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Greenburgh board debates which newspapers should receive town legal notices
Summary
Board members discussed a proposal to designate four official newspapers for legal notices (including adding a subscription to The New York Times), raised concerns about cost, circulation and the requirement that legal notices be printed, and tasked staff and the town attorney with vetting options before a Jan. 14 vote.
At the Dec. 23 work session, the Greenburgh Town Board discussed which newspapers to designate as official channels for legal notices and whether the town should add The New York Times to the list.
S3, presenting a draft set of official papers, said she had added a subscription to The New York Times to the list of four "official" papers after conferring with the town attorney. "I added a subscription to the New York Times because those will be the 4 official papers," S3 said. S1 questioned that choice, raising cost concerns and suggesting the Westchester Business Journal as a lower-cost alternative: "Why do we need the New York Times…it's gonna be thousands of dollars for, you know…" S1 said.
Members discussed circulation and geographic coverage. S6 noted that the Rivertowns Dispatch primarily covers Hastings, Dobbs Ferry, Irvington and Ardsley and may not reach Tarrytown; others observed that legal notices must be printed in a qualifying paper and that moving to online-only publication would require state legislation. S5 suggested the law needs changing because "no one's reading newspapers," while S3 said she had confirmed subscriptions to niche publications (Westchester Hispano, Westchester Black Magazine) to broaden reach.
The board asked staff to compile vetted options and for the town attorney to confirm which publications meet legal requirements; S2 confirmed staff will fetch the options before the Jan. 14 vote. No final designation was made at the Dec. 23 session.
Next steps: staff will present vetted newspaper options and cost estimates and the board will vote on official-designation language at its Jan. 14 meeting.
