Town & Village Candidates
Re-Elect
Elizabeth Feldman
Ossining Town Supervisor
Liz believes the Town should prioritize affordability and easing the tax burden on residential taxpayers; protecting Ossining's watershed, ecosystem and remaining green spaces; making sure that our parks and riverfront are well maintained and accessible to all; and improving communication and collaboration with all of Ossining's residents and business owners.
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As a lifelong resident of Ossining, her first half in the unincorporated Town of Ossining and the second half in the Village, Liz has a deep understanding and appreciation of their differences, and how they can work together and yet retain their own identities.
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As a member of the Town Board since 2015, and now as Supervisor, Liz has been focusing on replacing our aging infrastructure and addressing the increasing needs of our storm water systems. She has been working diligently to find and use grant funding opportunities to support this important work.
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Other priorities include implementing the Comprehensive Plan, preserving historic structures, and incorporating fuel efficient and energy producing technologies to our buildings and fleet to be more sustainable and save taxpayers money.
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In a full term, Liz looks forward to continuing the Town Board’s work to find energy efficiencies while reducing our carbon footprint and working in collaboration with Sustainable Westchester on the new geothermal heat program. Another priority is finding affordable housing options for seniors and community members without overburdening our infrastructure. She also believes that Ossining should join Briarcliff in incentivizing new commercial businesses to revitalize vacant commercial properties to support our tax base, rather than turning them into residential areas that will add more students to the Ossining school system. Most importantly, she will continue to listen to and collaborate with all members of the community to understand what works best for Ossining.
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Jennifer Fields-Tawil
Ossining Town Board
Jennifer Fields-Tawil has lived in the Unincorporated Town of Ossining for over 18 years. For the past eight years she has worked for Assemblywoman Sandy Galef, most recently as her District Office Manager. In this capacity, she has been intimately involved in helping Ossining residents with the day to day challenges that they face in our community. Her work in the Assemblywoman's office has also allowed her to develop contacts and relationships with people at all levels of government, enhancing her ability to solve the problems experienced by all Ossining constituents.
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Angelo Manicchio
Ossining Town Board
Angelo is a lifelong resident of Ossining and graduate of the Ossining School District. He graduated from Pace University with a BA in general business. He is a local business owner who also owns and operates several residential and mixed use properties in the community. He is an active volunteer with over 20 years of involvement with various Ossining Community organizations including JCYS Baseball, Ossining's Elks Lodge and OSIA's local Columbus Lodge. He is a 20 year member of the Ossining Volunteer Fire Department and has served as Assistant Chief and Chief Engineer for six of those years.
His many years as a resident and active volunteer in the community have allowed him to establish many community connections and relationships, providing him with many opportunities to engage in conversations with a variety of community members, residents and stakeholders about Ossining. His combined experiences and background give him a unique perspective and understanding on a variety of issues the Town Council will be addressing in the coming years including budgeting, housing options and affordability, and business/economic growth.
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Holly Perlowitz
Town Receiver of Taxes
Holly Perlowitz, MBA, CPA has held the position of Tax Receiver since July of 2017. Holly has reduced the expenses of the office by over $100,000 and has enhanced taxpayers' experience by sending rapid response home standards and clear and timely messaging regarding tax due dates.
Holly serves as the Westchester County District Leader of the New York State Association of Tax Receivers and Collectors and has quickly become well-known as an authority on NYS Real Property Tax law and best practices of Tax Offices in Westchester County. Holly consistently embraces technological advances to improve access to data and provide taxpayers with quick and secure payment options. Holly is “all in” and truly does everything she can to serve taxpayers in the way that she as an Ossining resident wants to be treated when dealing with the municipality in which she lives.
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Pete Connolly
Town Highway Superintendent
Pete has more than 40 years in the public works field, which helped greatly when he took over the highway department after his predecessor’s retirement. The department had lost over 50 years of experience with retirements over the last 5 or so years; having his experienced leadership made the transition better for the continued operation of the highway department.
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During Pete's tenure as highway superintendent, the department has upgraded its sewerage lift stations; resurfaced over two miles of roads; replaced over 1000 feet of guard rail; started yearly road striping with their own personnel; completed a road sign replacement project; replaced drainage lines on Cedar Lane, Stonegate Road, and Gordon Avenue; and participated in the McCarthy Drive rebuilding project, to name just a few accomplishments.
Prior to assuming leadership of the highway department, Pete worked with and managed over 450 volunteers as chief of the OFD and served as cemetery superintendent for over 6 years. His goals are to continue to maintain and improve our town infrastructure, keep our roads safe, and provide excellent responsive service to our residents.
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Robert Fritsche
Ossining Village Trustee
Bob is grateful for the continued support of the Ossining Democratic Committee as he seeks a third term as Village Trustee. He is looking forward to continuing his work on the Comprehensive Plan, police reform, the DPW site and development, the Route 9 Diet along with a parking study throughout our Downtown. He is heavily involved in these initiatives and plans on seeing them through to fruition. In his third term, he will continue to put his best foot forward to make Ossining a better and safer place to live.
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Omar Lopez
Ossining Village Trustee
Omar is excited to pursue a fourth term as Ossining Village Trustee. In his first two terms, there are three priorities that he has had a leadership role in advancing. Omar worked with former Mayor Victoria Gearity, the Working Committee, Village staff and the consultant firm BFJ to gather meaningful community feedback for the Comprehensive Plan and incorporate it into the current draft. On the Police Reform and Reinvention Collaborative, Omar has worked with community leaders to gather meaningful feedback for reforms. Lastly, on the DPW Mixed-Use Mixed-Income Development, Omar partnered with Trustee Robert Fritsche, Village staff and the developer Wilder Balter Partners to design a process that captured meaningful community feedback, since land use issues are some of the most impactful and complex that the Board addresses. This project will address multiple community needs, from cleaning up a brownfield site to adding affordable housing options. Omar looks forward to building on these accomplishments in a third term.