Susan Siegel

Passionate for local government. Good government. Efficient government. Transparent government.

This website exists to communicate with town residents and provide transparency in your local government. It is a personal site, and not an official Town of Yorktown site.

Meeting Blog

The meeting blog provides summaries of the major agenda items discussed at Town Board and Planning Board meetings. You can automatically receive these summaries in your Inbox by using the subscribe box at the bottom of the page. 

Issues

The Issues page provides background information about current and upcoming town issues as well as explanations about how our town government works, like the town budget and how development proposals are reviewed by the Planning Board.

Recent Meeting Summaries

Town Board, July 7, 2026

Cell tower moratorium. With virtually no discussion, the Board opened and closed the public hearing and voted to adopt the 6-month moratorium on approving any applications for cell towers while the town revises the current law, adopted in 1998. The one substantive...

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Planning Board, June 29, 2026

 Small Scale Ground Mounted Solar.   The Board had a first look at an application for a small scale 24.75 kW ground mounted solar installation in the rear yard of a single  family house at 3611 Gomer Street. While the recently enacted Solar Law prohibits large scale...

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Town Board, June 16, 2026

 Affordable housing. (See Town Board, April 14, 2026) The Board opened and closed a hearing on a proposed affordable housing set aside law that would require new residential developments of more than 10 units to set aside some units to be sold or...

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