At the Greenburgh Town Board meetings held on April 9 and April 23, 2025, three Edgemont residents were appointed to serve on Town boards.
Emily Anderson, the newest member of the Greenburgh Planning Board, has been a resident of the Old Edgemont neighborhood since 2020 with her husband and 4 year old son. A nationally recognized construction attorney, Anderson is a partner at Sheppard Mullin in New York City, where she advises leading developers, owners, and contractors on major projects across the United States, including infrastructure megaprojects and public-private partnerships ranging from small office build-outs to skyscrapers, schools, airports and energy projects. She specializes in construction contract negotiation, project strategy, and complex dispute resolution across sectors including renewable energy, transportation, and telecommunications.
Anderson holds a J.D. from Brooklyn Law School, where she earned a Certificate in Real Estate Law and was awarded the Jack Weprin Real Estate Prize, as well as a Master’s in Urban Planning from Hunter College. She began her career in elevator sales before transitioning to law, and now speaks regularly on construction law and public infrastructure at national conferences and academic institutions.
She currently chairs the American Bar Association Forum on Construction Law’s Division on Infrastructure, Energy, and the Environment, and is active in the Design-Build Institute of America’s NYC Metro Chapter. Locally, she serves on the Edgemont Community Council’s Public Safety Committee, contributing her planning expertise to neighborhood safety and infrastructure issues.
Peter Blier, the newest member of the Greenburgh Zoning Board of Appeals, has been a resident of the Town of Greenburgh for more than 60 years. He was educated in the Edgemont Schools, lived in Hartsdale for 23 years, and later returned to the Fort Hill neighborhood of Edgemont with his wife to raise their son, who is now a senior at Edgemont High School.
Blier is passionate about Edgemont’s history. In 1976, he worked with the Edgemont Bicentennial Committee to research and compile A History of Greenville/Edgemont, edited by Louise Clark. More recently, he led the historical walking tour “The Hidden Hamlet of Greenville,” organized by the Edgemont Historical Society.
Professionally, Blier brings decades of experience in commercial building management and has served as the longtime manager of Central Taxi of Scarsdale. He holds a B.A. from Wesleyan University and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Kingsbridge Business Improvement District. Earlier in life, he worked in construction on the George Washington Bridge and was a Teamster in the Bronx dairy industry.
Locally, Blier is an active member of the Edgemont Community Council, where he serves as a member of the Board of Directors representing the Fort Hill neighborhood.
Carl Riobo, the newest member of Greenburgh’s Historic and Landmark Preservation Board, has been a resident of Old Edgemont since 2020, where he lives in the “Bugsy Siegel” house with his husband and their son. Before moving to Edgemont, Riobo and his family lived in the Elmsmere Estates neighborhood of Fleetwood, NY, and previously spent 13 years on Manhattan’s Upper West Side.
While in New York City, Riobo led walking tours for the Municipal Art Society, exploring Beaux-Arts Central Park West, Seneca Village, the military forts in Central Park, and the Broadway malls. A licensed New York City tour guide, he continues to teach multi-day courses on the evolution of Manhattan’s grid and global urban planning. Riobo holds a Ph.D. in comparative literature from Yale and serves as a professor at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and at The City College of New York (CUNY), where he chairs the Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures.
He is active in numerous organizations, including the Edgemont Community Council, Edgemont LGBTQ+ Families, Casa Galicia in Queens, and The Mory’s Association in New Haven. He also serves on the boards of the Yale Club of New York City and the Yale Graduate School Alumni Association. In Edgemont, Riobo enjoys beekeeping and tending to his koi.
Additionally, Dylan Pyne, who has served on the Greenburgh Planning Board since August 2024, was elected Vice Chair by his fellow board members at the Planning Board’s April 2, 2025 meeting. Dylan follows in the footsteps of his late grandfather, Richard B. Frackman, a former President of the Edgemont Community Council and past Vice Chair of the Greenburgh Planning Board.
Also at the April 23, 2025 Town Board meeting, Bradford Gonzalez-Sussman was reappointed to the Board of Assessment Review for a term to expire September 30, 2028.
Emily, Peter, and Carl join Edgemont residents already serving on Town of Greenburgh boards, committees, and councils:
Antenna Review Board: Eddie Mae Barnes
Board of Assessment Review: Margaret Goldberg and Bradford Gonzalez-Sussman
Conservation Advisory Council: Liz Silverstein, Alison Gilmore, and Nancy Drain
Ethics Board: None
Historic & Landmark Preservation Board: Madelon O’Shea (Chair)
Human Rights Committee: None
Parks & Recreation Advisory Board: Janet Polstein
Planning Board: Dylan Pyne (Vice Chair)
Police/Community Advisory Commission: Blake Feinstein (Student), Margaret Goldberg, and Helene Orce
Zoning Board of Appeals: Kristi Knecht (Vice Chair)
Community members stepping up to serve is essential to ensuring Edgemont’s voice is heard. The Edgemont Community Council thanks Emily, Peter, Carl, and Dylan for their commitment to public service, and all the Edgemont residents currently serving on boards, committees, and councils, for representing Edgemont in the broader Greenburgh community.
If any Edgemont residents would like to learn more about getting involved with the Edgemont Community Council or a Town of Greenburgh board, committee, or council, please reach out to President@EdgemontECC.org.