2026 New York General Election

RIKA LEVIN

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Rika Levin earned a master's degree in business administration from the Stern School of Business at New York University. She is married to Mark, and they have two daughters.

Rika worked in management at Fortune 100 companies in New York and eventually served as a chief marketing officer.

Rika currently serves as mayor of the Village of Ossining. She was elected in November 2019. She was appointed a village trustee in 2015.

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Experience as Village Trustee, Deputy Mayor, Mayor

Accomplishments 2015-Present

Specific Accomplishments

Worked diligently on the annual budget each year of my tenure and Voted for budgets that kept our tax rate at 0%.

Rika Levin for Mayor — Experience

Voted to incubate a multi municipality e-bike program.

Supported a three-year project to clarify and update all our zoning rules.

Voted for a ten year comprehensive plan.

Supported and voted in favor of the Veterans Tax Exemption.

Voted and supported a downtown Economic Development task group that represented a wide range of constituents and stakeholders.

Supported and voted in favor of the Veterans Tax Exemption.

Voted and supported a downtown Economic Development task group that represented a wide range of constituents and stakeholders. This group did a herculean job and bringing to light a number of economic development solutions which is now incorporated into our day to day running of the Village.

Voted for a “One Day Cabaret” License, giving businesses and organizations the flexibility to be allowed to have live music, entertainment and dancing to leverage the explosion of downtown eateries.

This group did a herculean job and bringing to light a number of economic development solutions which is now incorporated into our day to day running of the Village.

Voted for a “One Day Cabaret” License, giving businesses and organizations the flexibility to be allowed to have live music, entertainment and dancing to leverage the explosion of downtown eateries.

Voted for village budgets that kept the tax rate at 0%.

Supported and voted for a veterans property-tax exemption.

Supported a downtown economic-development task group whose recommendations were incorporated into village operations.

Voted for a one-day cabaret license allowing businesses and organizations to host live music, entertainment, and dancing.

- Voted for village budgets that kept the tax rate at 0%.
- Supported and voted for a veterans property-tax exemption.
- Supported a downtown economic-development task group whose recommendations were incorporated into village operations.
- Voted for a one-day cabaret license allowing businesses and organizations to host live music, entertainment, and dancing.

Economy

Proposed and created first Youth Bureau in more than 30 years: it now serves over 400 young people and is one of the most successful in NYS.

Voted in favor of the Broadway Bridge Rehabilitation to protect its structure, integrity, and appearance.

Voted in favor of reconstructing and improving the basketball court and overall physical plant improvement needs of our Community Center.

Voted for the Sing Sing Kill walkway improvements.

Voted in favor of reconstructing and improving the basketball court and overall physical plant improvement needs of our Community Center.

Voted for the Sing Sing Kill walkway improvements.

Voted for wetlands legislation

Proposed and created a Youth Bureau, the first in more than 30 years.

Voted to reconstruct the Community Center basketball court and address other facility needs.

Voted for improvements to the Sing Sing Kill walkway.

- Proposed and created a Youth Bureau, the first in more than 30 years.
- Voted to reconstruct the Community Center basketball court and address other facility needs.
- Voted for improvements to the Sing Sing Kill walkway.

Public Services

Votes (Partial List)

Voted to conduct the only legitimate recent empirical affordable housing study (conducted by Kevin Dwarka Consulting), for the Village regarding recommendations on fair, safe and affordable housing… for all.

Voted for increased housing improvements – large and small.

Voted to incubate a multi municipality e-bike program.

Supported a three-year project to clarify and update all our zoning rules.

Voted for a ten year comprehensive plan.

Supported a three-year project to clarify and update all our zoning rules.

Voted for a ten year comprehensive plan.

Supported and voted in favor of the Veterans Tax Exemption.

Voted to conduct an affordable-housing study and make recommendations for fair, safe, and affordable housing.

Supported a three-year project to update village zoning rules and voted for a ten-year comprehensive plan.

- Voted to conduct an affordable-housing study and make recommendations for fair, safe, and affordable housing.
- Supported a three-year project to update village zoning rules and voted for a ten-year comprehensive plan.

Housing & Urban Development

Helped to curb and rid the community of illegal massage parlors by connecting the dots between advocates, police, and our legal team.

Helped produce and create the largest grant in our history: Downtown Reinvestment Initiative (DRI) which was awarded to the Village in the amount of $10 million to roll out approximately 12 major infrastructure improvement initiatives.

Invested in police and fire departments vehicles and infrastructure improvements

Added 100 trees to support our goal to becoming the Greenest Village in the country and received Tree City designation from the State.

Approved police-reform recommendations for submission to the state.

Worked with advocates, police, and the village legal team to curb illegal massage parlors.

Invested in vehicles and infrastructure for the police and fire departments.

- Worked with advocates, police, and the village legal team to curb illegal massage parlors.
- Invested in vehicles and infrastructure for the police and fire departments.

Public Safety

Voted for increased housing improvements – large and small.

Voted to incubate a multi municipality e-bike program.

Supported a three-year project to clarify and update all our zoning rules.

Voted for a “One Day Cabaret” License, giving businesses and organizations the flexibility to be allowed to have live music, entertainment and dancing to leverage the explosion of downtown eateries.

Voted in favor of the Broadway Bridge Rehabilitation to protect its structure, integrity, and appearance.

Voted in favor of reconstructing and improving the basketball court and overall physical plant improvement needs of our Community Center.

Took a deep dive into our water plant and operations centers and worked with staff to improve those facilities via a capital improvement budget, and project timelines.

Voted for wetlands legislation

Voted for numerous grants application regarding e technology, cars, village vehicles, stations, and e-bikes as they relate to greening our fleet.

Helped produce and create the largest grant in our history: Downtown Reinvestment Initiative (DRI) which was awarded to the Village in the amount of $10 million to roll out approximately 12 major infrastructure improvement initiatives.

Voted to launch a multi-municipality e-bike program.

Voted for rehabilitation of the Broadway Bridge to protect its structure, integrity, and appearance.

Worked with village staff to improve facilities at the water plant and operations center through capital-budget planning and project timelines.

Voted for grant applications for electric technology, vehicles, stations, and e-bikes to make the village fleet more environmentally friendly.

- Voted to launch a multi-municipality e-bike program.
- Voted for rehabilitation of the Broadway Bridge to protect its structure, integrity, and appearance.
- Worked with village staff to improve facilities at the water plant and operations center through capital-budget planning and project timelines.
- Voted for grant applications for electric technology, vehicles, stations, and e-bikes to make the village fleet more environmentally friendly.

Transportation & Infrastructure

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Public Health

Education

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