I have lived in Clarkstown for thirty years and raised seven children here. In the schools, on the fields, at the recitals and the fundraisers.

About Gina — Elect Gina DeFelice

I graduated summa cum laude from Purchase College and spent my career in hospitality and service. That’s not the résumé people expect, and it’s more useful than most of the ones they do. Service work teaches you how to fix problems that actually affect people’s lives.

I serve on the Board of Governors for the Rockland Youth Dance Ensemble and have volunteered in arts education across Rockland County for decades. I’ve met countless people through these programs, and learned what a great way it is to bring our community together.

Gina DeFelice graduated summa cum laude from Purchase College. She has raised seven children and serves on the Board of Governors for the Rockland Youth Dance Ensemble, where she has volunteered in arts education across Rockland County for decades.

Gina DeFelice graduated from Purchase College. She has raised seven children.

DeFelice is a 30-year resident of Clarkstown with a varied background which she feels makes it very hard to discuss it, but she was able to give the highlights of it.

“I have been a nursery schoolteacher, a circus arts instructor, I’ve worked in hotels and restaurants.
 I’ve done freelance work for a media company which is kind of how I got interested in public service. I’m currently a nanny for three small boys. I’ve been a volunteer with Rockland Youth Dance Ensemble for 25 years and I have served on the board since 2018. I’m very involved with the arts community. I think that art brings people together,”

GINA DEFELICE SETS HER SIGHTS ON WARD 4 SEAT ON CLARKSTOWN BOARD – Rockland Post

Gina currently works as a nanny for three small boys. She previously worked as a nursery schoolteacher and circus arts instructor, worked in hotels and restaurants, and freelanced for a media company.

Gina currently works as a nanny for three small boys. She previously worked as a nursery school teacher and circus arts instructor, worked in hotels and restaurants, and freelanced for a media company.

I lost this seat by 429 votes in November 2025. It is on the ballot again this November.

Town Council Clarkstown Ward 4

Cross-Endorsed Candidate Bob Axelrod won with 54.21% of the vote, or 2,755 votes. This was 429 votes more than Democrat Gina Defelice.

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Gina previously ran for the Clarkstown Town Council seat in District 4 in November 2025 but did not win.

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2026 New York General Election

Continuing, she stated, “It’s great to bring in new business, but we have to weigh that against our existing businesses. I talked to someone who said yes, but that strip mall was really ugly, and this looks much nicer. I don’t disagree with that.
 I’m just saying we really should be taking care that we’re not throwing the baby out with the bathwater.” She mentioned a number of businesses that were located in the strip mall where the Chick -Fil-A is and then said, “When we do something like that, I want to make sure that we’re taking care of the people who are being displaced.”

She says everyone talks about bringing in new business but her notion is if we can support the businesses that are already here and we can make the towns more walkable or encourage more people to stay and spend their money at home, and 50 businesses are so successful that they have to hire one more person, that’s the same as having a new business with 50 new people. It’s strengthening businesses that already exist.
If we do bring in new business, we have to make sure that it’s the kind of business that’s going to support jobs for people who live here.

How I can make your lives better.

Six things, in the order a town board could actually do them.
Stop shifting the tax burden onto homeowners.

THE COMMITMENT

Before the town agrees to cut a big property’s taxes, make it hire its own expert to say what that property is actually worth, and hold a public hearing. I will vote against any deal that moves the cost onto homeowners without both.

Elect Gina DeFelice — Platform

Stop borrowing for everyday expenses.

You borrow for things that last. A culvert. A firehouse. A road rebuilt from the base up.

THE COMMITMENT

Pay for equipment and yearly road work out of the regular budget. Put the full cost, including interest, in front of the board before it votes to borrow.

Said development should protect displaced existing businesses and ensure new businesses support jobs for local residents.

Said development should protect existing displaced businesses and ensure that new businesses support local residents' jobs.

Pledges to oppose property-tax agreements that shift costs to homeowners without an independent property valuation and a public hearing.

Proposes paying for equipment and annual road work through the regular budget and disclosing borrowing costs before board votes.

- Said development should protect existing displaced businesses and ensure that new businesses support local residents' jobs.
- Pledges to oppose property-tax agreements that shift costs to homeowners without an independent property valuation and a public hearing.
- Proposes paying for equipment and annual road work through the regular budget and disclosing borrowing costs before board votes.

Economy

As of October 27, 2026, Gina DeFelice’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Public Services

Build homes our parents and our kids can afford.

Older neighbors want to sell their big house and stay in Clarkstown. There is nothing smaller to move into, so they leave town instead.

THE COMMITMENT

Publish a dated tracker on those 1,500 homes so people can see whether it is moving. And exempt first-time buyers from the proposed tax on home purchases.

Keep heavy truck traffic out of our neighborhoods.

A developer wants three warehouses on 41 wooded acres along Route 303. That would require more than 1,600 trees cut down. Hundreds of truck trips every day, past our schools and driveways. 200 residents came out against it in July.3

THE COMMITMENT

Change the zoning on Route 303 so a project this size cannot be approved automatically.

Proposes publishing a dated tracker for 1,500 homes and exempting first-time buyers from the proposed home-purchase tax.

Proposes rezoning Route 303 so development projects as large as the proposed warehouse project cannot receive automatic approval.

- Proposes publishing a dated tracker for 1,500 homes and exempting first-time buyers from the proposed home-purchase tax.
- Proposes rezoning Route 303 so development projects as large as the proposed warehouse project cannot receive automatic approval.

Housing & Urban Development

Public Safety

Make our roads safer.

Pedestrians have been struck and killed on Route 304.4

The town and county started a safety study in 2024. Two years later, there is still nowhere safe to cross.5

I would fund the simple fixes first: a painted and lit crosswalk, a corner cleared so drivers can see, and the missing stretches of sidewalk connected up. None of it is expensive. None of it has been done.

Make our roads safer.

Pedestrians have been struck and killed on Route 304.4

The town and county started a safety study in 2024. Two years later, there is still nowhere safe to cross.5

THE COMMITMENT

Put a cost and a date on every fix the safety study recommends, and pay for the cheap ones this year.

Plans to fund low-cost Route 304 pedestrian-safety improvements this year and set costs and timelines for all recommendations from safety studies.

- Plans to fund low-cost Route 304 pedestrian-safety improvements this year and set costs and timelines for all recommendations from safety studies.

Transportation & Infrastructure

Energy & the Environment

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Gina DeFelice

- Pledges to oppose property-tax agreements that shift costs to homeowners without an independent property valuation and a public hearing.
- Proposes paying for equipment and annual road work through the regular budget and disclosing borrowing costs before board votes.

- Proposes rezoning Route 303 so development projects as large as the proposed warehouse project cannot receive automatic approval.