FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE As Yorktown residents face rising costs across the board, it’s time to examine a policy that affects every taxpayer’s wallet: the 485-b tax exemption law. Enacted in 2017 and never reviewed since, this law provides substantial tax breaks to commercial developments that shift the tax burden onto residential property owners. Town Board […]
The following letter was submitted to the Yorktown News in December 2024 but was not published. While the original letter was written as a community member concerned about the chamber’s direction, I am sharing it here in the interest of transparency about my positions on local issues. The content reflects my views on how our […]
Note: the following letter was submitted to Yorktown News/Halston Media and The Examiner Dear Editor, As the Democratic candidate for Yorktown Town Supervisor, I feel compelled to respond to the deeply troubling statements made by my opponent, Councilman Ed Lachterman, regarding campaign donations, ethics in local government, and public discourse more broadly. In our recent […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March, 22, 2014 Town Board Meeting Highlights Frustrations Over Poorly Crafted Laws Yorktown, NY – A recent Town Board meeting that stretched into the early morning hours has left residents exasperated over the presentation of two poorly written proposed laws regarding the usage of ATVs and the revision of the town’s ethics […]
Strengthening Yorktown’s ethic law was part of my 100-day plan when I campaigned for Supervisor in 2023. I spoke at the October 17, 2023 Town Board meeting and challenged the Board to bring the revisions to the ethics law, proposed by the Board of Ethics in 2022, up for a vote. When the Board brought […]
By Jann Mirchandani, Town Supervisor Candidate When I bump into friends, they often ask me how the campaign is going. While it is a lot of hard work, by myself and others, it is gratifying. I have had the opportunity to reconnect with friends my kids went to school with, business associates I haven’t seen […]