"He
also wants to make the Village’s website friendlier. 'There should be a picture
of each official on it', he says, 'so if you see them on the street you can say
[H]ello'".
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Piermont Mayor Bruce Tucker, in his own words (Source: The Piermont Newsletter, Published by the
Piermont Civic Association, Fall 2017).
So, you heard Mayor Bruce.
Today is the day to open up the Piermont Village Government Advent Calendar - sans black boxes:
Just in time for tonight's Piermont Planning Board "meeting".
So today let's once again talk about those individual local and public official figures including Planning Board and Zoning Board of Appeal members and staff that purport to run your Village of Piermont, New York government. You will notice that comparatively few photos of these Piermont public officials are actually yet posted to the Village of Piermont public governmental Internet website page, even though it is now about seven (7) years after Mayor Bruce Tucker's failed initiative and exhortation above:
But that shouldn't surprise you. In seven (7) short years the Village of Piermont New York has also flooded out to disaster conditions, while Bruce and his buddies sold out the Village of Piermont to shady real estate developers. Do you want to know why? Ask the people depicted below.
Back to the Piermont Village Government Advent Calendar. Sure, you will find a few photos of these Piermont NY public officials here:
https://piermont-ny.gov/services/directory.php
https://piermont-ny.gov/services/directory.php
But good luck finding photos of most of the Planning Board and Zoning Board of Appeal members on the Village of Piermont governmental website, for example.
So, why does the government of the Village of Piermont continue to refrain from posting the photos of so many of these public officials to the Village's Internet website, seven (7) years after Mayor Tucker's promise to the contrary? For that matter, why do the so-concealed individuals themselves tolerate the Village government's purposeful decision to try to suppress these public officials into a state of collective anonymity? After all, a few of those same individual public officials nevertheless post over a hundred photos of themselves, publicly, on social media - and there's a word for that.
But seriously - why do these phantom public officials fail to identify themselves recognizably through the aegis and imprimatur of the Piermont governmental website – you know, the website bearing the Village of Piermont government seal that Piermont residents actually pay for?
Hmmm...
In this regard, give some credit to Mayor Bruce Tucker. He unabashedly puts his own photo out front, just as I would expect any ambitious politician to do. Or a front-man for a band, for that matter.
Yet your problem in the Village of Piermont, New York, is that your Village government, and especially its lugubrious "Boards", have to date been run like secret societies of the likes of the The Knights Templar, or Yale University’s inscrutable Skull and Bones.
And then it dawned on me. Why does that make even less sense here, in the context of the once-proud Village of Piermont? Well, it doesn't make sense here because your Village of Piermont is a relatively tiny little Village comprised of about 2,500 people. There should be nowhere for these small-minded Illuminati wannabes to hide.
Sayeth the people of Piermont - “Everybody knows each other here!”.
Or... DO they?
The fact is, virtually none of the homeowner residents of the Village whom I have thusfar canvassed have any clue who these Village of Piermont public officials are, with the possible exception of knowing that the Mayor's first name is Bruce and that he plays guitar.
Hmmm...
In this regard, give some credit to Mayor Bruce Tucker. He unabashedly puts his own photo out front, just as I would expect any ambitious politician to do. Or a front-man for a band, for that matter.
Sayeth the people of Piermont - “Everybody knows each other here!”.
Or... DO they?
The fact is, virtually none of the homeowner residents of the Village whom I have thusfar canvassed have any clue who these Village of Piermont public officials are, with the possible exception of knowing that the Mayor's first name is Bruce and that he plays guitar.
And that’s just crazy...
And that’s exactly your problem...
That’s precisely why this disgraceful initiative to permanently install The Ugliest Real Estate Development In The World at 447-477 Piermont Avenue ever happened to the Village of Piermont, New York.
This proverbial train-wreck occurred for one main reason. The "public officials" of Village of Piermont government studiously enabled Jersey-Boy “Piermont Developers Limited Liability Company” to come in to trash your Village, while first making sure to cloak themselves in the process. While your Village is now being defiled and overrun, as we speak, these "public officials" hide like vampire bats in the darkness, save for a few encounters here and there with a few residents who actually make it to a few Village meetings.
Because of all that, it’s now Next Stop, Hackensack.
Yet amazingly, like Mayor Bruce observed in 2017, you have probably walked by these same public officials in the Village of Piermont on numerous occasions. You probably did so even today. On the Pier. Around the Flywheel. Buying an ice cream cone. Grabbing a table at Otto's. Having no idea that these individual public officials, concealing themselves in the relative anonymity of an oft-faceless Village of Piermont Internet website, were the same exact people responsible for spreading their arms of welcome to “Piermont Developers Limited Liability Company”. To build a 14-unit residential fetid abscess right smack in the middle of your picturesque and historic downtown. They hustled you. They walked right by you while they did it. And you didn’t even know who they were, even though most if not all of these public officials live in the Village of Piermont too.
Well that changes now.
Because of all that, it’s now Next Stop, Hackensack.
Yet amazingly, like Mayor Bruce observed in 2017, you have probably walked by these same public officials in the Village of Piermont on numerous occasions. You probably did so even today. On the Pier. Around the Flywheel. Buying an ice cream cone. Grabbing a table at Otto's. Having no idea that these individual public officials, concealing themselves in the relative anonymity of an oft-faceless Village of Piermont Internet website, were the same exact people responsible for spreading their arms of welcome to “Piermont Developers Limited Liability Company”. To build a 14-unit residential fetid abscess right smack in the middle of your picturesque and historic downtown. They hustled you. They walked right by you while they did it. And you didn’t even know who they were, even though most if not all of these public officials live in the Village of Piermont too.
Well that changes now.
How incongruous. Public figures trying not to be seen... SMH... Yet just because a public figure tries to hide out of the shame of their own individual actions and inactions, does not mean that they are anything other than a public figure. Ask Paris Hilton.
Additionally, the Village of Piermont has been having a really difficult month this past month. Two lawsuits. Media broadsides. Regulatory attention. A fomenting posse of residents. The individuals comprising Piermont Village “government” probably don’t have the bandwidth right now to rebuild the Village website to function more like a comprehensive corporate photo-directory – you know, a directory of the kind that a company might use if it was actually sophisticated, and a company wherein its employees actually took pride in their work and their work-product without hosing its customers in the process.
So here.
Meet the public officials who comprise your Village of Piermont Government – the "government" that is threatening to destroy your once-quaint Village forever. All photos and contact-information were gleaned by me, on April 26, 2024, from public-record sources. If you want to update me on their better contact-information as you discover it, then by all means update me. A few of these public figures are still trying to hide, notwithstanding their extremely public function.
I will be regularly updating this Blog entry with contact-information as the work coordinates for these public officials are further revealed, or else if they just skip town. For example, maybe some of the Planning Board and Zoning Board officials thusfar afraid to actually list their own work e-mail addresses on the Village of Piermont website, will finally decide to actually own up and not just rely on Catania and Usha.
Additionally, the Village of Piermont has been having a really difficult month this past month. Two lawsuits. Media broadsides. Regulatory attention. A fomenting posse of residents. The individuals comprising Piermont Village “government” probably don’t have the bandwidth right now to rebuild the Village website to function more like a comprehensive corporate photo-directory – you know, a directory of the kind that a company might use if it was actually sophisticated, and a company wherein its employees actually took pride in their work and their work-product without hosing its customers in the process.
So here.
Meet the public officials who comprise your Village of Piermont Government – the "government" that is threatening to destroy your once-quaint Village forever. All photos and contact-information were gleaned by me, on April 26, 2024, from public-record sources. If you want to update me on their better contact-information as you discover it, then by all means update me. A few of these public figures are still trying to hide, notwithstanding their extremely public function.
I will be regularly updating this Blog entry with contact-information as the work coordinates for these public officials are further revealed, or else if they just skip town. For example, maybe some of the Planning Board and Zoning Board officials thusfar afraid to actually list their own work e-mail addresses on the Village of Piermont website, will finally decide to actually own up and not just rely on Catania and Usha.
Then again, maybe crickets.
Those Piermont public officials who wish to disavow the “Piermont Developers Limited Liability Company” 447-477 Piermont Avenue development, can fax a signed letter to that effect at fax number 212-410-2380. The fax machine is on 24/7, it has paper in it, and it is ready to receive. If any such letter is written in a manner that demonstrates that the author can actually put two sentences together, I might even publish it.
In the meantime, don't wait for me. Act NOW. Phone these individual public officials. Fax them. E-mail them. Now that you can recognize them when you see them, speak to them face-to-face when you see them at Bunbury's. Let each of these people know, individually, what you really think about their collective Village government enablement of “Piermont Developers Limited Liability Company” and the disgusting 14-unit residential development threatening to trash your Village forever. Because if these "public officials" haven’t each and individually objected to the 447-477 Piermont Avenue development in writing yet, then they are part of the problem and part of the selfsame malicious enterprise.
Those Piermont public officials who wish to disavow the “Piermont Developers Limited Liability Company” 447-477 Piermont Avenue development, can fax a signed letter to that effect at fax number 212-410-2380. The fax machine is on 24/7, it has paper in it, and it is ready to receive. If any such letter is written in a manner that demonstrates that the author can actually put two sentences together, I might even publish it.
In the meantime, don't wait for me. Act NOW. Phone these individual public officials. Fax them. E-mail them. Now that you can recognize them when you see them, speak to them face-to-face when you see them at Bunbury's. Let each of these people know, individually, what you really think about their collective Village government enablement of “Piermont Developers Limited Liability Company” and the disgusting 14-unit residential development threatening to trash your Village forever. Because if these "public officials" haven’t each and individually objected to the 447-477 Piermont Avenue development in writing yet, then they are part of the problem and part of the selfsame malicious enterprise.
Period.
In making these outbound contacts to Piermont public officials, you may hear a number of them protest back to you that they never did anything to date to enable “Piermont Developers Limited Liability Company” to launch the ill-minded plan to debase the Village of Piermont.
Fine.
When they say that to you, challenge them. Challenge them to send you a signed writing expressing their unequivocal opposition to the plan of “Piermont Developers Limited Liability Company” to pave-over the site of a former Sunoco gasoline station with underground gasoline tanks at 447-477 Piermont Avenue in Piermont, New York, in favor of a hideous 14-unit unwanted residential development that no sane Village resident wants. For that matter, challenge them to fax a copy to 212-410-2380, too. Just don’t hold your breath waiting to receive those writings.
In making these outbound contacts to Piermont public officials, you may hear a number of them protest back to you that they never did anything to date to enable “Piermont Developers Limited Liability Company” to launch the ill-minded plan to debase the Village of Piermont.
Fine.
When they say that to you, challenge them. Challenge them to send you a signed writing expressing their unequivocal opposition to the plan of “Piermont Developers Limited Liability Company” to pave-over the site of a former Sunoco gasoline station with underground gasoline tanks at 447-477 Piermont Avenue in Piermont, New York, in favor of a hideous 14-unit unwanted residential development that no sane Village resident wants. For that matter, challenge them to fax a copy to 212-410-2380, too. Just don’t hold your breath waiting to receive those writings.
I won't either.
And please remember. Sunshine is the best disinfectant. These people are already local officials. These people are already public officials. These people are already public figures. All photos and data are gleaned from the public record. Now it is up to you to make them even more famous than they already are.
YOUR VILLAGE OF PIERMONT, NEW YORK PHOTODIRECTORY
The Mayor, Trustees, and The Village Board
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Mayor Bruce Tucker, of The Village of Piermont, New York.
Phone: 1-845-359-1258, extension 304.
Fax: 1-845-359-0466.
btucker@piermont-ny.gov
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Phone: 1-845-359-1258, extension 304.
Fax: 1-845-359-0466.
btucker@piermont-ny.gov
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Deputy Mayor Mark Blomquist, of the Village of Piermont, New York.
Phone: 1-845-359-1258, extension 304.
Fax: 1-845-359-0466.
mblomquist@piermont-ny.gov
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Phone: 1-845-359-1258, extension 304.
Fax: 1-845-359-0466.
mblomquist@piermont-ny.gov
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Trustee Robert Burns, of the Village of Piermont, New York.
Phone: 1-845-359-1258, extension 304.
Fax: 1-845-359-0466.
rburns@piermont-ny.gov
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Phone: 1-845-359-1258, extension 304.
Fax: 1-845-359-0466.
rburns@piermont-ny.gov
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Trustee Nathan Mitchell, of the Village of Piermont, New York.
Chair, Piermont Waterfront Resiliency Commission.
Phone: 1-845-359-1258.
Fax: 1-845-359-0466.
NMitchell@piermont-ny.gov
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Chair, Piermont Waterfront Resiliency Commission.
Phone: 1-845-359-1258.
Fax: 1-845-359-0466.
NMitchell@piermont-ny.gov
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Phone: 1-845-359-1258.
Fax: 1-845-359-0466.
mwright@piermont-ny.gov
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Fax: 1-845-359-0466.
mwright@piermont-ny.gov
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Village Of Piermont Government Staff
Jennifer DeYorgi Maher - Clerk, and Treasurer, of the Village of Piermont, New York.
Phone: 1-845-359-1258, extension 303.
Fax: 1-845-359-0466.
clerk@piermont-ny.gov
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Fax: 1-845-359-0466.
clerk@piermont-ny.gov
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Michele Marzo, Deputy Clerk – Treasurer, of the Village of Piermont, New York.
Phone: 1-845-359-1258, extension 302.
Fax: 1-845-359-0466.
deputyclerk@piermont-ny.gov
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Fax: 1-845-359-0466.
deputyclerk@piermont-ny.gov
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Sylvia Carbonell, Clerk, of the Village of Piermont, New York.
Phone: 1-845-359-1258, Option 1.
Phone: 1-845-359-1258, Option 1.
Fax: 1-845-359-0466.
receptionist@piermont-ny.gov
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receptionist@piermont-ny.gov
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Maggie Cavanaugh, Clerk – Building Department, of the Village of Piermont, New York.
Phone: 1-845-359-1258, Option 4.
Fax: 1-845-359-0466.
buildingclerk@piermont-ny.gov
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Fax: 1-845-359-0466.
buildingclerk@piermont-ny.gov
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Charles (Charlie) Schaub, Building Inspector, of the Village of Piermont, New York.
Phone: 1-845-359-1258, Option 4.
Fax: 1-845-359-0466.
building@piermont-ny.gov
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Fax: 1-845-359-0466.
building@piermont-ny.gov
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Joe Knizeski, Assistant Building Inspector, of the Village of Piermont, New York.
Phone: 1-845-359-1258, Option 4.
Fax: 1-845-359-0466.
building@piermont-ny.gov
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Fax: 1-845-359-0466.
building@piermont-ny.gov
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Village Of Piermont Planning Board
Phone: 1-845-359-1258
CCatania@piermont-ny.gov
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CCatania@piermont-ny.gov
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Phone: 1-845-359-1258.
desmdpc@mac.com
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desmdpc@mac.com
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Ed Nelson – Member, Planning Board of the Village of Piermont, New York.
Phone: 1-845-359-1258.
Phone: 1-845-359-1258.
CCatania@piermont-ny.gov
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Jerry Warshaw – Member, Planning Board, of the Village of Piermont, New York.
Phone: 1-845-359-1258.
CCatania@piermont-ny.gov
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Kim Stiefel - Member, Planning Board of the Village of Piermont, New York.
CCatania@piermont-ny.gov
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Phone: 1-845-359-1258.
CCatania@piermont-ny.gov
CCatania@piermont-ny.gov
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Christine McAndrews - Member, Planning Board of the Village of Piermont, New York
Phone: 1-845-359-1258.
CCatania@piermont-ny.gov
CCatania@piermont-ny.gov
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David Levy – Alternate Member, Planning Board of the Village of Piermont, New York.
CCatania@piermont-ny.gov
CCatania@piermont-ny.gov
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Don Guyton – Alternate Member, Planning Board of the Village of Piermont, New York.
CCatania@piermont-ny.gov
CCatania@piermont-ny.gov
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Village Of Piermont Zoning Board Of Appeal (ZBA)
Phone: 1-845-359-1258.
usha.wright@gmail.com
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Walter Cain – Member, Zoning Board of Appeal (ZBA) of the Village of Piermont, New York.
usha.wright@gmail.com
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Peter T. Metzler – Member, Zoning Board of Appeal (ZBA) of the Village of Piermont, New York.
usha.wright@gmail.com
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Dr. Philip Tierno – Member, Zoning Board of Appeal (ZBA)
Phone: 1-845-359-1258.
usha.wright@gmail.com
usha.wright@gmail.com
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Greg[g] Manzione – Member, Zoning Board of Appeal (ZBA) of the Village of Piermont, New York.
[The Village apparently misspelled Gregg's first name on the Village website].
Phone: 1-845-359-1258.
usha.wright@gmail.com
usha.wright@gmail.com
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Rochelle Spooner - Alternate Member, Zoning Board of Appeal (ZBA) of the Village of Piermont, New York.
Phone: 1-845-359-1258.
usha.wright@gmail.com
usha.wright@gmail.com
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Kevin Timoney - Alternate Member, Zoning Board of Appeal (ZBA) of the Village of Piermont, New York.
Phone: 1-845-359-1258.
usha.wright@gmail.com
Phone: 1-845-359-1258.
usha.wright@gmail.com
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