Tarrytown Mayor, Trustee Candidates To Appear In Forum

TARRYTOWN, NY — A virtual Candidates Forum will be held by the League of Women Voters of the Rivertowns for the mayoral and trustee candidates in the village of Tarrytown.

The forum will be a Zoom webinar Thursday, Oct. 12.

The mayoral candidates will appear from 7 p.m. to 7:45 p.m., and the trustee candidates from 7:45 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Pre-register for the forum so it can be viewed live through this link.

Organizers said there will be no audience participating. Questions must be submitted ahead of time either at registration or by email.

The deadline for submission of questions is 9 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 10. Questions will be vetted by a committee of League members who will submit them to the moderator prior to the start of the Forum.

The League is partnering with Disability Rights New York to provide live American Sign Language interpretation.

Incumbent Mayor Karen Brown, running on the Democratic line, is being challenged by Douglas Zollo, who is running on the Republican and Village First Party lines. There are six candidates running for three open Trustee positions. The Democratic candidates for Trustee are David Kim, Rebecca McGovern and Effie Phillips-Staley. All three of the Democrats are incumbents. The Republican and Village First Party candidates for Trustee are Peter Bartolacci, John Callanan and Haydee McCarthy.

The event will be recorded and made available on the Rivertowns League website and other media locations.