Croton United Announces Slate of Candidates for Village Offices

Croton United (CU) is pleased to announce the nomination of Dr. Gregory Schmidt, Bob Anderson and Ken Walsh as its candidates for Village Board of Trustees. Dr. Schmidt is seeking the office of Mayor. Mr. Anderson and Mr. Walsh will be vying for the two open trustee positions.

“We firmly believe this slate of candidates, which offers both experience and new vision to our village, will provide public minded, forward-thinking leadership to the community,” noted CU chair, Roseann Schuyler, “and our candidates look forward to meeting and speaking with members of the Croton community about our vision for the future.”

Dr. Gregory Schmidt, a Democrat, is a familiar name to many Crotonites. A local chiropractor, he and his wife, Susan, have resided in the village for thirty years. Dr. Schmidt’s record of public service is extensive. He has served three terms as a Croton Village Trustee and two terms as Mayor. During his tenure, he was instrumental in improving departmental efficiencies and maintaining the village’s finances on solid footing. He presided over the completion of our beloved Croton Landing, and initiated the Croton-Harmon station parking lot drainage improvements. Dr. Schmidt was successful in shutting down the waste transfer station on Croton Point Avenue and keeping the waste industry out of our village.

Dr. Schmidt currently heads the Croton Business Council branch of the Hudson Valley Chamber of Commerce, and serves as President of Croton Rotary. He is a key organizer of ‘Summerfest’ and Rotary’s classic car show.

Bob Anderson, along with his wife, Leslie, have been Croton residents for over forty years. A 1972 graduate from SUNY-New Paltz with BS and MS degrees in education and psychology, Bob taught second and third grade in the Hendrick Hudson School District, as well as special needs children at Northern Westchester BOCES.

Bob left teaching to spend several years as a tennis professional at clubs around Westchester. In 1983, he joined IBM Research as a designer of laboratory and office space. He later served as an executive assistant to the VP of Science and Technology, and finished his career as a technical recruiter, retiring in 2002.

“I am running for Village Trustee so I can perform public service without being constrained by party loyalty,” says Mr. Anderson, who has no party affiliations. “I’m gravely concerned about our village debt that was unanimously increased by 33% by the current Board. This burden will affect the Village in future years, long after these board members have moved on. The current spending levels are unsustainable and the priorities, if any, are misplaced.”

Mr. Anderson has been a dedicated member of the Croton Caring Committee for over a dozen years.

Ken Walsh, along with his wife, Courtney, and his family are sixteen-year residents of Croton. Mr. Walsh graduated from Iona College with a BBA in Marketing, and also holds an MBA in Operations Management from Baruch College. A long-time employee in the field of communications, Mr. Walsh is currently employed by Verizon as a Six-Sigma Black Belt project manager.

Ken is active in the local community. He is a Eucharistic minister at Holy Name of Mary Parish, and has coached CYO basketball for the last seven years, and Croton Little League softball for the last two. Mr. Walsh most recently served on the village’s Gouveia Park ad-hoc committee.

“I want to give the people what they want, not what they are told to take on, help the village be more fiscally responsible and a great place to live,” says Mr. Walsh, a registered Democrat.

Croton United was formed in 2014 as a non-partisan organization dedicated to returning honesty, integrity, efficiency, and debate to government in Croton.

“Croton United does not believe that national parties and partisanship have any role to play in local government,” noted Ms. Schuyler. “Our members are Democrats, Republicans, and independents.”

For additional information, contact us at: info@crotonunited.org

PHOTO: From left to right, Kenneth Walsh, Bob Anderson, Dr. Greg Schmidt