Ellen L. Silver
Democratic · NY · Village Trustee, Village of Mamaroneck
Mamaroneck village trustee since 2024, with an NYU MBA and more than 20 years in banking; she earlier chaired the village Committee for the Environment. Her priorities are moving funded flood projects into construction and finding budget savings and new revenue.
Where Ellen L. Silver stands, based on their records
Supports
Environment and Public Health (4 records), Government Efficiency (1 record), Public Infrastructure (5 records)
Opposes
Government Spending Reduction (5 records)
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 4 support
Voted for a stricter stormwater law that tightens how building projects must control rain runoff and moves the rules into the zoning code. It passed 5-0.
March 23, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
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Made the motion, passed 4-0, endorsing the Mamaroneck Greenway concept and backing the Committee for the Environment's search for money to design and build it.
April 14, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
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Argued at a board work session against loosening the village's ban on gas leaf blowers, calling leaf blowing a health and safety issue.
April 14, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
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Made the motion for a six-month pilot of a free electric shuttle from the train station to Harbor Island Park, costing about $7,437 a month. It passed 3-2.
March 10, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
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Track record — Government Efficiency
Government Efficiency · 1 support
Voted for a resolution, passed 4-1 over the mayor's no vote, making the village manager solely responsible for seeking and managing flood grant money and requiring monthly public progress reports.
January 26, 2026Supports Government Efficiency
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Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 5 oppose
Made the motion to adopt the village's $50.3 million 2026-27 budget, which raised about $32 million in property taxes. It passed 4-1.
April 27, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Made the motion, passed 4-0, approving pay raises for village employees who are not in a union.
May 27, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted for a local law letting the village exceed the state property tax cap for its 2025-26 budget if needed, and for that budget. Both passed 4-0.
April 28, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Made the motion for a six-month pilot of a free electric shuttle from the train station to Harbor Island Park, costing about $7,437 a month. It passed 3-2.
March 10, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Made the motions for seven bond resolutions, each passed 5-0, allowing about $12.1 million in borrowing for flood mitigation, village buildings, vehicles, a harbor master boat and other projects.
March 10, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 5 support
Asked for more time to review a new flood and storm-sewer fee, then voted for the law creating it. The law passed 5-0 and keeps the money in a separate account for flood work.
September 8, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: mamaroneckobserver.org
Voted for a stricter stormwater law that tightens how building projects must control rain runoff and moves the rules into the zoning code. It passed 5-0.
March 23, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: public.destinyhosted.com
Voted for a resolution, passed 4-1 over the mayor's no vote, making the village manager solely responsible for seeking and managing flood grant money and requiring monthly public progress reports.
January 26, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: public.destinyhosted.com
Made the motion, passed 4-0, endorsing the Mamaroneck Greenway concept and backing the Committee for the Environment's search for money to design and build it.
April 14, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: public.destinyhosted.com
Made the motions for seven bond resolutions, each passed 5-0, allowing about $12.1 million in borrowing for flood mitigation, village buildings, vehicles, a harbor master boat and other projects.
March 10, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure
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Track record — General
General · 6 records
Before becoming a trustee, chaired the village Committee for the Environment and led its Climate Smart Communities Task Force. She had spent over 20 years in corporate and private banking.
September 30, 2026
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Voted for an 18-month contract paying LMC Media at least $184,350 a year to film village meetings and events. It passed 3-1.
August 10, 2026
Source: mamaroneckobserver.org
Cast the lone no vote on a local law adding paid meter hours on Sunday mornings in some village parking zones. It passed 4-1.
April 27, 2026
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Made the motion, passed 4-0, naming The Mariner as the food and beverage vendor at Harbor Island Park and starting license talks.
January 12, 2026
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Cast the lone no vote on a local law changing which building projects need Board of Architectural Review approval, with a $40,000 cost threshold and an exemption for small rooftop solar. It passed 3-1.
June 9, 2025
Source: public.destinyhosted.com
Voted with the full board, 5-0, to drop Westhab as developer of the Hunter Tier affordable housing project and end that selection process, which the board found tainted by secret contacts.
March 24, 2025
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Past race Ellen L. Silver ran in:
- Mamaroneck Village Trustee · November 3, 2026 · Mamaroneck village, New York · incumbent