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Published: 30 May 2026

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Matching grant funds for up to 50% of long-awaited stormwater remediation projects in Scarsdale is now available from Westchester County. Will the Village use these funds to finance four projects?

In September the Village of Scarsdale submitted applications for three projects and has now added a fourth. Together the proposals for Brite Avenue, Cushman Road, George Field and Griffen Avenue are estimated to cost $19.9mm, and the county would therefore fund almost $10mm of the work.

In order to receive the funds, the Village Board of Trustees needs to demonstrate their commitment to doing the work to reduce flooding and damage by approving debt authorization of the Village’s share of the projects by June 19, and therefore would need to vote on it at the June 9 meeting of the Scarsdale Board of Trustees.

According to a memo from the Village Manager, the Village had anticipated funding these projects. It says,

“The County was informed that the Village of Scarsdale had earmarked debt for stormwater improvements as well as identified fund balance to be potentially allocated towards these projects including:

-Assigned fund balance in the amount of $1,800,000 for FY27
-Debt issuance in the amount of $4,140,000 for FY27
-Debt issuance in the amount of $4,140,000 for FY28"

At a work session on the proposal held on May 28, 2026, Village Engineer David Goessl reviewed the proposals for four areas, studied by consultants from H2M Architects and Mott McDonald.

You can see the proposals here:

Here’s a review of the proposed work:

George Field: Though the Village built a 7-acre retention pond at George Field and downstream drainage in 2012-13, the pond, outlet and downstream piping continue to overflow during big rainstorms. In order to address the flooding on Greendale Road, Oxford, Rugby and Cambridge Roads, engineers propose a combination of elevating Greendale Road, the installation of new retaining walls and installing a new control structure that will allow the for adequate storage in a ten-year storm event.

On Cushman, Willow and Sheldrake Roads residents have experienced significant flooding of their homes and yards for years. According to H2M, the existing drainage system does not have sufficient capacity to even convey a 2-year storm event. There is a watershed at the junction of these three streets which collects runoff from 118 acres, including parts of White Plains. So the benefit is not just to homeowners but for surrounding communities as well.

To address this, the proposal calls for 2,040 feet of new drainage infrastructure along Cushman Road, the replacement of seven existing catch basins and the addition of eight more.

At the intersection of Cushman, Willow and Sheldrake Road, the proposal includes the replacement of an 18” drainage pipe with a 24” pipe to increase flow, stormwater back up and reduce ponding and flooding during heavy rain events.

In addition, they recommend replacing damaged piping along Cushman and Garden Roads and Varian Lane and the installation of new catch basins.

Additional work includes:

-Increase the existing 35” pipe capacity from the intersection of Garden Road and Cushman Road to the intersection of Earlwoode Drive and Cushman Road to 54”, approximately 515’.
- Increase the existing 35”-42” pipe capacity from the intersection of Earlwoode Drive to the existing sedimentation chamber to 60”, approximately 800’.
- Increase the existing 12” capacity within Garden Road to 24”, approximately 620’.
- Increase the existing 12” capacity within Varian Lane to 24”, approximately 440’.

Commenting on the proposal, Goessl said, “The pipes on Cushman Road are already antiquated – they need to be replaced.”

At Brite Avenue and Fox Meadow Road, the existing drainage system has less than a 2-year storm capacity and there is often flooding in the streets, homes and yards.

Here engineers recommend the construction of a new supplemental drainage system along Fox Meadow Road, Chersterfield Road and Brite Avenue, consisting of pipes ranging in size from 42 to 60 inches in diameter. The new system will have a 100-year storm capacity.

However, Goessl cautioned that the installation of such a large line could impact the utility lines buried underneath the street and there are concerns about increased flow rates into the Bronx River and a backflow preventor on Brite Avenue near the tennis courts.

On Griffin Avenue, the $747,500 project cost would be split with the town of Mamaroneck. To alleviate flooding on the road, they are proposing to install a larger culvert and piping. With the county’s matching funds, Scarsdale’s share would be $175,000.

In a discussion of the proposals, Trustee Kofman asked Goessl how many homeowners would be affected by the work for each project. Goessl said he could get him that information. Goessl asked if Kofman wanted the number of homes or their lot coverage area.

After some discussion Mayor Arest raised another proposal about how to fund the work. He suggested that the residents in these areas pay for the infrastructure repairs themselves. He proposed that the Village create special taxing districts and require the residents in these areas to underwrite the cost of the infrastructure repairs and improvements. The creation of special taxing districts requires the approval of the NYS Comptroller if the tax would exceed a cost threshold of $1,010. Arest appeared to have done some research on the idea and cited two examples:

Arest mentioned a precedent involving pond work in Crane Berkeley as an example -- where a special taxing district was created and the neighborhood association paid half the cost to dredge the pond. (In this case it should be noted that the neighborhood owns the pond and is responsible for it.) Here is an account of the structuring of that debt.

He also said that something similar was done in Ithaca, New York. However, in Ithaca, there is a stormwater user fee that applies to all properties and is based on the runoff created by the property. Here are the details: “The stormwater user fee allows the City to bill each property (including those owned by tax-exempt entities) based on the amount of runoff it creates. By including more properties in the funding, the amount paid for stormwater infrastructure and services by the average residential property owner is being cut roughly in half in 2015, to under $50 per year. The fee also encourages property owners to reduce the amount of impervious surface area on their properties, which reduces the amount of stormwater runoff. Finally, because the user fees are placed into a separate account, the fee provides a dedicated funding source for these costs that is not affected by the overall economy.”

Trustee Schulhof asked that if the Village paid for these improvements, could they also impose restrictions on development and stormwater runoff that is the cause of some of the flooding. He says that residents are pumping water into the stormwater system without paying fees. He said, “not everyone can have everything they want in those areas.”

At the conclusion of the meeting, the Village Manager said she would ask the Village Attorney if accepting the matching grant funds would preclude the Village from setting up special taxing districts. If it would not, Arest favored passing the bond resolutions.

However, what if accepting the grant funds did prevent the establishment of special taxing districts? In that case, Arest did not indicate whether he supported moving forward with the bond resolutions to receive the matching funds.

There is no precedent in Scarsdale for asking individual residents to underwrite the cost of Village infrastructure, which up until now has been the responsibility of the municipality.

It raises many questions:

Is it the role of Village government to maintain the stormwater infrastructure system?

In the case of Cushman Road, is it feasible for as few as 20-30 homeowners to underwrite $7mm in work, even if some of the water flowing into their area is from White Plains and points north?

Why is the county offering matching funds to the Village if, in turn, the Village is going to pass the costs along to residents?

How would the Village determine who falls within these districts and which properties contribute to the flooding or would benefit from the improvements? The watershed is wide and drainage patterns often shift.

Is it fair to long time property owners to require them to foot the bill from issues created in part by new construction?

Arest concluded by saying, “We have a responsibility to help residents. This is clearly a priority for us overall. I can’t imagine I won’t support moving these projects forward in the best way we can.”

The Village Board will need to make a decision in just nine days about whether or not to benefit from this generous matching grant funding from the county.

Commenting on the concept of special taxing districts, Village Manager Alex Marshall said, "This was one of several ideas raised during the work session discussion. As I mentioned, I will be speaking with counsel to learn more about this process. However, it would be premature to suggest that there is consensus among the Village Board on this proposal or any of the other concepts discussed.Flood mitigation has been, and remains, a priority for the Board. As we evaluate potential approaches, it is important that the Village continue to do what it can to assist impacted residents while also considering the interests and needs of the community as a whole."

See the presentation here and watch the work session here.

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Published: 19 May 2026

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Diksha Mudbhary Sitaula and Martin S. Flaherty.With the nation’s 250th anniversary coming up this July 4th, it was an opportune time to have a lesson on the founding of the country. The League of Women Voters of Scarsdale invited Constitutional scholar Martin S. Flaherty to be the speaker at their annual luncheon on May 8, 2026 at Scarsdale Golf Club. Diksha Mudbhary Sitaula, League Board member and Events Chair, introduced Flaherty saying he is a leading scholar of international human rights, constitutional law, and foreign affairs. He is a graduate of Princeton, Yale and Columbia Law School, the Leitner Family Professor of International Human Rights Law at Fordham Law School and previously clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Byron R. White.

Flaherty’s talk focused on the Declaration of Independence, explaining that the three main purposes of the Declaration were to act as a constitutional law brief, a legal assertion to the international world, and a general statement of human rights. He traced the origins of the American system of government back to England’s government structure of the monarchy, aristocracy, and democracy, a triangle cornered by the crown, the House of Lords, and a House of Commons that was the basis for the American executive, the judiciary and congressional branches of government that set a foundation for the balance of power and liberty Americans enjoy today.

Martin S. Flaherty.Under the British Constitution, Parliament held power over the whole empire. Though the colonists proclaimed loyalty to the British monarch, they were also loyal to their own “mini-triangles” with local assemblies. They saw the British Royal Governor as the representative of the crown, to the point where Lord Cornbury, the Royal Governor of New York, would cross dress as the Queen. When Parliament started taxing the colonies, there was what Flaherty called a “clash of constitutions.”

Flaherty noted that the first two paragraphs of the Declaration of Independence are the most commonly read. In drafting this portion, Flaherty says, “Jefferson has done a fancy version of plagiarizing John Locke. He's a great writer. But, you know, he's not saying anything that Locke didn't say in the second treaty.” He continued, “What Jefferson says is not original, nor is his use of law original, but it's precisely because it's so eloquent and because it is said in a way that is timeless and universal, that it continues to have the impact it has today.”

Flaherty had three concluding thoughts about this section’s enduring legacy: equality, rights, and consent. He acknowledged that the Constitution was not written with minorities in mind, particularly women and racial minorities. Mentioning Frederick Douglass and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, he explained how each expanded on the equality claimed in the Constitution to broaden rights to minorities.

Bringing the conversation to the present day, an audience member asked, “Why do you think that our checks and balances are no longer effective?”

Flaherty raised a host of problems including “economic aristocrats,” “partisan and racial gerrymandering,” and the power of social media, as factors undermining the balance of power that were never envisioned by the founders. The unitary executive theory, making the President immune from prosecution for deeds executed in office, has further skewed the balance of power by making the executive the most powerful branch of government.

He said, “Well, I think one of the worst crafted [Supreme Court] opinions I've ever seen is Trump versus the United States where the Supreme Court, I think, invented out of whole cloth, this notion of the executive having immunity for official acts, could not be more antithetical to the intention of the founders.”

A member of the audience said, “Those of us who are concerned about the degradation of checks and balances, what can we do? What other messages of hope do you have for us?”

Flaherty said, “The fact that the country and even the world seems to be stumbling along as well as it is, is kind of a miracle, right?” … “It is very clear what needs to be reformed.”… “The nation has faced crises even worse and risen up and, you know, come out as a better nation and I think there is every reason to think that if everybody who is concerned about these things puts their shoulder to the grindstone, we will get out of this.”

Watch his talk here.

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Published: 10 May 2026

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These letters were submitted by Nan Berke, Shilpa Spencer, Radhika Dewan, Tina Lin and Sharon Chesler.

(Letter from Nan Berke)

As a former Edgewood and SHS PTA President, and a former member of the SBNC and co-chair of the SBNC Administrative Committee, I know that the School Board Nominating Committee can work well. It has helped make Scarsdale schools what they are. I have also seen times when the SBNC gets it wrong. This tends to happen when personal agendas dominate the group.

While I know none of the people running for school board this year, or what happened in this year’s SBNC, two things pop out:

Mr. Zeigler has not lived in Scarsdale long enough or volunteered with the schools in any meaningful way. If you want to devise ways to change and improve something, you first need a solid understanding of how it works.

Education is Scarsdale’s industry; I think it is vital to pick someone who has shown a commitment to thoughtfully learning about how our schools operate. Mr. Zeigler is not yet that person.

Ms. German, on the other hand, has ample experience with the schools. Why was she not chosen as a school board candidate? Those outside of the SNNC Committee do not know, but it is baffling.

I will be voting for Erica German. I respect her experienced and very thoughtful approach to running for school board. I applaud her for running outside the system. Fortunately, the SBNC is structured to allow for the possibility of outside candidates, making it more democratic. Non-SBNC candidates have run and won before, and served this community well. I think Erica will do the same.

Nan Berke
258 Nelson Road

(Letter from Shilpa Spencer)

Dear Scarsdale 10583,
I am writing this letter (in my individual capacity) to wholeheartedly voice my support of Erica German for the Scarsdale Board of Education. As a long-time Scarsdale resident and fellow PTA volunteer, I have had the privilege of working alongside Erica for years, and I can say with confidence that she would be an extraordinary addition to our Board.

Erica is also one of those rare people who combines genuine warmth with exceptional capability. She cares deeply about every member of this community - not just as a leader, but as a person. She listens carefully, asks the right questions, and always keeps the needs of students and families at the center of her work. In every volunteer role I have seen her take on, she brings the same tireless energy and thoughtfulness.

What strikes me most about Erica is her ability to hold space for different perspectives with civility and respect, which is a quality that feels especially important right now. She doesn't lead by imposing her own agenda; she leads by listening first, building consensus through respectful dialog, and focusing on what is best for our children. Erica will listen to all voices, will represent all of us, and will work diligently to collaborate across disparate ideas and agendas. This, above all else, feels so critically important in our elected leadership and is my strongest reason for endorsing her.

But I have many additional reasons why I know she is the right person to join the BOE right now. Erica is exceptionally and uniquely qualified for this role because of her 17 years of volunteerism on behalf of Scarsdale families and our children. She has rolled up her sleeves and done the real work for many, many years. She understands the critical importance of the work she does, she understands the great impact that Board leadership has on our community, and she has very firsthand knowledge of the breadth and depth of diversity that makes Scarsdale the uniquely beautiful community that it is. Erica has lived in Scarsdale for almost 2 decades, she has raised many children through our school system, and has put in the time and work to develop a strong understanding of the complexities and beauty in our community. The PTC role alone requires her to collaborate across all seven schools, working with parents, teachers, and administrators on issues ranging from student wellness to special education to technology, but she preceded that with years of service in a multitude of other roles within Scarsdale. And even if more compelling than her very extensive experience, is very strong passion for our shared community, and unrelenting desire to serve it.

Her professional background as a practicing psychiatrist gives her a perspective that is uniquely valuable on a school board today. She understands in a deep way that student well-being and academic excellence are inseparable, and she brings both clinical insight and human compassion to that understanding. As a mother of four children who have attended Scarsdale schools, she also lives these issues personally.

Erica German is the correct choice for one of the Board of Education seats, and we would be making a mistake as a community if we didn’t elect her. Please join me in voting for her.

Shilpa Spencer

(Letter from Radhika Dewan)

I am writing this letter in my personal capacity.

I am very pleased to support Erica’s candidacy for the Board of Education.

I have known Erica for over 10 years, and one of my earliest interactions with her has stayed with me. When I was new to Scarsdale, Erica was chairing the garden club at Quaker Ridge. She went out of her way to make me feel welcome and took the time to give me the “cliff notes” on QRS & the community. It was a small gesture, but it spoke volumes about who she is — inclusive, generous with her time, and deeply invested in helping others feel part of the community.

Over the years, I have seen those same qualities reflected in her broader involvement in our schools. She has taken on numerous PTA leadership roles, including serving as PTA President at Quaker Ridge School, where I had the opportunity to work closely with her. I saw firsthand how seriously she takes the work, how thoughtfully she approaches issues, and how committed she is to doing what is best for students and families.

What I have always appreciated about Erica is her calm, measured approach. She listens carefully, considers different perspectives, and brings people together in a constructive way. Those qualities matter enormously in a Board of Education member.

What also sets Erica apart is the breadth of her experience as a parent in the district. Having had children progress through elementary, middle, and high school, she brings a comprehensive, ground-level understanding of the student experience across all stages. She has a strong pulse on both student and community needs, and she understands how decisions made at the board level translate into real outcomes for families.

I believe Erica would bring judgment, experience, and a genuine commitment to the community and to the Board of Education, and I am happy to support her.

Radhika Dewan

(Letter from Tina Lin)

Dear Scarsdale10583,

I am writing to express my unequivocal support for Erica German for the Scarsdale Board of Education (BOE). With extensive experience as a PTA leader and as a psychiatrist, a thoughtful analytical approach, and genuine kindness, Erica would be an outstanding Board member. The challenges faced by our community and our students are difficult and nuanced, but Erica possesses the skills, the relationships, and the temperament to lead effectively. I offer this endorsement as a private citizen, unrelated to my position on the Scarsdale High School PTA Executive Committee.

As a long-time PTA and community volunteer, I share several mutual friends with Erica and have long heard others sing her praises, but I did not have the privilege of working with her until she and I served on the Parent Teacher Council (PTC) together as Presidents of our respective schools’ PTAs in 2023-2024. During our time together on the PTC, I was impressed by Erica’s ability to ask appropriate questions, articulate critical points of an issue, and propose consensus-driven solutions. Her careful and thorough edits to PTC statements demonstrated her sensitivity, attention to detail, and appreciation of how words matter. At the same time, Erica recognizes that actions speak loudly. With an unfaltering “can-do” and “will-do” attitude, she can be relied upon for any task, from attending lengthy BOE budget meetings to assembling a complicated balloon arch for a SMS 8th grade event (even without having an 8th grader).

To the BOE, Erica would bring important institutional knowledge and trusted relationships, built from many years of being a collaborative volunteer and an involved parent of four children in Heathcote, Quaker Ridge, Scarsdale Middle School, and Scarsdale High School. Erica was a volunteer class parent, led multiple committees at various levels, and served on the QRS PTA Executive Committee as VP of Class Parents (2016-2018), President-Elect (2022-2023), and President (2023-2024). She is currently the President of the Scarsdale PTC. Having established mental health and emotional well-being as critical components of our children’s education, the BOE will also benefit from Erica’s professional expertise as a psychiatrist.

Erica knows Scarsdale Schools; she knows the processes; she knows the people; she knows the community; and she knows the issues. She is a candidate who will seamlessly transition onto the Board of Education and be impactful from day one.

Above all else, I trust Erica. At her core, she is generous and compassionate. She listens with an open mind and has always treated others with respect and civility. I have the utmost confidence that she will act with integrity and make balanced decisions based on insightful analysis, consideration of all perspectives, and most importantly, with our students as the priority.

I hope that you will vote for Erica German for the Scarsdale Board of Education on May 19th.

Best Regards,
Tina Lin
19 Murray Hill Rd.

(Letter from Sharon Chesler)

I'm writing in my personal capacity as a Scarsdale resident - not in my role as the Membership Chair of the Greenacres Neighborhood Association, or as a board member of Scarsdale Little League.

I've known Erica German for years — as a neighbor, a fellow parent, a PTA colleague, and a fellow baseball mom cheering from the bleachers. I'm writing because I believe she would be an extraordinary member of our Board of Education, and I want every Scarsdale voter to know why before May 19th.

Erica has been embedded in our schools for 17 years — not as an occasional presence, but as someone who shows up consistently, does the unglamorous work, and builds real relationships with teachers, administrators, and families across all Scarsdale schools. She served as PTA President and Parent-Teacher Council President, working with all seven PTAs. For the past two years, she has attended nearly every public Board of Education meeting — not because she had to, but because she cared enough to show up before she ever decided to run. I watched her do this work up close. She listens before she speaks. She brings people together rather than dividing them. She earns trust rather than demanding it.

What makes Erica's candidacy truly exceptional is the combination of what she brings as a parent and as a professional. She is a practicing psychiatrist whose career informs her understanding of student mental health and wellness — at a moment when every one of us is worried about our kids. This isn't a credential on a resume. It's the lens through which she sees every policy question. When the board debates scheduling, curriculum, or how we support struggling students, Erica will ask the questions a psychiatrist asks: Is this actually working for kids? Who are we not reaching?

She is also a parent of four children who have grown up in our schools — two SHS graduates, one current SHS student, and one still in elementary school. Not only has she lived every stage of Scarsdale schools: the excitement of elementary school, the social complexity of middle school, the pressure of SHS, and the college process. She is still in it, right alongside the rest of us.

I respect the work the SBNC does. But I'd ask our community to consider this: the nomination came down to a committee of 30 people, with just 16 votes needed to secure it. That is a small group to speak for an entire town. Our democratic process exists precisely for moments like this — so that Scarsdale voters, not a subset of them, make the final call. And Erica has given us every reason to choose her.

Some have suggested that Erica's deep involvement in our schools makes her less qualified — that familiarity is somehow a form of bias. I'd ask you to consider that argument carefully. Every board member brings a perspective. The question is whether that perspective is grounded in real knowledge and genuine commitment, or whether it's simply new. As a psychiatrist, Erica has spent her entire career making sure her own viewpoint doesn't cloud her judgment — that's literally part of her professional training. What 17 years in these schools gives her isn't a predetermined agenda. It's the knowledge to ask the right questions, and the relationships to understand what the answers actually mean. Experience isn't bias. It's preparation. And it's exactly what we need on this board.

Erica said this about why she decided to run: "On a personal level, this decision is also meaningful to me as a parent. I want my four children to see that if you care deeply about something and believe you can contribute, it's worth continuing to step forward, even if the first path doesn't work out." That's not a campaign line. That's character.

If this letter isn't enough to get you to vote for Erica — I encourage you to visit ericagerman10583.com and see for yourself. Read her priorities, her background, and what her neighbors are saying. Five minutes on that site will tell you everything you need to know.

This is a three-way race for two seats. If you want to support Erica, please vote for her and her alone — every vote counts, and splitting your ballot helps the opposing slate.

Scarsdale is lucky to have a neighbor like Erica willing to serve. I hope you'll join me in voting for her.

Sharon Chesler

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Keynote Speaker Lauren TetenbaumEnding sexual violence in all its forms requires not just awareness, but also healing, prevention, and cultural shifts. These were just some of the messages delivered by Lauren Tetenbaum, LCSW, who served as the keynote speaker Tuesday evening during Scarsdale’s first-ever, Take Back the Night Rally. More than 75 members of the community came to Chase Park to show their support for the cause by joining in the vigil and participating in a ceremonial march around the Village. Together, participants recited chants of empowerment and demands for change during the walk.

“Globally, 1 in 3 women and 1 in 6 men experience some form of sexual or intimate partner violence. While the number of reports of domestic violence incidents in Westchester County has decreased in the past decade, the figures are likely under-reported – and any is too many,” said Tetenbaum who is an expert on reproductive rights and women’s mental health and works professionally as a psychotherapist. She is also a former practicing lawyer with experience supporting survivors of domestic violence, the author of a book on women’s health, and the mother of two children who attend elementary school here in Scarsdale. Tetenbaum highlighted that while Westchester has excellent resources for survivors of sexual assault, preventing it altogether through systemic change is key. “These are difficult topics to think about, to talk about, but we must do so to destigmatize them. Prevention starts with education, and that starts with us: the teachers, parents, and allies in our community.”

The Scarsdale Safe Coalition aims to prevent sexual assault and all forms of violence by reducing the risk factors that contribute to violent behaviors, including harmful norms that support aggression or perpetuate dangerous and outdated ideas around masculinity and femininity. SFCS Executive Director Jay Genova stated that he was pleased to see so many male adults and students in the crowd, noting that men hold an important role in ending sexual violence. Tetenbaum echoed that “locker room talk” in which women are devalued and objectified is not funny or acceptable, and that witnesses to any form of sexual assault should intervene when safe and appropriate.

Take Back the Night is a global movement dedicated to ending all forms of sexual violence, including sexual assault, abuse, trafficking, stalking, gender-based harassment, and relationship violence, while also supporting survivors in their healing journeys. Safe Coalition Coordinator Millie Chatelain served as emcee of the evening.

The rally was organized by the Scarsdale Safe Coalition and its community and county partners, including the Scarsdale Police Department, the Scarsdale Library, Friends of the Music and Arts, Pace Women’s Justice Center, Westcop, and the Putnam Northern Westchester Women’s Resource Center and sponsored by Hope’s Door and the Junior League of Central Westchester. The event also featured eleven-year-old Hermione Fung, a local student representing Friends of Music and Arts who played a soothing musical piece on her violin, the Scarsdale High School acapella group, For Good Measure, and Sushi, Scarsdale Police Department’s facility dog who provided emotional support and comfort to the attendees. Scarsdale Edgemont Family Counseling Service serves as the lead agency and fiscal agent.

For more information about the Safe Coalition or to become involved, please contact Millie Chatelain, LMHC, at [email protected].