Category: Mt Pleasant

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY — Westchester County – District 92 — Thomas J. Abinanti (D)

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Thomas J. Abinanti is an American politician, lawyer, and member of the New York State Assembly from Greenburgh, New York. A member of the Democratic Party, Abinanti was elected to the State Assembly in 2010 to replace Assemblyman Richard Brodsky, and represents central Westchester County

Thomas J. Abinanti (D)

District 92
District 92 Map

Contact Information

Website
Facebook
Twitter @TomAbinanti

District Office

303 South Broadway, Suite 229
Tarrytown, NY 10591
Phone (914) 631-1605
Fax (914) 631-1609

Albany Office

LOB 744
Albany, NY 12248
Phone (518) 455-5753

Committee Membership
  • Chair, Commission on Government Administration
  • Committee on Health
  • Committee on Codes
  • Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
  • Committee on Election Law
  • Committee on Environmental Conservation

Born in Brooklyn, Abinanti graduated from Xaverian High School in 1964. He received a B.A. degree in political science from Fordham College in 1968 and a J.D. from the New York University School of Law in 1972.

Abinanti moved to Westchester in 1975 and has lived in Greenburgh ever since, where he is a practicing attorney and served two terms as Greenburgh Town Councilman (1980–1984 and 1990–1991).

Abinanti has taught continuing legal education courses for Pace Law School and courses in state and local government as an adjunct professor at Mercy College.

Abinanti was legislative counsel to a Congresswoman and staff counsel the Speaker of the New York State Assembly and various Assembly committees. He served as a prosecuting attorney for the villages of Ardsley and Dobbs Ferry.

For almost twenty years (1992–2010), he represented the 12th District on the Westchester County Board of Legislators, which included the villages of Irvington, Dobbs Ferry, Hastings, Ardsley, and much of unincorporated Greenburgh, including East Irvington, Central Greenburgh, Hartsdale and Edgemont, until his election to the State Assembly in November 2010.

On the County Board, he previously served as Majority Leader for three terms when the Democrats first assumed the majority on the Board for the first time in the history of the Westchester Legislature.

The 92nd District of the State Assembly which Abinanti represents includes the towns of Greenburgh and Mount Pleasant, the villages of Ardsley, Elmsford, Dobbs Ferry, Hastings-on-Hudson, Irvington, Tarrytown, and Sleepy Hollow, as well as parts of the Village of Briarcliff and the City of Yonkers.

In 1996, Abinanti was defeated in a run for the 35th District of the New York State Senate against the incumbent Republican State Senator Nicholas A. Spano.

Mt Pleasant Town Clerk – Patricia June Scova – 5 Stars

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Patricia June Scova AKA Patricia Breenan Scova

1. Freedom Of Information Compliance And Knowledge Ratings:

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Mt Pleasant Town Clerk Patricia June Scova provided all of the information that we requested within the prescribed times of New York’ Freedom Of information laws. We give her office a five star rating and feel that town residents are well served by her.

 

2. Email Address For Filing FOI Requests

pscova@mtpleasantny.com

3, Mailing Address For Filing FOI Requests

Town Clerk
One Town Hall Plaza
Valhalla, NY 10595

4. Experience And Background Information:

Volunteer Service: Secretary for “Great Hunger Memorial of Westchester County”; Board of Directors, Mt. Pleasant Italian American Association

Residence: Mt. Pleasant (Hawthorne)

5. From The Town Website:

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Duties & Responsibilities

The Town Clerk’s Office is responsible for issuance of licenses, including marriage, dog, hunting and fishing, birth and death certificates, commuter parking permits and handicapped parking permits. The Town Clerk is the Freedom of Information Officer and clerk for Town Board.The clerk serves for a two year term.Hours of Operation:

Monday – Friday 8:30am to 4:30pm

Phone:(914) 742-2312Fax:(914) 747-6172

Frequently Asked Questions

Where can I get a marriage license?
How do I get a train station parking permit?
Where and how can I get a copy of a birth or death certificate or marriage license?
Where do I get a personal ID Card?

Where can I get voting, voter registration, and absentee ballot information?

Staff Contacts

Name Title
Patricia June Scova Town Clerk

6. Media Reports

JOURNAL NEWS – Mount Pleasant: TV, movie fame will cost you

…The filming fees under the new law are $1,000 for an advertisement that is not profit-motivated, such as something done for community service; $2,500 for an advertisement that sells a product; and $5,000 for feature film/television/video…..

Mount Pleasant’s new law, which applies to public and private property, says someone making a movie, documentary, television program or commercial needs to apply for a license from the town clerk.

Clerk Patricia June Scova said the town had “Law and Order” come twice in the last year or so, “but we didn’t have anything on the books.” She said there’s been other filming near where Routes 117 and 448 meet. A house on Eastview Drive drew cameras as well. She and other officials, including the police chief, have gotten the necessary information, such as proof of insurance, when productions have come to town.

But having the permitting law “is an important step for the town,” Scova said. “We get calls all the time from scouts who are looking for buildings,” she said….

Please read more here:

http://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/2016/06/14/mount-pleasant-movie-tv-filming-fees/85687938/

7.. Notes

This Ratings Page Has Been Updated With Additional Information

About Mt. Pleasant, NY

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Mount Pleasant is a town in Westchester County, New York, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the town population was 43,724.

The villages of Valhalla, Hawthorne, Thornwood, Pleasantville, Sleepy Hollow and a small portion of Briarcliff Manor lie within the town,[a] as well as a number of hamlets.

The John D. Rockefeller Estate was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976 as a National Historic Landmark.

Please Read More Here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Pleasant,_New_York

Area: 32.7 mi²

Elevation: 249′

 

Population: 43,724 (2010)

 

Unemployment rate: 4.0% (Apr 2015)