Emily S. Baldwin
Democratic · NY · City Council Member, City of Rye
Rye City Council member since February 2026; a former Morgan Stanley investment banker and Pepperidge Farm brand manager who now runs The Move MBA, a service for seniors and families in transition. She focuses on flood relief and storm resilience, and on cleaner water in Long Island Sound.
Where Emily S. Baldwin stands, based on their records
Supports
Environment and Public Health (2 records), Public Infrastructure (3 records)
Opposes
Government Spending Reduction (1 record)
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 2 support
Presented the resolution for Rye to join the Long Island Sound Watershed Intermunicipal Council, a group of local governments working on stormwater and sewage pollution. The council approved it unanimously.
March 25, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: ryerecord.com
Spoke at a Harrison Town Board meeting against the town's 2023 rezoning that allowed apartments in the Beaver Swamp Brook flood plain next to her Rye neighborhood. She cited county and state studies warning against building there because of flooding.
May 7, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: ryerecord.com
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 1 oppose
Seconded and voted to hire the consultant CityScape for $36,000 for the first phase of a plan to improve the city's weak cell phone service. It passed without opposition.
July 15, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: ryeny.gov
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 3 support
Seconded and voted to hire the consultant CityScape for $36,000 for the first phase of a plan to improve the city's weak cell phone service. It passed without opposition.
July 15, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: ryeny.gov
Moved a resolution to work with the Village of Rye Brook and the Town of Harrison on flood control and storm resilience along the Blind Brook. It passed 6-0.
April 15, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: ryeny.gov
Presented and voted for a resolution to work with the Village of Mamaroneck and the Town of Harrison on flood control along the Mamaroneck River and Beaver Swamp Brook. It passed 7-0.
March 4, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: ryeny.gov
Track record — General
General · 6 records
Voted to deny a request to exempt a mixed-use building project at 43 Locust Avenue from the city's six-month development pause. The denial passed 4-1.
August 12, 2026
Source: ryeny.gov
Seconded and voted for a six-month pause on reviewing new development applications in downtown Rye, nearby business districts, and apartment buildings of six or more units. It passed 5-2.
June 8, 2026
Source: ryeny.gov
Seconded a change that dropped most one- and two-family home teardowns and rebuilds from a proposed six-month building pause. It passed 7-0. She then voted with a 4-3 majority to keep the public hearing open for more comment.
May 27, 2026
Source: ryeny.gov
Abstained, on the night she joined the council, from the vote on a local law banning gas-powered leaf blowers year-round. The ban passed 6-0.
February 11, 2026
Source: ryeny.gov
Was appointed unanimously to the Rye City Council on 2026-02-11 to fill the seat Josh Nathan left when he became mayor.
February 11, 2026
Source: ryerecord.com
Published a letter in The Rye Record urging voters to elect Democrat Josh Nathan as mayor and Marion Anderson, James Ward, and Amy Kesavan to the City Council, citing flooding.
October 27, 2025
Source: ryerecord.com
Past race Emily S. Baldwin ran in:
- City Council Member (Unexpired Term), City of Rye · November 3, 2026 · Rye city, New York · incumbent