We all know and expect that sections of Greenburgh flood severely and has for years. One area of highlight is the southern area between Rt. 9A and the Saw Mill River, basically at the border of where Elmsford meets Greenburgh in and around and past the Elmsford Little League field, where many a baseball was lost to drowning and abandoned wooden bats floated to Ardsley and beyond. Travelling north in the opposite direction, up Rt. 9A, produces so much flooding that most businesses begin their evacuatory preparations once the weather reports even hint of heavy rains. Numerous tow companies, Brookfield Auto Wreckers and others do most of their business from second story offices wherever possible. Unfortunately, it isn’t always possible.
The East Hartsdale area of the Town floods with heavy rains. The Paul applied for flood mitigation funds from the County when Tom Abinanti was a County Legislator. He became a State Assemblyman in the last election so we’re more apt to never hear from him again until election time. During a forum, it was Abinanti who highlighted the fact that Feiner only applied for the flood monies for only Hartsdale and no other area of Greenburgh. Now The Paul is saying he knew the application for funding would be rejected so he didn't apply. Knowing we cannot corroborate it at this point its another great deflection by The Paul once again. Shame on him for not even trying to get the monies.
This most recent round of storms hit the expected areas harder than ever before. The Rt. 9A corridor was submerged once again from the Beaver Hill right on down past the Little League field. To make sure Councilman Kevin Morgan could get out and emergency vehicles in, the Town opened the dead end at the top of Orchard Lane onto Old Country Road. This has never been done before. All the expected areas did not disappoint. And yet, unfortunately, our politicians did. This Rt. 9A corridor has flooded for over forty years that we are aware of. Each new group of politicians promise relief and delivery nothing but rhetoric and studies. By the time the studies are completed they are out of office and off the hook – except for one: Paul Feiner. He has been in office for twenty years. Each time it rains and an area floods, he talks about it like it’s a new event or a complete surprise.
With this last event, he met with frustrated neighbors in the Fulton Park area of the Town. While they have always had a lot of water, it goes under the radar of the Journal News (newsletter), the Westchester Guardian (opinion paper), the White Plains Times (the last hope), and even the Daily Greenburgh (fluff pieces). Apparently we are the only ones willing to take on The Paul and call it like we see it. The Paul followed up his visit with a packet of form letters with copies of what he sent to various other politicians decrying the pain of his constituents, who in turn, will do as The Paul just did. They will point a finger to some agency they cannot direct to resolve the issue, clap their hands and hold them up, palms out, and call it a day. Deflection accomplished! Now he can say he reached out but no one responded or offered help.
Can the flooding issue in the most highly taxed county in America, the most mismanaged Town in the State, led by the most corrupt and unskilled supervisor and town board ever to be seen, even be fixed? We hope so. We recognize it will be the efforts of civic associations, private citizens and individual businesses that will drive the solutions forward, not our elected officials. They are collectively incompetent and bereft of solutions, offering only politi-speak. They need to stay as far away from the issue as possible, allowing others to create and implement real resolutions. It is time for Paul Feiner to go; and take the derelict Town Board with you. That's a solution we can endorse!
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