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, January 13, 2026

Solar on town buildings. (See Town Board, September 16, 2025) Leo Wegman from Sustainable Westchester advised the Board that based on his analysis of the electric usage in selected town buildings, installing solar panels on the roof of the highway garage would be the...

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Planning Board, January 12, 2026

 Underhill Farms. (See Planning Board, December 8, 2025)  In an update on the pending site plan amendments discussed at the December meeting, the applicant advised the Board that it was no longer asking for the privacy fence along Glen Rock. Chairman Fon explained...

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Town Board, January 6, 2026

Solar: The Board scheduled a public hearing for January 20th on proposed amendments to the Solar Law.  The critical changes would: Ban large scale ground mounted solar farms in ALL residential zones. (They’re currently prohibited as a main use in commercial zones.)...

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