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GREENBURGH, N.Y. – Steven Belasco, chairman of Greenburgh’s Zoning Board of Appeals, died Tuesday. He was 65.
Belasco had been battling illness for a short time, friends and colleagues said, but noted his death was a surprise to many. A longtime Edgemont resident, Belasco is remembered for his professionalism and attention to detail while serving the town for more than a decade, former Edgemont Community Council President Bob Bernstein said.
"Steve will be sorely missed," Bernstein said in a statement. "He was among the brightest and most talented Edgemont residents ever to volunteer his time for the Town of Greenburgh and every Edgemont resident or business owner that had to appear before the Zoning Board always got a fair hearing with Steve in charge.”
Belasco was a former corporate lawyer and director of taxation for the Colgate-Palmolive Co. in Manhattan. He was a graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, had an advanced degree in taxation from NYU and earned his bachelor's degree in accounting at Brooklyn College.
Belasco took his position as chair of the zoning board in 1999 and also worked as a member of Greenburgh’s Comprehensive Plan Committee.
“He was passionate about good planning and good zoning and the town,” Supervisor Paul Feiner said. “His decisions will be appreciated by generations to come.”
Funeral services will be held at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Temple Israel, 280 Old Mamaroneck Road, White Plains.
Comments (2)
It is a shame that that Town Supervisor Feiner could not get in touch with his "assumed" inner self and go beyond reading the canned message appearing on the Town Board meeting Agenda under "Moment of Silence". The same measure of respect and appreciation for Mr. Belasco, who served as Chair of the Town's Zoning Board of Appeals for over 10 years, as was given to the father of a Town attorney. No disrespect intended to Attorney Marasse but his father was but a resident, as was Mr. Belasco, whereas Steve Belasco was an involved Town volunteer assuming a position of great responsibility at which he performed exceedingly well. Feiner's short, forced reading was but another acknowledgement that he can't tolerate being upstaged by anyone, living or deceased.
Hal Samis
I am so sorry, our Prayers and thoughts are with his family