Judith A. Myers, District 7 Majority Whip

Legislator Judy Myers has lived in the Town of Mamaroneck for 25 years. She was first elected the County Legislator for the 7th district in a special election in February 2005.

Myers has accomplished a great deal in her first three years in office. As Chair of the County Board's Family, Health and Human Services Committee in 2006 and 2007, Judy turned the committee’s attention to tackling a wide range of critical issues — from childcare to AIDS to saving the Westchester Medical Center. She succeeded in increasing access to quality childcare through a county scholarship program. She also represents the County Board on the 13-member Westchester County Board of Health, working to incorporate the public health concerns and initiatives of the Board of Legislators with those of the Board of Health and Department of Public Health.

Myers has also served on the Environment and Energy Committee, the Legislation Committee, and the Public Works, Transportation, Labor and Parks Committee. She has addressed the need for more open space by pushing forward the county’s plan to clean up and acquire Davids Island in New Rochelle as a county park; helped to shape Rye Playland’s new master plan and landscaping plans for the Jay Heritage Center in Rye; and is currently working with local advocates in their bid to open the Westchester Children’s Museum at Playland. To ease the playing field shortage in Larchmont and Mamaroneck, Myers successfully secured $1.5 million to help build a new athletic field that will open in 2008 in Larchmont’s Flint Park. Following the devastating floods of March and April 2007, Myers was appointed to the County Executive’s Flood Action Task Force to develop a $10 million per year funding mechanism for municipal flood mitigation projects.

For the current 2008-2009 legislative term, Myers was elected to serve as the Majority Whip for the Democratic caucus. In this leadership position, she will work with each of the legislature's committees, including the Budget and Appropriations Committee, to carry out the majority caucus' legislative priorities.

As a proponent of greater regional planning, inter-municipal cooperation and open government, Myers has fought to keep taxes under control in the face of rising medical and retirement costs, both at the town and the county levels. During her six years on the Mamaroneck Town Council, Myers took on critical land use issues that threatened the Town’s quality of life. These included preventing the mega-store Ikea from destroying residential areas; helping to develop commercial property design guidelines; placing limits on noisy blasting and rock removal; controlling the over-development of “McMansions”; and, passing legislation to protect wetlands and watercourses.

In addition to serving as the 7th District’s County Legislator, Myers serves on a number of community boards, including the United Way of Larchmont and Mamaroneck; the Mamaroneck CAP Center; and, the Community Advisory Board of the Junior League of Westchester on the Sound. She is also an active member of the Larchmont/Mamaroneck Summit; RADAR; the League of Women Voters; and the Westchester Women’s Agenda.

Judy is married to Ira Schwartz, has two grown children and a golden retriever.

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