Fostering Innovative Development & Preventing Overdevelopment

• Working with property owners and investors to attract innovative development in vacant previously developed malls/storefronts/sites.

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• Launched the Wappinger Protection Act, a series of local laws to protect the Town's character and prevent overdevelopment.

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• Expanded agricultural programs through conservation easements and agricultural overlays.

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• Led the adoption of a moratorium on large-scale multi-family housing developments. Ensuring that we do not contribute to traffic, crowd our schools, and overburden our police, ambulance, or volunteer fire companies.

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• Prevented thousands of multi-family units from desolating our single-family zoned areas.

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• Over $100 million in new investment has been secured by repurposing underused properties and brownfields. Projects include revitalized shopping centers, a proposed athletic complex on a former scrapyard, and securing a new agreement bringing tax revenue from the Hudson Valley Regional Airport for the first time since 1937.

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Investing in our Parks and Infrastructure

• Expanded Town parks system with the purchase of 2513 Route 9D, marking the first addition in nearly 25 years.

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• Upgrading Town vehicle and equipment fleet providing safe means of allowing our employees to do their jobs while we continue to employ inhouse resources.

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• Grown Senior Center membership by over 100% and expanded recreation offerings for all ages. 

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• Through his Wappinger Parkland Infrastructure Improvement Act, announced in 2024, the Town began authorizing funding to complete the (Challenger) Inspiration Field, opening of “The Chapel” at Carnwath Farms for event use, the new live performance stage, the Town’s first community center, and Walk of Heroes at Brexel-Schlathaus Park; reconstructed the Chelsea Boat Launch on our waterfront; enhancing amenities such as light towers at the Martz Field tennis/pickleball courts, designing and completing the new Major Martz Vietnam War Memorial Plaza, activating the wellhead at Airport Park to bring water to the soccer program for the first time in 30 years, paving Rockingham Park, removing large overgrown dirt and debris piles in various parks, a new racquetball wall at Martz Field, and funding the completion of the nearly decade long – unfinished Spook Hill Park project; and more reflecting his dedication to promoting recreational opportunities for all residents and proving our commitment to optimizing resources and improving service delivery.

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Streamlining Government Operations & Restoring Accountability

• Crafted and adopted strong budgets that improve Town services while lowering Town property taxes. Developed alternate forms of revenue for the Town by only levying $9million of the total $21million budget on property taxpayers.

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• Saved taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars by eliminating wasteful spending on government contractors, employing in-house resources to complete projects.

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• Generated nearly $1 million annually by diversifying Town funds into high-interest earning depositories.

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• Ended a two-year-long arbitration between the CSEA members of the Highway Department and the Town.

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• Implemented new internal procedures at Town Recycle Center bringing garbage handling in-house saving taxpayers $250,000 annually.

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• Launched “Quality-of-Life Taskforce”, through our Code Enforcement Office. Efforts will be focused on removing blighted abandoned buildings.

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Keeping our Families and Community Safe

• Developed "Safe Streets Initiative" by installing new street lighting at critical intersections.

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• Set groundwork for new digital speed signs throughout the Town.

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• Passed legislation for school zone safety enhancements.

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• Restructured the Wappinger Patrol by introducing new cycled targeted patrols in neighborhoods.

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• Passed legislation restricting truck traffic in residential areas.

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All while keeping Wappinger the most affordable town in the County...

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