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Local Laws 10 and 11 of 2026 were filed with the New York Secretary of State on September 8 and took effect the same day. One raises the income limit for the village's senior-citizen and disabled-persons rent-relief programs from $50,000 to $75,000; the other redraws the list of sidewalks the village, not the adjoining owner, must clear of snow. Five more local laws are still only proposals.
Zoning Board of Appeals
The Zoning Board of Appeals granted variances legalizing a gazebo that survived a Newton Court house fire and a sunroom and storage shed at a Cleveland Drive house bought out of a reverse mortgage. A third application, to raise the roof of a garage that sits three feet from the lot lines on Hastings Avenue, was held open for a site visit after the owner did not appear.
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Croton-Harmon began the school year with tighter classroom-device limits and revised high-school phone procedures. September 3 reports offered early impressions, while a new advisory committee will examine technology and learning.
Board Of Trustees
Croton-on-Hudson trustees finished a second review of the village's proposed sign law on Sept. 9, asking for a single change and setting up a public hearing expected Oct. 21. They also directed staff to draft a full village tax exemption for veterans with 100% service-connected disabilities and worked through the village's developing New York Forward bid.
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Westchester was scheduled to file a dismissal motion on September 11 in the license-plate surveillance case; this article does not yet report whether it did. Court records, Croton’s police presentations and Rekor’s proposed privacy standard leave key questions about outside access unresolved.
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No adoption vote was taken after the September 2 pigeon hearing. Len Simon stepped aside from further work on the proposed animal law, while neighbors offered contrasting accounts and the board left next steps for a work session.
Planning Board
New York State now exempts new housing developments of up to 100 units from environmental review, and on Sept. 8 the Croton-on-Hudson Planning Board went through a proposed zoning amendment meant to keep traffic, school, fiscal and infrastructure questions inside the village's own code.