Paul J. Rinaldi
Democratic · NY · Village Trustee, Village of Tarrytown
Tarrytown village trustee since 2018 and a clinical psychologist who specializes in addiction. He served more than a decade on the village Ethics Committee and has pressed the fire department for a full accounting of its fundraising.
Where Paul J. Rinaldi stands, based on their records
Supports
Environment and Public Health (3 records), Government Efficiency (1 record), Public Safety and Crime Control (4 records),
Opposes
Government Spending Reduction (2 records)
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 3 support
Made the motion, passed 6-0, to renew Tarrytown's community electricity buying program with Sustainable Westchester and make 100% renewable power the default supply for residents.
June 2, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: tarrytownny.gov
Seconded the motion, passed 6-0, adopting a climate action plan for village operations with set goals for cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
July 15, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: tarrytownny.gov
Voted for a temporary ban on leaf blowers in Tarrytown during the COVID-19 pandemic, to keep dust that might carry the virus out of the air. The ban passed 5-1, with one trustee abstaining.
April 6, 2020Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: tarrytownny.gov
Track record — Government Efficiency
Government Efficiency · 1 support
Backed the board's demand that the fire department and its companies give a full accounting of money they raise and spend. "It's simple accounting," he said.
January 3, 2023Supports Government Efficiency
Source: thehudsonindependent.com
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 2 oppose
Voted for Tarrytown's 2026-27 budget, with $34.5 million in general fund spending and a 6.5% rise in the property tax levy to about $22 million. He seconded the tax levy resolution. Both passed 6-0.
April 20, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: tarrytownny.gov
Made the motion, passed 7-0, to apply with Irvington for county flood-repair money for West Sunnyside Lane. Tarrytown's share of the about $812,000 village cost was $86,284, halved if the grant came through.
August 21, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: tarrytownny.gov
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 4 support
Seconded the motion, passed 6-0, to adopt a Safe Streets for All traffic safety plan for Tarrytown, Sleepy Hollow, and their schools, aimed at ending traffic deaths and serious injuries.
March 2, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: tarrytownny.gov
Made the motion, passed 6-0, to renew Tarrytown police participation in the Greenburgh-area joint SWAT team for five years, through 2031.
November 17, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: tarrytownny.gov
Seconded the motion, passed 4-0, asking the state to add 20 mph school speed zones on Broadway near three schools where students walk and cross the road.
April 1, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: tarrytownny.gov
Made the motion for a local law lowering Tarrytown's village-wide speed limit from 30 to 25 miles per hour on streets without other posted limits. It passed 7-0.
October 3, 2022Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: tarrytownny.gov
Track record — Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties · 1 support
As a member of the village Police Reform and Reinvention Committee, seconded the motion adopting its final report under the governor's 2020 police reform order. The report and its recommendations passed 7-0.
March 1, 2021Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: tarrytownny.gov
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 3 support
Voted with the full board, 7-0, to adopt a local law opting Tarrytown into New York's Good Cause Eviction Law, which limits large rent hikes and evictions without a valid reason. Only landlords owning a single unit were exempted.
September 15, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: tarrytownny.gov
Voted with a 4-2 majority to change the zoning code so homeowners can add an accessory apartment (a studio or one-bedroom) to a single-family home they live in, as a pilot program.
February 8, 2023Supports Housing Affordability
Source: thehudsonindependent.com
Seconded and voted for a local law letting transit-oriented apartment buildings go up in the industrial zone near the train station at 29 South Depot Plaza, with height capped at 48 feet. It passed 6-0.
February 16, 2021Supports Housing Affordability
Source: tarrytownny.gov
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 1 support
Seconded the motion, passed 4-0, to give the domestic partners of unmarried village employees the same dental and vision coverage that spouses get.
June 20, 2023Supports Civil Rights
Source: tarrytownny.gov
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 3 support
Seconded the motion, passed 6-0, to adopt a Safe Streets for All traffic safety plan for Tarrytown, Sleepy Hollow, and their schools, aimed at ending traffic deaths and serious injuries.
March 2, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: tarrytownny.gov
Made the motion for a local law creating a zoning district for battery energy storage systems and applying it to a lot at 120 White Plains Road. It passed 6-0.
July 21, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: tarrytownny.gov
Made the motion, passed 7-0, to apply with Irvington for county flood-repair money for West Sunnyside Lane. Tarrytown's share of the about $812,000 village cost was $86,284, halved if the grant came through.
August 21, 2023Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: tarrytownny.gov
Track record — General
General · 8 records
Joined Mayor Karen Brown and fellow trustees at the 'No Kings' rally in Tarrytown, where thousands protested Trump administration policies.
March 29, 2026
Source: thehudsonindependent.com
Made the motion for a local law setting zoning rules for cannabis shops in Tarrytown, limiting them to retail zones and requiring Planning Board approval. It passed 7-0. He said data did not show more use near dispensaries.
January 3, 2023
Source: tarrytownny.gov
Argued at a public hearing against banning on-site cannabis lounges, saying research showed little harm to communities. He then joined a 7-0 vote to opt Tarrytown out of lounges, while retail dispensaries stayed allowed.
December 20, 2021
Source: tarrytownny.gov
Voted to approve the mayor's choice of Ron Tedesco as Planning Board chair, replacing longtime chair Stanley Friedlander. Rinaldi said Tedesco could better unite a divided board. The vote was 4-3.
April 5, 2021
Source: tarrytownny.gov
Voted no on a motion to close the hearing and withdraw the proposed Station Area Overlay zoning plan. He wanted the final version sent back to the Comprehensive Plan committee first. The motion failed 2-5.
March 1, 2021
Source: tarrytownny.gov
Was appointed by the Board of Trustees as a member of the village Ethics Board, with a term through December 2020. He recused himself from the 4-0 vote on his own appointment.
December 17, 2018
Source: tarrytownny.gov
Before his election, served more than 10 years on the Tarrytown Village Ethics Committee, from the time it was created.
October 2, 2018
Source: thehudsonindependent.com
Received the endorsement of Tarrytown United and the Tarrytown Democratic Committee for a village trustee seat in the 2018 election.
October 2, 2018
Source: thehudsonindependent.com
Past race Paul J. Rinaldi ran in:
- Tarrytown Village Trustee · November 3, 2026 · Tarrytown village, New York · incumbent