Dear Friends and Neighbors,
At the Westchester County Board of Legislators, we do our work through a committee system.
Every decision we make -- about budgets, parks, roads, new laws, and more -- begins with consideration in our committees. And each of our 14 committees has a particular area of oversight over the rest of County government.
I'm excited that in the 2022-2023 legislative term I will be chairing the Boards' Housing Committee.
Having a committee specifically dedicated to housing gives the Board an important platform to focus on this most essential community need. Affordability is central to that. Westchester’s sustainability requires that we make sure that working people and seniors can afford to live in our communities.
The Committee will be involved in decisions about the use of the historic $50 million capital budget commitment for land acquisition and infrastructure investments to support development of affordable housing this year. We also need to ensure that COVID-related housing aid programs are working to support residents and building owners as we recover from the pandemic. In addition, we'll be working with the Human Rights Commission to ensure the implementation of our co-op disclosure law, among other priorities.
I want to thank Chairwoman Catherine Borgia for the opportunity to Chair this committee, and I want to stress how seriously I, our committee members and staff, take our duties and responsibilities.
Committee meetings are expected to begin the week of January 24. As always, committee meetings will be streamed live on our website. You can check the “Meeting Calendar” section at www.westchesterlegislators.com for a list of upcoming meetings, links to agendas and other documents, as well as live streaming and archived video.
I look forward to keeping you informed about the committee's upcoming work, and invite you to reach out to me with any thoughts about matters you think our committee should be considering.
For more about this year's BOL committee assignments, please visit: https://bit.ly/3zN3tbU
A complete list of this term's committee assignments is available at https://www.
Sincerely,
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