January 19, 2026
UPDATE TO BOIL WATER ADVISORY FOR TOWN OF GREENBURGH WATER MAIN BREAK 1/19/26 AT 11:30 AM
To Residents of the Greenburgh Consolidated Water District #1,

UPDATE TO BOIL WATER ADVISORY FOR TOWN OF GREENBURGH WATER MAIN BREAK

1/19/26 AT 11:30 AM

To Residents of the Greenburgh Consolidated Water District #1,
We have received many questions regarding who should be observing the Boil Water Advisory as a result of the water main breaks on Sunday. This applies specifically to residents, businesses, and schools that have experienced either no water, low pressure or discolored water at any point since the breaks occurred. The Boil Water Advisory will remain in place until further notice, which will be at least 24 hours AFTER the repairs have been completed. The projected time for the completion of the repairs is by 5 p.m. today.

When in doubt, please err on the side of caution and drink boiled or bottled water. We thank you for your patience as the Town works diligently to make the necessary repairs to deliver safe and clean water back to you.

Regards,
Joy Haber
Greenburgh Town Councilwoman

Westchester County Health Department is responding to a water main break that may impact up to approximately 1,000 residents in Greenburgh, with possible effects extending into portions of White Plains.

The Westchester County Department of Health’s Division of Environmental Health is actively working with the Town of Greenburgh and its water operators to monitor the situation, support repair efforts and ensure appropriate water quality testing once service is restored.

When water service returns, affected residents will be placed under a Boil Water Notice as a precautionary measure. The notice will remain in effect until further testing confirms the water supply is safe for consumption and residents are officially notified that the advisory has been lifted.

BOIL WATER ADVISORY ISSUED

A boil water advisory has been issued by the Westchester County Department of Health and will remain in effect at least through Tuesday, January 20, 2026 and until further notice as a precautionary measure related to water main break/repair for all customers in the following areas served by the Greenburgh Consolidated Water District #1 in the Town of Greenburgh:

Between Sprain Brook Parkway and Central Park Avenue including Central Park Avenue corridor (north of Jackson Avenue and Fort Hill Avenue, south of Underhill Road).

Between Central Park Avenue and Bronx River Parkway (north of Clifton Road and Inverness Road, south of Old Army Road and Edgemont Road).

All streets on both sides of Central Park Avenue (north of old army and Underhill Road, and south of North Healy Avenue).

A boil water advisory means that those in the affected area are strongly advised to boil all tap water at a rolling boil for a minimum of one minute prior to drinking it or using it to prepare food, wash dishes by hand or brush teeth. The advisory does not extend to bathing, washing clothes or using a dishwasher.

The boil water advisory was issued as a precaution to protect residents from potential contamination caused by ground water infiltration into water mains as a result of the reduction in water main pressure caused by the water main break/repair.

Updates will be provided by the Greenburgh Consolidated Water District #1 in a timely manner and as they become available. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Greenburgh Consolidated Water District #1 at (914) 989-1900 or Westchester County Health Department at (914) 813-5000.

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Elmwood Preserve FEIS Public Hearing Still Open and Need Your Support

To all Unincorporated Town of Greenburgh Residents:

We are asking for your support (below) by writing letters, sending emails and making phone calls to the Town Board, the Zoning Board and Planning Board asking that they adhere to the Comprehensive Plan and not change the zoning for this project.

Re: ELMWOOD PRESERVE FEIS PUBLIC HEARING STILL OPEN

The Elmwood Preserve property should be developed within the existing Town Zoning Ordinance in accordance with the Greenburgh Comprehensive Plan adopted in 2016. We’re looking for Unincorporated Greenburgh residents to support this request by sending emails, letter and phone calls to the above mentioned Town Council and Commissioners.

Density:
The 2 requested zone changes for the 3 Multifamily Town House alternatives will result in a density increase between 34% and 55% more than the 2 Single Family Residence alternatives. The Town’s Comprehensive Plan, the Conservation Advisory Council and the Westchester County Planning Board do not support increased density in residential areas. On 3/3/22, the Council of Greenburgh Civic Associations representatives voted unanimously to support Single Family Residences on the Elmwood property.

Traffic:
This increased density will result in a substantial increase in traffic on Dobbs Ferry Road. Dobbs Ferry Rd. (State Rd - 100B) only has a single lane each way which accommodates 3 school districts (busses, private cars/vans) and the Westchester County # 6 bus line. In addition, there are the entrances and exits to the Sprain Brook Parkway.

Carlson’s Nursery (undergoing expansion to be developed into a Farmer’s Market), the Chelsea Assisted Living Facility, the Game On golf driving range, Landers Manor (9 SFRs), Westchester View Lane (24 SFRs) and another 15 SFRs, which are in the process of currently being built on Drago Way, are all across the street from the Elmwood property. On the corner of Dobbs Ferry Rd. and Worthington Rd. is the Fairview Fire Station #2 with E. Rumbrook Park on the other side of Elmwood. Also, there is a DaySchool /Camp on Dobbs Ferry Rd., right next to the Fire Station, which operates all year long. These properties are all within 8/10ths of a mile along Dobbs Ferry Rd..

Safety:
Fire Dept:
The number of Incident calls made by the Fairview Fire Station #2 in the last 4 years are as follows:
2018 - 1,171
2019 - 1,033
2020 - 1,110
2021 - 1,159

Police Dept:
The number of events responded to by the Police Dept. in this area for Police/EMT calls in the last 3 years are as follows:
2018 - 1,190
2019 - 1,225
2020 - 1,975
2021 - 1,730

The number of accidents on Dobbs Ferry Rd. between the Sprain Pkwy. and 9A are as follows:
2018 - 42
2019 - 41
2020 - 28
2021 - 33

These Fire Dept. and Police Dept. statistics will increase because of the Elmwood development and could result in more serious outcomes to all Greenburgh residents because of traffic jams.

Setting a Precedent:
By granting these 2 zone changes, a precedent will be set which will allow down-zoning to any large parcel of land, such as the 5 remaining golf courses in Greenburgh or any large camp property such as Mohawk or Hillard.

The Single Family Residences Alternatives (119 or 113) are zoning compliant (as of right) for this property of 106+ acres according to the Town Zoning Code.
According to the CAC’s SEQR Findings - FEIS (3/4/22), “the current zoning rules existed in the Zoning Code when the applicant bought the Elmwood property. Amending the Zoning Code is a legislative act. The Town Board has the unfettered right, in its discretion, to maintain the Town’s existing zoning, and is under no obligation to approve the application.”

– Dorrine Livson, President – Worthington Woodlands Civic Assoc.

Sprain Brook Repairs To Kick Off Back To School

Preliminary work on the Sprain Brook Parkway in preparation for the traffic shift and the bridge work will begin as of August. This is according to Paul Tirums of the NYS DOT. The work will be performed at night on the Sprain Brook Parkway to repair the section of the Sprain Brook bridge that failed last year. Emergency repairs had been made to keep the Sprain Brook parkway open as well as Payne Street below it. The DOT repairs will utilize temporary lane closures during the repair period.

On August 21, a traffic shift will begin on the Sprain onto the northbound bridge reducing the number of lanes in each direction from three to two according to Mr Tirums. The traffic shift and lane reduction is anticipated to last 90 days and could be completed by November 20th. During the lane shift, significant traffic delays are anticipated and motorists are advised to seek alternate routes, avoid travel at peak hours when possible, and consider alternate transit options. Additional, temporary lane closures on the Parkway at this location are expected to occur before the full lane reduction is planned to go into effect.

Drivers are asked to use caution when traveling through the work zone area and pay particular attention to all traffic control devices, including signs and flaggers.

Payne Street between Bryant Avenue and South Montgomery Avenue will be closed for about 180 days. Due to these closures, we believe there could be residual traffic delays on Routes 9A,119, Knollwood and Grasslands Road.

Spring 2018 may include the completion of some items of work both along Payne Street and the Sprain Brook Parkway and is likely to include final asphalt paving, concrete sidewalks, street lighting, northbound bridge deck overlay, topsoil and seeding and any other miscellaneous items of work that could not be completed in 2017.

Traffic Nightmare Scheduled

Many residents who don’t travel on Payne Street in the north Elmsford part of Town may be unaware of the impact that halfway-point roadway may soon have on the Town. Traveling east and west through the Town has limited thoroughfares available to you. There is also a limited amount of “cut through” side streets that can be used but still empty to them. It exemplifies a lack of planning from Town leaders back when the Town was slowly beginning its growth and up until now. But what is it that Payne Street residents need to know about? Well simply, it will be affected because of the Sprain Brook Parkway.

When the Sprain Brook Parkway was built, an overpass was created at Payne Street, as well as other areas. What many people don’t know is that the Sprain Brook Parkway runs parallel to the Catskill aqueduct for a limited distance. Additionally, there is a tremendous amount of daily traffic that crosses that overpass mostly during the day that adds to the amount of emergency services responses for every community that the roadway passes through. In fact, monitoring a scanner of area police and fire departments between Yonkers to Hawthorne promises at least one emergency call, if not more, per day on that roadway. More importantly, when there is an accident and traffic halts, the exits and area roadways quickly fill up with additional traffic as motorists seeks alternate routes to escape the parking lot syndrome.

Several months ago a piece of the Sprain Brook Parkway roadway fell, collapsing over the Payne Street overpass that has been there since the late 1970s. No one was injured. Emergency repairs were quickly performed and the traveling public was not inconvenienced too much. Below the overpass however is a somewhat different story. Shoring was installed as a temporary fix which you can see as you drive under the affected area on Payne Street.

At the March 8^th Town Board meeting (https://youtu.be/1udMPWGHs7s), a permanent repairs plan to this now-temporarily repaired bridge was unveiled by two representatives from the New York State Department of Transportation out of Poughkeepsie, NY. Most of the presentation was made by Paul Tirums whose title is Regional Structures Engineer. His presentation included discussing what happened, what the current temporary fix was and what they plan to do this spring/summer to permanently repair the bridge. They had prepared and showed how Payne Street and those residents would be minimally affected during the repairs. Many questions were raised by residents, but mostly about traffic, traffic delays and accessibility during construction.

Residents continued to question not only how traffic would impact their quality of life with the three month disruption, but where would school, camp and private buses turn around, do pickups and drop offs safely and effect their lifestyles? While the engineers who spoke gave their answers, many in the audience were not satisfied. As always, Mr Feiner side-stepped away from his responsibility and asked the Payne Street Civic Association if they would be the conduit between the neighborhood and the construction company doing the work. Our belief is that is exactly the job of the Town administration, specifically Mr Feiner and his Board. While we appreciate the relationship between a community and their respective civic associations, it’s the responsibility of government to look out for and help its constituents. Mr Feiner should be in contact with the residents as well as the civic association. It is the perfect scenario for him to campaign through email blasts and snail-mailings under the guise of keeping the neighborhood informed. We also believe the civic association will receive more accurate information from the residents due to a level of trust that doesn’t exist with this administration.

The main complaint about traffic still needs to be addressed. What wasn’t thoroughly discussed was the impact to the surrounding area once the construction starts. The residents are concerned, and rightly so, about the impact on themselves. But, once traffic on Payne Street is stopped during construction, it will back up even more on Rt 9A in both directions dramatically. Then, with a bit less traffic, Knollwood Road will begin to back up. As this road backs up in both directions, it will impact the exits on I-287 at several exits. Next to get backed up will be Grasslands Road, which parallels Rt 119, the final piece of the backed up puzzle. We should also see an increase in motor vehicle accidents.

There are limited roadway options to travel north and south through the Elmsford and northern Unincorporated Greenburgh area: Rt 9A, Knollwood Road and a few local “cut through” streets, that again still empty to both these roads. East and west has Rt 119 (Elmsford’s Main Street), Payne Street, and Grasslands Road, again with a few local “cut through” streets. An improved and better flow through of traffic on a few of these roads has been talked about for the last 50 years and yet we have not seen any solutions from any of our legislators or local politicians. Now that these repairs must be made, their lack of solutions and inaction will highlight their ineffectiveness as leaders. So while these “leaders” hold rallies advocating defiance of immigration laws or their hatred of our president, our neighborhoods, taxpayers and residents continue to suffer. This needs to end. Only then will we get A Better Greenburgh. 

Welcome The Worthington Woodlands Civic Association

A newly formed civic association meeting was held Monday evening in the Town Hall’s main meeting room. Uncharacteristically for that room, this meeting started on time at 8PM on the dot. So, to The Paul and his Stepford Board, it can be done. With so much going on throughout the Town, as well as issues concerning their neighborhoods specifically, neighbors reached out to each other and decided to join together. About fifty or so residents from several neighborhoods converged upon Town Hall.

Other meetings were also underway in other rooms throughout the Town Hall facility. Several members of other civic associations joined this newly formed association as guest speakers, and to help aim the group toward accomplishing several goals. First thing was to fill several positions such as President, Vice-President and the like. That went remarkable well as neighbors eagerly stepped up to help out. Because time was short, the guests guided several conversations and suggestions toward the newly elected officers and members.

Next was a discussion about the GameOn 365 Sports bubble that The Paul and his Stepford Board have already voted on and signed a lease for on the contaminated, formerly owned Frank’s Nursery property on Dobbs Ferry Road. For many residents, this was the first time many were learning of this. They asked about the referendum The Paul has be talking about? One member explained that The Paul is opening up actions to be taken in their neighborhood to the entire Town to decide through this referendum. Another civic association guest speaker explained what The Paul will say regardless of the outcome. If the referendum passes, he’ll say, “This is great! Democracy works and the people have spoken. I’m so happy.” If it fails to pass, he’ll say, “It doesn’t matter, we’ve already signed the contract, so the deal proceeds and the vote really doesn’t matter. I’m so happy.”

Another guest speaker was from the Council of Greenburgh Civic Associations, the umbrella group for all the Town civic associations. She expounded on the history of the Fortress Bible Church lawsuit and subsequent guilty verdict against The Paul and his previous Town Board. She also explained the appeal process that the Town just lost as well – guaranteeing more tax increases for Greenburgh residents! The decision holds The Paul and the Town guilty of discrimination, destroying evidence amongst other verdict findings. Some in the audience welcomed the explanation of the entire process while still amazed and disgusted by the behavior of Town leaders. As a note, Town Attorney Tim Lewis had repeatedly refused to discuss Town strategy for their appeal with the public. Perhaps if he had, greater legal minds within the Town may have been able to help gain a more favorable outcome.

A brief discussion of The Paul’s failure to renew the $1.2 million Westhelp contract with the County took place and the impact this loss of revenue is having on the Town. They didn’t discuss the $4 million loss from the water department or the 19 laptops stolen from the Theodore Young Center. They didn’t discuss how the Teamsters have been without a contract for four years. They didn’t discuss the spot zoning performed by the Stepford Board while ignoring recommendations of the Planning and Zoning Boards. They didn’t discuss the reshaping plans for Central Avenue or Rt 119. There will be other meetings and plenty of other topics to discuss down the line.

They did touch on the reduction in curb-side leaf pickup and the supposed savings taxpayers will “enjoy”. Really? The Town is keeping the equipment and the same highway crews will now pick up bagged leaves left at the curb by homeowners or gardeners (for additional fees). No savings there. There is no personnel reassignment or hourly savings with this change and no waste removal cost savings – nothing! The Paul cannot tell us how much taxpayers will save as there really are no savings. It’s The Paul’s routine deflection tactic. To quote one of the G8, we currently pay for these services and they should be maintained or our taxes reduced to match the reduction of service!

As you can well imagine, the meetings and conversations were spirited and ran past the official end of the new civic association’s first meeting. The organizers should feel they’ve earned the right to claim success based on the turnout! Welcome to the new Worthington Woodlands Civic Association and best of luck in the future.