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March 29, 2026

PILOTs and the IDA — Legal, Profitable, and Corrosive (Part 1)

What Is the IDA, What Are PILOTs — and Why Should You Care?

Most Mount Vernon residents have never heard of the Industrial Development Agency. They've never been told that a board they didn't elect has been giving away tens of millions in tax revenue to developers, for decades. This series puts those decisions in the open.

March 22, 2026

Planning Board

Conflicts of Interest Don’t Matter

Inside Mount Vernon’s Planning Board

Undisclosed real estate dealings. A late recusal. No accountability. Inside a conflict of interest Mount Vernon's Planning Board refused to address.

March 17, 2026

Planning

Mount Vernon’s Comprehensive Plan Is Being Challenged in Court

Did the City skip required environmental review and rush adoption of a framework that reshapes zoning citywide?

A Westchester County lawsuit challenges Mount Vernon's Comprehensive Plan, alleging the City skipped required environmental review before adoption.

March 17, 2026

Planning

Where is our Money ?

Residents Asked to Pay for What the Public Record Suggests Is Already Funded

A Mount Vernon proposal would charge taxpayers $85,546 for traffic improvements that developer escrow funds may already cover. Residents ask: where's our money?

February 7, 2026

Building Department, Planning

What Does Civic Power Look Like?

Public Pressure Stops Bronxville Field Club Settlement

How public pressure and community organizing stopped a backroom settlement, and what this moment reveals about civic power, transparency, and accountability in Mount Vernon.

January 30, 2026

Planning

$450,000 for Silence

The Bronxville Field Club Settlement That Sacrifices Hunt’s Woods and Guts Public Accountability

A secret settlement. A powerless Planning Board. A flooded neighborhood left out of the room - sold off for $450,000.

January 11, 2026

Building Department, Comprehensive Plan, Planning

Planning Didn’t Prevent the 214 Gramatan Project — It Enabled It

The 214 Gramatan Project and Why It Matters in a City with a Newly Adopted “Comprehensive Plan

The 214 Gramatan project shows how planning failed to stop harm and instead enabled it. A Comprehensive Plan that relies on broken review and record keeping cannot deliver meaningful protection to residents.