Levenberg Announces Run for Ossining Town Board
Dana Levenberg, l8-year resident of Ossining, announced her candidacy for one of the two open seats in this year’s Ossining Town Board election in November. Levenberg currently serves as trustee on the Ossining School Board and has been an active member of the Ossining and Briarcliff communities.
Levenberg first moved to the Village of Ossining in 1997. After an extensive search of Westchester communities, she and her husband Stephen purposefully chose to relocate from Manhattan to their home in the heart of downtown. Ossining offered everything they were looking for: a safe community to raise their family, including her two sons, one an Ossining High School graduate now at Brown University, and the other a junior at OHS in the science research program; a community that embraced all different types of people; a community that would come together to help neighbors and friends; and, a community with wonderful natural resources with easy access to hiking, biking, and unique retail establishments along the banks of the beautiful Hudson River.
After moving to Ossining, Levenberg quickly became involved in Ossining and Briarcliff. She joined the Briarcliff Nursery School Board and held many leadership positions in the Ossining School’s PTAs because she knew how critical parent involvement in her children’s education was to their success.
Levenberg also co-founded the Ossining Micro Fund with Westchester County Majority Leader Catherine Borgia. Together, they started a program to help local residents by offering interest-free loans to qualified individuals and families with one time obstacles to overcome. In the past 10 years, the Micro Fund has helped over 70 local community members with over $70,000 in small loans. Levenberg still actively serves as president.
In 2008, Levenberg began her work in NYS Assemblywoman Sandy Galef’s District office in Ossining. She has spent the past seven years working hard for the people of Ossining and Briarcliff, as well as the surrounding communities represented by Galef. Through these experiences, she has gained insight into how to advocate for the residents of Ossining and Briarcliff by working closely with officials from the Town and Villages and state agencies to help resolve issues both large and small.
Levenberg believes it is critical to protect the environment and the town’s physical and cultural assets and infrastructure, work to keep taxes in check and within the tax cap, work closely with schools so all students may reach their potential, and help promote job growth and attract appealing businesses to the town. She also understands the necessity of working closely with those with divergent opinions, and hopes to encourage more participation in government so all feel well represented. Levenberg has worked with former opponents on the Ossining School Board, sharing her ideas and listening closely to theirs. She would bring the same approach to the Ossining Town Board because every opinion is valuable in contributing viable solutions to challenges.
“I am humbled by the support I have received from friends and communities members,” said Levenberg following her campaign kick-off fundraiser on April 10. “I look forward to meeting with residents of the Town as well as the villages to hear their concerns and share my ideas to make good things happen in the Town of Ossining and be a positive force for a positive future.”
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