NY Assemblywoman Amy Paulin’s Response to VCP
Assemblywoman Amy Paulin has been corresponding with VCP candidates about what can be done to help Scarsdale residents. Read more here
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VCP Candidates Recommend To NY Legislators Taxpayers Pay Taxes In Installments
VCP candidates Berg, Cohen and Selvaggio are working hard to get NY legislators to allow Scarsdale residents to pay their Village and school taxes in installment. They hope to provide respite to hard hit…
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Voters’ Choice Party Urges Scarsdale Village Substantially Revise Tentative Budget Due to COVID-19 Impact
The 2020-2021 draft Village budget document posted online on Friday, March 20, does not take into account the financial and health crisis we are facing, and surprisingly proposes an increase in property taxes of over 2%. The VCP, in…
VCP Campaign Chair asks for your vote on March 18
‘I am honored to be the campaign chair for the Voters Choice Party’s 2020 trustee candidates — Bob Berg, Sean Cohen and Robert Selvaggio. They have lived in Scarsdale for several decades and are…
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VCP candidate Sean Cohen: Why I am running for trustee
Events over the past few years have driven home to me that the existing “nonpartisan” system in Scarsdale, noble as the goal may be, is in fact becoming a de facto single party state. In many…
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Why We’re Running
Why in the world would a busy financial professional or a small business owner or an attorney with a successful practice mount a run for a seat on the Board of Trustees? The answer,…
Selvaggio has the knowledge, skills to serve as village trustee
Bob has expert knowledge and skills that would be tremendous assets for our board of trustees, especially at a time when the village is facing serious fiscal issues. He has a Ph.D. in economics…
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VCP Campaign Chair Encourages Support For Berg, Cohen, and Selvaggio
Kirkendall-Rodríguez stated, “Bob, Sean, and Robert have lived in Scarsdale for several decades and are dedicated to maintaining our small-town character, clean and safe streets and parks, and affordability for all our residents, both…
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Candidate spells out VCP platform for village trustee campaign
I believe the No. 1 concern of elected office holders with taxing authority should be to keep our village affordable for those who have lived here for years. Scarsdale residents should not be driven…
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Candidates file nominating petitions; League of Women Voters to host debate March 5
Conkling confirmed the Voters’ Choice Party’s three candidates for village trustee — Robert Berg, Sean Cohen and Robert Selvaggio — also filed petitions by the deadline on Feb. 11 with more than 140 signatures.…
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Selvaggio returns to contend for trustee seat on VCP ticket
When Bob Selvaggio started his undergraduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania, he planned to major in English literature. Then, in his sophomore year he took an economics course and his plans began to…
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Trio of Voters’ Choice Party candidates challenge CNC slate
On Feb. 6, the Scarsdale Voters’ Choice Party announced three candidates running for three open village trustee seats in the March 18 village elections. Robert Berg, Sean Cohen and Robert Selvaggio will be on…
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Proposed Village Budget Well Under Tax Cap, Contested Election Ahead, and Scarsdale Pledges Climate Change Action
During the meeting’s public comment portion, Bob Berg (Tisdale Road) announced that he just had filed his nominating petition as a Voters Choice Party (VCP) candidate for village trustee. Scarsdale Village elections are scheduled…
Scarsdale residents value choice in local elections
Although the Scarsdale Citizens’ Non-Partisan Party (SCNP) is extremely well funded and continues to dominate Scarsdale politics, the tradition of a single-party and uncontested elections has been swept into the dustbin of history. Scarsdale…
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Freightway petition shows residents want more say as project evolves
Thanks to the more than 850 Scarsdale residents and merchants who signed the petition to “Halt Freightway Redevelopment To Protect Our Schools And Taxpayers,” designed and distributed by Scarsdale Residents For The Protection Of…
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All of New York Should Worry about Westchester’s Slowing Home Sales
Recent news that home sales in Westchester County declined by 18% the second quarter in 2018 in comparison to the same period in 2017, should have not only local elected municipal officials very concerned,…
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Scarsdale Mayor and Trustees Should Stop Tilting at Windmills
It seems that Village government preoccupation with inflicting tree ordinances on our residents has not subsided and now some in government are stoking hysteria about gun shops and vape shops that have shown no…
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Scarsdale Mayor Should Stop Wasting Our Taxes to Suppress Our Free Speech
Scarsdale Village Board of Trustees is spending our tax dollars to suppress our First Amendment right to free speech in a federal law suit. Earlier this year, lawn signs supporting the school bond began…
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Need Research and Conversation about Distributed Antennae Systems
Tonight, I would like to discuss my concerns regarding the installation of distributed antenna systems around our town. I was disappointed to learn that when a I was told that a current Scarsdale resident…
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Why Scarsdale Village’s Tax Scheme Will Not Work
The Village Board’s 95% tax evasion scheme hasn’t a ghost of a chance of passing muster with the US Treasury. No reasonable person believes that curbside collection of table scraps or intermittent repair of…
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Losing and Winning with Tax Reform
My informal and unscientific polling leads me to conclude that Scarsdale residents believe that our village, county and school property taxes should be deductible from our state and federal income taxes. We as a…
Fixing Scarsdale Roads is a Critical Safety Issue
Hi, my name is Jonathan Gruen, I have been a resident of Scarsdale for 16 years. As a 19-year-old who loves mountain biking more than anything else, political affairs rarely cross my mind. However,…
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What are Scarsdale Residents’ Priorities?
After over a year into his administration, Mayor Hochvert met with the Board of Trustees on Wednesday, May 16, at 6pm to discuss Scarsdale’s long-term list of priorities. Seeing as this gathering was not…
Why municipalities need to create long-term financial plans
Market signals are showing that anyone invested in municipal bonds should be looking at this market very carefully. The Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index dropped 1.1% in the first three months of 2018. While…
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Math and Empathy Should be at the Center of Scarsdale Governance
The Scarsdale School district has been spending a lot of time in the last few years emphasizing math and empathy. I urge you Mr. Mayor and trustees to also make math and empathy the…
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Let the Sun Shine in at Scarsdale Village Hall
The myth is that our Scarsdale Village government is transparent, responsive to our residents, forthcoming, and open and honest in its dealings with the public. The reality, sadly, is otherwise. This is perhaps best…
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Where is the Spring in the Spring Scarsdale Housing Market?
At the beginning of every new year, buyers and sellers, in Scarsdale and throughout the area, start thinking about their personal real estate goals. Sellers purge clutter and polish their homes preparing to bring…
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Scarsdale Mayor Denies 90% of Scarsdale Subsidizes 10%
On March 14th, Scarsdale Village sent a letter stating the new proposed water rates. The base rate went up over 12% and the excess rate was cut by almost 4%. When a number of…
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Scarsdale Officials are Ignoring Board of Assessment Review
Good evening. I spoke to you two weeks ago on behalf of the three then sitting members of the Town of Scarsdale Board of Assessment Review. Earlier that day, that independent Town Board sent…
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