In other business, a stretch of Cleveland Drive from Old Post Road South to Gerstein Street will be co-named Lorraine Hansberry Way, following a request from the Lorraine Hansberry Coalition. Two residents spoke in support of the honor for the author…

=== HEADLINE === Board Approves Lorraine Hansberry Street Honor After Red Scare Commentary === SUMMARY === Trustees voted to co-name a section of Cleveland Drive near the library for playwright Lorraine Hansberry, adopted a 3% short-term rental occu…

=== EXECUTIVE BRIEF === • Approved co-naming of Cleveland Drive near the library for Lorraine Hansberry • Adopted Local Law 4 of 2026, imposing a 3% occupancy tax on hotels, motels, and short-term rentals effective April 1 • Authorized village manage…

=== ARTICLE === It was a moment of high drama at Tuesday's Board of Trustees meeting when a resident used a public comment period about honoring Lorraine Hansberry to deliver an impromptu lecture on the history of Soviet communism, the Nazi-Soviet pa…

Christine O'Connor and Geordie Bell of the Lorraine Hansberry Coalition had just spoken in favor of co-naming a section of Cleveland Drive near the library for the famed playwright, who spent summers in Croton and is buried here. Then a resident from…

"I love Lorraine Hansberry's play, *A Raisin in the Sun*," the resident said. "But this brings up a question of honoring people who have allegiance to the communist party."

Hi. I'm Christine O'Connor. I know many of you. And so Jordy and I, I don't know if you wanna speak for yourself or not. She she might. Okay. Wants to. But, yeah, we just wanna speak in favor and are very happy that it looks as though we'll be able t…

I think it's a particularly appropriate that we have Lorraine Hansberry. Can you just state your name and address? Geordie Bell, 6 Lower North Highland Place, Croton On Hudson, New York 10520 Dash 2030.

That whole big one there. I think it's particularly appropriate that we honor Lorraine Hansberry who lived in our village, in the summers and on weekends for a very long time, who was after all buried here, and who is in fact a great asset to the vil…

Everely and Truesdale Drive. Hopefully, later on the meeting, either our lawyer or our mayor or our manager will explain what all these labor services directives mean regarding building in Croton. I know that some of your politicians have a labor bac…

So per our signed policy, I just wanna get clarification from the manager. So, with the request of the Lorraine Hansberry committee, which I appreciate very much, the per our new naming policy that was passed, the the committee made all of the necess…

So I think that the letter from the Lorraine Hansberry coalition, really states the importance of her as a important cultural figure here in Croton. And, you know, to, I do like the idea of an audience member of having a historical marker as well. So…

Good grief. Jordy Bell, 6 Lower North Highland Place, Croton On Hudson. I just wanna respond a little bit to some of mister Riley's allegations. I'm an historian by training. I have a PhD in in history, and I do know a lot about evidence and a lot ab…

I just wanted to call out that it is Lorraine Hansberry's birthday also that week. So just to I know that Lorraine Hansberry coalition planning some