At the October 22, 2025 Greenburgh Town Board Meeting, Edgemont Community Council President Dylan Pyne spoke during the public comment portion, advocating for sidewalks in Edgemont. His remarks are below.
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Dylan Pyne, ECC President
Remarks at the Greenburgh Town Board meeting on Octobter 22, 2025Good Evening, I am Dylan Pyne and I am speaking this evening as President of the Edgemont Community Council. Though I am no stranger to these meetings, having attended nearly every Town Board meeting since being elected as President of the ECC nearly three and a half years ago, for those unfamiliar with the ECC, we are the leading advocacy and civic engagement organization in the Edgemont neighborhood in the unincorporated portion of the Town of Greenburgh. Founded in 1947, the ECC represents the interests of all Edgemont residents and maintains relationships with our elected officials at the town, county, state, and federal levels to advocate on issues impacting Edgemont.
Two weeks ago, the Town Board received a presentation from Edgemont Sixth Grader Sahana Sawant about the importance of improving the crumbling goat path on the west side of Mt. Joy Avenue off Central Park Avenue. While I commend Sahana’s advocacy, I’m troubled by the reaction of the Supervisor to this presentation, as if this were a new suggestion and Sahana’s mention of it was the first time he had learned of this need. Despite the Supervisor’s newfound urgency to support a sidewalk on Mt. Joy Avenue, the October 2023 Edgemont Community Council Traffic Safety Report, which I have spoken about from this podium in the past, identified a Mt. Joy sidewalk as a top community priority.
The report read: “There are efficiencies to also include Mt. Joy Avenue between Central Park Avenue and Old Army Road within the studies and analysis of Old Army Road, as well as Mt. Joy Avenue between Central Park Avenue and Fort Hill Road within the studies and analysis of Fort Hill Road. Sidewalks on Old Army Road and Fort Hill Road would both be enhanced by a sidewalk connecting the two along Mt. Joy Avenue and would unlock walkability and bikeability to Edgemont Jr./Sr. High School for a significant population of residents west of Central Park Avenue. In response to Edgemont Community Council advocacy, in April 2022 the Town implemented one-way traffic patterns on Robin Hill Road and Mt. Joy Avenue as well as in August 2022 the installation of a sidewalk on Robin Hill Road between Mt. Joy Avenue and Henry Street made possible on the otherwise narrow road by the new one-way traffic pattern. The feasibility of a sidewalk on narrow Mt. Joy is now greater due to the one-way traffic pattern, and remains a sidewalk priority after or in conjunction with the sidewalks on Fort Hill Road and Old Army Road.” (October 2023)
To reiterate the priorities identified in our October 2023 report, the ECC’s priority sidewalks remain:
– Old Army Road (which should begin next year through the New York State TAP Grant)
– Ft Hill Road from Longview Drive to Underhill Road
– Ft Hill Road from Longview Drive to Ardsley Road
– Mt Joy Avenue From Old Army Road to Fort Hill Road
– Ardsley Road from Old Army Road to Seely PlaceI understand the Town has now received the topographic and boundary surveys approved as CD-2 at the May 22, 2024 Town Board meeting and commissioned in preparation for future sidewalk and transportation infrastructure projects, which — at the advocacy of the ECC — included surveying services for both Mt. Joy Avenue (Old Army Road to Fort Hill Road) [Site 1] and Fort Hill Road (Underhill Road to Longview Road) [Site 2]. Survey work for Fort Hill Road (Longview Road to Ardsley Road) is also already in the possession of the Town.
Despite commitments and overtures by the Supervisor, there is currently no money allocated for Edgemont sidewalks or pedestrian safety improvements in the 2026 Draft Supervisor’s Capital Budget posted on the Town website.
With the survey work now complete, I look forward to seeing these sidewalk priorities meaningfully move forward and be included in the final Town Capital Budget with the same enthusiasm and commitment Supervisor Feiner demonstrated two weeks ago.
The Edgemont Community Council remains eager and ready to continue partnering with the Town to move these vital pedestrian safety initiatives forward – in the interest of the children of our community. Anything less will represent a breach of trust with the community.
Thank you.