MAYOR'S UPDATE
From the desk of Mayor Rika Levin

To all in the community who celebrate the beginning of the lunar year and the Chinese New year: May the new year of the rabbit bring you joy and prosperity.

Join us Saturday, February 4th (snow date is Sunday, February 5th) for this fantastic family-friendly event – where you too can meet Montana the Eagle—in person! Click here for tickets: https://www.teatown.org/eaglefest-tickets/

The first Village of Ossining tax installment as well as the second half of this year’s school taxes are due on Tuesday, January 31. In person payments will be available at Village Hall until 6 PM on Tuesday, January until 6 PM on Tuesday, January 31st. Click here to pay your Village taxes online: https://bit.ly/3GW7iy5

Be on the lookout for the many events as Black History Month begins on Wednesday, February 1, 2023

January 27 is International Holocaust Day. On this annual day of commemoration, the UN urges every member state to honor the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust and millions of other victims of Nazism and to develop educational programs to help prevent future genocides. Many survivors of this atrocity settled in our area. There are a number of events and educational opportunities regarding this time in history as well as a renewed focus on education which has lines of similarities among other groups who are hurt and displaced by rising tides of hate in their own countries. As a child of holocaust survivors, I have deep concern at the rise in antisemitic incidents on college campuses, and other public spaces, and institutions throughout our country and locally in the past four years. Different communities also have their own established dates: In Westchester, Holocaust Remembrance Day is April 18.

The full agenda for this week’s Work Session can be found here: Work Session - Jan 25 2023

Here are some of the topics that will be covered during the Work Session:

Dr. Ray Sanchez from the Ossining School District will be presenting OUFSD Initiatives
Village Manager D’Attore and Assistant Village Manger Zachacz will talk about some capital projects that the Village has in the works with respect to the DRI.
Over the past 6 months, the Village has been able to update several of our Intermunicipal Agreements (IMA) with the Town of Ossining including Police Services, Fire Services, and Engineering. Village Manager D’Attore will make a brief presentation about the mutual benefits of IMAs, which ones the Village engages in currently, and which are on the horizon to be updated in the near future.
Corporation Council Kahan and Assistant Village Manger Zachacz will present an updated draft on the local law on the parking changes, as well as a draft local law contemplating the Emergency Responders Tax Exemption.
Cabaret License for Karma Lounge discussion.