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Planning Board honors member Esui Gomes with resolution of appreciation
Summary
The Planning Board approved Resolution 2026-30 to recognize Esui Gomes for her service to Niskayuna, noting appointments in 2023 and 2024 and her contributions on childcare, short-term rentals, and diversity work.
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The Town of Niskayuna Planning Board and Zoning Commission on June 29 adopted Resolution 2026-30 formally recognizing planning board member Esui Gomes for her public service. The resolution cites Gomes’s appointment as an alternate on Jan. 9, 2023, her appointment as a full member on July 23, 2024, and her contributions to planning discussions, particularly on child-care infrastructure and short-term rental policy.
Board members praised Gomes for bringing a public-health perspective and for her broader community service, including work with the town’s diversity, equity, and inclusion advisory committee, the Schenectady County Human Rights Commission, and as a trustee of the Niskayuna Central School District Board of Education. Members offered personal thanks and said a copy of the resolution and a card will be sent to her.
A roll-call vote recorded the motion moved by Miss Strang and seconded by Mr. Drescher; all members present voted in the affirmative and the resolution passed.

