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Meet the Police Advisory Committee and its Chair Lisa Dominici.
Your Name: Lisa Dominici
Committee: Police Advisory Committee
Your role: Chair
MyRye.com: What is the charter for your committee?
Dominici: The Community Police Advisory Committee was formed to increase community understanding and trust building between the police and community. The committee has the same type of membership, organization and administration as other City of Rye advisory committees. The membership includes, but should not be limited to, the commissioner for public safety, other assigned police officers; members of local clergy; representatives from community youth organizations, local merchants, and a diverse set of local residents. The committee is not an oversight committee.
In general, the committee:
Monitors the implementation of the recommendations of the Police Review Committee, as set forth by the Police Review Committee and adopted by the city council in March 2021.
- Provides a forum to collaboratively address police and community issues.
- Educates the public about police issues with the goal to improve community-police communications and relations.
- Educates the public and creates a better understanding of police process and policy.
- Establishes ways to increase involvement of Rye PD officers as active participants in Rye community organizations and activities.
Looking at 2026, what will be your top initiatives?
Dominici:
- Improve how information and new police initiatives are shared with the public.
- Continue to initiate and support community building events such as the annual National Night Out in August and the Rye Youth Soccer end of season ice cream celebration with Rye PD and firefighters.
- Ensure the public is aware of committee meetings and how to contact us if there are issues or concerns that need to be addressed or ideas to be shared.
Would you be supportive of your meetings being broadcast and recorded by the City for public viewing?
Dominici: No – our meetings generally include updates from the commissioner that we then share out to the community.
Are your meetings currently recorded?
Dominici: No.
Are written agendas and written meeting minutes available?
Dominici: No – we recently began submitting minutes and they are not yet on the website.
What are your key performance indicators (KPIs)?
Dominici: We review and share examples of positive interaction between members of Rye PD and the public, we identify ways to share the key information provided by Commissioner Kopy during our meetings, and we strive to maintain/increase the events that bring Rye PD and Rye citizens together.
Who is the City Council liaison to your committee for 2026?
Dominici: Jamie Jensen is the new city council liaison to our board and was new to this committee in 2025.
Tell us about the residents or others you interact with at your committee.
Dominici: Any resident of the City of Rye is welcome to attend our meetings to listen or to discuss an issue of importance to them. For example, a resident joined our October 2025 meeting to talk about their concern with the increasing number of young kids riding e-bikes without helmets and without proper knowledge of safety and the rules of the road.
When was your committee chartered by the City of Rye?
Dominici: In 2020, in the wake of George Floyd’s murder, former Governor Cuomo’s Executive Order 203 instructed all local government entities in New York State with operating police agencies to perform a comprehensive and collaborative review of then current police force deployments, strategies, policies, procedures and practices and develop a plan to improve the same in order to best serve its community.
Pursuant to this Order, Mayor Cohn created the City of Rye Police Review Committee, and on March 18, 2021, the Police Review Committee put forth 18 recommendations that were approved on that day by city council. One of the recommendations was the formation of a Community Police Advisory Committee.
Looking back across 2025, what were your committee’s top achievements?
Dominici:
- The committee continues to review adherence to the set of 18 recommendations adopted by City Council as set forth from the Police Review Committee.
- The Police Advisory Committee organized, promoted and/or helped support community/police events, such as National Night Out in August and an end of season ice-cream celebration in June with Rye Youth Soccer and the Rye PBA.
- Bidirectional information sharing between community members and Rye PD. The committee helps to facilitate communication between the community and the police department, i.e committee members cross-post information on social media, and bring info from the community to share with the PD.
Tell us about you:
How long have you been in your current role?
Dominici: I was co-chair of the City of Rye Police Review Committee with Guy Dempsey in 2020-2021 and was asked by Mayor Cohn to chair the Community Police Advisory Committee. I have been chair since its inception in February 2022.
Besides yourself, who is the longest serving person on your committee?
Dominici: There are several members of the committee who have served since its inception and also served on the City of Rye Police Review Committee. These include: Bart DiNardo, Patrick McGovern, and Ingraham Taylor.
When does your current appointed term expire?
Dominici: December 2026
What is your day job?
Dominici: I am the executive director of the Rye Youth Council, which is a local nonprofit that supports the social, emotional, and mental health and wellbeing of local youth.
Rye Youth Council collaborates with the Rye PBA, the Rye Professional Firefighters and members of the Rye PD year round to strengthen our youth’s connection to their members.
How much time does your role require in a typical month?
Dominici: As of January 2026, Police Advisory Committee meetings will be held quarterly (Jan/April/June/Oct). My time given includes meeting prep, preparing and submitting meeting minutes, and chairing the meetings. Roughly one hour/month.
If I took you to Jerry’s or Oakland Beach Deli for lunch this week, what would you order?
Dominici: I love Jerry’s – I would order the veggie wrap and would add hummus and hot sauce!
Where do you live in Rye and how many years have you lived in the City?
Dominici: I lived on Milton Point and in Rye for 21 years.
Thanks Lisa!
Learn More:
2024 Profile
Main Police Advisory Committee page on City website
LinkedIn
Police Advisory Committee members:
Lisa Dominici, Chair 12/31/2027 (term expires)
Faisal Kahn 12/31/2025
Steven Ma 12/31/2027
Patrick McGovern 12/31/2025
Father William Mendoza 12/31/2027
Ingraham Taylor 12/31/2027
P.O. Latoya Anderson ex-officio
Commissioner Kopy ex-officio
