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Rye Brook trustees postpone change to leaf-blower warning requirement after police and trustees raise tracking concerns

3833622 · May 28, 2025
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The Village of Rye Brook Board of Trustees on May 27 adjourned a public hearing on a proposed local law that would remove the code requirement that a written warning be issued before a summons may be served for seasonal gas leaf-blower violations, and directed staff to return with options for tracking warnings and for a low initial fine.

The Village of Rye Brook Board of Trustees on May 27 adjourned a public hearing on a proposed local law that would remove the code requirement that a written warning be issued before a summons may be served for seasonal gas leaf-blower violations, and directed staff to return with options for tracking warnings and for a low initial fine.

Trustees said they were reluctant to remove the written-warning requirement without a reliable way to track warnings that police officers issue in the field. Village Administrator Chris explained that "there is no tab for warnings issued for various violations" in the current records-management system and that officers therefore cannot…

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