Daniel Kushnick
Democratic · NY · Village Trustee, Village of Mamaroneck
Mamaroneck village trustee since 2024 and former chair of the village Committee for the Environment, after careers in video production and sustainable energy. His priorities are winning grants for flood-control projects and returning the Taylors Lane field to village use.
Where Daniel Kushnick stands, based on their records
Supports
Environment and Public Health (3 records), Government Efficiency (1 record), Public Safety and Crime Control (2 records),
Mixed record
Government Spending Reduction (1 support · 4 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 3 support
Made the motion 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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Seconded the motion, passed 4-0, to buy six electric vehicle chargers for three village parking lots at about $110,000 after incentives.
August 25, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
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Said at a board work session that he did not want to go backwards on the village's ban on gas leaf blowers, as some other towns' looser rules would do.
April 14, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
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Track record — Government Efficiency
Government Efficiency · 1 support
Seconded 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 · 1 support · 4 oppose
Voted for the village's 2026-27 budget, which passed 4-1 and raised property taxes 2.79%, just under the state tax cap.
April 27, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: mamaroneckobserver.org
Seconded the motion, passed 4-0, to buy six electric vehicle chargers for three village parking lots at about $110,000 after incentives.
August 25, 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, passed 4-0, to cancel a free electric shuttle pilot the board had approved two weeks earlier, on the village manager's advice to wait for a better time.
March 24, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Made the motion, passed 4-0, approving a $23.9 million capital budget, with about $13.6 million to be borrowed through bonds and $9.8 million from grants.
February 24, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 2 support
Made the motions, each passed 4-0, to add three new marked crosswalks on Brook Street, Florence Street and Jensen Avenue.
July 28, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Made the motion, passed 4-0, approving Traffic Commission safety steps: no right turn on red at Halstead and Mamaroneck Avenues, 15 mph school zones, and painted curb extensions.
February 24, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 6 support
Voted for a local law creating a new flood and storm-sewer fee on water bills, with the money kept in a separate account for flood work. It passed 5-0.
September 8, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: mamaroneckobserver.org
Made the motion 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
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Made the motion, passed 3-0, to hire BBS Architects for $39,500 to update the 2004 master plan for Harbor Island Park.
February 9, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
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Seconded 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
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Made the motion, passed 4-0, to apply for state flood resilience grants to realign the Mamaroneck River channel and remove the Tompkins Avenue and Center Avenue bridges.
May 27, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure
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Made the motion, passed 4-0, approving a $23.9 million capital budget, with about $13.6 million to be borrowed through bonds and $9.8 million from grants.
February 24, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure
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Track record — General
General · 3 records
Before becoming a trustee, served on and chaired the village Committee for the Environment. He had worked as a Sony Music video producer and later in sustainable energy for Honeywell.
September 30, 2026
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Seconded a local law, passed 5-0, banning battery energy storage systems larger than 80 kWh in the village. He said he backed limits because the village floods.
April 27, 2026
Source: public.destinyhosted.com
Made the motion, passed 5-0, to drop Westhab as developer of the Hunter Tier affordable housing project and end that selection process. The board found the process tainted by secret contacts with the developer.
March 24, 2025
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Past race Daniel Kushnick ran in:
- Mamaroneck Village Trustee · November 3, 2026 · Mamaroneck village, New York · incumbent