Victoria Bayard Tipp

Announced in January 2025 that New Castle won a $5 million state grant to start building the ChapLine walking trail, which requires a $1.25 million town match.

January 14, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted on Aug. 13, 2024 for a Town Board resolution backing renewal of the Westchester County Airport agreements that cap commercial airline traffic.

August 13, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

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Spoke at a June 2020 student rally against racism in Chappaqua, criticizing a state school funding formula that lets wealthy, mostly white districts outspend poor districts.

June 16, 2020Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

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Seconded and voted for a March 2022 law growing the New Castle Ethics Board from five to seven members and letting it give advice under the town's social media policy.

March 22, 2022Supports Anti-Corruption

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Announced in January 2025 that New Castle won a $5 million state grant to start building the ChapLine walking trail, which requires a $1.25 million town match.

January 14, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted with the full Town Board on Dec. 10, 2024 to adopt New Castle's 2025 budget, with a $17.65 million tax levy for the general and highway funds.

December 10, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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As Chappaqua school board president, voted with a unanimous board on Feb. 27, 2013 to approve a teachers' contract that froze step raises and saved about $1.5 million.

February 27, 2013Supports Government Spending Reduction

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Voted on Feb. 11, 2025 to pass six-month pauses on new lithium-ion battery storage systems and commercial solar arrays, citing fire risks the fire chiefs raised; both passed 4-0.

February 11, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Moved and voted for a local law on March 22, 2022 requiring 10 percent affordable units in certain new apartment buildings in Chappaqua and Millwood retail districts; it passed 4-0.

March 22, 2022Supports Housing Affordability

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Urged the Chappaqua school district in early 2014 to join a letter-writing campaign against the rushed rollout of the Common Core, and publicly called for an end to sharing student data with third parties without consent.

February 8, 2014Supports Data Privacy

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Spoke at a June 2020 student rally against racism in Chappaqua, criticizing a state school funding formula that lets wealthy, mostly white districts outspend poor districts.

June 16, 2020Supports Civil Rights

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Called at a June 8, 2020 school board meeting for Chappaqua schools to create an advisory committee on racism and race relations after a racist student video spread.

June 8, 2020Supports Civil Rights

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Announced in January 2025 that New Castle won a $5 million state grant to start building the ChapLine walking trail, which requires a $1.25 million town match.

January 14, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure

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Won re-election as New Castle town supervisor without an opponent in November 2025, according to unofficial results.

November 4, 2025

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As supervisor, proposed in February 2024 a timeline to take down the Israeli flag flown at Town Hall since the Oct. 7 attacks; the board agreed and planned to give the flag to a local synagogue.

February 27, 2024

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Voted in September 2023 against closing a public hearing on a proposed North Greeley Avenue building while new environmental reports were still due; the board closed it 3-2.

September 12, 2023

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Received the New Castle Democratic Committee's endorsement for town supervisor in February 2023.

February 20, 2023

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Voted with the full Town Board on Oct. 18, 2022 to appoint Ally Chemtob to fill a vacant council seat.

October 18, 2022

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Won a New Castle Town Board seat in November 2021 on the Unite New Castle line, leading Jennifer Bounds 2,213 to 2,043 in unofficial results.

November 2, 2021

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Co-wrote a June 2021 opinion piece opposing New Castle's proposed Form-Based Code, which would have allowed up to about 1,000 apartments downtown, calling it developer-driven and a risk to residents' taxes.

June 1, 2021

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As school board president, announced on Oct. 14, 2020 that Chappaqua schools would hire their own consultant to check the town's estimate of new students from a proposed downtown rezoning.

October 14, 2020

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Won a fourth term on the Chappaqua Board of Education in June 2020 with 1,743 votes.

June 9, 2020

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Led the Westchester-Putnam School Boards Association as its president in 2020 while serving on the Chappaqua school board.

May 31, 2020

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Won re-election to the Chappaqua Board of Education in May 2017, finishing second of six candidates with 795 votes.

May 16, 2017

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Publicly objected at a Sept. 1, 2016 school board meeting to the district's court claim that students abused by a former teacher shared blame, and to the district hiring a public relations firm without telling trustees.

September 1, 2016

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Won a seat on the Chappaqua Board of Education in May 2011 as the top vote-getter, with 1,309 votes in a three-candidate race for two seats.

May 17, 2011

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