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Alliance Statement on Village Selection of Controversial Election Law Firm

Author: adminOn: Apr 02Categories: Uncategorized No Comments

Sustainable Port Chester Alliance is deeply concerned about the Village’s recent hiring of the Virginia-based law firm Holztman Vogel, Josefiak, and Torchinsky (HVJT) to consult on the election reform process in Port Chester. Associated with Republican...

Alliance Wins Citizen Advisory Commission

Author: adminOn: Mar 06Categories: Uncategorized No Comments

The Port Chester Board of Trustees (BOT) passed a resolution at the February 5th meeting creating a Resident Advisory Commission to advise the BOT on the selection of a new electoral system for village elections. First proposed by the Alliance, the...

Letter: Transparent, Inclusive Process Needed For Choosing a New Election System

Author: adminOn: Jan 23Categories: Uncategorized No Comments

Letter: Transparent, Inclusive Process Needed For Choosing a New Election System January 03, 2018 Margaret Mead once said, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that...

Letter: Open, Thoughtful and Robust Process Needed to Select a New Voting System

Author: adminOn: Jan 23Categories: Uncategorized No Comments

Letter: Open, Thoughtful and Robust Process Needed to Select a New Voting System Thursday, January 11, 2018 Sustainable Port Chester Alliance is encouraged by the many positive responses and expressions of support for our work from the Port Chester community....

Breaking Bread Together

Author: adminOn: Jan 05Categories: Uncategorized No Comments

The Alliance hosted a Cultural Heritage Community Dinner on Wednesday, December 13 at St. Peter’s Church. Alliance members and friends prepared a variety of dishes and shared their culture through their food. Bowls made by our local Clay Art Center...

Alliance to Trustees: “Make it fair. Make it clear. Put it in writing!”

Author: adminOn: Jan 05Categories: Uncategorized No Comments

The Alliance was in the house on Monday, December 18, at the Port Chester Board of Trustees’ last meeting of the year. While voting rights and the future of Village elections was not on the agenda, after five Alliance members gave testimony during the...

Letter: Make it fair, make it clear, put it in writing!

Author: adminOn: Dec 14Categories: Uncategorized No Comments

Thursday, December 14, 2017 In recent months, many citizens of Port Chester have told the Board of Trustees that we need an inclusive and transparent process for choosing the system by which we will elect Trustees in the 2019 elections and beyond. So...

Letter: Choosing a New Voting System Should be a Fair and Inclusive Process

Author: adminOn: Nov 02Categories: Uncategorized No Comments

November 1, 2017 Last Tuesday, I attended a forum on voting rights and the future of Port Chester elections hosted by the Sustainable Port Chester Alliance in conjunction with the Hudson Valley Justice Center (HVJC). I was one of about 30 people who heard...

Letter: Alliance Calls for Transparent, Inclusive Process for Choosing Voting System

Author: adminOn: Oct 27Categories: Uncategorized No Comments

September 20, 2017 Members and friends of the Sustainable Port Chester Alliance turned out for Monday’s Port Chester Board of Trustees meeting to demand that the process for selecting a new voting method for Village elections be inclusive and transparent....

Letter: Port Chester Should Consider Equity Along with Master Developer

Author: adminOn: Aug 23Categories: Uncategorized No Comments

As published in The Journal News LOHUD on August 23, 2017 (Photo: Starwood Capital Group) Re: “Port Chester looks to hire master developer,” Aug. 4, 2017 Port Chester’s plans to revitalize some 120 acres downtown by partnering with a master developer...