Mayor Justin Arest and the Superintendent of Schools Drew Patrick speak on the state of the Village and the Schools

Mimi Rocah --westchester County DA

A video recording of the February 9, 2023 Scarsdale Forum Membership Meeting.

A video recording of the Annual Membership Meeting on May 4, 2023.

A video recording of the Scarsdale Forum Board of Directors Special Meeting on February 16, 2023.

The Scarsdale Forum is honored to host noted Professor Akhil Reed Amar, Yale University Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at our SUNDAY SPEAKER program. The program is co-sponsored by the Scarsdale Forum and the Yale Westchester Alumni Association. Forum members, Yale alumni, and the wider public are invited to attend in-person or on Zoom. 

Professor Amar is a leading scholar and teacher of the history and interpretation of the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights, the author of several books on these and related subjects, and has appeared frequently in the media. This special program will cover issues that resonate today and topics from his latest, fascinating book, The Words That Made Us: America's Constitutional Conversation, 1760-1840. We look forward with interest to this special program and Professor Amar's sequels to this volume.

Program meeting featuring keynote speaker Mayor Jane Veron.

A video recording of the November 10, 2022 Scarsdale Forum Membership Meeting.

Recording of October 13, 2022 Membership Meeting featuring keynote speaker County Executive George Latimer.

Video recording of the Annual Membership Meeting held in-person at the Scott Room, Scarsdale Library, and livestreamed via Zoom.

Mayor Jane Veron presented the annual State of the Village report with a slide presentation, with participation by Village Manager Robert Cole, and a Q&A session.

The October 7 General Member Meeting minutes from Secretary Alexandra Tagami Vargo were approved. Treasurer Matthew Martin presented his report. Nominating Committee Chair and Immediate Past President Madelaine Eppenstein announced the 2022 nominees for the offices of Vice President, who will become President the following year, Secretary, Treasurer, and three Directors at Large, which will be voted on by members at the May 19, 2022 Annual Meeting. 

President Eli Mattioli announced the remaining two Sunday Speaker Series moderated events featuring notable Anti-Defamation League representatives on March 13, 2022, and "The History of Women in Scarsdale" presented by Jordan Copeland and moderator Dara Gruenberg on April 24, 2022.

State of the County Presentation at a Membership Program Meeting, no regular business conductedd.

Tom Herman wrote for The Wall Street Journal for more than 40 years. He currently teaches an undergraduate seminar “Behind the Headlines: The Press, Business and the Economy” at Yale University and a course on business and financial news coverage at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. Herman writes a weekly column “Ask Dow Jones” in The Wall Street Journal Sunday, a personal finance section that appears in approximately 70 newspapers. He is also a columnist for The Fiscal Times, an online news organization.

How our citizens contribute to our Board's and Council's decisions

Scarsdale Arts Council - Chair Ed Morgan
Committee For Historic Preservation - Chair Lucas Meyer
Advisory Council on Youth - Chair Scott Bookner

Westchester County Executive - Rob Astorino "State of the County" starts at 46:00

Mara Liasson is the national political correspondent for National Public Radio. Her reports can be heard on NPR's award winning newsmagazines All Things Considered and Morning Edition. She provides extensive coverage of politics and policy from Washington, DC—focusing on the White House and Congress—and also reports on political trends beyond the Beltway. Years of experience allow her to offer an interesting perspective on the role and responsibilities of the media in today’s society. A Scarsdale High School graduate, Liasson returns to Scarsdale to present A View From Washington

The Building Blocks of a Scarsdale Education

• Lynne Shain, Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum

State of the Schools

• Jill Spieler, President Board of Education
• Dr. Mike McGill, Superintendant of Schools

Budget Preview

• Linda Purvis, Assistant Superintendant, Business

Committee Reports

• Teacher Compensation Report
• John Bensche, Education Fiscal Chair, Majority Report
• Mary Beth Evans, Minority Report
• AP / AT Education Report
• Susan Grosz, Education Program Chair
• Scarsdale Forum Name Change
• Ed Morgan, Development Committee Chair
• Heathcote Manor Report
• David Buchen, Zoning and Planning Co-Chair

Presented by the Scarsdale Forum Assessment Revaluation Committee

Panelists moderated by Robert Berg include:

• John Wolham, Director, Southern Region, NY Office of Real Property Tax Services
• Mary Marvin, Mayor, Bronxville
• Steve Altieri, Town Administrator, Mamaroneck
• Alfred A. Gatta, Village Manager, Scarsdale

Alan Schwarz, a reporter for The New York Times, has twice been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for his dozens of high-profile articles that have exposed the epidemic of sports-related concussions. His stories have helped uncover the high rates of dementia among retired National Football League players, unsafe conditions on high school fields, and concussion-related disorders among female youth athletes in soccer and basketball. His 2010 investigation into the dark cave of football helmets led immediately to ongoing investigations by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and the Federal Trade Commission. A graduate of Scarsdale High School, Schwarz used his Scarsdale math education to unearth one of the biggest sport stories of the decade.

• Megan Klein, Associate Counsel of the Northeast Regional Office of Earthjustice
• Patricia Wood, Founder & Director of Grassroots Environmental Education
• Nancy Alderman, President of Environment and Human Health Inc.

Preserving Scarsdale’s Heritage

Historical Preservation Law and Neighborhood Character

Eda NewhouseExamples of Homes and Buildings Providing Neighborhood Character

Neighborhood Character Committee Report
Tom Giordano
John Bonanno

A Panel Discussion on Governor Cuomo's Proposal to Cap Property Tax Increases

• Former Lieutenant Governor Alfred B. DelBello
• Assemblywoman Amy Paulin
• Mayor Miriam Flisser
• School Board President Jill Spieler

Committee Reports

• Fiscal Education Committee Report - Nancy Berdon Chair
• Village Fiscal Affairs Report - Bill Kay Chair
• Nominating Committee - Bill Kay Chair