Early voting for the Tuesday, June 23, 2026 primary election is already underway. For voters in Rye, there will only be one race on the ballot and that will be […]
Category: Letters
Posted inBoards & Commissions, City of Rye, Conservation Commission/Advisory Council, Government, Letters, Rye City Council
LETTER: Conservation Commission Supports Gas Blower Ban
The Conservation Commission/Advisory Council (CC/AC) has submitted a letter to the Rye City Council in support of the proposed gas leaf blower ban. Over the last 54 years, the group’s primary […]
Posted inGovernment, Green, Letters, Rye City Council
LETTER: Former Mayor Dunn Cautions New Council on Gas Leaf Blower Ban
In an open letter to MyRye.com, Pine Island Road resident and former Rye Mayor Ted Dunn (1994 – 1997) cautions the new council against the gas leaf blower ban, saying […]
Posted inGovernment, Green, Letters, Rye City Council
LETTER: Landscaping Group Says Gas Blower Ban is “Outrageous”
In a letter, the New York State Turf & Landscape Association, a trade group based in White Plains, says the new legislation to ban gas leaf blowers in the City […]
Posted inGovernment, Green, Letters, Rye City Council
LETTER: Landscaper Supports Gas Leaf Blower Ban
In a letter to MyRye.com, The CEO of Connecticut based landscaper MowGreen, Dan Delventhal, explains why he supports gas powered leaf blower bans. He has run a successful full service […]
Posted inGovernment, Green, Letters, Rye City Council
LETTER: Fines in Proposed Gas Blower Ban Are Excessive + Unconstitutional
In an open letter to MyRye.com, the former head of the Rye City Democratic Committee Meg Cameron (and former State Assembly and City Council candidate) says the (highest) fines in the proposed […]
Posted inCity of Rye, Government, Green, Letters, Rye Marshlands, Westchester County
LETTER: Historian Calls Marshlands Conservancy Project ‘Act of Historical Violence’
In a letter to MyRye.com, Teresa Vega, a genealogist, historian, and writer whose work focuses on Indigenous, African, and Afro-Indigenous histories in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, argues the work proposed […]
Posted inCommunity Groups, Government, Green, Jay Cemetery Association, Letters, Rye Marshlands, Westchester County
LETTER: Historic Jay Cemetery Threatens to Revoke Easement Amid Marshlands Park Expansion Dispute
In a letter to MyRye.com, Peter Doane, the president of the Jay Cemetery and a descendent of Founding Father John Jay, says his board is “deeply concerned” with the County’s […]
Posted inBoards & Commissions, City of Rye, Deer, Deer Management Committee, Government, Green, Letters
LETTER: Animal Defenders Founder Responds to Judge’s Deer Hunting Column
Kiley Blackman of Greenburgh, the founder of Animal Defenders of Westchester, writes in response to a recent column on deer hunting law by Judge Latwin. Blackman was active on the […]
Posted inCity of Rye, Government, Letters, Rye City Council
LETTER: Jana Seitz on Nathan: “Because I Wanted to Win.”
In a letter to MyRye.com, former GOP city council candidate Jana Seitz discloses what it was like running versus current then city council candidate and now Democratic mayoral candidate Josh […]