The Yorktown Town Board met on July 21, 2026, to discuss a range of topics including e-bike safety, a proposed car wash, expansion of the downtown streetscape project, and to act on several resolutions. The meeting included public comments, board updates, and votes on routine items.
Good evening and welcome to the town board meeting of July twenty first, twenty twenty six. Uh if I if we could all uh stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. And if we could all remain standing for a moment of silence, um as we pray for those uh lives lost in uh the Middle East, and for all of our troops that are defending our freedoms and all of our first responders out there every day for our community. Adam Rodriguez, town attorney. Uh you can call them and register. It's nine one four seven six four three five three three. And what they do is they have uh they have buses that will be at Beaver Ridge, Jefferson Village, and the Mews. And it seems like most of the time they will either go to Walmart in the Courtland in Cortland Manor and shop right in Courtland Manor. And there is one week in the month where they uh do Trader Joe's uh in Yorktown and the Beach Shopping Center in Peakskill, but it's a free service for seniors. Uh they just need to register. You could call my office uh and uh speak with Cindy, just call Town Hall, extension uh 200, and she will help you out with that uh to give you the information, and we will put this up online as well. Uh we we did reach out to them today because they seem to have missed one of our uh major senior communities in uh Winward Oaks in Mohegan Lake. So we have actually, I'm sorry, in Shrub Oak, and we have asked them to try to see what they could do to add them to the list. So uh we will update that as soon as we can, and we will keep uh annoying them until they do it. So Ed, who is paying for this? If it's free. I'm sorry, did I miss something? It is it is called the Transportation Resources Access T R A. It's the former ride connect. This is what they've become now. Okay, that money is from the county or I believe it's a county program, yes. Thank you. Okay. Uh Lonnie? All right. Um for those who watched last week's meeting. I received a chuckle at the expense of the state of New Jersey. For those old enough, you'll remember in 1976 there was a television segment that year. Today's bicentennial moment. Tonight, I present today's America 250 moment or my semi-quincentious quincentennial minute. As we celebrate our nation's 250th anniversary, we honor New Jersey, the literal crossroads of the revolution. Five braid New Jersey and signed the Declaration of Independence, officially putting pen to paper on August 2nd, 1776. Among them were Richard Stockton, John Witherspoon, Francis Hopkinson, John Hart, no relation to John C. Hart, and Abraham Clark. New Jersey was the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution, cementing its place in our founding foundations. On Christmas night in 1776, George Washington led his famous icy crossing of the Delaware River. This daring move led to the stunning morale boosting American victories in Trenton and Princeton. New Jersey's landscape holds the blood and resilience of our ancestors. The Continental Army spent two brutal winters in Morristown, and during conditions even harsher than those of Valley Forge. From the battlefield of Monmouth to the everyday citizens who fed the Army. New Jersey didn't just witness the fight for freedom. It helped shape it. New Jersey was the path taken by Rochambeau from here to the Battle of Yorktown. So just to clarify, contrary to my remarks of last week, I appreciate and I love New Jersey. Someone from New Jersey call you. No. It's out of like Governor Murphy over there. I think he called you and complained. I have a niece who lives in New Jersey.