Virtual Forum For Tarrytown Village Candidates

CORRECTION: The email for questions was originally incorrect when it was submitted by the League of Women Voters. The correct email is lwvr.cf@gmail.com. The link below has been corrected.

TARRYTOWN, NY — The League of Women Voters and Mothers Out Front announced that they will co-sponsor a virtual Candidates Forum for candidates for mayor and trustee in the village of Tarrytown.

The forum will be conducted via Zoom Sunday, Oct. 17. The mayoral candidates will appear from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. and the trustee candidates from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

The public may register to view the forum here. A live Spanish translation will be available to attendees.

Attendees will not participate in the forum but may submit questions in advance at the time of registration. Questions can also be submitted by email. The deadline to submit questions is noon Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021.

Questions will be reviewed by a committee of league members and Tarrytown residents who will submit them to the moderator of the forum. Questions may be combined with others on a similar topic.

There are three candidates in the mayoral race: current trustees Karen Brown (D, Tarrytown United) and Douglas Zollo (Village Alliance); and Paul Janos (Preserve our Village). The Democratic and Tarrytown United candidates for trustee are David Kim (incumbent), Rebecca N. McGovern (incumbent) and Effie G. Phillips-Staley. The Preserve Our Village candidates for trustee are Stanley Friedlander, Monica Reyes-Grajales and Mark Weinstein. The Village Alliance candidates for trustee are Peter Bartolacci, Ida Doctor and Terence Murphy.

The forum will be available for subsequent viewing through Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 2 on YouTube. Viewers can access YouTube’s language interpretation service to hear the forum in Spanish and other languages. The link to view the forum will be on the Rivertowns League of Women Voters website.