"We would lose all revenue from fines," Watkins told the Board. "I do not believe moving the Court to the Town of Cortlandt will save any money, and I do not believe that the Town of Cortlandt Justice Court will have the same compassion as our local …

Village Prosecutor Casey Raskob noted that the court accounts for two percent or less of the Village's overall budget and actually returns money through fines. "No consultant will be able to change this fashion to get a different result," he said. "O…

=== HEADLINE === Residents flood meeting to block village court study === SUMMARY === Croton residents packed the March 11 Board of Trustees meeting to oppose a proposed $30,000 study on dissolving the village justice court, prompting Mayor Brian Pu…

I wanna express my opposition to the proposal to move the village court to the town of Cortland. While this move is intended to save cost, projected savings, minimal, compared to the significant inconvenience this would cause for both our residents a…

Good evening. If there's anyone from Croton one hundred still here, I'd like to just let you know I have a whole bunch of quilting fabric. I'd be happy to donate if you folks could use it. I'm Joel Gingold. I live at 55 Nordica Drive. Let me begin by…

I'm Paul Doyle. I live at 121 Old Post Road North. I've lived in Croatan for forty nine years. I served on the planning board in the early nineteen nineties. I served on the comprehensive planning committee, which produced a 2003 comprehensive plan, …

Gary Eisinger. 210 Cleveland Drive. Mister mayor, your willingness to chip chip away at the fabric of village life astounds so many of us here. The walkability, the sense of community, and the ignoring of broad based support that goes against the ech…

Mister mayor, trustees, my name is Louis Montana. Live at 5 Ackerman Court. Four years ago, I came before you and opposed the, proposal to shift the judicial duties to the town of Cortland. I come here tonight to restate that. I come here also to opp…

evening. My name is Ira Lipton, 55 Old Post Road North. I've been a resident of Croton for thirty years. I'm rarely in this space, but I was here four years ago. Got a call from Sam last night saying that this issue was back on the agenda, which real…

Good evening. My name is Regina Montana. I live at 5 Ackerman Court. I wasn't planning to say anything tonight, but when I heard mister Lipson speak about the day that he was in front of mister Watkins, judge Watkins, regarding a speeding ticket that…

My name is Hannah Robbins at 6 Fox Road. I've been a resident of the village for eight and a half years, and I've been a practicing attorney in front of the village court for nearly six years at this point. So I'm both a resident, and I experience in…

So while those technical issues are being worked out, I'll just orient us on the agenda. This is a further discussion of an operation of the possible operational study for the village court. This would be in theory with the the Center for Government …

Derek, looks like it's working. Especially given the limitations we have on the volume, can we limit outside noise? Away. Yes. Awesome. Can you see my screen here? Yes. Yes. We can. Yep. Great. So just a little bit of background on CTR. We're based o…

Ashton just scrolled up. Yeah. So this this helps. So this has some more information back of the, EAF. Village court has been studying the possibility of adding occupational preferences for new affordable housing units to the village code for some ti…

Yes. That's correct. Sorry about that. I wanted to, congratulate one of our DPW employees, Andrew Recipio, who has been promoted to motor equip equipment operator as of this week. So that's, filling a vacancy that was created when, one of our former …

I'm not accusing Hansberry of anything other than being a communist or very close to being a communist. And I'm not saying she was a violent person. I I don't believe she was. She wrote one of the most beautiful plays, probably the 10 best plays in t…

=== HEADLINE === Trustees push back as village court study sparks consolidation debate === SUMMARY === Croton's Board of Trustees sparred over a proposed $36,500 study of the village justice court, with several trustees arguing the consultant's prop…

The study has a tight timeline because state law only allows village courts to be considered for consolidation at the end of a justice's term. That window closes this year and won't reopen until 2030. If the board moved toward dissolution, a final de…

do respect and I agree with you. Also, we sorry. We abol we did abolish the position of village assessor on the recommendation of the Liberge report. And, again, so we this was a we still don't know how that worked. So now Croton residents do not hav…

Riley from Truesdale Drive. Few few quick comments before we get down to business. The human rights presentation at the library, which was done by an outstanding presenter, mister Mayo Gregory Bartlett, a lawyer. And the Human Rights Commissioner was…

Separately, the board authorized an easement at 8 Loconto Street to maintain a newly installed stormwater drainage system. On the capital spending front, trustees approved a $3,500 change order for the Harmon Firehouse addition at 30 Wayne Street to…