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🏛️ Board Of Trustees 23 articles

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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 53,744 county sidewalk…

Croton Board Advances Animal Law Overhaul, Approves Student Committee Members 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…

Village Board Adopts Cannabis Dispensary Moratorium, Approves Major Capital Bond Program

The Board of Trustees imposed a six-month moratorium on cannabis dispensaries, adopted affordable housing preferences for first responders, and authorized more than two dozen bond resolutions funding infrastructure…

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.

Board Passes Housing Preferences for First Responders, Weighs Cannabis Zoning Changes

The Board of Trustees advanced a law giving affordable housing priority to emergency workers, medical professionals, and veterans, and opened a discussion about restricting where future cannabis dispensaries can operate.

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 Tickets, Renew Optimum Franchise

The Croton Board of Trustees renewed Cablevision's cable franchise agreement and set public hearings for a potential property tax cap override and creation of a Village Auditor position, both on February 4. The board…

Croton trustees weigh dog park hours, green fuel switch

The Croton-on-Hudson Board of Trustees unanimously approved a $41,540 engineering contract for Half Moon Bay Bridge repairs and adopted a new local law allowing alternate members on the Planning Board and ZBA. The…

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 approves $30,409 for new police weapons

The Croton-on-Hudson Board of Trustees unanimously approved a $30,409 budget transfer to replace Police Department service weapons and authorized a snow removal contract with New England Property Maintenance for the…

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 $429K 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…

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