Budget &  
Appropriations  
Meeting Agenda  
800 Michaelian Office Bldg.  
148 Martine Avenue, 8th Floor  
White Plains, NY 10601  
WestchesterLegislatorsNY.gov  
Committee Chair: Tyrae Woodson-Samuels  
Joint with I&H, S&Y, P&E, LIT and PS&V  
CALL TO ORDER  
Please note: Meetings of the Board of Legislators and its committees are held at the  
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the links to documents to be discussed at a given meeting.  
MINUTES APPROVAL  
Monday, April 27, 2026 at 10:00 a.m.  
Monday, May 4, 2026 at 10:00 a.m.  
I. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION  
Citizens' Budget Advisory Committee Appointment and Reappointments  
2026-232  
1.  
BOND ACT-P0024-Amending Bond Act 162-2019-Bronx River  
Parkway Rehabilitation Program  
A BOND ACT amending, in part, prior Bond Act No. 104-2022 to deauthorize FIVE MILLION,  
SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED ($5,700,500) DOLLARS which is the  
unissued portion of FIVE MILLION, SEVEN HUNDRED TEN THOUSAND ($5,710,000)  
DOLLARS authorization attributable to Capital Project P0024 - Bronx River Parkway  
Rehabilitation Program, thereby decreasing the estimated maximum amount of bonds from  
SIXTEEN MILLION, ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND ($16,125,000) DOLLARS  
to TEN MILLION, FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED  
($10,424,500) DOLLARS. The remaining NINE THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED ($9,500)  
DOLLARS reflects the amount of bonds issued by P0024. The Amending Bond Act is  
required to deauthorize financing previously authorized for P0024.  
COMMITTEE REFERRAL: COMMITTEES ON BUDGET & APPROPRIATIONS AND  
INFRASTRUCTURE & HOUSING  
Guests:  
Department of Public Works & Transportation:  
Robert Abbamont, Director of Operations for the Capital Planning Program  
Angelo Sgobbo, Director of Design Coordination  
2026-233  
2.  
BOND ACT-P0024-Bronx River Parkway Rehabilitation Program  
A BOND ACT authorizing the issuance of NINE MILLION, SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND,  
FIVE HUNDRED ($9,700,500) DOLLARS in bonds of Westchester County to finance Capital  
Project P0024 - Bronx River Parkway Rehabilitation Program.  
COMMITTEE REFERRAL: COMMITTEES ON BUDGET & APPROPRIATIONS AND  
INFRASTRUCTURE & HOUSING  
Guests:  
Department of Public Works & Transportation:  
Robert Abbamont, Director of Operations for the Capital Planning Program  
Angelo Sgobbo, Director of Design Coordination  
2026-203  
3.  
ACT-HUD Consolidation Plan  
AN ACT authorizing the County of Westchester to submit an application to the U.S.  
Department of Housing and Urban Development for grant funds from the Community  
Development Block Grant Program, HOME Investment Partnerships Program and the  
Emergency Solutions Grant Program, submit the Fiscal Year 2026 Action Plan and to accept  
said grant funds.  
COMMITTEE REFERRAL: COMMITTEES ON BUDGET & APPROPRIATIONS AND  
INFRASTRUCTURE & HOUSING  
Guests:  
Planning Department  
Blanca Lopez, Commissioner  
Leonard Gruenfeld, Dir. of Community Development  
Terry Fleischman, Dir. of Housing  
Kim Holland, Program Administrator  
Gaitre Rambharose, Program Administrator  
2026-220  
4.  
BOND ACT-BPL37-1-3 Croton Point Avenue, Croton-on-Hudson  
A BOND ACT authorizing the issuance of FIVE MILLION, SEVEN HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE  
THOUSAND ($5,765,000) DOLLARS in bonds of Westchester County to finance Capital  
Project BPL37 - Housing Implementation Fund II.  
COMMITTEE REFERRAL: COMMITTEES ON BUDGET & APPROPRIATIONS AND  
INFRASTRUCTURE & HOUSING  
Guests:  
Planning Department  
Blanca Lopez, Commissioner  
Leonard Gruenfeld, Dir. of Community Development  
Terry Fleischman, Dir. of Housing  
Kim Holland, Program Administrator  
Gaitre Rambharose, Program Administrator  
2026-222  
5.  
ACT-Land Acquisition-1-3 Croton Point Avenue, Croton-on-Hudson  
AN ACT authorizing the County of Westchester to purchase approximately +/- 1.76 acres of  
real property located at 1-3 Croton Point Avenue in the Village of Croton-on-Hudson and to  
subsequently convey said property, as well as authorizing the County to grant and accept any  
property rights necessary to furtherance thereof, for the purpose of constructing a new five  
story building with 100 affordable homeownership units that will affirmatively further fair  
housing and remain affordable for a period of not less than fifty (50) years.  
COMMITTEE REFERRAL: COMMITTEES ON BUDGET & APPROPRIATIONS AND  
INFRASTRUCTURE & HOUSING  
Guests:  
Planning Department  
Blanca Lopez, Commissioner  
Leonard Gruenfeld, Dir. of Community Development  
Terry Fleischman, Dir. of Housing  
Kim Holland, Program Administrator  
Gaitre Rambharose, Program Administrator  
2026-223  
6.  
BOND ACT-BPL1A-1-3 Croton Point Avenue, Croton-on-Hudson  
A BOND ACT authorizing the issuance of SIX MILLION, ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND  
($6,150,000) DOLLARS in bonds of Westchester County to finance Capital Project BPL1A -  
Housing Implementation Fund II.  
COMMITTEE REFERRAL: COMMITTEES ON BUDGET & APPROPRIATIONS AND  
INFRASTRUCTURE & HOUSING  
Guests:  
Planning Department  
Blanca Lopez, Commissioner  
Leonard Gruenfeld, Dir. of Community Development  
Terry Fleischman, Dir. of Housing  
Kim Holland, Program Administrator  
Gaitre Rambharose, Program Administrator  
2026-225  
7.  
ACT-IMDA-Croton-on-Hudson and WBP Development LLC-1-3  
Croton Point Avenue, Croton-on-Hudson  
AN ACT authorizing the County of Westchester (the "County") to enter into an inter-municipal  
developer agreement with the Village of Croton-on-Hudson and WBP Development LLC, its  
successors or assigns, or any entity created to carry out the purposes of the transaction in  
order to fund certain infrastructure improvements and authorizing the County to grant and  
accept any property rights necessary in furtherance thereof, all for the purpose of constructing  
100 affordable homeownership units that will affirmatively further fair housing at 1-3 Croton  
Point Avenue in the Village of Croton-on-Hudson and remain affordable for a period of not  
less than 50 years.  
COMMITTEE REFERRAL: COMMITTEES ON BUDGET & APPROPRIATIONS AND  
INFRASTRUCTURE & HOUSING  
Guests:  
Planning Department  
Blanca Lopez, Commissioner  
Leonard Gruenfeld, Dir. of Community Development  
Terry Fleischman, Dir. of Housing  
Kim Holland, Program Administrator  
Gaitre Rambharose, Program Administrator  
2026-234  
8.  
ACT-Conveyance of Real Property Located at 47 Riverdale Avenue  
aka 30 Hawthorne Avenue, Yonkers  
AN ACT authorizing the County of Westchester to consent to the conveyance of real property  
and improvements located at 47 Riverdale Avenue a/k/a 30 Hawthorne Avenue, in the City of  
Yonkers and to enter into an amendment to the County Declaration of Restrictive Covenants  
for THREE HUNDRED FORTY-THREE (343) affordable rental units that affirmatively further  
fair housing located therein, in order to reflect the consent to the transfer, and extend the  
period of affordability for FIFTY (50) YEARS.  
COMMITTEE REFERRAL: COMMITTEES ON BUDGET & APPROPRIATIONS AND  
INFRASTRUCTURE & HOUSING  
Guests:  
Planning Department  
Blanca Lopez, Commissioner  
Leonard Gruenfeld, Dir. of Community Development  
Terry Fleischman, Dir. of Housing  
Kim Holland, Program Administrator  
Gaitre Rambharose, Program Administrator  
2026-208  
9.  
Rescinding Bond Act-RGI11-3163-Gen'l Infrast.-Parks  
Dams-Rescinding Bond Act 94-2011  
AN ACT authorizing the County of Westchester to rescind, in part, prior Bond Act No.  
94-2011, which authorized financing in the amount of FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND  
($500,000) DOLLARS for design of improvements to the dam at Woodlands Lake at V.E.  
Macy Park in Irvington. The 94-2011 Rescinding Bond Act is required to rescind FIVE  
THOUSAND, THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY DOLLARS AND SIXTY-FOUR CENTS  
($5,380.64) in unencumbered and unissued RGIII Funds, leaving intact the remaining (FOUR  
HUNDRED NINETY-FOUR THOUSAND, SIX HUNDRED NINETEEN DOLLARS AND  
THIRTY-SIX CENTS ($494,619.36) in previously encumbered funds which will be  
re-authorized through a separate bond act to continue the project.  
COMMITTEE REFERRAL: COMMITTEES ON BUDGET & APPROPRIATIONS,  
INFRASTRUCTURE & HOUSING AND PARKS & ENVIRONMENT  
Guests:  
Parks, Recreation & Conservation Department  
Peter Tartaglia, First Deputy Commissioner  
Robert Lopane, Director of Park Planning  
2026-209  
10.  
Rescinding Bond Act RGI11-3163-Gen'l Infrast.-Parks  
Dams-Rescinding Bond Act 196-2014  
AN ACT authorizing the County to rescind, in part, Prior Bond Act No. 196-2014, which  
authorized financing in the amount of THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND ($300,000)  
DOLLARS for design of improvements to various dams in Westchester. The 196-2014  
Rescinding Bond Act is required to rescind SEVENTEEN ($17.00) DOLLARS in  
unencumbered and unissued RGIII funds, leaving in tact the remaining TWO HUNDRED  
NINETY-NINE THOUSAND, NINE HUNDRED EIGHT-THREE ($299,983) DOLLARS in  
previously encumbered funds, which will be re-authorized through a separate bond act to  
continue the project.  
COMMITTEE REFERRAL: COMMITTEES ON BUDGET & APPROPRIATIONS,  
INFRASTRUCTURE & HOUSING AND PARKS & ENVIRONMENT  
Guests:  
Parks, Recreation & Conservation Department  
Peter Tartaglia, First Deputy Commissioner  
Robert Lopane, Director of Park Planning  
2026-210  
11.  
BOND ACT-RGI11-3163-Gen'l Infrast.-Parks Dams  
A BOND ACT authorizing the issuance of ONE MILLION, ONE HUNDRED NINETY-FOUR  
THOUSAND, SIX HUNDRED TWO DOLLARS AND THIRTY-SIX CENTS ($1,194,602.36) in  
bonds of Westchester County to finance Capital Project RGIII - General Infrastructure - Parks  
Dams.  
COMMITTEE REFERRAL: COMMITTEES ON BUDGET & APPROPRIATIONS,  
INFRASTRUCTURE & HOUSING AND PARKS & ENVIRONMENT  
Guests:  
Parks, Recreation & Conservation Department  
Peter Tartaglia, First Deputy Commissioner  
Robert Lopane, Director of Park Planning  
2026-211  
12.  
ENV RES-RGC12-Dunwoodie Golf Course Facility Improvements  
AN ENVIRONMENTAL RESOLUTION determining that there will be no significant impact on  
the environment in connection with Capital Project RGC12 - Dunwoodie Golf Course Facility  
Improvements.  
COMMITTEE REFERRAL: COMMITTEES ON BUDGET & APPROPRIATIONS,  
INFRASTRUCTURE & HOUSING AND PARKS & ENVIRONMENT  
Guests:  
Parks, Recreation & Conservation Department  
Peter Tartaglia, First Deputy Commissioner  
Robert Lopane, Director of Park Planning  
2026-215  
13.  
CBA-RGC12-Dunwoodie Golf Course Facility Improvements  
AN ACT amending the 2026 County Capital Budget Appropriations for Capital Project RGC12  
- Dunwoodie Golf Course Facility Improvements.  
COMMITTEE REFERRAL: COMMITTEES ON BUDGET & APPROPRIATIONS,  
INFRASTRUCTURE & HOUSING AND PARKS & ENVIRONMENT  
Guests:  
Parks, Recreation & Conservation Department  
Peter Tartaglia, First Deputy Commissioner  
Robert Lopane, Director of Park Planning  
2026-217  
14.  
BOND ACT RGC12-Amending Bond Act 140-2022-Dunwoodie Golf  
Course Facility Improvements  
A bond act amending, in part, Bond Act 140-2022 to remove FOUR MILLION, ONE  
HUNDRED FORTY-EIGHT THOUSAND, EIGHT HUNDRED THREE ($4,148,803) DOLLARS  
decreasing the estimated maximum amount of bonds authorized thereunder to TWELVE  
MILLION, THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY ONE THOUSAND, ONE HUNDRED  
NINETY-SEVEN ($12,371,197) DOLLARS. It should be noted that TWO HUNDRED  
FIFTY-ONE THOUSAND, ONE HUNDRED NINETY-SEVEN ($251,197) DOLLARS in  
RGC12 bonds have already been issued, therefore the Amending Bond Act will only remove  
the unissued balance attributable to RGC12 from the 2022 Bond Act.  
COMMITTEE REFERRAL: COMMITTEES ON BUDGET & APPROPRIATIONS,  
INFRASTRUCTURE & HOUSING AND PARKS & ENVIRONMENT  
Guests:  
Parks, Recreation & Conservation Department  
Peter Tartaglia, First Deputy Commissioner  
Robert Lopane, Director of Park Planning  
2026-218  
15.  
BOND ACT(Consolidated)-RGC12-Dunwoodie Golf Course Facility  
Improvements  
A BOND ACT (Consolidated) authorizing the issuance of TEN MILLION, FOUR HUNDRED  
FORTY-EIGHT THOUSAND, EIGHT HUNDRED THREE ($10,448,803) DOLLARS in bonds  
of Westchester County to finance Capital Project RGC12- Dunwoodie Golf Course Facility  
Improvements. Please note this includes FOUR MILLION, ONE HUNDRED FORTY-EIGHT  
THOUSAND, EIGHT HUNDRED THREE ($4,148,803) DOLLARS of previously authorized  
bonds for RGC12 by the 2022 Bond Act and adds SIX MILLION, THREE HUNDRED  
THOUSAND ($6,300,000) DOLLARS.  
COMMITTEE REFERRAL: COMMITTEES ON BUDGET & APPROPRIATIONS,  
INFRASTRUCTURE & HOUSING AND PARKS & ENVIRONMENT  
Guests:  
Parks, Recreation & Conservation Department  
Peter Tartaglia, First Deputy Commissioner  
Robert Lopane, Director of Park Planning  
2026-227  
16.  
IMA-Fire Protection Services-Pound Ridge Fire District  
AN ACT authorizing the County of Westchester to enter into an inter-municipal agreement  
with the Pound Ridge Fire District for the provision of fire protection services, for a term  
commencing retroactively on January 1, 2025 and expiring on December 31, 2029.  
COMMITTEE REFERRAL: COMMITTEES ON BUDGET & APPROPRIATIONS AND  
PUBLIC SAFETY & VETERANS  
Guests:  
Parks, Recreation & Conservation Department  
Peter Tartaglia, First Deputy Commissioner  
Robert Lopane, Director of Park Planning  
Department of Emergency Services  
Susan Spear, Commissioner  
Robert Russell, Chief of Fire Services  
2026-200  
17.  
IMA-Youth Development Program-Mount Vernon  
AN ACT authorizing the County of Westchester to enter into an inter-municipal agreement  
with the City of Mount Vernon for the provision of certain youth development services under  
the Municipality's Youth Development Program, for the period commencing retroactively on  
January 1, 2026 and continuing through December 31, 2026, in a total amount not to exceed  
ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND, SEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTEEN ($150,718) DOLLARS.  
COMMITTEE REFERRAL: COMMITTEES ON BUDGET & APPROPRIATIONS AND  
SENIORS & YOUTH  
Guests:  
Youth Bureau  
Executive Director: Ernest McFadden  
2026-226  
18.  
IMA-Sixth Grade Leadership Academy Program-Yonkers  
AN ACT authorizing the County of Westchester to enter into an inter-municipal agreement  
with he City of Yonkers, for a Sixth Grade Leadership Academy program for the period  
commencing retroactively on January 1, 2026 and expiring on December 31, 2026, for a total  
amount of ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO THOUSAND ($132,000) DOLLARS, comprised of  
an amount not to exceed SIXTY-SIX THOUSAND ($66,000) DOLLARS payable by the  
County plus a 100% match.  
COMMITTEE REFERRAL: COMMITTEES ON BUDGET & APPROPRIATIONS AND  
SENIORS & YOUTH  
Guests:  
Youth Bureau  
Executive Director: Ernest McFadden  
2026-228  
19.  
IMA-Tarrytown-Sleepy Hollow Summer Camp-Tarrytown  
AN ACT authorizing the County of Westchester to enter into an inter-municipal agreement  
with the Village of Tarrytown, pursuant to which the municipality will operate a positive youth  
development program known as the Tarrytown/Sleepy Hollow Summer Camp, for a term  
commencing retroactively on January 1, 2026 and expiring on December 31, 2026 for a total  
amount not to exceed TWENTY-NINE THOUSAND, ONE HUNDRED NINETY-THREE  
($29,193) DOLLARS.  
COMMITTEE REFERRAL: COMMITTEES ON BUDGET & APPROPRIATIONS AND  
SENIORS & YOUTH  
Guests:  
Youth Bureau  
Executive Director: Ernest McFadden  
2026-201  
20.  
ENV RES-Temporary Easement Agreements in Connection with  
RB03T-Rehab. of Greenwich Rd. Bridge Over Mianus River,  
Bedford  
AN ENVIRONMENTAL RESOLUTION determining that there will be no significant adverse  
impact on the environment from Capital Project RB03T - Rehabilitation of the Greenwich  
Road Bridge (County Road 12) over the Mianus River.  
COMMITTEE REFERRAL: COMMITTEES ON BUDGET & APPROPRIATIONS,  
INFRASTRUCTURE & HOUSING AND PARKS & ENVIRONMENT  
Guests:  
Department of Public Works & Transportation:  
Angelo Sgobbo, Director of Design Coordination  
Law Department  
Rachel Noe, Associate County Attorney  
2026-202  
21.  
ACT-Temporary Easement Agreements in Connection with  
RB03T-Rehab. of Greenwich Rd. Bridge Over Mianus River,  
Bedford  
AN ACT authorizing the County of Westchester to enter into temporary easement  
agreements in connection with the rehabilitation of the Greenwich Road Bridge (County Road  
12) over the Mianus River (BIN 3347940) along Greenwich Road in the Town of Bedford,  
Westchester County, NY.  
COMMITTEE REFERRAL: COMMITTEES ON BUDGET & APPROPRIATIONS,  
INFRASTRUCTURE & HOUSING AND PARKS & ENVIRONMENT  
Guests:  
Department of Public Works & Transportation:  
Angelo Sgobbo, Director of Design Coordination  
Law Department  
Rachel Noe, Associate County Attorney  
2026-229  
22.  
ACT - Lawsuit Settlement of Gasparre v. County of Westchester  
AN ACT authorizing the County Attorney to settle the lawsuit of Eugene and Sarah Elizabeth  
Gasparre v. County of Westchester in the amount of FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND  
($400,000) DOLLARS, inclusive of attorney's fees.  
COMMITTEE REFERRAL: COMMITTEES ON BUDGET & APPROPRIATIONS AND  
LITIGATION  
Guests:  
Law Department  
Justin Adin, Assistant Chief Deputy County Attorney  
John Fico, Deputy County Attorney  
II. OTHER BUSINESS  
III. RECEIVE & FILE  
ADJOURNMENT