Christoper is a real inspiration and asset to the community. I would like to honor him at an upcoming Town Board meeting. PAUL FEINER Greenburgh Town Supervisor View Comment

Westchester County should place bike racks on county buses. They should also work with NYC and expand NYC's bike sharing program--my suggestion is that people should be able to rent bicycles at area train stations. This would promote tourism and help local businesses. PAUL FEINER Greenburgh Town Supervisor View Comment

The Town Board is continuing to do some due diligence before finalizing our selection re: WESTHELP tenant. There are some additional questions we will be asking applicants. I anticipate that no vote will take place on April 24th---we hope to be able to make a decision next week. PAUL FEINER View Comment

The Town Board is continuing to do some due diligence before finalizing our selection re: WESTHELP tenant. There are some additional questions we will be asking applicants. I anticipate that no vote will take place on April 24th---we hope to be able to make a decision next week. PAUL FEINER View Comment

Jackson is a very talented young man who we will be reading alot about (and watching his films in the future). We are lucky to have such a talented student in the Greenburgh Central 7 School district. PAUL FEINER View Comment

The contract can be found on the towns website: www.greenburghny.com (under town board agenda--one can click on the resolution that authorized the contract and learn of the details. This contract is similar to the contract approved for the teamsters. The significance of the health care contributions: It's a start. View Comment

The contract can be found on the towns website: www.greenburghny.com (under town board agenda--one can click on the resolution that authorized the contract and learn of the details. This contract is similar to the contract approved for the teamsters. The significance of the health care contributions: It's a start. View Comment

George Coniglio is a very dedicated public servant. He worked long hours, was very creative and innovative and he cares about the seniors. He was a tremendous asset to the town - making every senior citizen who used the community center a friend. He will be missed. I have asked the Greenburgh Town Board to honor George at our meeting this coming Wednesday evening. PAUL FEINER Greenburgh Town Supervisor View Comment

Just spoke with the Greenburgh highway department. We have 29 trucks out plowing the roads. The main roads are all open but many of the side roads are not. We had no reported power outages or downed trees. The snow is extremely heavy - --it's taking the crews a very long time clearing the snow from the roads. It could take the trucks between 6-8 more hours to finish the job town wide (it's now 8:10 AM). Suggestion: You might want to wait until the plows finish the job to clean your driveway. It's possible that you'll spend alot of time clearing the snow from your driveway and then a truck will push more snow to the edge of your property again. I asked Commissioner of Public Works Victor Carosi to provide us with a summary of snow removal operations. The following information may be helpful. PAUL FEINER (cell: 438-1343) During and after a major snow storm, the DPW fields concerns about our operations. Perhaps the following can help residents understand our operations and the impacts some of our operations may have directly to their own property. Q. Why do the plows block my driveway with snow? A: The primary goal of plowing is to remove snow from streets so that the road is open to vehicular traffic. Because snow plows are designed to push snow to the side, plowing pushes snow to the curb or edge of the street from the middle of the street. This results in snow piling up in front of driveways. The operator cannot stop or raise the plow at each driveway as this would leave a pile of snow in the roadway, in front of each driveway. Residents are advised to wait until the plow has been through their road prior to cleaning their driveway. The plows make multiple passes on a road throughout the storm to keep the road clear. At the end of the storm, a final push is made to clear any left-over snow and to re-apply salt. If possible, plow drivers will try to prevent excessive snow amounts at driveways but at most times this is just not possible. Snow piles at the edge of the driveway is a fact of snow plowing and in most situation simply is unavoidable. Residents must understand that the clearing of driveway is the responsibility of the resident. Q: Why did the plow push snow up onto my shoveled sidewalk? A: Pushing snow onto sidewalks occurs when the volume of snow is great and snow storage space is minimal. It is challenging to keep the streets open and as wide as possible for the entire snow season, while trying to remove the snow and not have it end up deposited in the sidewalks. It is not possible to avoid snow on the sidewalks. Please be reminded that e make multiple passes during a snow event and a final push at the end of the storm event. It may be necessary for the resident to clear snow multiple times from a sidewalk. Please do not push the snow into the street as our operator will continue to push snow from the street until it is clear. Q: Why was a plow on the street next to mine but did not plow my street? A: There are 26 routes throughout the Town; the plow you saw may not be the same plow assigned to your street. Q: My street was not plowed! Why? A: Plow operators have routes to follow. All streets do get plowed. Some are plowed before others as a matter of efficiency of the routing. In major snow events, it may take several hours between passes and the snow may accumulate significantly between passes. Please call 693-8121 for problems with your street. Q: When does the Town start to plow snow? A: As soon as snow begins to accumulate during any snow/ice event, Public Works will begin plowing the larger “arterial” streets to keep them passable and allow traffic to continue flowing. Generally, after an accumulation of about 2-inches we begin to plow, as salting is no longer practical. Q: How long does it take to plow the entire Town? A: The Town plows over 130 miles of roads. When there is 6” or less snowfall it would typically take about 6 hours to plow the entire Town. With snow falls over 6” it can take substantially more time to clear the streets. Once plowing is completed, we begin cleaning intersections and do a final cleanup of streets. Q: Why does plowing take so long? A: There are 26 plow routes throughout the Town which encompass 260 lane miles. The Public Works typically has 34 employees using 30 pieces of equipment and 4 front end loaders, plus 5 supervisors, 7 mechanics during a major snow event. Additional staff from Building Maintenance and Parks clears Town buildings and sidewalks. Q: A parked car was in the way before the plow came, can the plow come back? A: Yes, residents should call 693-8121 to report that a section of their street was not plowed because of an obstructing vehicle. The Highway Department will re-plow when time permits. Q: I parked my car at the edge of my driveway, yet you still plowed me in. A: Some residents park their cars parallel to their driveway. This greatly hampers the plow operator from safely performing snow removal operations. It also places your vehicle at risk for damage. The plow operator has no choice but to push snow up to the vehicle, depositing a large amount of snow adjacent to the parked vehicle. The vehicle is also noted and the Police are alerted to the situation. We urge residents not to park your car in such a manner that you obstruct the street and create a potentially dangerous situation. It is a fact of plowing that snow plow operations will deposit snow across driveways. It is unavoidable. Q: My mailbox was damaged by the Town snow plow. A: The Town plowing operations occur throughout the storm. At times, visibility is greatly diminished and occasionally mailboxes are damaged from the weight of the snow pushed to the edge of the roadway. The Town’s liability for damage is protected, but we ask you to call the Highway Department at 693-8121 to report the damage. We will try to make a repair as a courtesy to our residents, but have limitations on what we can repair. Victor G. Carosi, P.E. Commissioner of Public Works View Comment

Hal: We will pursue the litigation if those responsible for the library construction do not make good and reimburse us for the costs of the repairs and changes we have made and will make. View Comment

Glad to have another bicycle shop in Greenburgh. It's a beautiful store, an asset to our town. PAUL FEINER, Greenburgh Town Supervisor View Comment

This is what the chief sent to me earlier tonight: ________________________________________ From: Joseph DeCarlo Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 10:58 PM To: 'geoff.loftus@verizon.net'; Paul Feiner; Town Board Subject: Robbery. 1000 Central Park Ave This was the information released to the media this afternoon. The immediate area was quickly checked and there was no reason to believe he was in the area nor a treat to any civilians in the neighborhood. View Comment

Phil Reisman (www.lohud.com) wrote an excellent column today supporting Ferncliff. View Comment

Bob Bernstein's comments are totally ridiculous. Bob and others organized an aggressive campaign to defeat the referendum. He asked organizations to oppose the referendum. He spoke at meetings, organized an e mail campaign against the referendum. Thousands of people voted and the voters overwhelmingly approved the sports bubble by close to a 70% margin. There is a need for more recreation in Greenburgh -there is a lack of soccer fields in Greenburgh and in Westchester. On this issue Bob is out of touch with the residents of Greenburgh. View Comment

NEXT GUN SHOW AT WESTCHESTER COUNTY CENTER: FEBRUARY 2, 2013-- I THINK GUN SHOWS SHOULD BE BANNED AT COUNTY CENTER.... It had been after columbine RALLY IN DOBBS FERRY TOMORROW EVENING FOR GUN CONTROL 8 PM "Not One Child More" March – Sunday, December 16 at 8 pm, starting at Waterfront Park in Dobbs Ferry In support of stronger communities for safe kids: A call to our elected officials for Gun Control Now -- because we cannot let this happen again. Join us at 8 pm Sunday, December 16 (tomorrow night), for a candlelight vigil and march beginning at Waterfront Park in Dobbs Ferry. Shine your light and let your voice be heard. For more information, email Jean Lucasey at jeanluc1213@optonline.net or Gabrielle Mason at gabmason@att.net The Westchester County Center, a county taxpayer owned building, will be the location for the next gun show on February 2 and 3 2013 --according to north east gun shows.com. Shortly after the Columbine High School shootings--which took the lives of 14 students and a teacher at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado former County Executive Andrew Spano banned gun shows from the county center--calling gun shows at government buildings "inappropriate". After County Executive Rob Astorino defeated Mr. Spano - Mr. Astorino revoked the ban and allowed the gun shows to resume at the county center. When the gun shows were reinstated admission was $11- with $1.50 going to the county. In light of the school shooting which killed 20 children and 7 adults in Sandy Hook, Connecticut on Friday - I am calling on the County Executive and Board of Legislators to ban gun and weapon shows from the county center. Citizens have a right to bear arms and a right to purchase guns from reputable dealers. But, there is nothing in the constitution that requires governments to allow gun sales at government buildings. If north east gun shows.com wants to have a gun show in Westchester - they should contract with a private facility, not a government owned building. Among the weapons being sold at the gun show: firearms, knives, militaria military style weapons. An article in the June 20,2010 issue of the NY Daily News indicated that some vendors "sold books and magazines with nazi names. At least two sold stickers bearing confederate flags and swastikas." There haven't been additional reports since 2010 of nazi memorabilia being sold at the county center gun shows. 99% of the people who purchase guns at gun shows are honest, decent, law abiding citizens. All we need is one crazy like the school gunman whose family obtains a gun legally and starts shooting innocent people. PAUL FEINER Greenburgh Town Supervisor View Comment

Paul Feiner · Top Commenter · Town Supervisor at Greenburgh · 340 subscribers I hope that Ken Jenkins will learn from this experience. Members of the Greenburgh Town Board and I have been seeking a meeting with Ken Jenkins to discuss the Westhelp lease. I have written to Ken, Mary Jane Shimsky, Alfreda Williams asking if a meeting could be arranged with all 17 Legislators to discuss the Ferncliff Manor application. Despite numerous letters seeking a meeting, I have not had the courtesy of a response from Mr. Jenkins. I have offered to meet with him and Legislators at Greenburgh Town Hall, at the county office building - anywhere, anytime, any day, any evening, any weekend. This is the first time in my career that elected officials won't meet to discuss an important matter. Ferncliff provides services to the developmentally disabled. The developmentally disabled deserve a decent place to live. The WESTHELP campus is beautiful. Ferncliff has an excellent reputation. And--they are offering the town of Greenburgh about 3 million dollars more than anyone else over the life of the lease--money that could be used to reduce Greenburgh taxes. I believe that if Legislator Jenkins put the Ferncliff lease to a vote --a majority of Legislators would authorize the town to enter into the lease with Ferncliff. View Comment

Sorry to give you bad news (just being a little cynical) but there is substantial interest in the WESTHELP property from developers. We will select a developer shortly...expect to come out ahead (revenue wise) and also expect the developer to do all renovations (at their expense). If the Legislature rejects our first choice, we will have 2nd and 3rd choices so there won't be gridlock. We're determined to put this controversy behind us. The property will be enjoyed by residents. More bad news for those who don't like good news --we expect alot of good news to report in the months ahead! There are alot of positive things that are happening in the town --that will be great for residents. View Comment

Bob Bernstein' comments, as usual, contain some inaccuracies. The town has been showing the property to affordable housing developers and managers for months. We expect to receive some good proposals from applicants next week (proposals will be posted on the town website:www.greenburghny.com). We will generate some revenue from the property if the property won't be leased to Ferncliff. The developers (at their expense) will renovate the apartments. I expect that the Town Board will award a lease to a developer by December 20th--probably earlier. Sorry to disappoint you Bob. But, we will lease the property.IThe property could be used for affordable housing. We will generate rental income. And, we will work with the county. We hope our legislators will work with us too. This property WILL NOT REMAIN VACANT. View Comment

A great story about a great group of students. I hope they will inspire others to follow their example. PAUL FEINER View Comment

Since the hurricane I have spoken tohundreds of residents. Most were very pleased with how the town (not Con Ed) managed the crisis. The purpose of the meeting was to get constructive suggestions from residents as to how we can improve. The goal of the meeting yesterday was achieved--many of the attendees (and those who did not attend but contacted me) came up with constructive suggestions that will be implemented. This is what management is about. Always looking to improve. I believe that we will be successful in persuading Con Ed, the PSC and state officials to handle future outages differently. View Comment