Gina M. Arena
Republican · NY · Town Council Member, Town of Somers
A Somers Town Council member since her appointment in 2025 and a Somers resident since 1988, she helped create the Foundation for Educating Children with Autism and co-founded the JIMMY Foundation in memory of her son.
Where Gina M. Arena stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Safety and Crime Control (1 record)
Opposes
Housing Affordability (1 record), Civil Rights (2 records)
Track record
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 1 support
Voted with the full Somers Town Board on July 9, 2026 for a law requiring master-key safes at apartment buildings with three or more units, so firefighters can get in fast.
July 9, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: news.halstonmedia.com
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 1 oppose
Wrote a July 2024 op-ed defending local zoning control. She criticized a 2022 state bill that let multifamily buildings go up near train stations without local approval.
July 2, 2024Opposes Housing Affordability
Source: theexaminernews.com
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 2 oppose
Publicly opposed Proposition 1, New York's 2024 Equal Rights Amendment, through her "Save Girls Sports" campaign. She argued it opened girls' teams to transgender students.
October 26, 2024Opposes Civil Rights
Source: theexaminernews.com
Wrote a September 2024 op-ed calling herself pro-choice and opposing transgender girls playing on girls' school sports teams.
September 17, 2024Opposes Civil Rights
Source: theexaminernews.com
Track record — General
General · 4 records
Was honored at Westchester County's District 2 Volunteer Awards in July 2026. Her nominator cited her work founding autism education programs and the JIMMY Foundation for seriously ill children.
August 5, 2026
Source: news.halstonmedia.com
Voted on Jan. 22, 2026 for a Somers resolution opposing state bills letting the state approve large battery storage plants over local zoning. It passed 3-0 with one abstention.
January 22, 2026
Source: news.halstonmedia.com
Was appointed to the vacant Somers Town Board seat on Nov. 6, 2025, by a 3-0 vote with one abstention.
November 6, 2025
Source: news.halstonmedia.com
Wrote a September 2022 op-ed opposing the MTA's congestion pricing plan. She called the planned $23 Manhattan toll a tax on Hudson Valley commuters.
September 16, 2022
Source: theexaminernews.com
Past race Gina M. Arena ran in:
- Town Council Member (Unexpired Term), Town of Somers · November 3, 2026 · Somers town, New York · incumbent