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Mayor appoints Matthew Berger as trustees approve waterfront law, bridge resolutions

Croton trustees adopted a waterfront-review law and approved two Half Moon Bay Bridge agreement resolutions on October 7. Mayor Brian Pugh also announced Matthew Berger’s appointment to the vacant board seat; the…

Croton trustees approve police study as Lounsbury resident presses water fix

A resident described rust-stained laundry while the village awaits county approval for Lounsbury Road water-main work. Trustees approved a $57,750 police study and pressed the state on Route 129 hazards. They set…

Croton narrows where cannabis shops could open, creates assistant village manager post

Croton-on-Hudson trustees told the village attorney on Sept. 16 to draft cannabis zoning that would allow dispensaries by special permit in a handful of commercial and industrial pockets, and adopted a local law…

Croton Sign Rewrite Nears a Public Hearing, With Deadlines for Signs Already Up

Croton-on-Hudson trustees finished a second review of the village's proposed sign law on Sept. 9, asking for a single change and setting up a public hearing expected Oct. 21. They also directed staff to draft a full…

Board approves $790,900 paving contract and updates rent-relief limits

Trustees awarded paving and HVAC contracts and adopted updates to rent-relief income limits and sidewalk snow-clearing exemptions. The proposed animal law will receive further review after the pigeon hearing.

Croton Sets Sept. 2 Pigeon Hearing as Flock's Owner Pleads to Keep His Birds

The owner of Croton's pigeon flock made an emotional plea to the Board of Trustees as members set Sept. 2 public hearings on three local laws, heard police detail their license-plate reader network and body-camera…

Village Wins $353,744 Sidewalk Grant; Trustees Address Committee Minutes Controversy Over the Chronicle

The Board of Trustees adopted a revised debt policy, authorized a slate of state grant applications, and commissioned an independent Kaplan's Pond assessment, while the village manager announced a $353,744 county…

Croton Board Advances Animal Law Overhaul, Opens Advisory Committees to Students Amid Con Edison Backlash

The Village Board introduced a sweeping rewrite of animal regulations, approved student participation on eight advisory committees, and heard sharp resident complaints about Con Edison's disruptive gas main project…

Croton adopts cannabis pause and housing preferences, sets infrastructure borrowing limits

At the June 17 meeting, trustees approved a six-month cannabis-zoning moratorium, housing preferences for qualifying emergency-service workers, medical-service workers and veterans, and 20 capital bond authorizations…

Police Trace Weekend Loud Music to Speaker-Equipped Car Across the Hudson

Croton police identified a vehicle with roof-mounted speakers at a Rockland County state park as the source of loud music rattling village homes on recent weekends. The department can issue a disorderly conduct summons…

Village Board Re-Adopts Speed Camera Home Rule Request, Approves $15,000 for Assistant Manager Recruitment

The Board of Trustees approved a third home rule request for school speed zone cameras and authorized $15,000 for a recruitment firm to find an assistant village manager, with Trustee Maria Slippen the lone dissenter on…

Trustees Advance Speed Zone Camera Request, Gouveia Park Review, and Third-Party Oversight for 100-Unit Housing Project

The Board of Trustees unanimously approved a home rule request for school speed zone cameras, launched environmental review for Gouveia Park site improvements, and authorized third-party building code review for the…

Trustees Adopt Tax Breaks for Military and Police Families; Award $702,000 Paving Project Funded by Rescued Federal Earmark

The Board of Trustees unanimously adopted Local Law No. 6 of 2026, creating property tax exemptions for active-duty military and surviving spouses of police officers, while awarding a $702,461 contract to pave Cleveland…

Board Approves Verizon Cable Franchise for 72% of Village Households, Adopts Budget Below Tax Cap

Board approves Verizon cable franchise covering 72% of village households, adopts 2026-2027 budget below tax cap, and accepts donated sound art installation for Croton Landing.

Trustees review housing preferences, seek study of future cannabis locations

An April 8 hearing examined housing priority for emergency workers, medical workers and veterans. Trustees sought more research on education workers and future dispensary zoning, and approved a ticket-amnesty program.

A Dispensary Near a Daycare? The Fight Over Croton's First Cannabis Shop

A change-of-use application to convert the Dairy Mart at 370 South Riverside Avenue into a cannabis dispensary has divided residents, raising questions about a children's daycare operating across the street and why the…

Croton Budget Plan Stays Under Tax Cap; Chicken-Coop Setback Change Draws Objections

Trustees opened the public hearing on a 2026-27 budget that would raise the tax levy by $459,379 while staying under New York's tax cap. A Truesdale Drive resident urged the board to reject a cut in the fowl-pen setback…

Sustainability Quilt Unveiled as Village Court Study Tabled

The Board of Trustees accepted a "green energy" quilt created by residents to document the village's climate efforts, while Mayor Brian Pugh tabled a controversial study regarding the potential consolidation of the…

Trustees Approve Lorraine Hansberry Street Honor, Rental Tax

The Croton Board of Trustees adopted a 3% occupancy tax on short-term rentals effective April 1, approved a Project Labor Agreement for the 100-unit affordable housing project on Lot A, and co-named a section of…

Croton Trustees Honor Volunteer EMS, Adopt Tax Cap Override

The Croton Board of Trustees approved a $302,940 solar canopy for the DPW garage, scheduled a February 18 public hearing on a 3% hotel and short-term rental occupancy tax, and set a March 17 tax lien sale for…

Croton Trustees Waive Snow-Parking Tickets From Surprise Storm, Renew Cable Franchise

The Board of Trustees voted Jan. 21 to waive, one time only, the snow-parking tickets issued during the previous Saturday's heavier-than-forecast storm, renewed Cablevision/Optimum's cable franchise for another decade…

Trustees approve bridge design work and land-use board alternates

The January 7 board approved additional Half Moon Bay Bridge engineering and a law permitting land-use board alternates. Trustees also discussed renewable diesel and dog-park recommendations, without changing park…

Croton approves $2.67M Van Cortlandt Manor entrance contract

The Croton-on-Hudson Board of Trustees approved a $2.67 million Van Cortlandt Manor entrance contract, established a $25 rental registry fee, and raised seasonal worker pay to $16/hour in a 4-0 vote. The board also…

Croton Bans Public Comments On Village Social Media

The Croton-on-Hudson Board of Trustees held its annual organizational meeting on December 1, 2025, swearing in Mayor Brian Pugh and Trustees Nora Nicholson and Stacey Nachtaler, and passing 15 unanimous resolutions…

Croton OKs $6M for 100-unit affordable housing project

The Croton Board of Trustees authorized an intermunicipal agreement for up to $6 million in Westchester County funding for the 100-unit affordable housing project at 1 Croton Point Avenue and scheduled a November 2026…

Croton shifts $30,409 to replace police service weapons

The Board of Trustees approved a $30,409 budget transfer for new police service weapons and a winter snow-removal contract, and spent much of a 21-minute meeting on the federal shutdown — a resident pressed the village…

Board Unlocks $1.03M For Long-Stalled Downtown Paving

The Croton-on-Hudson Board of Trustees unanimously appropriated $1,032,000 for downtown paving using long-awaited federal funds, while also approving a public hearing to expand residential parking permits on Hastings…

Croton adopts rental registry law, approves $429,215.76 in vouchers

The Croton-on-Hudson Board of Trustees voted 4-0 to adopt a new rental registry law (Local Law No. 16 of 2025) requiring landlords of non-owner-occupied two-family units to register with the village for safety…

Trustees award Dobbs Park contracts and debate banner enforcement

At their September 24, 2025 meeting, trustees awarded Dobbs Park playground and baseball contracts, approved $7,000 for kiosk repairs and advanced three proposed laws for hearings or review. Residents sought scrutiny of…

Trustees leave antisemitism definition unchanged after calls for clarification

At the September 10, 2025 meeting, residents sought protections for Palestinian advocacy and trustees discussed further review without changing the adopted definition. The board also authorized a sidewalk grant…

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