What is a Town Supervisor?

The Town Supervisor is the Town's chief elected official. New York State law requires a Town’s chief elected official to hold the title of “Supervisor” whereas the chief elected officials in Villages and Cities are called “Mayor.” 

Responsibilities

• The Supervisor is Chair of the Board and as such, she presides over the Town Board meetings, all of which are open to the public.
• The Supervisor and four Council members propose legislation and make policy decisions that directly affect residents.
• The Supervisor responds to the needs of the community and represents the Town in its dealings with County, State, and Federal Agencies.
• The Supervisor represents the Town on the Westchester Joint Water Works (WJWW) Board.
• The Supervisor is a Commissioner of the Larchmont-Mamaroneck Joint Garbage Commission.
  
  
  

About Nancy Seligson

Nancy Seligson is the Supervisor of the Town of Mamaroneck and was elected to the office in November 2011.  Prior to becoming Town Supervisor, Ms. Seligson served on the Town Board as a Councilwoman beginning in 2000.  As a Councilwoman, she served as the liaison to the Town’s land use committees.

Under the tenure of Supervisor Nancy Seligson, the Town has accomplished the following:

1. First reassessment in 40 years that re-established fair assessments in the Town
2. Zoning code was amended to allow for mixed-use development
3. Town regained and has maintained its Aaa financial rating from Moody’s Financial Services
4. Town was designated a “Climate Smart Community” and a “Clean Energy Community” by New York State

Ms. Seligson currently serves as the Chair of the Board of the Westchester Joint Water Works. In addition, she is the Co-chair of the nonprofit organization, Sustainable Westchester, and the New York Co-Chair of the Citizen’s Advisory Committee of the Long Island Sound Study which is a bi-state partnership consisting of federal and state agencies, user groups, concerned organizations, and individuals dedicated to restoring and protecting the Sound.  Ms Seligson is a past president of the Westchester Municipal Officials Association.

Ms. Seligson has spent most of her career in environmental advocacy and brings that interest to the Town. In particular, she has been a leader in Long Island Sound advocacy for over 30 years. She is a past president and board member of the nonprofit organization Save the Sound. She was chair of the Westchester County Committee on Nonpoint Source Pollution of Long Island Sound and chair of the Westchester County Environmental Management Council. She is a past member of the Westchester County Board of Health and chair of the Westchester Chapter of the League of Conservation Voters. Ms. Seligson also chaired the Larchmont Mamaroneck Coastal Zone Management Commission.

Ms. Seligson studied and worked with Pace University’s Land Use Law Center’s Community Leadership Alliance (CLA) programs teaching local leaders about New York State land use law and facilitation techniques to improve municipal communications, efficiency and productivity.