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Letter to the Community in Support of Cat Sayles for Eastchester Town Supervisor

October 28, 2026

Dear Bronxville Neighbors,

This November, voters throughout the Town of Eastchester—including Bronxville, Tuckahoe and Eastchester—will choose their Town Supervisor.

We support Cat Sayles for that position. Cat has focused her campaign on affordability, modernizing town government, pedestrian safety, infrastructure, flood mitigation, and the practical issues that directly affect all three of our communities.

The contrast with longtime Supervisor Anthony Colavita is significant. Colavita has increasingly embraced the rhetoric that has come to characterize Trump-era Republican politics. In an interview with the New York Post, Colavita said that when "wokeism was rampant and DEI, and defunding the cops" were being discussed elsewhere, Eastchester was "impervious to that." Discussing government spending, he was even more pointed: "We're not going to piss money away on some stupid program that some social idiot thought up down in Washington or Albany somewhere." Colavita has also criticized Westchester's immigration policies and supported Christine Sculti (a former Republican candidate for County Executive and Congress) and her proposal to repeal the county's sanctuary protections and support ICE.

Those are Colavita's own words, and they reveal something about the tone as well as the substance of his politics. One can favor fiscal restraint, support the police and disagree with Democratic policies without creating a strawman— mischaracterizing Democratic policies and then dismissing them as the ideas of "some social idiot."  After all, the constituents he currently represents as Eastchester Town Supervisor are 35% registered Democrats (v 30% registered Republicans and 28% unaffiliated).  Does he truly believe a plurality of his constituents are idiots?  Eastchester deserves a serious discussion about taxes, infrastructure, flooding, public safety and the delivery of town services without importing the divisions and MAGA rhetoric of national politics into Town Hall.

After more than two decades under the same Supervisor, voters have an opportunity to vote for a different approach. Cat Sayles has emphasized modernizing town government, improving infrastructure, addressing flooding and pedestrian safety, and focusing Town government on the practical problems residents encounter every day.

We support Cat Sayles for Eastchester Town Supervisor and moving March elections to November.

Sincerely,

The Bronxville Democratic Committee

 

 

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While the earliest settlers of Bronxville date back to the first half of the 18th century, the history of the modern suburb of Bronxville began in 1890 when William Van Duzer Lawrence purchased a farm and commissioned the architect, William A. Bates, to design a planned community of houses for well-known artists and professionals that became a thriving art colony. This community, now called Lawrence Park, is listed on the National register of Historic Places and many of the homes still have artists’ studios. A neighborhood association within Lawrence Park called “The Hilltop Association” keeps this heritage alive with art shows and other events for neighbors.

Bronxville offers many charming neighborhoods as well as a variety of living options for residents including single family homes, town houses, cooperatives and condominiums. One of the chief benefits of living in “the village” is that your children can attend the Bronxville School.

The Bronxville postal zone (10708, known as “Bronxville PO”) includes the village of Bronxville as well as the Chester Heights section of Eastchester, parts of Tuckahoe and the Lawrence Park West, Cedar Knolls, Armour Villa and Longvale sections of Yonkers. Many of these areas have their own distinct character. For instance, the Armour Villa section has many historic homes and even has its own newsletter called “The Villa Voice” which reports on neighborhood news.

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