by susansiegel4yorktown | Oct 21, 2026
Tax Exemptions. The Board opened and closed the hearing on four tax exemptions and voted 5-0 for the exemptions for active duty military (up to 25% with a $$20,000 cap) and spouses of police and volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers who died in the line of...
by susansiegel4yorktown | Oct 14, 2026
Accessibility Advisory Committee. Kathleen Macias-Torres, the Committee’s co-chair, highlighted some of the issues the group hopes to explore in the coming months_ – Making pavement markings more visible – Providing sign language interpreters at town...
by susansiegel4yorktown | Sep 16, 2026
Tax cap. In a 4-1 vote with Councilman Esposito voting no, the Board set a public hearing for November 17 to consider overriding the tax cap for the 2027 budget. Prior to the vote, Supervisor Lachterman said any decision about the tax cap won’t come until after the...
by susansiegel4yorktown | Sep 9, 2026
Water meters. The Board heard a presentation from the consultant engaged by the Water Department to look into issues related to how the town’s water meters interface with the billing system operated by the Joint Water Works (JWW). The consultant’s report identified...
by susansiegel4yorktown | Sep 2, 2026
E-bikes. (See Town Board, August 5, 2026) In response to comments from both residents who spoke during the Public Comment portion of the meeting and from Town Board members about the need to do something about the unsafe use of e-bikes, much of the discussion focused...
by susansiegel4yorktown | Aug 12, 2026
No newsworthy items to summarize as there were no discussions of any pending town issues on the agenda that only included a proclamation celebrating a resident’s 100th birthday and some routine resolutions. The next Board meeting will be September 1st. For a video of...
