Legislation  
BOL Meeting Minutes -  
Final  
800 Michaelian Office Bldg.  
148 Martine Avenue, 8th Floor  
White Plains, NY 10601  
WestchesterLegislatorsNY.gov  
Tuesday, March 3, 2026  
2:00 PM  
Committee Room  
CALL TO ORDER  
Please note: Meetings of the Board of Legislators and its committees are held at the  
Michaelian Office Building, 148 Martine Avenue, 8th Floor, White Plains, New York, 10601,  
and livestreamed via the WebEx video conferencing system. Legislators may participate in  
person or via Webex. Members of the public may attend meetings in person at any of its  
locations, or view the meeting and its video recording online on the Westchester County  
Legislature’s website: https://westchestercountyny.legistar.com/. This website also provides  
the links to documents to be discussed at a given meeting.  
Legislator Jenn Puja will be participating remotely from 595 W. Hartsdale Avenue, White  
Plains, NY 10607.  
Legislator Margaret Cunzio will be participating remotely from 770 Commerce Street,  
Thornwood, NY 10594.  
With a quorum present, Chair Smith called the meeting to order at 2:13 p.m.  
Others in Attendance: BOL: Legislators: Judah Holstein, Erika Pierce, Anant Nambiar, and  
Jewel Williams Johnson; Committee Coordinators: Jill Axelrod and Althema Goodson; Greg  
Casciato, Adrienne Sanders Kaye, Beth Sutinis, Lisa Hochman, James Silverberg, Santiago  
Caceres, Jen Rosado, and Jared Nieves; County Executive's Office: Ken Jenkins, Steve Bass,  
and Copernicus Crane; NYS Senators: Andrea Stewart Cousins and Shelley Mayer; NYS  
Senators (Remote): Peter Harckham and Jamaal Bailey; NYS Assemblymembers: Amy Paulin,  
Nader Sayegh, Chris Burdick, Steve Otis, and MaryJane Shimsky; NYS Assemblymembers  
(Remote): Dana Levenberg, Jamaal Bailey, Matthew Slater, and Gary Pretlow; Guests:  
Heather Lackey, Dale Barbaria, Pascale Jean-Gilles, Rachel Estroff, Anne Wills, and David  
Montilla; Remote: Vicotria Cafarelli, Victoria Doody, Ranell Ogilvie, Bisean Franklin Everson,  
David Bissember, Lisa Urban, Paul McCarthy, Jessica Gordon, Jean MacAffer, and Shelby  
McIlroy  
Legislator Smith, Legislator Barr, Legislator Clements, Legislator Imamura,  
Legislator Nolan, Legislator Puja and Legislator Gashi  
Legislator Ulaj  
Present:  
Absent:  
Remote:  
Legislator Cunzio  
MINUTES APPROVAL  
I. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION  
Legislation  
BOL Meeting Minutes - Final  
March 3, 2026  
Discussion of the 2026 Joint State Legislative Package with members of the State Delegation.  
The committee members were joined by the County Executive, County legislators, State  
Senators and State Assemblymembers for a discussion of the 2026 Joint State Legislative  
Package.  
The meeting can be viewed in its entirety at:  
https://westchestercountyny.granicus.com/player/clip/8200?view_id=1&redirect=true.  
II.  
OTHER BUSINESS  
RECEIVE & FILE  
III.  
ADJOURNMENT  
Moved by Legislator Barr, seconded by Legislator Nolan, the Committee adjourned at 3:12  
p.m. by the following vote:  
Aye:  
Legislator Smith, Legislator Barr, Legislator Clements, Legislator Cunzio,  
Legislator Imamura, Legislator Nolan, Legislator Puja and Legislator Gashi  
Absent:  
Legislator Ulaj