Selected Town Issues
Select from the following general topics
Financial issues
Water Customers Face Double Financial Hit, February, 2016 A Graphic Look at Water District Finances, February, 2016 When Doing Nothing Costs Money (Yorktown is owned $3 million in back taxes), January, 2016 Summary of taxes owed, 2005-2013 In Rem Tax Foreclosure and its Underutilization by Towns, by Danial Pozin, Esq. How Much Will a New $3 Million Bond Issue Cost Taxpayers?, July, 2014 $972,000 Pension Shortfall, April, 2014 Should Yorktown License Its Organic Recycling Operation?, April, 2014 Selling Town-Owned Parcels, February, 2014 Is Anyone Minding the Store? (A $712,000 insurance purchase), February, 2014
Suggested changes to Draft #2, (February, 2017) Draft Ordinance #2 (December, 2016) Comparison of current ordinance and draft #2 (by unknown author)
Article 78 Lawsuit Challening the new Tree Law adopted 9/20/2016, December, 2016
Supervisor Grace and Councilman Bernard Misrepresent NewTree Law, October, 2016
Why Yorktown's forests are in danger, September, 2016
Protecting Yorktown's Woodlands and Trees, June, 2016
Compare the two laws
Chart comparing key features of both laws, August, 2016
Current law, Chapter 270 of Town Code, enacted 2010.
Revised proposed law for public hearing, 8-17-2015
Sober living residences (Compass Westchester)
Proposed new special permit for community care facility (July, 2015)
Why changes in the zoning code are needed (Memo to the Town Board, April, 2015)
Proposed changes to zoning code (Definition of family & new special permit section), April, 2015)
Should We or Shoudn't We? (The need for changes in the zoning code), March, 2015
Zoning Board determination that the use is a convalescent home as defined in the zoning ordinance (July, 2014)
Susan Siegel explains her vote on the Compass Westchester application (January, 2015)
Relocating the highway garage (Depot Square)
August, 2013Setting the Record Straight on the Highway Garage Project, July, 2016
Straight Talk With Susan (half hour video highlighting concerns about the project), October, 2015
Now the Time for the Heights Revitalilzation Project?, October, 2015
Is Now The Time to Plan a Speculative $4 Million Project?, April, 2015
Opening Up a Can of Worms, August, 2013
Phase I Environmental Study, July, 2012
Water Meter Replacement Project
Findings from Phase I of the meter replacement project, June, 2015
Water: Should Everyonoe Pay For What They Use?, September, 2013
An IDA For Yorktown: What Supervisor Grace Isn't Telling Us, April, 2016
Being Realistic -- and Honest -- about Economic Development (July, 2015)
The Truth About Yorktown's Economic Development, (April, 2015)
The Myth of Being "Business Friendly." Part I & Part II (September, 2013)
Documents: Town Board Business Friendly Initiatives
Planning Board Commercial Applications
Spectra Pipeline & Granite Knolls sports complex
Statement in opposition to the Spectra License Agreement, May, 2015
Concept Plan for the Granite Knolls Sports Complex
September 3, 2010 press release for future of Granite Knolls parkland
Can the town do a SEQRA environmental review without a real plan? (Comments at August, 2014 Town Board meeting)
. . . and the Rest of the Story (July, 2014)
Who's to blame if the sports complex dies? (June, 2014)
The Ethics of Ethics Reform, April, 2016
Is Yorktown's Ethics Law Too Intrusive? June, 2013
Documents: Ethics Law. Current Financial Disclosure Form. Old Financial Disclosure Form.
How To Get Sewers: Some Advice for Homeowners on Septic Systems, October, 2012
Partial lifting of Hallocks Mill hook up moratorium, August, 2015
Courtesy of the Floor/Open and Transparent Government
Town Board Curtails Courtesy of the Floor, January, 2016
Supervisor Grace proposes limiting public comment at Courtesy of the Floor, March, 2015
Supervisor Restricts Courtesy of the Floor at Town Board Meetings, March, 2013
Rules needed for Courtesy of the Floor.pdf , May, 2013
Can You Hear What the Town Board Is Saying?, September, 2013
Questions about Holland demolition, April, 2013
Suggested compromise for filling one seat, December 19, 2014
Emergency Notification (click link)
Shallow Creek/ Greenwood Street Recycling Facility/Granite Knolls (August, 2014 comments at Town Board meeting)
A Solution to the Supervisor Learning Curve Issue, September, 2012. ( A rationale for hiring a town administrator)
Who Paid for the Town Board's New Shirts & Jackets? (June, 2013)
The Winery at St. George: A Nine Year History - And Still Counting (July, 2013)
Should We Wish For More Hurricanes? or how the town pays for road paving (July, 2013)
The Sign War: Do Lawn Signs Matter? (August, 2013)
