Letters

Regarding last week’s article in the Northern Westchester Examiner, “Siegel Accuses Town Board of Violating Open Meetings Law,” it’s quite clear that Supervisor Lachterman doesn’t understand the Open Meetings Law. His comments totally miss the point. One-on-one phone conversations with

Congress ought to pass a farm bill that improves animal welfare, not undermines it. The current House Farm Bill contains a provision that could overturn state laws designed to protect animals from inhumane practices; it would allow the sale of

If experience, knowledge of the issues and a firsthand understanding of how town government works is important to you, (and it should be), then Susan Siegel deserves your vote in the upcoming special election to fill the vacancy on the

Dear Yorktown Voters, My name is Elliot Krowe and I am proud to be a 50-year resident of Yorktown. For the past 35 years, I have been an active member of the Yorktown Democratic Committee. During my entire membership, I

The article “Proposed Mt. Kisco Energy Storage Facility Raises Safety Concerns,” (June 10) details the deliberation surrounding the potential development of a battery energy storage facility (BESS). While town officials grapple over the village’s zoning code and whether developments of

As mentioned in The Northern Westchester Examiner of May 28, there will be a special election held on July 23 to fill the vacancy on the Yorktown Town Board set in motion by the sudden and tragic death of the

Woody Allen said, “Ninety percent of success in life is just showing up.” Certainly, we need someone who is dedicated enough to regularly attend meetings as a representative from Yorktown for the New York State Democratic Committee. Unfortunately, this has

I am 14 years old and I attend Pleasantville Middle School. Pleasantville is a walking school district and doesn’t provide busing for students. Because of this, a lot of students walk to school. Pleasantville is mostly safe to walk, but

You can’t have it both ways. You can’t have a beautiful, family-friendly town and an industrial city at the same time. And that, unfortunately, is where Yorktown is headed. You can’t just allow developers to cut down thousands of trees, pave over

Last fall, I submitted a letter making the point that regardless of Congressman Mike Lawler’s personal opinions, structurally, his mere presence in Congress empowers people like Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene by giving Republicans a majority. In response to