Ellen Z. Calves
Democratic · NY · Town Supervisor, Town of Bedford
Bedford town supervisor since 2022 and a former Town Board member, previously an attorney and a staffer at the Bedford 2030 climate coalition. Her priorities include a long-term parks and pools capital plan and redevelopment planning for the Route 117 commercial corridor.
Where Ellen Z. Calves stands, based on their records
Supports
Environment and Public Health (3 records), Civil Rights (1 record), Corporate Accountability (1 record),
Opposes
Government Spending Reduction (1 record), Housing Affordability (1 record)
Mixed record
Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties (2 support · 2 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 3 support
Moved to let the police chief buy two fully electric police cars for up to $160,000 from the approved budget. It passed 4-1.
March 18, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: ecode360.com
Seconded and voted for a law, passed 4-0, requiring rental properties to register with the town. It also set up health and safety inspections and energy-use reporting for rental buildings.
January 16, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: ecode360.com
Moved a noise law, passed 5-0, that bans gas-powered leaf blowers outside short spring and fall clean-up seasons. From 2024 each season lasts about two weeks.
April 5, 2022Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: ecode360.com
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 1 oppose
Moved to let the police chief buy two fully electric police cars for up to $160,000 from the approved budget. It passed 4-1.
March 18, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: ecode360.com
Track record — Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties · 2 support · 2 oppose
As supervisor, moved to take no action on a proposal to repeal Bedford's ban on retail cannabis stores, after most speakers opposed repeal. She said the board needed more information on effects on young people. It passed 5-0.
June 7, 2022Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: ecode360.com
Seconded and voted for a local law opting Bedford out of allowing retail cannabis stores. It passed 3-2.
December 21, 2021Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: ecode360.com
Read aloud and voted for a resolution creating a committee to review Bedford police policies under the state's police reform program. It passed 5-0.
September 8, 2020Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: ecode360.com
Voted on June 16, 2020 for a Town Board resolution condemning the police killing of George Floyd and calling for police to be held accountable for brutality. It passed 5-0.
June 16, 2020Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: ecode360.com
Also on this bill
- September 8, 2026 · Backed a Town Board resolution urging the state to repave a worn stretch of Route 172 and spend more on roads. She had toured the road with state officials the week before. (Supports Public Infrastructure)
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 1 oppose
Moved a six-month pause on new developments of five or more housing units on Bedford parcels over 20 acres. It passed 4-0.
August 11, 2026Opposes Housing Affordability
Source: ecode360.com
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 1 support
Voted on June 16, 2020 for a Town Board resolution condemning the police killing of George Floyd and calling for police to be held accountable for brutality. It passed 5-0.
June 16, 2020Supports Civil Rights
Source: ecode360.com
Also on this bill
- September 8, 2026 · Backed a Town Board resolution urging the state to repave a worn stretch of Route 172 and spend more on roads. She had toured the road with state officials the week before. (Supports Public Infrastructure)
Track record — Corporate Accountability
Corporate Accountability · 1 support
Moved to join other Westchester towns in hiring a lawyer to monitor Con Edison's new three-year rate settlement, with Bedford paying $1,000 a year. It passed 5-0.
March 17, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: ecode360.com
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 1 support
Backed a Town Board resolution urging the state to repave a worn stretch of Route 172 and spend more on roads. She had toured the road with state officials the week before.
September 8, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: therecorder.org
Also on this bill
- June 16, 2020 · Voted on June 16, 2020 for a Town Board resolution condemning the police killing of George Floyd and calling for police to be held accountable for brutality. It passed 5-0. (Supports Civil Rights, Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties)
Track record — General
General · 6 records
Was endorsed by the New York League of Conservation Voters for re-election as Bedford town supervisor in 2026.
July 29, 2026
Source: nylcv.org
Moved to suspend for 18 months the rule requiring landlords to report yearly energy and water use, because utilities had not made the data easy to get. It passed 5-0.
July 14, 2026
Source: ecode360.com
Voted to adopt Bedford's 2026 town budget. With library costs moved to a new separate tax district, the town tax levy fell 3.33% to about $29.2 million.
December 2, 2025
Source: therecorder.org
Moved to extend Bedford's pause on permits for large battery energy storage systems by six more months while the town works out rules. The pause began in August 2024; the extension passed 4-0.
August 5, 2025
Source: ecode360.com
Voted with the board 5-0 to table a proposed Community Preservation Fund plan after residents spoke on both sides.
July 16, 2024
Source: ecode360.com
Voted against a policy to set term limits for members of Bedford's volunteer boards and committees that do not issue permits. The policy failed 2-3.
October 5, 2021
Source: ecode360.com
Past race Ellen Z. Calves ran in:
- Town Supervisor, Town of Bedford · November 3, 2026 · Bedford town, New York · incumbent