By New York State law, school board and budget elections, in all districts except the Big 5 (Buffalo, New York City, Rochester, Syracuse, and Yonkers), must be held on the third Tuesday in May. The annual Budget Vote and School Board Election will be held on Tuesday, May 20, 2025, with polls open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. In some municipalities, May 20th is also Library Trustee Election. We contacted the District Clerks and attempted to compile a list of who is running, voting location(s), how many open seats, propositions, and any other pertinent information we could gather by press time! Several school districts responded after the newspaper was printed, so please keep checking this page for the most updated information. Thank you.
And your School Board and Library Board Trustee candidates are….
Ardsley School Districts (2 seats open)
Hrishi Karthikeyan
Bart Grachan
Bedford Central School District (4 seats open)
Trustee candidates (in order as they appear on the ballot) are:
Gillian Klein
Prasad Krishnan
Blakeley Lowry
Amal Shady
Robert Mazurek
Eric Florio
Briarcliff Manor School District (2 seats open)
Kenneth Torosian
Michelle Woerner
Bronxville Union Free School District (3 seats open)
Bronxville School – BLUE GYM
Michael Brandes
Elizabeth Kiehner
Matthew Zloto
Sarah Sepe
Eddie Lemmon
Peter McSherry
Proposition 1: The 2025-2026 SCHOOL BUDGET is in the amount of $55,205,497:
Proposition 2: 2025 CAPITAL PROJECT at a cost not to exceed $20M, with $5M to be expended from the “Capital Reserve Fund 2011”
Chappaqua Central School District
Board of Education candidates (in ballot order)
Tim McNamara
Ryan Kelsey
Hilary Grasso
Allison Steinbauer
Library Board (one seat open)
Pam Moskowitz
Dobbs Ferry School District (3 seats open)
Dobbs Ferry High School 505 Broadway
Eastchester Union Free School District (3 open seats)
Laurie Giacobbe
Christine Civitano-Lombardi
Matthew Fanelli
Elmsford Union Free School District
David Hecht, incumbent
Suzanne Phillips, Ed.D., incumbent
Rita Azrelyant
Harrison Central School District (2 seats open)
Your neighborhood elementary school.
Gabrielle Elfand
Samantha Giberga
Hastings-on-Hudson Union Free School District
Cochran Gym – Hastings High School
Maureen Lennon-Santana
David Weinstein
Rochelle Nelson
Elizabeth Adinolfi
Irvington Union Free School District (2 seats open)
Main Street School Gymnasium
Steven Balet
Andrea Flynn
The budget appropriation amount to be voted upon is $79,576,400 and there will be a capital reserve proposition on the ballot as well to spend on various district-wide repairs in the amount of $3,950,000
Katonah-Lewisboro School District (3 seats open)
Arwen Thomas Belloni,
Jon Poffenberger,
Carolyn Snell
Mamaroneck Union Free School District
Athena Belsito-Maikish
Stacey D’arcy
The proposed budget of $169,191,992 is a 6.27% or $9,987,429 budget-to-budget increase. The tax levy increase to support this budget is $7,050,627, or 4.98%, over the current tax levy.
Mount Vernon City School District
School Board Candidates (three seats available)
1A – Adriane Saunders,
2A – Lorna Kirwan
3A – Orville Gayle
4A – Sakai Brown
5A – Chara Gladden
6A – Erica Peterson
7A – Randolf Scott
Public Library Board Candidates (two seats available)
1A -Cynthia Crenshaw
2A – Jonathan Davis
3A – Cynthia Dickerson
4A – Tamara Stewart
5A – Hudson Trader
Voting Locations
Lincoln School, 170 East Lincoln Ave. (ED # 1)
Cecil H. Parker School, 461 South 6th Ave. (ED # 4)
Hamilton School, 20 Oak St. (ED # 5)
Traphagen School, 72 Lexington Ave. (ED # 6)
Edward Williams School, 9 Union Lane (ED # 7)
Graham School, 421 East 5th St. (ED # 9)
Rebecca Turner Academy, 625 4th Ave. (ED # 14)
Pennington School, 20 Fairway (ED # 11)
Mount Vernon Honor Academy (Formerly Holmes School), 195 North
Columbus Ave. (ED # 17)
Grimes School, 58 South 10th Ave. (ED # 22)
City School District of New Rochelle
Two five-year terms beginning July 1, 2025, ending on June 30, 2030
The Board of Education candidates, as they will appear on the ballot, are:
Myriam Decime
Elana Jacob
Jessica Klein
Rosa Rivera-McCutchen
Keith Singletary
Library Board of Trustees candidate
Corey Galloway
Proposed budget: $359,468,597 – Proposed spending increase: $11,980,95 (3.45%) – Proposed tax levy increase: 3.95%
North Salem Central School District (3) seats open
Pequenakonck Elementary School
Deborah D’Agostino
Brandy Keenan
Frances Havard
Ossining Union Free School District (2) seats open
Ossining High School gymnasium 29 S Highland Ave
Board of Education candidates (in ballot order)
Melissa Banta
Christine Mangiamele
Ossining Public Library Board of Trustees Candidates (3 seats open)
Amanda Curley
Althema Goodson
Amanda Marsh
Laurence O’Connell
Peekskill City School District
Frank Robinson Jr.
Mary Angel Flores
Jillian Villon
Hilda Kinga Portik- Gumbs
Pelham Union Free School District (3 open seats)
Pelham Middle School Gymnasium 28 Franklin Place
Natalie Marrero
Will Treves
Jackie De Angeles
Budget: Total appropriations: $96,290,000,
Tax levy increase: 3.48% (complies with tax cap)
Pleasantville UFSD (one seat open)
Erin Ballard
The Pleasantville Union Free School District presents a budget of $62,981,688
Pocantico Hills Central School District
Pocantico Hills School Gymnasium
Two (2) members for a three (3) year term commencing on July 1, 2025, and expiring on June 30, 2028, and one (1) member for the unexpired term, effective upon taking the oath of office on May 22, 2025, and expiring on June 30, 2026.
Elena Riley
Scott Graves
Charlie Minton
Joseph McGrath
Port Chester School District (1 seat open)
Chrissie Onofrio
Budget for the 2025-2026 school year is for $154,467,000
Rye Neck School District (2 seats open)
Ruth Homberg
Alex Rainert
Elizabeth Yong
Tax levy falls at the cap at 2.37%; 14th consecutive year of a tax cap-compliant budget. Budget-to-budget increase of $1,421,188 or 2.78%.
Scarsdale Public School District (3 seats open)
Scarsdale Middle School 134 Mamaroneck Road
Suzie Hahn
Colleen Brown
Laura Ying Liu
Somers Central School District (3 seats open)
Michael Ritacco
Jozef Vala
Chadwick Olsen (incumbent)
Michael Rinaldi
Ifay Chang (incumbent
Rosalind Gallino
Amanda Kandel (incumbent)
Union Free School District of the Tarrytowns (3 open seats)
Washington Irving School Auditorium for eligible Tarrytown residents
W.L. Morse School Cafeteria for eligible Sleepy Hollow residents
BOE Trustee (in ballot order)
Alex Fletcher
Ida Michael
Amanda Wallwin
Liz Santillanes
North Landesman
Kristina O’Gorman-Murphy
Tuckahoe Union Free School District (2 seats open)
(in ballot order)
Louis Campana
Joel Abrams
Seth Miran
Yorktown Central School District (three seats open)
(in ballot order)
Lisa Rolle
Cheryl Reynolds
Reshmi Bose
Proposed Budget: $123,095,000
Budget-to-Budget Increase: $3,985,000, or 3.35%
Tax Levy Increase: 1.74% (the allowable levy cap was 2.67%)
White Plains Public Schools (2 seats open)
Julia Oliva
Charlie Norris
Mohammed S. Chowdhury
Sheryl Brady
Polling Locations:
#1 – El Centro Hispano
#2 – Church Street School
#3 – Rochambeau
#4 – Highlands
#5 – Mamaroneck Ave
#6 – Ridgeway School
