Christian served as Junior Mayor for the Day last week. His parents won him the opportunity in the Ossining MATTERS online auction. What a remarkable young man! He arrived with a prepared list of questions. I think we addressed them all and much more. We traveled across Ossining visiting many of the people who make our local government function so... Continue Reading →
Election Day is Tuesday, November 4, and I am asking for your vote to become the next Mayor of Ossining. The resounding Democratic primary victory was one big step, but now I need all Village of Ossining voters to make your voices heard so that together we can move our village forward. I will lead... Continue Reading →
Do you have a good idea for what could be done better in Ossining? Do you ever feel people in village government aren't listening to you? Whether it's economic development, collaboration with schools, safe streets, parking, parkland, recycling, trash, or taxes—everyone in our community has something they think could be better. And the best ideas for improvement... Continue Reading →
I write this as a parent, as a taxpayer, and as a voter. My role as a village trustee has no relationship to school budgets or the proposed transportation referendum. I write this as a parent of two boys who live 1.32 miles from AMD. If the transportation referendum passes, at age eleven my boys... Continue Reading →
A mother in our community that I respect and with whom I share many values and opinions, told me this week that she would feel safer if we had a police officer with a gun protecting every school. This is a sentiment I have heard more than once in recent days from parents in our... Continue Reading →
Great work has been done by Ossining Citizens for Schools to get the YES vote out next for the bond next Tuesday, March 6. My attention has largely been focused on launching the Energize Ossining program, but I did take some time to write the below letter-to-the-editor that is now up on The Patch. Ossining... Continue Reading →
Victoria Gearity, Former Ossining Mayor 