Mr. Feiner abruptly concluded last night's petition hearing. Only objectors (no proponents) were allowed to speak.
Tomorrow: Edgemont petition hearing; Feiner's rules deny public right to defend petition
Supervisor Feiner has now circulated an updated list of rules for the hearing and indicated that he re-hired Robert Spolzino, the lawyer who believed it was lawful to hire private investigators to enter Edgemont residents' homes under false pretenses.
Lohud Story: ASC and EIC are optimistic about mediation process
Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins comments on the mediation process and the moratorium bill in Lohud; petition timeline detailed.
Edgemont maintains its right to a vote; Senate Majority Leader arranges for a mediator
With the legislative session behind us, Edgemont maintains its right to a vote. Senate Majority Leader arranges for a mediator to discuss Edgemont's incorporation.
URGENT: The NY Senate introduced another bill today. It would block incorporations indefinitely. We need your help.
The proposed new bill would freeze all village incorporations for at least two years and has unknown criteria for forming and voting on future villages. Please take two minutes and call your senator.
Feiner sets petition hearing date; unlawfully extends objection period
Albany is debating changing the law on incorporation, but our Supervisor has already decided to ignore the current law on the petition process regardless of what happens in Albany.
EIC files second petition
Today the EIC filed a second petition to hold a vote on whether Edgemont should incorporate as Greenburgh’s 7th village. The petition, which includes over 1,700 signatures of Edgemont residents, was accepted by Town Clerk Judith Beville.
Legislators are trying to permanently take away your existing right to incorporate. Again.
For the third year in a row, some New York State legislators are attempting to sneak a law through in the final days of the session that will give Supervisor Feiner unprecedented new power to reject an incorporation petition from any area of unincorporated Greenburgh. Letters and emails from residents of unincorporated Greenburgh have defeated bills like this in the past.
We need your help right now; please read below and then click on both of these links to email Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie.
Monday marks our next payment in the Fortress Bible debacle
On Monday, the Town will make the next $600,000 Fortress Bible bond payment (with a $3M balance outstanding). Greenburgh's unincorporated taxpayers alone must service this expensive liability, which resulted from the Town's violation of a church's constitutional rights.
Moving Forward
If you live in Edgemont and have household members who are not registered to vote (including children under age 18 and people who are non-US citizens), please email us at edgemont2019@gmail.com with the names and addresses of all those household members.
EIC survey: strong participation from residents, results discussed in LoHud
Yesterday, the EIC spoke with LoHud about this week’s incorporation survey.
ICYMI in Lohud: EIC letter on benefits of incorporation
In case you missed it: EIC opinion letter in LoHud on why Edgemont residents can better serve themselves as a village. View this article at Lohud and please visit http://edgemont2018.org for more information.
Town shares documents only with select residents opposed to incorporation.
False Edgemont incorporation information from the Town can easily enter the public realm—in this case, with the apparent seal of approval from New York State.
Independence Day is about the right to self-governance. Here’s an update on Edgemont’s exercise of its own right.
Before firing up the grill, please take a moment to read this incorporation update.
Fact checking the true cost of excellent EMS for Edgemont
Incorporation opponents incorrectly assume Edgemont’s governing body would foolishly build an expensive, redundant, “ground-up,” and independent EMS operation rather than sharing the service with other public safety agencies as the Town does for us today, or contracting with a third-party.
Petition lawsuit: Town Supervisor's appeal of Supreme Court ordered election now available online.
An incorporation case continues in Brooklyn: Supervisor Paul Feiner's lawyers maintain that Edgemont's petition is invalid and we should not be allowed to vote. The EIC's lawyers responded.
June 14th: The Appellate Division will hear oral argument on Feiner's appeal of Cacace's decision
The EIC learned today that a four-judge panel of the Second Department will hear oral arguments on Feiner’s appeal. It will be held on June 14th (Flag Day) at 10:00am in Brooklyn. The court hearing open to the public and the EIC encourages all Edgemont residents to attend.
Court dismisses the collusive lawsuit and calls out individuals for brushing “dangerously close” to sanctions.
"Dangerously close to the sanctionable dogged pursuit of litigation for purposes which are other than the legitimate challenge to governmental action." Yikes.
Abinanti's real reason for opposing incorporation.
In his remarks about Edgemont’s potential incorporation, Mr. Abinanti—a Greenburgh Town Councilman from 1980 to 84 and 1990 to 91—revealed some ugly Greenburgh history.
The politicians must doubt their chances in court and the election, so now they are changing the election law itself.
Their plan to kill our voting rights: 1) investigate the petitioners, 2) unlawfully reject the petition, and 3) change the election law itself