Andrea Stewart-Cousins is an American politician and educator from Yonkers, New York. A member of the Democratic Party, Stewart-Cousins represents District 35 in the New York State Senate. She serves as the body’s Majority Leader
Stewart-Cousins was born in 1951 in Yonkers, New York. She earned her Bachelor of Science Degree from Pace University and her teaching credentials in Business Education from Lehman College.
She received her Masters of Public Administration from Pace University in May 2008 and is a member of Pi Alpha Alpha, the public administration honor society.
She spent twenty years in the private sector, including thirteen years in sales and marketing with New York Telephone.
She also pursued a career in journalism and teaching before entering public service.
Stewart-Cousins’s public service career began in 1992, when she was appointed as the Director of Community Affairs in the City of Yonkers.
Stewart-Cousins was married to the late Thomas Cousins.
Amy Paulin earned her B.A. from the State University of New York at Albany and her M.A. in Criminal Justice from State University of New York at Albany.
Her professional experience includes working as an executive director of My Sisters’ Place and as a fund-raising consultant for nonprofit agencies.
On November 4, 2008, Paulin won re-election to the New York State Assembly, District 88, defeating opponent Anthony Pilla (R).
In 2010, Paulin ran unopposed in the September 14 Democratic primary. She defeated Rene Atayan (R) in the general election on November 2.
She was unchallenged in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.
Once again incumbent Amy Paulin defeated Anthony Decintio Jr. in the New York State Assembly District 88 general election in 2016 and in 2018 she faced no republican opposition.
Paulin resides in Scarsdale with her husband, Ira Schuman. They have three children, Beth, Sarah, and Joseph.
Village / Town Clerk
1001 Post Road
Scarsdale, NY 10583
4. Experience:
Donna Conkling failed to provide a brief biographical biography for the FOIL Westchester Public Interest Project that measures how well clerks in the county comply with New York State’s Freedom of Information Laws.
On the Internet we Found:
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5. From The Town / Village Website:
Scarsdale has one of the worse websites in Westchester County, but nobody at village hall seems to care.
It is not like there are contested elections in Scarsdale.
People in Scarsdale joke that Mayor Jonathan Mark’s 13 year old nephew built and maintains the Scarsdale website.
Be sure to bring your microscope if you want to try and read the very tiny print on the Scarsdale website.
SCARSDALE 10583: CNC Nominee’s Name Will Not Appear on Printed Ballot for Village Election
Due to a failure to file the necessary paperwork before the February 16 deadline, the name of one of the candidates nominated by the Scarsdale Citizens’ Nominating Committee (CNC) to serve as Scarsdale Village Trustee will not appear on the printed ballot in the election on March 15.
After completing their deliberations, the CNC announced that they had selected Jane Veron, Seth Ross and Marc Samwick to run as their candidates for the Scarsdale Citizen’s Non-Partisan Party in the Village-wide election on March 15th. These candidates traditionally run unopposed. Following procedure, members of the CNC circulated petitions to put their candidates on the ballot and these were submitted to Village Clerk Donna Conkling by the February 9 deadline.
However, in order to appear on the ballot each candidate was required to file a certificate of acceptance with Village Clerk Donna Conkling by Tuesday February 16. Though Conkling received the required information from Veron and Samwick, Ross’s forms were not provided in time, and therefore his name will not be printed on the ballot. There are three positions for Village Trustee open, but there will only be two names on the paper ballot.
Ross remains a candidate of choice of the Scarsdale Citizen’s Non-Partisan Party and Lena Crandall, Chair of the Scarsdale Citizen’s Non-Partisan Campaign Committee encourages residents to vote and to write-in Seth Ross’ name….
HAMLET HUB: Scarsdale Town Board Votes Against Homestead Law
According to Donna Conkling – Scarsdale Village Clerk- The March 4th Special Town Board Meeting convened last evening as a continuation of the public hearing from February 25th, 2014, regarding the proposed local law to adopt the provisions of Section 1903 of the Real Property Tax Law, commonly referred to as the Homestead Tax Option. The Town Board voted unanimously against adoption of this proposed law….
NY DAILY NEWS: Yup, they’re hitched: Beyonce and Jay-Z file marriage license
…The powerhouse entertainment duo held a lavish private celebration in his Tribeca penthouse on April 4 – but never confirmed publicly that they were husband and wife.
“The license was sent back to our office Friday,” said Donna Conkling, the town clerk of Scarsdale Village in suburban Westchester County…..
Scarsdale has elected to operate solely as a village government even though the ‘Village of Scarsdale’ is coterminous with the ‘Town of Scarsdale.’ It is one of several villages in the state that have a similar governmental situation (see:description of town in N.Y. State).
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 6.6 square miles (17.2 km²), of which, 6.6 square miles (17.2 km²) of it is land and 0.15% is water.
Neighborhoods
The neighborhoods within the village of Scarsdale (and the names of its elementary schools) comprise:
Edgewood
Fox Meadow
Greenacres
Heathcote
Quaker Ridge
Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 17,823 people, 5,662 households, and 4,993 families residing in the village. The population density was 2,685.7 people per square mile (1,036.4/km²). There were 5,795 housing units at an average density of 873.2/sq mi (337.0/km²).
According to the 2000 Census, the race distribution of Scarsdale was: White (non Hispanic) 74.1%, Asian 2.6%, African-American 11.5%, Hispanic or Latino 10.6%.
There were 5,662 households out of which 51.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 99.8% were married couples living together, 5.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 11.8% were non-families. 10.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.14 and the average family size was 3.35.
In the village the population was spread out with 32.8% under the age of 18, 4.0% from 18 to 24, 22.8% from 25 to 44, 28.7% from 45 to 64, and 11.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 94.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.2 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $182,792, and the median income for a family was $200,000+. Males had a median income of $100,000+ versus $62,319 for females. The per capita income for the village was $89,907. About 1.7% of families and 2.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.2% of those under age 18 and 2.3% of those age 65 or over.
School System
The Scarsdale Union Free School District consists of one elementary school for each of the neighborhoods mentioned above, as well as the Scarsdale Middle School, the Scarsdale High School.
Scarsdale Post Office and postal zone
The Scarsdale Post Office on Chase Road is #88002428 on the National Register of Historic Places.
The population of the 10583 zip-code is more than twice that of Scarsdale proper. Sections of neighboring communities are covered by the Scarsdale zip-code (10583), including:
David Lascher, sitcom actor from such shows as Hey Dude, Blossom, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, and Beverly Hills, 90210, was born and raised in Scarsdale.
Joseph Kaiser, opera, theater, and film actor, grew up in Scarsdale.
Beyonce and Jay-Z Scarsdale village clerk Donna Conkling told the Associated Press that a marriage license for Beyonce Knowles and Jay-Z, dated April 4 and signed by the person who officiated at the wedding, is being filed with the state.
Writers
Jacob M. Appel, short-story writer (Creve Coeur), playwright (Arborophilia), bioethicist. (SHS graduate)
Gerald B. Appel,Chief of Nephrology at Columbia University, noted for his television appearances, celebrity patients and his role in saving the career of NBA star Alonzo Mourning.
Emily Barringer (1876–1961), the world’s first female ambulance surgeon and the first woman to secure a surgical residency, was born in town.
Neil Cobelli, Chief of Orthopedic Surgery at Montefiore Medical Center, lives on Carthage Rd. Considered one of the top in his field in the North East.
Anil K. Lalwani, Mendik Foundation Professor of Otolaryngology and Chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology at New York University’s Medical School. Pediatric Otolaryngologist, renowned for placing cochlear implants in children as young as 9 months old.http://nymag.com/nymetro/health/bestdoctors/features/9253/
Neeta Pandit-Taskar, Program Director, Nuclear Medicine Service, Depatment of Radiology, at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, lives in Scarsdale with her family. [She is] a nuclear medicine physician with a special interest in positron emission tomography (PET) imaging. [Her] research has shown that PET imaging following treatment for small-cell lung cancer can accurately predict patient outcome. [She is] also exploring the role of PET imaging and the development of new diagnostic methods that use radiolabelled antibodies to detect recurrent gynecologic cancers.http://www.mskcc.org/prg/prg/bios/675.cfmhttp://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/69102.cfm
Robert Hanssen, Soviet spy, lived at 150 Webster Road in Scarsdale from 1978 until 1981; his children attended IHM. His wife told the FBI that he had had dealings with Moscow during that time
Science, space and technology
Jeffrey A. Hoffman Ph.D., astronaut. Born in Brooklyn but “considers Scarsdale to be his hometown”, see bio at NASA website. (SHS graduate)
Joseph Capecci, Scientist, Architect, Dean-CCNY, holder of several US patents critical in the evolution of nuclear weapons, NASA consultant during the space race has resided in Scarsdale since 1970.
Bugsy – Barry Levinson‘s 1991 Oscar-winning film features Warren Beatty as gangster Benjiman Siegel, who lived in Scarsdale during the 1940s. The film opens at Siegel’s house in Scarsdale (actually filmed in Hancock Park, Los Angeles), and Scarsdale is mentioned numerous times throughout the film. The movie’s Co-Producer Charles Newirth grew up in Scarsdale.
Johnny Cool – The 1963 film features Elizabeth Montgomery as a young woman in New York City who grew up in Scarsdale, and considers going back for a brief, restful break from her chaotic situation.
Hell High – The 1989 B-grade horror film was partially shot on location at Scarsdale High School, in hallways, classrooms, a parking lot, and at the Brewster Road entrance.
Charlie Wilson’s War – Mike Nichols‘s 2007 film, starring Tom Hankscontains a line regarding the placement of a crèche on city property. A constituent from Nagadoches, Texas who has traveled to DC to press Wilson to take action says: “It’s East Texas. Who are we offending? This isn’t Scarsdale, for goodness sakes.” The line is a reference to an early 1980s Supreme Court case regarding a nativity scene in the village center. Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin grew up in Scarsdale.
Will and Grace – In the episode, “Secrets and Lays,” Karen Walker says: “Stan had to take his kids to Scarsdale to see their real mother. What was her name? Wait a minute it’ll come to me… ‘Stan, take the kids to see that bitch … Cathy!’ Cathy.”
Late Night With Conan O’Brien – On the thirteenth anniversary of “Late Night with Conan O’Brien”, the show is “Bar Mitzvahed” and Scarsdale is cited as the home of Temple Emanuel, the fictional temple of the fictional Rabbi Grossman, who performs the Bar Mitzvah ceremony.
Mr. Show – One sketch involves a black-influenced, white singing duo named Three Times One Minus One being introduced as “coming straight outta Scarsdale!” a la “straight outta Compton”. The joke here being that Scarsdale, unlike Compton, is an all-white neighborhood.
Ugly Betty – Amanda and Marc visit Amanda’s parents in Scarsdale in the second season of the show.
Broadway
Rent – The main character, Mark, makes two references to Scarsdale as his hometown. Scarsdale is mentioned within the song “Tango: Maureen”
Guys and Dolls – A Broadway man chides a woman’s marital aspirations by saying “You have wished yourself a Scarsdale Galahad, a breakfast-eating, Brooks Brothers, type.”
Scarsdale is home to the Scarsdale Concours, an annual auto show for charity.
The 2002 “homecoming bacchanal”
What the New York Times termed a “homecoming bacchanal” made regional news in 2002 and sent five students to the hospital with acute alcohol poisoning. Reportedly scores of students arrived drunk at the dance, some so drunk that they vomited in the principal’s wastebasket and passed out on his floor. Twenty-eight of them received suspensions. The Times said the incident evoked “soul-searching” in “this iconic suburb, which prides itself on giving children every advantage.” A student was quoted as saying “We are supposed to be Scarsdale, the rich people, the good people, the studious.” Principal John Klemme told student government leaders that “the world is taking a perverse pleasure in Scarsdale’s humiliation” and challenged them to “reclaim your school, with violence if necessary.”http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/27/education/27SCAR.html?ex=1141102800&en=0809ffc5fc256d1a&ei=5070http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30B14F63B5F0C7B8CDDA90994DA404482
FOIL WESTCHESTER:How The Privileged Political Class Protects Its Intrests: The History of Scarsdale’s Non-Partisan Election System
In 1911, after a particularly bitter campaign and election for Town Supervisor, the leaders of the Scarsdale Town Republican Party and Democratic Party committees agreed to jointly choose a single candidate for any open town government position who would best serve the interests of the entire Village and whom both parties would endorse.
This system worked fairly well until 1930, when the Party committees were unable to agree on a single candidate for an open Village Trustee position. As a result, the Party committees and the Scarsdale Town Club agreed to form a new committee, unaffiliated with either Party, “consisting of representative citizens … to select candidates,” and Scarsdale’s first nonpartisan election system was established. That fall, the Scarsdale Town Club and the Woman’s Club co-drafted the first version of the Non-Partisan Resolution (the “Resolution”), a document that outlines the consensus method to be followed in nominating Village officials. The original Resolution was adopted on December 11, 1930 and, as a living document, has been amended 40 times to date. Some of the major changes to Scarsdale’s nonpartisan election system since its inception include…..
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