Jonathan Taylor
Republican · NY · Mayor of the Village of Newark, New York
Jonathan Taylor has been mayor of Newark since 2014, after serving as a village trustee, and works as a feed manager at a local dairy farm. His priorities are downtown redevelopment and infrastructure upgrades.
Where Jonathan Taylor stands, based on their records
Supports
Environment and Public Health (1 record), Public Safety and Crime Control (2 records), Housing Affordability (2 records),
Mixed record
Government Spending Reduction (3 support · 2 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 1 support
Voted with the board 3-0 to sign the state Climate Smart Communities Pledge. The pledge commits the village to cut energy use and plan for climate change.
June 12, 2017Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: villageofnewarkny.gov
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 3 support · 2 oppose
Voted with the full board to approve North Main Street bonds: $10.2 million for streets, $3.9 million for water, and $2.5 million for sewer work.
April 30, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: villageofnewarkny.gov
Presented, as the village's chief budget officer, a 2026 budget plan that raised the tax rate 1.9% to pay for major building projects. Water and sewer rates stayed the same.
April 7, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: villageofnewarkny.gov
Voted with the full board to approve the 2019 budget with no tax rate increase and a tax levy of $4,215,744. He noted it was the third year in four with no rate increase.
April 17, 2018Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: villageofnewarkny.gov
Voted no on buying three new safety equipment items for a police car, saying most officers were happy with the current gear. The purchase failed 2-2 with one abstention.
September 15, 2015Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: villageofnewarkny.gov
Moved, as a village trustee, to repeal the local law that let Newark go over the state property tax cap for the 2015 budget. The repeal passed 4-1.
June 17, 2014Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: villageofnewarkny.gov
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 2 support
Voted with the full board to pass a local law banning unlicensed cannabis businesses in Newark. It bars village planning and zoning boards from approving them.
August 20, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: villageofnewarkny.gov
Moved and voted yes, as a village trustee, on a change to the village fire rule (Code Section 104-1) for a planned RV campground. It set a 150-foot gap from buildings outside the development and passed 3-2.
September 16, 2014Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: villageofnewarkny.gov
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 2 support
Voted with the full board to change the village code so commercial buildings in home zones can be turned into homes.
February 17, 2026Supports Housing Affordability
Source: villageofnewarkny.gov
Voted yes on a 5-0 roll call to rezone 345 Grace Avenue from R-1 to R-2 to allow housing in a long-empty building. Some neighbors had raised traffic concerns.
November 18, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: villageofnewarkny.gov
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 4 support
Voted with the full board to approve North Main Street bonds: $10.2 million for streets, $3.9 million for water, and $2.5 million for sewer work.
April 30, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: villageofnewarkny.gov
Presented, as the village's chief budget officer, a 2026 budget plan that raised the tax rate 1.9% to pay for major building projects. Water and sewer rates stayed the same.
April 7, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: villageofnewarkny.gov
Voted with the full board to send in Newark's application again for the state's Downtown Revitalization Initiative grant.
August 17, 2021Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: villageofnewarkny.gov
Voted yes to switch parking on South Main Street (Route 88) from angled to parallel between Miller Street and High Street. The change passed 3-2.
May 2, 2017Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: villageofnewarkny.gov
Track record — General
General · 2 records
Voted with the full board to pass a 12-month pause on retail cannabis businesses in the village.
May 16, 2023
Source: villageofnewarkny.gov
Stepped aside from the talks and the vote on a $5,700 contract to Schwartz Excavating for the village industrial park pond. The other trustees approved it 3-0.
April 26, 2016
Source: villageofnewarkny.gov
Past race Jonathan Taylor ran in:
- Mayor · November 3, 2026 · Newark village, New York · incumbent