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Brian Pugh

Person Mayor (as of 2026-08-19) 742 mentions · in our records since Feb 22, 2026
Serves on: Sustainability Committee (Croton Mayor, per 2026-04-26 attendance)
Spoken at: Board Of Trustees (23 meetings, 2025-10 to 2026-07) · Board of Trustees Work Session (9 meetings, 2025-10 to 2026-07) · Gouveia Park Project Meeting (1 meeting, 2026-03 to 2026-03)
Name verified via: official minutes (meetings id=119, 2026-05-20); entities registry (verified=1)
In our coverage:
Eva Thaddeus Len Simon executive session Carly Shanks Dan Colombini Sherry Horowitz Nora Nicholson Rachel Bernstein Edwin Adkins IDEA Committee Lindsay Audin Cheryl Wong Niall Kelleher Jon Katz David Goldman
Transcript Board Of Trustees Jul 1, 2026 Brian Pugh SPEAKING 87:09 →
Alright. Thank you. I wanna thank, you know, everyone who's helped with some of our, wonderful public events, whether that be the Juneteenth celebrations organized by IDEA or, by the conservatory. I also wanna thank the American Legion, for their hel…
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Transcript Board Of Trustees Jul 1, 2026 Brian Pugh SPEAKING 88:50 →
Motion. Motion by trustee Simon, second by trustee Nachtaler. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Aye. Thank you very much. And, as my colleagues have also stated, with regards to Con Edison, I mean, yes, I was an eyewitness to some of their, misdeeds. You know,…
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Transcript Board Of Trustees Jul 1, 2026 Brian Pugh SPEAKING 90:27 →
At the end of the day, we have extensive, fossil fuel, networks that run throughout most of the village. Those do need to be maintained, and they're being maintained by an entity that prioritizes the value to its shareholders rather than value to our…
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Article Board Of Trustees Jun 2, 2026 Read →
Nicholson pointed out that the cost was budgeted. "This was part of our contingency when we passed the budget back in April," she said. She noted that Pracademic Partners would also help develop the job description and duties for the new role, not j…
Transcript Board Of Trustees Jun 2, 2026 Brian Pugh SPEAKING 0:03 →
Good afternoon. Welcome to our special meeting of the Court on Hudson Board of Trustees for June 2. I'm mayor Brian Pugh, who's joining me in the Pledge of Allegiance. With allegiance to the flag of The United States Of America and to the republic fo…
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Transcript Board Of Trustees Jun 2, 2026 Brian Pugh SPEAKING 6:23 →
That's correct. Over the years, we've adopted a few or made a few different home rule rule requests. Sometimes they've been granted, though not always. And when we've received them, you know, in the case of residential parking systems, at least in on…
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Article Water Control Commission May 18, 2026 Read →
Mayor Brian Pugh, who chairs the commission, said he visited the property. "Searching for the wetland, I might say. Oh, it's a 120 feet away," Pugh said, noting it lay beyond a stockade fence and a sloping manicured lawn. Pugh asked who would live …
Transcript Board Of Trustees May 6, 2026 Brian Pugh SPEAKING 27:32 →
If there are questions, please save them for public comment. That's not a problem. Okay. Alright. All in favor? Aye. Fantastic. Alright. We proceed to public comment on non agenda items wishing anyone wishing to speak on any topic, this is your oppor…
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Transcript Board Of Trustees May 6, 2026 Brian Pugh SPEAKING 64:09 →
Thank you, Len. And thank you to everyone that spoke this evening. And as many people have, I I wanna extend our thanks to Eva Thaddeus and her capacity at CAC and for her, tenure on the planning board. A quick note with regards to the status of Eart…
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Transcript Board Of Trustees May 6, 2026 Brian Pugh SPEAKING 67:06 →
ahead, we have on May 17, the Lorraine Hansberry birthday celebration that will be taking place starting at 2PM at Bethel Chapel and will feature among others KG KJ Denhardt, a very accomplished and renowned musician who was here with for our origina…
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Article Board Of Trustees Apr 22, 2026 Read →
Trustee Len Simon asked how Verizon would notify residents once service is available. Goldstein said the company would likely conduct an advertising campaign in the village. The board held a public hearing before the vote. Gary Eisinger of 10 Clevel…
Transcript Board Of Trustees Apr 22, 2026 Brian Pugh SPEAKING 96:36 →
Alright. Great. Thank you. As is often the case, my colleagues have been very thorough in their, notices about upcoming events as well as their recollections of recent events. So I'll just briefly wish again everyone a happy Earth Day. I want to exte…
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Transcript Board Of Trustees Apr 22, 2026 Brian Pugh SPEAKING 98:44 →
again, looking forward to a continued conversation on that front. Apologies if someone did mention this, but I I don't think anyone did, which is drug take back day on Saturday from 10AM to 2PM. Burton Commons, which is, I think, now a pretty familia…
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Transcript Board Of Trustees Apr 16, 2026 Brian Pugh SPEAKING 0:03 →
Alright. Good evening and welcome to our April 16 work session. We'll begin by reviewing the capital plan and the first department will be the Department of Public Works. Superintendent Balbi, would you like to join us?
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Transcript Board Of Trustees Apr 16, 2026 Brian Pugh SPEAKING 139:03 →
So going back to the $6.25, the the most important not the most important thing, but the first thing I think is, you know, I I appreciate the desire to gradually step down because the aging agent, the rating agencies, their financial analysts wanna s…
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Transcript Board Of Trustees Apr 16, 2026 Brian Pugh SPEAKING 140:00 →
we are still pointing in the right direction. So And then it's also just for context, important to remember that we we borrow this from fund balance. We basically almost always return it and and then and then some. So, you know, it's a way of ensurin…
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Transcript Board of Trustees Work Session Apr 15, 2026 Brian Pugh SPEAKING 0:05 →
Alright. Good evening, and welcome to the April 15 work session for the Village Board of Trustees. I'm mayor Brian Pugh, and I'd like a motion to enter into executive session to discuss matters concerning specific personnel. So moved. Second. Motion …
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Transcript Board of Trustees Work Session Apr 15, 2026 Brian Pugh SPEAKING 33:33 →
Motion by trustee Simon, second by trustee Nicholson. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Okay. Very good. Next, we begin, well, do you wanna do that first? Sure. Okay. Yeah. Sure. No. The manager will be providing a brief statement.
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Transcript Board of Trustees Work Session Apr 15, 2026 Brian Pugh SPEAKING 46:08 →
Do any communities offer a senior discount for their train stations? I haven't studied I'm not I'm not aware of any, but I haven't looked at it in any detail. In trying to make this work with a daily permit, I I don't even, like, you would have to pr…
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Transcript Board Of Trustees Apr 9, 2026 Brian Pugh SPEAKING 17:32 →
But it's a long standing goal for the village, and there are other I'll send you there are other police agencies of other villages in Westchester that are accredited. So this is not something that's beyond the grasp of a Westchester village, even one…
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Transcript Board Of Trustees Apr 9, 2026 Brian Pugh SPEAKING 20:28 →
the savings from additional stat savings on overtime from additional staffing outweigh it's always gonna be a net increase. Mhmm. I would, know, you can make the argument, and I think there's some merit to it that there's other value to be had there.…
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Transcript Board Of Trustees Apr 9, 2026 Brian Pugh SPEAKING 57:11 →
under the cap. So, I mean, we have that month. We have flexibility on that front. If we wanna access that, we can remain under the cap. And we can access more, but that means taking money away from other programs or going above And, the you know, we …
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Transcript Board Of Trustees Apr 8, 2026 Brian Pugh SPEAKING 5:22 →
Do I have a motion to enter the public hearing or open the public hearing? So moved. Second. Motion by trustee Simon, second by trustee Nicholson. All in favor? Aye. So this is the public hearing for local law five. Anyone wishing to comment on this,…
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Transcript Board Of Trustees Apr 8, 2026 Brian Pugh SPEAKING 19:19 →
I mean, I think this is kind of covered by the language in the proposed local law, that says that this is subject to applicable law. Right? But in in the sense that this would not this is for the mandatory set aside units, right, when we're developin…
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Transcript Board Of Trustees Apr 8, 2026 Brian Pugh SPEAKING 80:09 →
That's it. Thank you, deputy mayor. I want to thank John Ehler for the great start to the clean committee's regular cleanups. This was at on Riverside Avenue, North Riverside area, last Saturday. And despite it being a holiday weekend, we had a prett…
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Transcript Board of Trustees Work Session Mar 26, 2026 Brian Pugh SPEAKING 0:07 →
Good evening, and welcome to our first budget work session for the 02/2627 budget. Our first meeting will be this evening with the Department of Public Works. But before we get to that, a special update on the Watermain break.
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Transcript Board of Trustees Work Session Mar 26, 2026 Brian Pugh SPEAKING 66:25 →
if there is somebody who can speak to that, who's present in the meeting go over that now.
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Transcript Board of Trustees Work Session Mar 26, 2026 Brian Pugh SPEAKING 72:15 →
Well, thank you, chief and Thank you, chief. Manager for your diligence Thank you. Catching this oversight. Yep. Right. All in favor? Aye. And thank you to the board for your flexibility and making sure we realize this discount.
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Transcript Board Of Trustees Mar 25, 2026 Brian Pugh SPEAKING 85:08 →
Yeah. Since it was, raised in, some of the public comment, I'd like to address it briefly, which is this discussion of, electrification. And, you know, obviously, you can have, difficulties with any particular product. There are a lot of, fossil fuel…
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Transcript Board Of Trustees Mar 25, 2026 Brian Pugh SPEAKING 86:42 →
And on the health care question, I hope none of us are under the illusion that for better or worse, we're not gonna have a single player payer plan in New York State in this year or even the next few years. But the Rand Corporation has found signific…
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Transcript Board Of Trustees Mar 25, 2026 Brian Pugh SPEAKING 124:00 →
So, again, my colleagues have done a very, great job of summarizing all the important news and the work of our various committees. I'll note that I was at the Conservation Advisory Council meeting last week, speaking for women's history month, one of…
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Transcript Board of Trustees Work Session Mar 18, 2026 Speaker 0 0:03 →
Alright. Very good. Alright. Welcome to our Wednesday, March 18 work session. I'm mayor Brian Pugh. The first item of business is an update or a discussion with the village prosecutor on updating penalties for code violations and default just Without…
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Transcript Board Of Trustees Mar 11, 2026 Brian Pugh SPEAKING 1:40 →
Okay. Great. And, for our feature presentation, would the members of the board, join me in the vicinity of that, shrouded rectangle as well as the members of, Croton one hundred who have joined us here today? Okay. Members, I I think it's better if y…
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Transcript Board Of Trustees Mar 11, 2026 Brian Pugh SPEAKING 21:24 →
Alright. And before we proceed for with the rest of the agenda, a a quick quick update for everyone. I know that a lot of people may be here for resolution d or item d on proposed resolutions. And we've kept this item on the agenda because it was dis…
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Transcript Board Of Trustees Mar 11, 2026 Brian Pugh SPEAKING 116:05 →
Yeah. I have some quick comments. First, I wanna thank my colleagues for their very thoughtful statements, and I wanna thank everyone that came out here tonight to speak their minds. You know? And I appreciate that some people were here, four years a…
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Transcript Gouveia Park Project Meeting Mar 3, 2026 Brian Pugh SPEAKING 48:37 →
Hey. Good evening. Oh, there we are with me and my friend, the. Anyway, I wanna thank everyone for coming out tonight, viewing the presentation. I know that this has been a long time coming. A very wise once told me sometimes it takes an hour to make…
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Transcript Gouveia Park Project Meeting Mar 3, 2026 Brian Pugh SPEAKING 50:11 →
One is that the overwhelming majority of rec's, you know, operations are handled electronically at this stage, and the village hall will be available still, to process the remnant of paperwork that is handled in in person. They will you know, they'll…
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Transcript Board of Trustees Work Session Feb 25, 2026 Speaker 0 0:03 →
Alright. Good evening, and welcome to our, February 25 work session. I'm mayor Brian Pugh. And, the first item of business will be an update from the village manager with regards to the blizzard and snow recovery. Yes.
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Minutes Planning Board Feb 24, 2026 Read →
Chairman ROBERT LUNTZ Members JOHN GHEGAN GEOFFREY HAYNES Village of Croton-on-Hudson STEVEN KRISKY EVA THADDEUS Attorney Planning Board JOSHUA B. SUBIN Stanley H. Kellerhouse Municipal Building Village Engineer One Van Wyck Street VINCENT SALANITRO,…
Minutes Planning Board Feb 24, 2026 Read →
Chairman ROBERT LUNTZ Members JOHN GHEGAN GEOFFREY HAYNES Village of Croton-on-Hudson STEVEN KRISKY EVA THADDEUS - Attorney Planning Board JOSHUA B. SUBIN Stanley H. Kellerhouse Municipal Building Village Engineer One Van Wyck Street VINCENT SALANITR…
Minutes Sustainability Committee Feb 22, 2026 Read →
MINUTES – Croton Sust. Comm. (SC) – 10:00 AM Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026 – via zoom Members Attending: Absent: Edwin Adkins Lindsay Audin (chair, CSC Coord.) Ashley Clemente Dan Colombini PE Da…
Minutes Waterfront Advisory Committee Feb 18, 2026 Read →
Chairman LEN SIMON Members STUART GREENBAUM STEVE KRISKY Village of Croton-on-Hudson STACEY NACHTALER LEO WIEGMAN 2 Village Engineer Waterfront Advisory Committee VINCENT SALANITRO, PE. Stanley H. Kellerhouse Municipal Building Secretary One Van Wyck…
Article Board Of Trustees Feb 18, 2026 Read →
The board also authorized a project labor agreement for the publicly funded portions of the 100-unit affordable housing development at Lot A on Croton Point Avenue. The PLA covers infrastructure work — including a water main extension and new sewer l…
Article Board Of Trustees Feb 18, 2026 Read →
Trustees moved on without engaging the commentary. Trustee Karen Nicholson then made a motion to approve the co-naming immediately, calling Hansberry "an important cultural figure here in Croton." Nicholson also suggested pursuing a historical marker…
Transcript Board Of Trustees Feb 18, 2026 Brian Pugh SPEAKING 2:28 →
There we go. Alright. For those that are not familiar, there's a logo in front of this, podium, and there's also a logo over there. You know, if you've been around for a little while, you might have think or haven't been around for that long, and may…
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Transcript Board Of Trustees Feb 18, 2026 Brian Pugh SPEAKING 83:36 →
you, trustee Simon. Condolences on. Alright. Well, I wanna congratulate Eva Thaddeus on her completion of her first, meeting as, conservation advisory council chair. I also want to welcome back and welcome, some people to the exciting world of public…
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Transcript Board of Trustees Work Session Feb 11, 2026 Brian Pugh SPEAKING 25:14 →
discussing with the other communities that have gone through consolidation again. I think that this is needs to be about more than just consolidation. If we're retaining the court, we should have the most efficient version possible, and we should mak…
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Transcript Board of Trustees Work Session Feb 11, 2026 Brian Pugh SPEAKING 27:40 →
we have the luxury of a little more time. Now this is, like, a finite timeline, but it is a few you know, it provides them the time that CGR takes to do this work does count. They are doing research on our behalf and be I you know, they've been aroun…
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Transcript Board of Trustees Work Session Feb 11, 2026 Brian Pugh SPEAKING 105:06 →
taking the seat on a committee if a resident is interested. If there's a vacancy and a need on a committee, then we can I really don't think you need to put something like that? I think that this is an area that needs to come down to judgment. If you…
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Article Board Of Trustees Feb 4, 2026 Read →
Mayor Brian Pugh also announced that a referendum to expand the LOSAP program to EMS members will appear on the November ballot.
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