Communication and Transparent and Ethical Government (part 1 of 2)

•       We believe in keeping residents informed and staying connected.

•       We believe in listening and not just hearing.

•       We believe in being responsive to the needs of residents.

•       We believe residents should know what their government is doing.

•       We are committed to the highest standards of ethics and policies

We believe in keeping residents informed and staying connected. Under the leadership of Rob Greenstein, residents have never been more informed!

•       The e-Newsletter is now a communication staple for the community.

•       New Castle now has a new web site designed to provide an extensive amount of useful information to residents, businesses and visitors.  

•       The Town Board adopted a mobile application that will enable residents to obtain pertinent information about the town directly from their smartphones.

Team New Castle 2.0 will continue to will keep residents informed via the e-Newsletter, the New Town website, and social media. TNC 2.0 will investigate using a 311 type of number to simplify calling town hall – communication should be easy, effective and streamlined in order to better enable town government to meet residents’ needs.

We believe in listening and not just hearing. TNC 2.0 asserts that communication is essential for effective government and must include two-way conversation. Under Supervisor Rob Greenstein’s leadership:

•       the town board now recognizes the importance of not limiting public comment at its meetings. 

•       the Greenstein town board has held many (10) well-publicized public hearings focusing on Chappaqua Crossing.

•       the Greenstein board launched a series of live-streamed round-table discussions on a wide variety of subjects important to the residents of New Castle, inviting both residents and business leaders in the community to exchange ideas.

•       communication with the Town Supervisor has never been easier or more thorough! Supervisor Greenstein has experimented with various modes of communication to obtain public opinion: town-wide mailing asking for feedback, surveys in the e-Newsletter, Feedback options in every e-Newsletter, and even tried a special Bab-ka with Rob-ka meeting to solicit ideas and concerns in a small group setting. 

•       the town’s Facebook followers has increased by 500%. 

Building on the success of this open communication approach, TNC 2.0 remains committed to reaching out and communicating with residents utilizing social media, Nixle, Code-Red, the town website and will to continue to explore ways to be effective to reach all of our residents. As a town, we recognize the dominance of families with school-aged children, but many residents remain outside of civic life. We want to undertake outreach efforts to promote civic mindedness for all members of our community – especially our empty-nesters!