Don Scott
Republican · NY
Former Bedford Town Board member (2015-2019) and past Katonah Board of Education president, and longtime head of a Katonah-based legal marketing firm. He emphasizes transparent, lower-cost local government and more resident input through online civic tools.
Where Don Scott stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Infrastructure (1 record)
Opposes
Government Spending Reduction (2 records)
Mixed record
Environment and Public Health (1 support · 1 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 1 support · 1 oppose
Cast the lone vote against Bedford's new leaf blower law, which limits motorized leaf blowers and gas-powered ones in hamlet zones; it passed 4-1. His motion to delay the hamlet zone map failed 1-4.
June 19, 2018Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: ecode360.com
Moved a resolution, passed 5-0, asking Westchester County to do a full environmental review before letting the county airport serve far more passengers, and to give Bedford a say as an interested agency.
April 21, 2016Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: ecode360.com
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 2 oppose
Voted with a unanimous board to award an $18.7 million contract, about $16 million after a credit, to build sewers for the Bedford Hills and Katonah business districts.
December 3, 2019Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: ecode360.com
Cast the lone vote against ending town-paid health insurance for part-time Bedford Town Board members, which passed 3-1. He had asked to delay the vote for more review.
March 1, 2016Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: ecode360.com
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 1 support
Voted with a unanimous board to award an $18.7 million contract, about $16 million after a credit, to build sewers for the Bedford Hills and Katonah business districts.
December 3, 2019Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: ecode360.com
Track record — General
General · 4 records
Seconded approval, passed 5-0, of a settlement of a lawsuit against Bedford's 2018 law limiting where vape products could be sold. The board also set a hearing on a replacement e-cigarette sales law.
September 3, 2019
Source: ecode360.com
Voted with a unanimous board to drop a proposed bike park in Katonah Memorial Park after neighbors objected. He then voted no, in a 3-2 loss, on leaving plans for the town's Zema property to staff study instead of a board work session.
May 1, 2018
Source: ecode360.com
Moved a resolution, passed 5-0, urging Gov. Cuomo and the state Legislature to change state law so ridesharing services could operate in New York.
December 20, 2016
Source: ecode360.com
Won a full four-year term on the Bedford Town Board in November 2015, after winning a 2014 election to fill the last year of Chris Burdick's council term.
November 3, 2015
Source: therecorder.org
Past race Don Scott ran in:
- Town Supervisor, Town of Bedford · November 3, 2026 · Bedford town, New York