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, 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 rented at an...

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Town Board, June 9, 2026

 Cell tower moratorium. The Board set July 7 for a hearing on  a local law that will set a six month moratorium on the approval of any new cell towers. 2025 Audit. PKF O’Connor Davies, the town’s outside auditor, gave a presentation  on the 2025 audit.  The town is in...

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Planning Board, June 8, 2026

 Jacob Road Solar.  (See Planning Board, May 18 2026) With a minor change to the wording of the approval resolution, the Board approved the site plan and related permits. York Farms. (See Planning Board, March 23 and May 4, 2026) Based on his site visit, Chairman Fon...

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