VOTE411 Voter Guide

The Voice of Croton was founded in response to this administration’s lack of transparency in projects that directly affect our taxes, our village’s revenue base, and our daily quality of life. As we enter our second year, the ability for nonconforming voices to contribute meaningful feedback to policy decisions remains largely ignored. We are also concerned that the needs of young families and seniors are not being prioritized, with a walkable community center still out of reach. In addition, the village’s authority to override property setback and height requirements to approve multi-family rentals within single-family neighborhoods undermines our privacy, strains on-street parking, and impacts property values without allowing community input. To preserve the magic of Croton, the issues most urgent to us are transparency, balanced representation on village boards and committees, long term fiscal responsibility and putting residents at the very center of current and long term planning.

Keeping our community affordable is the biggest challenge that the Village of Croton-on-Hudson faces. Since 2020, the Village has had to contend with reduced parking revenue because of the shift to hybrid work and historic inflation. Each budget is a fight for affordability.

Despite these headwinds, we’ve kept the budget under the tax cap and, adjusted for inflation, our tax levy is lower today than it was when I was first elected. By budgeting carefully, expanding the tax base, and developing new revenue sources, such as the carport solar array, we were able to avoid a tax rate increase in two of the last three budgets.

While less directly subject to village control, housing costs are a major concern. Our Board has expanded the Emergency Tenant Protection Act and enacted Good Cause Eviction, limiting the extent that rents may be increased.

As a pro-housing community we are working to address the housing shortage. With balanced growth we can be a community with room for all.