Rika Levin
Democratic · NY · Mayor, Village of Ossining
Ossining's mayor since 2021, first appointed a village trustee in 2015; a former Fortune 100 chief marketing officer with an MBA from NYU Stern. Her priorities are downtown redevelopment and more affordable housing while keeping a balanced budget.
Where Rika Levin stands, based on their records
Supports
Environment and Public Health (4 records), Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties (1 record), Social Programs and Welfare (1 record),
Opposes
Government Spending Reduction (5 records)
Mixed record
Housing Affordability (2 support · 2 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 4 support
Voted for up to $63.16 million in bonds to build the new Indian Brook Water Treatment Plant. It passed 5-0.
September 1, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: villageofossining.civicweb.net
Moved the board's support for Ossining100, a local chapter of a group that tracks carbon emissions and helps cut them at least 5% a year. It passed 5-0.
November 4, 2020Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: villageofossining.civicweb.net
Moved an agreement for three village sites to join the New York Power Authority's Westchester community solar program. It passed 4-0.
September 2, 2020Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: villageofossining.civicweb.net
Moved the village's 10% local match for a state Green Innovation Grant for the water treatment plant project. It passed 5-0.
June 17, 2020Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: villageofossining.civicweb.net
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 5 oppose
Voted for the village's 2026 budget. It raised $26,415,033 in property taxes and set the tax rate at $8.36 per $1,000 of assessed value, down from $8.57. It passed 5-0.
December 3, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: villageofossining.civicweb.net
Voted for an extra $40,024,228 in bonds to cover higher construction costs for the Indian Brook Water Treatment Plant. It passed 4-0.
August 7, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: villageofossining.civicweb.net
Voted for up to $63.16 million in bonds to build the new Indian Brook Water Treatment Plant. It passed 5-0.
September 1, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: villageofossining.civicweb.net
Moved the village's 10% local match for a state Green Innovation Grant for the water treatment plant project. It passed 5-0.
June 17, 2020Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: villageofossining.civicweb.net
Started the village board resolution urging Congress to reject a proposed federal budget that would end the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities. The board passed it on March 29, 2017.
March 29, 2017Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: theexaminernews.com
Track record — Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties · 1 support
Moved hiring a facilitator to help the board and police write the village's police reform plan under Executive Order 203. The order called for addressing racial bias in policing. It passed 5-0.
July 15, 2020Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: villageofossining.civicweb.net
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 2 support · 2 oppose
Voted for Ossining to adopt New York's Pro-Housing Communities pledge to help ease the housing shortage. It passed 3-1, with one trustee abstaining.
November 6, 2024Supports Housing Affordability
Source: villageofossining.civicweb.net
Voted to support a county tax break (PILOT) for the 30 Water Street housing project on the former public works site, planned for lower-income and mixed-income housing. It passed 4-1.
July 20, 2022Supports Housing Affordability
Source: villageofossining.civicweb.net
Voted with the 3-2 majority to scale back Ossining's rent stabilization under ETPA, calling it "an antiquated dinosaur law."
February 25, 2019Opposes Housing Affordability
Source: theexaminernews.com
Voted against adopting rent stabilization under the state Emergency Tenant Protection Act (ETPA) in September 2018. The board approved it in a narrow vote.
September 5, 2018Opposes Housing Affordability
Source: theexaminernews.com
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 1 support
Joined a June 2025 rally in Ossining against federal Medicaid cuts.
June 19, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: theexaminernews.com
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 4 support
Voted to let the Ossining Muslim Community Center use 50 North Malcolm Street for Ramadan services and meals, under safety conditions, while its zoning request was pending. It passed 3-2.
February 18, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: villageofossining.civicweb.net
Voted to adopt a new village seal and stop using the old seal showing a Native American in profile. It passed 5-0.
May 18, 2022Supports Civil Rights
Source: villageofossining.civicweb.net
Publicly condemned a swastika drawn on a Nelson Park playground slide, saying there is no place for hate in Ossining.
August 19, 2021Supports Civil Rights
Source: theexaminernews.com
Issued a joint statement with the town supervisor and school superintendent after the Derek Chauvin verdict, calling to dismantle racism and build equitable systems.
April 27, 2021Supports Civil Rights
Source: theexaminernews.com
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 2 support
Voted for an extra $40,024,228 in bonds to cover higher construction costs for the Indian Brook Water Treatment Plant. It passed 4-0.
August 7, 2024Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: villageofossining.civicweb.net
Voted for up to $63.16 million in bonds to build the new Indian Brook Water Treatment Plant. It passed 5-0.
September 1, 2021Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: villageofossining.civicweb.net
Track record — General
General · 3 records
Was sworn in as Ossining's mayor on January 1, 2021, after serving on the Village Board since 2015.
January 1, 2021
Source: theexaminernews.com
Voted with the 3-2 majority to delay a vote on replacing the village seal's Native American head. She said the mayor had left most of the board out of the process.
December 16, 2020
Source: villageofossining.civicweb.net
Was endorsed by the Ossining Democratic Committee to run for mayor in February 2020.
February 13, 2020
Source: theexaminernews.com
Past race Rika Levin ran in:
- Mayor, Village of Ossining · November 3, 2026 · Ossining village, New York · incumbent