Greenburgh board adopts home rule request to allow solar canopies at Anthony Veteran Park parking lot

The Town Board of Greenburgh on June 2 adopted a resolution (TB1) that requests action from the New York State Legislature to authorize the alienation of a portion of Anthony Veteran Park’s parking lot so the town can install solar canopies.

The clerk introduced the measure as "TB 1, resolution of the town board of the town of Greenburgh, adopting a home rule request of the New York State Legislature to the town. Home rule request authorizing the alienation of certain parkland for the installation of solar canopies at Anthony Veteran Park Parking Lot," and then moved the resolution, which received a second and passed on a voice vote.

At the meeting’s roll call, Supervisor Paul Feiner, Councilwoman Joy Haber, Councilman Francis Sheehan and Councilwoman Gina Jackson were recorded as present. Town attorney Joe Dinko was also recorded as present. The clerk conducted the procedural votes to open and then to close the special meeting during the same session.

The resolution, as read at the meeting, is a formal request to the state legislature; the transcript does not record any detailed discussion of project design, funding sources, or a public-comment period on the resolution. The board recorded the motion and voice vote in the meeting minutes and then closed the special meeting.

The immediate procedural next step after a board adopts a home rule request is that the request be sent to the state legislature for consideration (the transcript records the adoption of the request but does not specify subsequent state or town-level scheduling).