Robert G. Scorrano
Republican · NY · Town Supervisor, Town of Somers
Somers Town Supervisor since 2022 and a former town Zoning Board of Appeals member, he worked in energy trading and later in insurance and financial services. He points to keeping the town under the state tax cap and wants to finish major town projects now underway.
Where Robert G. Scorrano stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Safety and Crime Control (1 record)
Opposes
Government Spending Reduction (1 record)
Mixed record
Environment and Public Health (3 support · 1 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 3 support · 1 oppose
Publicly backed Yorktown's 2024 suspension of fluoride in the drinking water Somers shares with it. He cited personal choice and possible health risks.
October 1, 2024Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: theexaminernews.com
Announced in September 2023 that the state approved the Angle Fly Preserve land swap he had pursued. It moved athletic-field rights to Reis Park and kept 3 more acres of the preserve natural.
September 22, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: news.halstonmedia.com
Voted on Sept. 7, 2023 to make Somers a state "30x30" conservation community, joining the goal of protecting 30% of land by 2030. It passed 4-0 with one abstention.
September 7, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: news.halstonmedia.com
Wrote to the Carmel Planning Board on May 31, 2023 opposing a gun club expansion. He cited lead and clay target fragments found on Heritage Hills land in Somers.
May 31, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: theexaminernews.com
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 1 oppose
Presented the 2024 town budget that the Town Board adopted at its Dec. 14, 2023 meeting. Spending rose 4.99% to $16.8 million, and the tax levy rose 2.25%, under the state cap.
December 14, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: news.halstonmedia.com
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 1 support
Voted with the full 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 — General
General · 12 records
Wrote a July 31, 2026 column on the town's emergency planning. It described the Emergency Operations Committee he chairs, which includes police, fire, schools and Heritage Hills groups.
July 31, 2026
Source: news.halstonmedia.com
Voted on Jan. 22, 2026 for a 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
Held the vice president post of the East of Hudson Watershed Corporation as of Jan. 6, 2026. The group of 19 watershed towns builds stormwater projects to cut phosphorus pollution.
January 6, 2026
Source: eohwc.org
Voted on Nov. 6, 2025 to appoint Gina Arena to the vacant Town Board seat. The appointment passed 3-0 with one abstention.
November 6, 2025
Source: news.halstonmedia.com
Joined county executive candidate Christine Sculti at a September 2025 press conference where she called for an independent probe of how the county vets school resource officers. He said people must be held accountable.
September 22, 2025
Source: news.halstonmedia.com
Voted on Oct. 10, 2024 to change the zoning code so battery storage plants cannot claim public-utility status in Somers. It passed 4-0 with one recusal.
October 10, 2024
Source: news.halstonmedia.com
Voted with the full Town Board on June 13, 2024 to hire a law firm to fight a planned battery storage plant just over the Carmel line. He also backed a state bill giving towns control over such sites.
June 13, 2024
Source: theexaminernews.com
Voted with the full Town Board on Aug. 10, 2023 to rezone 19 acres in Lincolndale from neighborhood shopping to residential and office-light industrial zones.
August 10, 2023
Source: news.halstonmedia.com
Spoke at a press conference with Rep. Mike Lawler against Gov. Kathy Hochul's statewide housing plan. He called the plan's removal of local zoning control irresponsible.
February 13, 2023
Source: theexaminernews.com
Appointed former Supervisor Rick Morrissey as his deputy supervisor on Jan. 6, 2022, instead of a Town Board member as was the local custom.
January 6, 2022
Source: theexaminernews.com
Was elected Somers Town Supervisor on Nov. 2, 2021, defeating Democrat Stephanie Keegan.
November 2, 2021
Source: theexaminernews.com
Served on the Somers Zoning Board of Appeals, the town board that rules on zoning variances, from 2015 to 2018.
May 12, 2021
Source: theexaminernews.com
Past race Robert G. Scorrano ran in:
- Town Supervisor, Town of Somers · November 3, 2026 · Somers town, New York · incumbent