NOT LOOKING AT IT ANY KIND OF ANALYTICAL SENSE.

AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT IT WITH AN IDEOLOGICAL TILT.

AND THE IDEOLOGICAL TILT IS GOVERNMENT IS, UH, INTRINSICALLY BAD.

IT NEEDS TO BE SHRUNKEN GENERICALLY.

WE DON'T CARE ACTUALLY WHO BENEFITS OR WHO DOESN'T.

WE SHOULDN'T BE DOING THIS.

YOU KNOW, WE SHOULDN'T BE DOING THESE THINGS ANYMORE.

THAT PHILOSOPHY KEPT THE SPRAIN RIDGE POOLS CLOSED FOR SEVEN YEARS.

WE CHANGED THAT PHILOSOPHY ON THE NINTH FLOOR OF THE COUNTY OFFICE, BUT WE OPENED THOSE POOLS.

SO LITTLE KIDS CAN ENJOY THEMSELVES IN A POOL.

GOVERNMENT HAS A PURPOSE.

YOU HAVE TO MANAGE IT.

WELL, YES, THERE'S WASTE, BUT TO ASSERT THAT THERE'S FRAUD AND CORRUPTION, NO, I THINK THAT'S JUST THE MARKETING, UH, LABEL THAT YOU'RE ATTACHING TO THINGS BECAUSE YOU CAN CONVINCE SOME NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT FRAUD IS RAMPANT.

AND I HAVE ONE INCIDENT OF FRAUD.

THAT MEANS THE WHOLE THING IS FRAUDULENT.

TELL THAT TO THE PERSON WHO BENEFITS, IN YOUR CASE, FROM A HEALTHCARE ISSUE, AND IN YOUR CASE, FROM PEOPLE IN THE HOUSING, TELL 'EM THAT IT'S ALL FRAUD.

THE FRAUD IS IN THE WAY YOU MISREPRESENTED IT.

AND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE DEEP STATE, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT THE DEEP STATE IS.

THE DEEP STATE IS, IS GRABBING PEOPLE WITHOUT ANY RIGHT TO GO BEFORE A JUDGE TO BE ABLE TO, TO PROVE WHAT THEIR GUILT OR INNOCENCE OF SOME CHARGE IS.

THE DEEP STATE GRABS THAT PERSON, PUTS 'EM ON A PLANE AND TAKES 'EM TO A PRISON IN ANOTHER COUNTRY.

THAT'S THE DEEP STATE.

I THINK.

UH, I'VE, UH, TAKEN ENOUGH OF YOUR TIME.

I APPRECIATE YOUR COURTESY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU DIRECTLY IN A HOST OF DIFFERENT WAYS.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

I KNOW EACH OF YOU, I KNOW EACH OF YOU'RE DEEPLY COMMITTED TO YOUR SERVICE.

AND I LOOK FORWARD

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

HAVE A WONDERFUL, THANK YOU.

NOW, UH, NOW WE'LL HAVE THE

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PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF THE MEETING.

ANYBODY WANNA SPEAK? I BELIEVE CELESTE TARA'S NOT HERE, SO, OH, YOU .

HI.

CAN WE HAVE TARA TARA'S AMAZING 'CAUSE I'VE SEEN YOU RUN BACK.

TARA PAVONE.

HELLO.

UM, AND YOU CAN MOVE THE MIC DOWN IF YOU WOULD LIKE.

THAT, THAT.

OH, SO, OH, HELLO.

I AM HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT THE, UM, ADDITIONAL DWELLING UNIT, AND IT ACTUALLY HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THE COST OF HOUSING.

UM, SO, HI, I'M TARA.

UM, I CURRENTLY RESIDE WITH MY PARENTS.

UM, THEY'RE ALUM OF, UM, WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL.

AND I ALSO GRADUATED FROM WOODLANDS.

THAT'S A GREAT SCHOOL IN 2009.

UM, THE LAST TIME I WAS LIVING IN GREENBURG ON MY OWN WAS IN 2017.

A FEW BLOCKS FROM HERE OVER ON, UH, WINDOVER WOODS LANE.

AND THE COST OF A ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT AT THAT TIME WAS ONLY $1,100 A MONTH.

UM, I ENDED UP MOVING OUT OF STATE WITH MY HUSBAND AT THE TIME.

UM, AND WE WERE AWAY FOR A FEW YEARS.

AND THEN WE MOVED BACK TO WHITE PLAINS IN 2022 WHEN WE WERE EXPECTING A BABY FRIEND.

AT THAT TIME, A ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT ON LAKE STREET IN WHITE PLAINS WAS 2000 A MONTH.

UM, I HAD MY BEAUTIFUL SON, HE'S OUT IN THE CAR 'CAUSE HE WOULDN'T STAY IN HIS SEAT, .

UM, I HAD HIM THAT YEAR, UNFORTUNATELY.

UM, AFTER SIX YEARS OF MARRIAGE AND A PLANNED PREGNANCY, UM, MY NOW EX-HUSBAND DECIDED TO LEAVE THE HOUSEHOLD ONLY TWO MONTHS AFTER HE WAS BORN.

UM, SO, UH, SINCE I WAS BALANCING PARENTHOOD AND WORKING PART-TIME, I MOVED BACK IN WITH MY PARENTS, UM, FOR THE PRACTICAL AND THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT.

MY SON WILL BE TURNING THREE YEARS OLD THIS WEEKEND, UM, WHICH IS EXCITING.

UM, AND I'VE BEGUN THINKING ABOUT, UM, OUR OPTIONS FOR LIVING ON OUR OWN AGAIN.

UM, WELL FOR, FOR HIM, THAT'LL BE THE FIRST TIME LIVING ON OUR OWN, UM, AS HE GETS BIGGER.

AND SO THAT I CAN ALLOW MY PARENTS TO RECLAIM THEIR SPACE BECAUSE A TODDLER HAS FULLY TAKEN IT OVER.

UM, AND A QUICK ZILLOW SEARCH WILL SHOW YOU THAT A ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT IN THE AREA NOW, UM, CAN GO FOR AROUND 3000 A MONTH.

UM, SO PRICES HAVE SKYROCKETED AND, UH, ABOUT TRIPLED IN LIKE EIGHT YEARS.

UM, ALSO BECAUSE I HAVE A MALE DEPENDENT, I WOULD NEED TO BE LOOKING AT TWO BEDROOM APARTMENTS, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR US TO BE COMFORTABLE.

UM, AND UNFORTUNATELY, DESPITE MY INDIVIDUAL EFFORTS, UH, FINANCES ARE A STRESSOR.

I ACTUALLY GRADUATED TORIAN FROM LANCE, UM, SUMMA CU FROM MY UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM.

AND I WENT ON TO RECEIVE A MASTER'S DEGREE IN MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING.

UM, AND NOW I'M A NEW YORK STATE LICENSED THERAPIST, AND I WORK FULL TIME AGAIN.

UM, UNFORTUNATELY I ONLY MAKE ABOUT 50% OF THE HOUSEHOLD MEDIAN INCOME IN GREENBURG, AND THAT'S INCLUDING CHILD SUPPORT.

ONE RENT PAYMENT FOR A TWO BEDROOM APARTMENT, UH, WOULD BE ABOUT 70% OF MY MONTHLY INCOME.

I'VE ALSO APPLIED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UM, IN THE TIME THAT I'VE BEEN WITH MY PARENTS.

AND EVEN THAT KIND OF OPPORTUNITY WOULD COST ME ABOUT 50% OF MY MONTHLY INCOME.

UM, BUT LUCKILY FOR ME, I HAVE 11 PARENTS WHO HAVE ABOUT 800 SQUARE FEET OF UNUSED BASEMENT SPACE , UM, THAT I WOULD LOVE TO RENOVATE INTO A FULLY FUNCTIONING APARTMENT.

UM, NOT ONLY WOULD THIS ALLEVIATE FINANCIAL STRESS FOR MYSELF, BUT IT WOULD, IT WOULD PROVIDE STABILITY FOR MY SON, UM, TO NOT HAVE TO PART WAYS FROM TWO SIGNIFICANT ATTACHMENT FIGURES, UM, WHEN HE WAS ALREADY ABANDONED BY THEM.

UM, BUT THE ONLY WAY WE WOULD BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO LIVE ON OUR OWN, UM, WITHOUT THE A DU LEGISLATION WOULD BE TO, UM, MOVE TO AN AREA OF LOWER COST OF LIVING, WHICH PRESENTS ITS OWN CHALLENGES, UM, AS FAR AS DISTANCE FROM FAMILY AND POLITICAL LANDSCAPE, UM, WHICH MAY NOT BE AS WELCOMING AS GREENBERG HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN.

UM, SO THANKS TO THIS PROGRESSIVE, UM, THIS BOARD, UM, HOPEFULLY, UM, THE LEGISLATION WILL BE CONSIDERED AND WE HOPE TO STAY AND THRIVE HERE.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

THE CURRENT LAW DOESN'T TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHETHER OR NOT IT'S A FAMILY.

THAT WAS REALLY, UH, AND THAT WAS VERY WELL SAID.

AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE'RE TAKING A BIT OF A PAUSE IS WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME ISSUES SUCH AS FOR FAMILIES THAT YOU KNOW, AND WE'VE, WE'VE HEARD THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

UH, I HAVE A MOTHER THAT I NEED TO, I HAVE A FATHER THAT I, I HAVE A CHILD THAT NEEDS TO,

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IT'S REALLY DESIGNED FOR YOU WANT TO RENT OUT A PLACE.

AND SO WE'RE ASKING OUR, UM, COMMISSIONER OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING, UH, TO LOOK AT THIS TYPE OF, UH, RELIEF.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I THINK THAT'S GREAT.

I'M WONDERING, COULD WE, UM, UH, SINCE THIS IS ONLY THE PUBLIC COMMENT AND WE'RE NOT HAVING THE PUBLIC HEARING TODAY, COULD WE INCLUDE THESE COMMENTS AS PART OF THE OFFICIAL RECORD? DO WE HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION? WHAT, WHAT WE CAN DO IS WE CAN PRINT OUT THE TRANSCRIPT AND WE COULD GET YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION AND, AND HAVE THEM SIGN IT, AND WE COULD ENTER THAT AS PART OF THE WRITTEN RECORD.

SO THEN THIS WILL COUNT AS, UH, TESTIFYING AT THE PUBLIC HEARING.

SO THANK YOU.

THIS WAS A GREAT YEAR.

YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN, UH, AND, AND THE, AND THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL CONTINUE ON MAY 28TH, IF YOU'D ALSO LIKE TO COME BACK AT THAT TIME AND MAYBE HEAR SOME DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS AS WELL AND ENGAGE IN CONVERSATION SOME MORE.

AND I'M, I ASSUME THERE'S SOMEBODY WITH YOUR CHILD IN THE CAR.

IF YOU CAN COME AND GIVE ME YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS, PLEASE.

AND, UH, WE WILL HEAR FROM TERRY PAVONE.

HOW ARE YOU TODAY? UH, THAT WAS MY DAUGHTER TARA, UH, WHO SAID IT ALL.

SHE SAID EVERYTHING YOU KNOW THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW.

UM, THE BIG ISSUE THAT I WONDER ABOUT IS WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO OUR TAXES IF MY DAUGHTER IS LIVING IN THE BASEMENT, IF SHE LIVES UPSTAIRS, MY TAXES STAY THE SAME.

IF SHE LIVES DOWNSTAIRS IN THE BASEMENT, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO MY TAXES? NOW, TRADITIONALLY, THERE'S SOMETHING I THINK CALLED, UH, MOTHER-DAUGHTER HOUSE, RIGHT? IN GREENBURG, IT'S PERMITTED, RIGHT? YOU CAN HAVE A MOTHER-DAUGHTER HOUSE.

SO CAN WE TAKE THAT CONCEPT AND JUST SORT OF FIND WHEREVER THAT'S ALL PRINTED SOMEPLACE AND ADD A FEW WORDS? I THINK WE WOULD NEED STATE LEGISLATION FOR THAT.

BUT THAT THIS, I THINK IN TERMS OF, UM, YOU KNOW, ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AND THE IMPACT AND WHAT THE ASSESSOR CAN OR CAN'T DO, I THINK THAT, UM, IF THE ASSESSOR WOULD BE AUTHORIZED, YOU KNOW, BY STATE LAW, UM, TO, UH, BE MORE, UH, FLEXIBLE IN TERMS OF, UM, PEOPLE WHO HAVE ADU AND ARE USING IT FOR, YOU KNOW, THE RIGHT PURPOSES, I THINK THAT WOULD MAKE THE ADUS MUCH MORE SUCCESSFUL.

AND SO, I, I DEF SO I'M GLAD YOU'RE BRINGING THIS UP.

YOU KNOW, THE, THE STATE BUDGET IS GONNA BE FINALIZED PROBABLY BY MONDAY OR TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK.

AND THEN THE LAWMAKERS IN ALBANY WILL START FOCUSING ON ALL THE OTHER, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF OTHER ISSUES.

AND I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY SHOULD, UM, YOU KNOW, SPEAK TO, UM, OUR STATE LAWMAKERS AND, AND SEE IF, YOU KNOW, THEY COULD, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH US TO MAKE ADU, YOU KNOW, MORE PRACTICAL.

AND THERE MIGHT BE, UH, SEVERAL LEVELS TO THAT, THAT I COULD CONCEIVE.

UH, ONE WOULD BE IF IT'S IN THE BASEMENT AS OPPOSED TO A SEPARATE UNIT NEXT TO IT, THAT WOULD BE, UH, A DIFFERENTIATION.

UH, IF IT'S JUST THE BASEMENT AND LET'S SAY AFTER MY DAUGHTER MOVES OUT, I'M NOT GONNA RENT IT TO SOMEBODY ELSE.

I'M NOT EVEN GONNA COLLECT RENT FROM HER, RIGHT? I'M NOT GONNA COLLECT RENT FROM MY OWN FAMILY.

SO IN A SENSE, IT'S JUST GIVING THE PERMISSION TO FIND OUT A WAY FOR THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT TO FIGURE OUT THE LOGISTICS OF HOW TO DO YOU ADD, UM, A KITCHEN IN A SAFE WAY? HOW DO YOU ADD MEANS OF RE IN A SAFE WAY? WHEN YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT IT, IT'S A BUILDING DEPARTMENT PROBLEM, RIGHT? THAT'S ALL IT IS.

WELL, WHAT IF YOU SOLD THE HOUSE, IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT A BUILDING DEPARTMENT PROBLEM.

WELL, IF I SOLD THE HOUSE, THEN I WOULD, YEAH, NO.

IF I SOLD THE HOUSE, I WOULD, UH, UM, SWITCH IT BACK TO JUST THE FINISHED BASEMENT.

THAT'S WHAT I WOULD DO.

BUT IF YOU KEPT IT, THEN UNLESS IT WAS SOMEBODY, UNLESS IT WAS AN EXTENDED FAMILY MOVING IN, THAT WOULD BE DIFFERENT.

BUT I'M SAYING IF IT'S, IF WE GET STATE LEGISLATION, WE COULD SAY, UH, DON'T INCREASE THE ASSESSMENTS, UH, WHILE IT'S, UH, A DU FOR FAMILY PURPOSES, SAY THAT'S THE LEGISLATION.

BUT IF YOU SELL IT AND YOU DON'T, UH, MODIFY THE, THE HOUSE BACK TO WHERE IT WAS, THEN THE ASSESSOR AT THAT, AT THE TIME OF THE SALE RIGHT.

WOULD BE ABLE TO, UH, YOU KNOW, INCREASE THE TAXES BASED ON THE TRUE VALUE OF THE HOUSE.

AND THAT WOULD THEN JUST FALL ON THE, THE NEW HOMEOWNER TO, UH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE PAY MORE FOR THE HOUSE OR CONSIDER THAT AS PART OF THEIR EXPENDITURES.

I THINK THIS IS A, A FANTASTIC IDEA.

SO I'M GLAD YOU SHOW SHOWED UP AND I WILL FOLLOW IT UP.

AND, AND JUST TO ADD, IS, IS GEORGE STILL HERE? NO, HE'S NOT HERE.

UM, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY TO HIM, I, I'M GONNA ASK HIM FOR MONEY FOR THIS.

AN INDEPENDENT AND HE WAS SPEAKING AS A DEMOCRAT AND, UH, GEORGE AND GEORGE PAUL, I WILL ALWAYS VOTE FOR YOU AS AN INDEPENDENT, BUT I'M NOT A DEMOCRAT AND I'M NOT A REPUBLICAN.

BUT, UH, I'M

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AND JUST A REMINDER THAT THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST THREE DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEWS, AND THIS IS GREENBERG, AND HE WAS SPEAKING FROM, YOU KNOW, DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

I, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT'S, IT'S NOT ALL DOOM AND GLOOM, NOT ALL DOOM AND GLOOM AND BENJAMIN FRANKLIN SCOPE OF HISTORY, I'LL GO TO BENJAMIN FRANKLIN WHEN THEY FIND THAT THEY CAN VOTE THEMSELVES MONEY THAT WILL HERALD THE END OF OUR REPUBLIC.

SO I'M, I'M SAYING THAT AT THE SAME TIME THAT I'M ASKING HIM FOR THE , DON'T RAISE MY TAXES FOR THE A DU.

AND I'M SAYING AT THE SAME TIME THAT I AGREE WITH THE BISHOP THAT WE NEED, WHAT, WHAT IS IT, SECTION EIGHT? YEAH.

WE NEED ALL THESE THINGS.

BUT, UH, I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S ALL DOOM AND GLOOM.

YOU KNOW, I, I, I WANNA BE POSITIVE.

I I JUST WANTED TO ADD A LITTLE CAVEAT TO THAT.

I MEAN, HAVING WORKED WITH, UM, OUR FORMER COUNTY EXECUTIVE FOR 15 YEARS.

UM, AND KNOWING HE IS SOMEONE WHO ABSOLUTELY BELIEVES IN THE POWER OF WORKING ACROSS THE AISLE WITH OTHERS AT ALL TIMES, AND HOW DISAPPOINTED YEAH.

HE HAS BEEN IN HIS ABILITY TO, HIS INABILITY TO DO THAT IN WASHINGTON.

NOW, UNDER THIS, COULD, YOU KNOW, THIS CLIMATE, IT'S NOT REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT, IT'S THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.

IT'S DIFFERENT FROM ANY OTHER, RIGHT.

I, I UNDERSTAND.

NO, I UNDER, LISTEN, I HA I HAVE A BROTHER WHO'S IN A, IN A GROUP HOME, SO I, I UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS THAT, THAT PEOPLE HAVE WITH MEDICAID AND MEDICARE.

I, I'M A LEGAL GUARDIAN FOR HIM, SO I GO THROUGH THIS ALL THE TIME.

UH, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW, THERE COMES A POINT WHERE I WANNA SAY, OKAY, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING IS NOT DOOM AND GLOOM.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT, AT, UH, THE FUTURIST IN A POSITIVE WAY.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, UH, THAT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER POINT OF VIEW, FREEDOM OF SPEECH, ANOTHER POINT OF VIEW.

AND I'M SURE THERE'S SOME PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO WILL SAY, YEAH, , BECAUSE IT'S NOT ALL ONE SIDED.

IT'S NOT ALL ONE SIDED, AND THERE'S MANY WAYS TO ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING.

BUT I AM A BIG FAN OF, OF ALL THIS STUFF.

I'M A BIG FAN OF EVERYTHING YOU DO, PAUL, AND, AND ALL THESE IDEAS.

AND I, AND I'D LIKE TO SEE EVERYTHING PROTECTED THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW? GREAT.

WELL, THANK YOU.

I'M SORRY, I, I KIND OF LIKE PUT A DAMPER ON EVERYTHING THERE.

YOU GUYS ARE LIKE, OH, IT, UH, WELL, I THINK IN THE DEMOCRACY, WE HAVE TO RESPECT EVERYBODY'S OPINION, WHETHER YOU AGREE WITH OUR PHILOSOPHY OR, OR DON'T.

AND YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN INDEPENDENT AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE TOWN BOARD WHEN OPINIONS TO RESPECT IT AND TO WELCOME IT AND TO LEARN FROM CONSTRUCTIVE.

WELL, PAUL, THERE WAS A TIME WHEN, WHEN YOU, THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WOULD, DIDN'T WANT YOU, AND YOU MADE YOUR OWN PARTY.

AND WE STILL VOTED FOR YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE AN INDEPENDENT THINKER AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES YOU SOMEBODY THAT'S SO POPULAR.

WELL, THANK YOU.

YOU COULD CONCLUDE OKAY.

IF YOU WANT.

ALRIGHT.

THANK, NO, NO, THIS IS TRUE.

UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH GUYS.

, WELCOME.

WELCOME.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THOUGH, I DON'T THINK JOYCE LAMAN CAME HERE AS THE DEMOCRAT.

I THINK HE CAME HERE AS OUR CONGRESSMAN.

JUST FOR A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, UM, IF A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL, UH, GAVE COMMENT, I STOPPED THE CLOCK.

THAT'S PART OF THE RULES.

SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE.

THAT'S WHY HE HAD AN EXTENDED AMOUNT OF TIME.

JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT POINT OF CLARIFICATION UNLESS THERE'S A QUESTION ASKED OF US.

RIGHT? CORRECT.

AND THE CLOCK KEPT RUNNING WHEN A QUESTION WAS ASKED.

RIGHT, RIGHT.

UPGRADE SO THAT YOU TRAIN THE FUTURE LEADERS.

UH, BISHOP PRESTON, PLEASE.

OH, YOU, OH, I THOUGHT YOU SAID TO WRITE YOUR NAME DOWN.

NEVERMIND.

MURRAY BODEN.

YOU WANT THIS STILL FIVE MINUTES THOUGH, .

WHY, WHY ARE WE WALKING AROUND WALKING AROUND WITH THIS MICROPHONE PHONE? WHEN GEORGE WAS UP HERE, ONE OF THE, I THINK I HAVE TO SAY, WOULD JUST PLEASE SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE.

IT HAPPENED RIGHT HERE TONIGHT.

IF WE'RE GOING TO TRAIN THE FUTURE LEADERS, WE HAVE TO TRAIN TO THEM TO SPEAK.

BECAUSE IF I WALK OVER HERE AND I ADDRESS SOMETHING BACK HERE TO BISHOP PRESTON, EVERYBODY ON THAT SCREEN NEEDS TO HEAR ME AS WELL.

THIS IS A TRAINING SESSION.

WE ALWAYS USE THAT LITTLE ONE RIGHT THERE.

THE NEWEST ONES.

HANG ON YOUR POCKET, AND IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO

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MY TIME'S OVER, I HAVE TO POINT OUT TO YOU WHERE THE NEXT GENERATION HAS TO BE EFFECTIVE.

THIS IS JUST ONE OF THEM.

THE IDEA OF STANDING IN ONE PLACE AND NOT WALKING AROUND, AND HE'S GOING CRAZY TRYING TO FIND ME WITH, WITH THAT CAMERA.

HE KNEW I WAS GONNA DO IT BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO SURPRISE HIM.

AND YES, PEOPLE DO MAKE A LOT OF MISTAKES USING THIS MICROPHONE THIS WAY, BUT EVERYWHERE YOU GO, PEOPLE ARE WALKING AROUND, THEY'RE TALKING, AND THEY'RE NOT TALKING WITH FIXED MICROPHONES ANYMORE.

SO IF YOU WANT TO INVEST SOME OF YOUR MONEY, DO IT THIS WAY.

GET YOURSELF ENOUGH MICROPHONES.

SO EACH OF YOU HAS ONE HANGING OVER HERE.

THE LITTLE ONES OVER HERE THAT PEOPLE WEAR, THEY'RE VERY GOOD.

YOU, EVERY, EVERY SHOW HAS SOMEBODY HAS IN HERE BODY MIC ON 'EM.

IT'S NOT OVER THE EAR ANYMORE.

IT'S IN FRONT OF 'EM.

THE MICS ARE THAT GOOD.

AND THE FIDELITY.

THIS IS NOT, UH, MUSIC.

THIS IS JUST LIKE TALK.

YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND ME.

THAT'S ABOUT IT.

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ISSUES THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS.

TIME TO STOP.

MY GENERATION MADE ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF MISTAKES.

I MADE A LOT OF MISTAKES.

I DON'T DO IT ANYMORE.

I LEARNED FROM THEM.

I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF THOSE IDIOTIC THINGS I SAID AND DID.

AND I APOLOGIZE TO THOSE WHO I HURT MY TIME'S ALMOST OVER.

I TALK ABOUT MY ONCOMING DEMENTIA FOR A PARTICULAR REASON.

'CAUSE INVARIABLY, EVERY TIME I POINT OUT TO PEOPLE THAT I KNOW I'M DECLINING AND HAVE THIS COLD DEMENTIA, AND I'M DEALING WITH IT, AND PEOPLE HELP ME WITH IT AND CORRECT MY MISTAKES, IT'S INEVITABLE THAT SOMEBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WILL COME AND SAY, I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM IN MY FAMILY, AND WE HAVE TROUBLE DISCUSSING IT.

IN ORDER TO DISCUSS IT, TO SOLVE A PROBLEM, THE FIRST THING YOU HAVE TO DO IS VERBALIZE IT.

TALK ABOUT IT HONESTLY AND FREELY.

AND WITHOUT BEING AFRAID OF TALKING ABOUT IT, THEN YOU CAN MAKE PROGRESS UNTIL YOU CAN ADMIT AND VERBALIZE THE PROBLEM CAN'T BE SOLVED.

I COULD NOT HAVE DONE THIS WITHOUT A LOT OF LOT OF PEOPLE TAKING THE TIME TO TEACH ME.

I'M NOT THAT SMART.

I THINK DIFFERENTLY.

MY BRAIN IS WIRED DIFFERENTLY.

I SEE THINGS DIFFERENTLY.

I HAVE DYSLEXIA, WHICH OVER THE YEARS GAVE ME ENORMOUS PROBLEMS. AND I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT UNTIL I READ.

UM, I CAN'T REMEMBER HIS NAME.

WROTE A BOOK, DAVID AND GOLIATH, AND EXPLAINED HOW DAVID TOOK DOWN GOLIATH.

AND PEOPLE WHO ARE WIRED DIFFERENTLY DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY.

I THANK EVERYBODY WHO'S HELPED ME OVER THE YEARS.

I COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT HELP.

THANK YOU ALL.

YOU? I SAID NO MORE SPEAKERS.

I JUST WANNA SAY THAT I THINK THAT YOU'RE DOING A GREAT COMMUNITY SERVICE, YOU KNOW, HIGHLIGHTING, UH, DEMENTIA.

AND, UH, EVEN IF YOU, UH, SAID YOU HAVE DEMENTIA, YOU MAKE MORE SENSE THAN A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO, UH, UH, WHO, UH, UH, DON'T, YOU KNOW, YOU ALWAYS COME UP WITH GREAT IDEAS AND, UH, I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN VERY INNOVATIVE AND, UM, AND CREATIVE.

AND, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU'VE REALLY MADE, UH, OUR COMMUNITY A MUCH BETTER, YOU KNOW, BETTER PLACE.

AND AGAIN, I DO REALLY APPRECIATE ALL YOU'VE DONE FOR THE TOWN AND CONTINUE TO DO, UH, FOR THE TOWN.

AND, YOU KNOW, I HOPE YOU'LL CONTINUE TO MEET AT OUR BOARD, SPEAK AT OUR BOARD MEETINGS FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.

UM, THERE ARE NO MORE SPEAKERS, BUT MR. PAVONE, IF YOU WOULD LIKE YOUR COMMENTS IN THE RECORD, UM, IF YOU CAN COME UP HERE AND GIVE ME YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS AND YOUR PHONE NUMBER.

SO NEXT WE'LL, UH, DO THE, MOVE THE AGENDA.

SHOULD WE WHAT? MOVE THE AGENDA? YEAH.

WELL, I'M JUST WAITING.

UH, UH, THERE'S NO MORE SPEAKERS.

ARE WE READY TO DO

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[ BOARDS & COMMISSIONS Appointment of Peter Blier as an Alternate Member of the Zoning Board for a term to expire December 31, 2025]

APPOINTMENT.

PETER, UH, UH, BLAIR AS AN ULTIMATE MEMBER OF THE ZONING BOARD, OFFER A TERM TO EXPIRED DECEMBER 31ST, 2025.

YOU'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT? I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND.

UH, REAPPOINTMENT OF BISHOP, UM, WILBERG PRESTON TO THE GREENBURG HOUSING AUTHORITY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR A TERM TO EXPIRE DECEMBER 31ST, 2026.

[ Reappointment of Bishop Wilbert Preston to the Greenburgh Housing Authority Board of Commissioners for a term to expire December 31, 2026]

OF BRADFORD GONZALEZ ASSESSMENT TO THE BOARD OF ASSESSMENT REVIEW FOR A TERM TO EXPIRE SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2028.

REAPPOINTMENT

[ Reappointment of Bradford Gonzalez-Sussman to the Board of Assessment Review for a term to expire September 30, 2028]

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR,

[ Re-appointment of Trudy Holand to the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board for a term to expire December 31, 2026]

REAPPOINTMENT OF TRUDY HO TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD FOR A RETURN TO EXPIRE DECEMBER 31ST, 2026.

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

[ Appointment of Emily Anderson to the Planning Board as an Alternate Member for a term to expire December 31, 2025]

APPOINTMENT OF EMILY ANDERSON TO THE PLANNING BOARD AS AN ALTERNATE MEMBER FOR A TERM TO EXPIRE DECEMBER 31ST, 2025.

SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.

[ Appointment of Edwin Weinberg from Alternate Member of the Planning Board to Full Time Member of the Planning Board for a term to expire December 31, 2029 ]

UM, APPOINTMENT OF ED, UH, WEINBERG FROM WALTON MEMBER OF THE PLANNING BOARD TO FULL, UH, TIME MEMBER OF THE PLANNING BOARD FOR TERM TO EXPIRE DECEMBER 31ST, 2029.

SECOND.

ALL FAVOR, AYE AYE.

[ TB 1 - 4/23/2025 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh authorizing the Town Supervisor to enter into an agreement with Dare to be Different Westchester Incorporated ("DARE") to operate a Farmer's Market on Elm Street and to close a section of Elm Street to vehicular traffic at its intersection with Manhattan Avenue on the following Saturdays: June 28th July 12th, July 26th, August 9th, August 23rd, September 13th, September 27th, October 11th, October 25th, November 8th and November 22nd, 2025 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm]

SATURDAY IS JUNE 28TH, JULY 12TH.

RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN OF BOARD, OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AUTHORIZING THE TOWN.

TBRE ONES, BY THE WAY, ARE AS THEY ARE PO POSTED ON THE WEBSITE HERE.

TB ONE, TB ONE RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AUTHORIZING THE TOWN SUPERVISOR TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH DARE TO BE DIFFERENT, WESTCHESTER INCORPORATED TO OPERATE A FARMER'S MARKET IN ELM STREET AND TO CLOSE THE SECTION OF ELM STREET TO, UH, TRAFFIC THE INTERSECTION OF MANHATTAN AVENUE ON THE FOLLOWING.

JULY 26TH.

AUGUST 9TH, AUGUST 23RD.

SEPTEMBER 13TH, SEPTEMBER 27TH.

OCTOBER 11TH.

OCTOBER 25TH.

NOVEMBER 8TH, NOVEMBER 22ND FROM 10 TO TWO SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.

[ TB 2 - 4/23/2025 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to execute a Stormwater Control and Sewer Service maintenance agreement between the Town of Greenburgh and Anshu Kalhan and Tamar Kalhan to provide long-term maintenance and continuation of stormwater control measures approved by the Town and to ensure maintenance of the sewer service line for the project located at 142 Old Colony Rd. (P.O. Hartsdale, NY)]

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TOWN SUPERVISOR TO EXECUTE A STORM WATER CONTROL AND SEWER SERVICE MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND ANDREW CALLAHAN AND TOWN WATER CAHAN TO PROVIDE LONG-TERM MAINTENANCE AND CONTINUATION OF STORM WATER CONTROL MEASURES APPROVED BY THE TOWN.

AND TO ENSURE MAINTENANCE OF THE SEWER, UH, SERVICE LINE FOR THE PROJECT LOCATED AT 1 42 ALL COLONY, UH, ROAD.

SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TOWN SUPERVISOR TO EXECUTE A STORM WATER CONTROL AND SEWER SERVICE MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND RAHUL TER AND TRISH, UH, JALIN TO PROVIDE LONG-TERM MAINTENANCE AND CONTINUATION OF STORM WATER CONTROL MEASURES APPROVED BY THE TOWN.

UM,

[ TB 3 - 4/23/2025 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to execute a Stormwater Control and Sewer Service maintenance agreement between the Town of Greenburgh and Rahul Poddar and Trishna Jalan to provide long-term maintenance and continuation of stormwater control measures approved by the Town and to ensure maintenance of the sewer service line for the project located at 140 Old Colony Rd. (P.O. Hartsdale, NY)]

AND TO ENSURE MAINTENANCE OF THE SEWER SERVICE LINE FOR THE PROJECT LOCATED 140 OLD COLONY ROAD, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND ON FAVOR, AYE.

[ TB 4 - 4/23/2025 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to execute a Stormwater Control and Sewer Service maintenance agreement between Christopher Kizina and Eduardo Colon and the Town of Greenburgh to provide long-term maintenance and continuation of stormwater control measures approved by the Town and to ensure maintenance of the sewer service line for the project located at 122 Old Colony Rd. (P.O. Hartsdale, NY)]

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TOWN SUPERVISOR PT FOUR, I'M SORRY.

UH, RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TOWN SUPERVISOR TO EXECUTE A STORM WATER CONTROL AND SEWER SERVICE MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT BETWEEN CHRISTOPHER KINA AND EDUARDO COLON AND THE TOWN OF GREENBERG TO PROVIDE LONG TERM MAINTENANCE AND CONTINUATION OF STORMWATER CONTROL MEASURES APPROVED BY THE TOWN.

AND TO ENSURE MAINTENANCE OF THE SEWER SERVICE LINE FOR THE PROJECT LOCATED AT 1 22 OLD COLONY ROAD, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND.

TB FIVE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TOWN SUPERVISOR TO EXECUTE A STORMWATER CONTROL AND SEWER SERVICE MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT BETWEEN SHAMONA CUMMINGS AND GLENWORTH CUMMINGS AND THE TOWN OF GREENBURG TO PROVIDE LONG-TERM MAINTENANCE AND CONTINUATION OF STORMWATER CONTROL MEASURES APPROVED BY THE TOWN.

[ TB 5 - 4/23/2025 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to execute a Stormwater Control and Sewer Service Maintenance Agreement between Shumona Cummings and Glenworth Cummings and the Town of Greenburgh to provide long-term maintenance and continuation of stormwater control measures approved by the Town and to ensure maintenance of the sewer service line for the project located at 120 Old Colony Rd. (P.O. Hartsdale, NY) ]

AND TO ENSURE MAINTENANCE OF THE SEWER SERVICE LINE FOR THE PROJECT LOCATED ONE 20 OLD COLONY ROAD, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND ON FAVOR, AYE.

[ TB 6 - 4/23/2025 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) between the Town and Sustainable Westchester, Inc. to continue participating in a Community Choice Aggregation Program (“CCA”) for the residents of the Town of Greenburgh]

UHT SIX RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TOWN SUPERVISOR TO EX ENTER INTO A MEMO OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE TOWN AND SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER TO CONTINUE PARTICIPATING IN A COMMUNITY CHOICE AGGREGATION PROGRAM FOR RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT.

WELL, FIRST OF ALL, IT'S ENTERING INTO NMOU AND YOU'RE YOU'RE MOVING THAT? YEAH.

YOU NEED A SECOND? SECOND.

I'M NOT VOTING FOR IT, I'M VOTING.

NO, I'M VOTING NOW.

JUDGE, DEMOCRACY COUNCILWOMAN COUNCILWOMAN JACKSON AND COUNCILMAN COUNCILMAN HAN.

WE WE COULD STILL BE FRIENDS.

YEAH, STILL GET ALONG.

UM, I'VE

[ TB 7 - 4/23/2025 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh authorizing the Town Supervisor to enter into a professional services agreement with Edward Donahue, Human Resource Consultant, to provide consultant services to the town relating to the performance of services of the agreement to commence April 24, 2025]

GOT TB SEVEN RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AUTHORIZING THE TOWN SUPERVISOR TO ENTER INTO A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH EDWARD DONNA YU, HUMAN RESOURCES CONSULTANT TO PROVIDE CONSULTANT SERVICES TO THE TOWN RELATING TO THE PERFORMANCE OF SERVICES OF THE AGREEMENT TO COMMENCE APRIL 24TH, 2025.

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

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX TERTIARY SETTLEMENT OF PETITIONER JMD OR LEY FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT SIX 90 SUN RIVER ROAD TOWN SHARE OF THE REFUND IS $431 REFUNDS FROM ALL SOURCES TOTAL 24,000 6 93.

[ AT 1 - 4/23/2025 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner JMD Ardsley LLC for property located at 690 Saw Mill River Road. The Town’s share of the refund is $431±; the County’s share is $2,658±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $585±; the Ardsley Union Free School District’s share is $21,019±. Refunds from all sources total $24,693±]

A T ONE

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A T TWO IS BEING HELD OVER

[ AT 2 - 4/23/2025 Resolution authorizing an agreement with WESTCOP to provide social services to the Town of Greenburgh for calendar year 2025, at a cost not to exceed $16,837 plus up to $400 reimbursement for meal delivery mileage expenses documented to the satisfaction of the Town Comptroller (held over to Town Board Meeting of May 14, 2025)]

[ CL 1 - 4/23/2025 Resolution authorizing closing Longview Drive between Fort Hill Road and Glendale Road, on Sunday, June 1, 2025 (Rain Date: June 8, 2025) from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM for the Longview Civic Association to hold its annual "Wheels Day"]

C I'LL, UM, ONE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CLOSING OF LONGVIEW DRIVE BETWEEN FORT HILL ROAD AND GLENDALE ROAD ON JANU ON SUNDAY, JUNE 1ST, 2025.

UH, RAIN DATE, UH, JUNE 8TH FROM THREE TO SIX FOR THE LONGVIEW CIVIC ASSOCIATION TO HELD ANNUAL.

WE ALL STAY.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR.

SEE ALL TWO RESOLUTION SCHEDULING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR WEDNESDAY, MAY 14TH, 2025 AT 7:30 PM TO CONSIDER A LOCAL LAW AMENDING CHAPTER FOUR 40 TAXATION OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AS IT RELATES TO REAL PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS AND VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE.

A AYE, UH,

[ CL 2 - 4/23/2025 Resolution scheduling a Public Hearing for Wednesday, May 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM, to consider a Local Law amending Chapter 440 "Taxation" of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh as it relates to real property tax exemptions for volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance members]

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

UM, CL THREE, UH, RESOLUTION SCHEDULING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR WEDNESDAY, MAY 14TH TO CONSIDER, UM, A LOCAL LAW AMENDING CHAPTER FOUR 40, TAXATION OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AS IT RELATES TO REAL PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR RESIDENTS WHOSE HOMES ARE AFFECTED BY NATURE OR LOCAL DISASTERS SUBJECT TO CLIMATE CHANGE, PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENT RELIEF ACT.

[ CL 3 - 4/23/2025 Resolution scheduling a Public Hearing for Wednesday, May 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM, to consider a Local Law amending Chapter 440 "Taxation" of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh as it relates to real property tax exemptions for residents whose homes were affected by major or local disasters subject to the Climate Change Property Tax Assessment Relief Act]

RESOLUTION, UH, CD ONE RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING, UM, APRIL 25TH AS ARVID DAY IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.

[ CD 1 - 4/23/2025 Resolution proclaiming April 25, 2025 as Arbor Day in the Town of Greenburgh]

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SHALL SECOND.

CD UH, TWO AUTHORIZING, UH, TOWN OF GREENBERG'S, DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION TO ACCEPT A DONATION OF APPROXIMATELY THREE, 300, UH, TREE SEEDLINGS FROM CONED FOR THE TOWN'S 2025 ARBOR DAY CELEBRATION.

UH, THE, UH, DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING, UM, THEY WERE ABLE TO, UM, GET 250, UH, TREE, UH, SEEDLINGS THAT ARE IN THE LOBBY AND ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO TAKE ONE, UM, COULD TAKE ONE.

UM, UH, THEY DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO TAKE MORE THAN ONE BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE 250 AND WE DO HAVE POLICE HERE, SO, .

ALRIGHT.

READ CD TWO, PLEASE.

UH, UH,

[ CD 2 - 4/23/2025 Resolution authorizing the Town of Greenburgh’s Department of Community Development and Conservation to accept a donation of approximately 300 tree seedlings from Con-Edison for the Town's 2025 Arbor Day Celebration]

SEED TED CD THREE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF 11 TREES AND 30 SHRUBS FOR PLANTING A TOWN HALL AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED $4,736 AND 75 CENTS.

UM, CD? UH, THEY TOLD ME IT WAS ONLY 250, SO I, UH, I DIDN'T WANT CORRECT YOU INVESTIG READ THE RESOLUTION

[ CD 3 - 4/23/2025 Resolution authorizing the purchase of 11 trees and 30 shrubs for planting at Town Hall, at a cost not to exceed $4,736.75]

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO OH, FINISH THE VOTE BEFORE I YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.

SECOND.

I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO AARON SCHMIT, WHO WORKED REALLY HARD ON REALLY CHANGING HOW THE, UM, WALKWAY LOOKS.

THIS WAS HIS DESIGN AND HE WORKED REALLY HARD, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK.

GREAT JOB.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO YOU, AARON, TO COMMEND HIM BECAUSE I WAS LIKE SO AMAZED AT HOW, HOW NICE IT LOOKS.

AND HE REALLY DID A, AN INCREDIBLE JOB AND IS JUST A OUTSTANDING PUBLIC SERVANT, MR. TALE OF GREENBERG HERE.

[ CD 4 - 4/23/2025 Resolution authorizing award to lowest responsible bidder, White Plains Landscaping, Inc to provide for the planting of 11 trees and 30 shrubs as part of the Town’s Tree Replacement Program – Spring 2025, at a cost not to exceed $6,500]

FOUR.

CD FOUR RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A AWARD TO LOIS, RESPONSIBLE BIDDER WHITE PLAINS LANDSCAPING TO PROVIDE FOR THE PLANTING OF 11 TREES AND 30 SHRUBS AS PART OF THE TOWN'S REPLACEMENT PROGRAM.

SPRING 2025 AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED $6,500.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR.

RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AUTHORIZING A HOME RULE REQUEST, UH, TO THE NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATURE FOR AN AMENDMENT TO NEW YORK STATE LAW AUTHORIZING THE INSTALLATION OF SOLAR CANOPIES WITH TOWN OF GREENBURG PARKLAND.

UM,

[ CD 5 - 4/23/2025 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh authorizing a Home Rule Request to the New York State (“NYS”) legislature for an amendment to New York State ("NYS") law authorizing the installation of solar canopies with Town of Greenburgh parkland sites when said installations are above existing parking lots and do not inhibit or reduce any aspect of the parklands recreational function, and exempting related parkland alienation processes]

SITES WHEN SET INSTALLATIONS ARE ABOVE EXISTING PARKING LOTS AND DID NOT INHIBIT OR REDUCE ANY ASPECTS OF THE PARKLAND'S RECREATION FUNCTION AND EXEMPTING RELATED PARKLAND ALIENATION PROCESSES.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND, SECOND, SECOND.

UM, UM, CD UH, SIX, UH, RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TOWN SUPERVISOR TO ENTER INTO CONTRACT WITH THE FRIENDS OF ODELL ROSHAMBO HEADQUARTERS TO ESTABLISH A COLLECTIVE MANAGEMENT POLICY INTENDED TO DOCUMENT THE POLICIES THAT GUIDE THE ACQUISITION, CARE PRESERVATION, PUBLIC ACCESS, AND THE,

WE'RE GONNA BE PUTTING, UH, SOLAR PARKING, UH, AT TOWN HALL.

NOT SOLAR.

SOLAR, SOLAR CANS.

IT'S CALLED SOLAR, RIGHT? SOLAR CANOP PANELS IN THE PARKING AREA IN THE AREA CANOPIES RIGHT? BUT I JUST ABOVE THE PARKING WE'RE GONNA BE DOING, WE'RE TRYING TO DO THE SAME THING AT VETERAN PARK, BUT BECAUSE OF THE PARK AND THERE'S A A BUSINESS INVOLVED, IT WOULD REQUIRE STATE LEGISLATION.

SO THAT'S WHY WE WERE ASKING FOR THE HOME RULE REQUEST.

[ CD 6 - 4/23/2025 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to enter into a contract with the Friends of Odell House Rochambeau Headquarters, Inc. to establish a collection management policy intended to document the policies that guide the acquisition, care, preservation, public access and deaccessioning of items in the collection of the Town of Greenburgh associated with the Odell House Rochambeau Headquarters]

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AND THE SESSION SESSIONING OF ITEMS OF THE COLLECTION OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG ASSOCIATED WITH ADELL HOUSE BU HEADQUARTERS.

ALL IN FAVOR?

[ CO 1 - 4/23/2025 Resolution authorizing fiscal year 2025 budget transfers]

UH, C OH ONE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING FISCAL YEAR 2025.

BUDGET TRANSFERS.

UH, C OH TWO RESOLUTION, RESCINDING RESOLUTION CO THREE, UH, AND APPROVING FISCAL YEAR 2000 AND CO THREE FROM FEBRUARY 26TH, 2025.

[ CO 2 - 4/23/2025 Resolution rescinding resolution CO-3 - 02/26/2025 and approving Fiscal Year 2024 library budget transfer in the amount of $196,343 ]

GREAT.

AND APPROVING FISCAL YEAR 2024.

LIBRARY BUDGET TRANSFER IN THE AMOUNT OF 196,000 3 43.

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

UM, RESOLUTION, UH, PO O ONE RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT TO AMEND PARKING RESTRICTION ON HILLSIDE AVENUE AMENDING CHAPTER FOUR 60 OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.

[ PO 1 - 4/23/2025 Resolution adopting the recommendation of the Greenburgh Police Department to amend the parking restrictions on Hillside Avenue, amending Chapter 460 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh]

[ PO 2 - 4/23/2025 Resolution adopting the recommendation of the Greenburgh Police Department to reduce the posted maximum speed limit on Clayton Road, Evandale Road, Glendale Road, Hearthstone Circle, Old Lane, Paradise Drive, Rock Hill Lane, Stonybrook Road, Sundale Place, and Underhill Road to 25 miles per hour, amending chapter 460 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh]

PO TWO RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT TO REDUCE THE POSTED MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT ON CLAYTON ROAD, EVANDALE ROAD, GLENDALE ROAD, HEART, STONE CIRCLE, OLD LANE PARADISE DRIVE, ROCK HILL LANE, STONY BROOK ROAD, SUNDALE PLACE, AND UNDERHILL ROAD, 25 MILES PER HOUR AMENDING CHAPTER FOUR 60 OF THIS CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT.

SECOND ONE FAVOR, AYE.

[ PO 3 - 4/23/2025 Resolution awarding the bid for two police motorcycles and associated equipment to Harley-Davidson of Bergen Inc., the lowest bidder, at a cost not to exceed $67,096]

PO THREE RESOLUTION AWARDING THE BID OF TWO POLICE MOTORCYCLES AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT TO HARLEY DAVIDSON OF BERGEN, INCORPORATED THE LOWER LOWEST BIDDER AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED 67,000 OH NINE SIX.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT.

SECOND.

UH, PO FOUR RESOLUTION APPOINTING AGREEMENT CASTELLANOS AND JOHNNY AL MURANO AS ENTRY LEVEL POLICE OFFICERS WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR.

[ PO 4 - 4/23/2025 Resolution appointing Ramon Castellanos and Johnny Altamirano as Entry-Level Police Officers]

UM, RESOLUTION, UH, PW ONE RESOLUTION AWARDING THE PROPOSED MILLING AND RESURFACING OF, UM, VARIOUS STREETS IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG CONTRACT TO MURANO BROTHERS CORPORATION TO THE LOWEST BIDDER AND THE AMOUNT IS ONLY $7 MILLION.

A AYE,

[ PW 1 - 4/23/2025 Resolution awarding the proposed Milling and Resurfacing of various streets in the Town of Greenburgh contract to Morano Brothers Corporation the lowest bidder in an amount not to exceed $7,462,425]

462,425.

THAT'S A BAD JOKE.

THAT IS A BAD JOKE, BUT SECOND , BUT THE ROADS ARE GONNA BE IN GOOD SHAPE WHEN IT'S DONE SO.

YEP.

SECOND WELL IN FAVOR, AYE.

UM, RESOLUTION AWARDING THE KIND TWO PW THREE,

[ PW 2 - 4/23/2025 Resolution awarding the contract for the Reconstruction of Stone and Concrete Curbing and installation of Underdrains at various streets in the Town of Greenburgh-2025 to Tony Casale Inc the lowest bidder for a total base bid amount not to exceed $2,800,000]

TWO PW TWO, I'M SORRY.

RESOLUTION AWARDING THE CONTRACT OF THE RECONSTRUCTION OF STONE AND CONCRETE CURVING AND INSTALLATION OF UNDER DRAINS AT VARIOUS STREETS IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG 2025 TO TONY CASSEL, UH, THE LOWEST BIDDER, UH, FOR A TOTAL BASE BID AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 2,800,000.

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

UM, AND I'D LIKE TO MOVE, WE ADJOURN SECOND EVERYBODY SECONDS.

SHOULD WE, SHOULD WE ANNOUNCE THAT WE'RE NOT HAVING OUR, UH, WORK SESSION NEXT TUESDAY? RIGHT? MAYBE YOU SHOULD ANNOUNCE THAT WE'RE NOT HAVING THE WORK SESSION NEXT.

DID YOU WANNA MAKE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT? I'M GONNA MAKE THE ANNOUNCEMENT NOW.

WE ARE NOT HAVING A WORK SESSION NEXT TUESDAY.

OH.

AND BY THE WAY, WE'RE NOT HAVING A WORK SESSION NEXT TUESDAY.

I'M NOT GONNA CONTINUE WITH THIS BAD JOKE, BUT, UM, BUT WE ARE NOT HAVING A, WE, WE NOT, ARE NOT HAVING A WORK SESSION ON TUESDAY.

I DO WANNA RECOGNIZE SOMEONE WHO'S IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY.

WE DO HAVE OUR FORMER, UH, TOWN COUNCIL PERSON, STEVE BASS.

I JUST WANNA SAY GOOD EVENING TO HIM.

I WANT TO WELCOME HERE.

YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME BACK IF YOU MISS IT.

I DON'T KNOW WHICH CHAIR WAS YOURS.

I DON'T REALLY REMEMBER, BUT ALMOST.