2026 New York General Election

The candidate page’s section headed “Our family chose Cornwall. Then Cornwall became home.” says: “Our family relocated to Cornwall in 2001. We chose this town because it represented what we believed a community should be: tree-lined streets, welcoming neighborhoods, outdoor spaces, good schools, and friendly people. We did not know a single person here when we arrived. That did not take long to change.”

2026 Candidates - Cornwall NY Republican Town Committee

Angelo Schembari and his family relocated to Cornwall in 2001.

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The article reports: “Schembari is the owner of CGL Arbor services, Cornwall’s tree warden, and a member of the Cornwall Conservation Advisory Council. He’s also a certified pesticide applicator, who has extensive experience in dealing with invasive plants and invasive insects.”

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Angelo Schembari owns CGL Arbor Services and serves as Cornwall’s tree warden.

Schembari listens & helps | My Hudson Valley

As of October 22, 2026, Angelo Schembari’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Economy

The 2026 Candidates page identifies Angelo Schembari as running “For Town Board” and introduces his candidate statement under the heading “A different voice at the table.” It then states: “I’m not running to control Town Hall. I’m running to ask questions, examine the numbers, challenge assumptions, listen to residents, and vote for what I believe is in Cornwall’s best interest.”

Plans to question assumptions, examine town finances, listen to residents, and vote for what he believes is in Cornwall’s best interest.

- Plans to question assumptions, examine town finances, listen to residents, and vote for what he believes is in Cornwall’s best interest.

Public Services

Housing & Urban Development

Public Safety

Transportation & Infrastructure

Energy & the Environment

Angelo Schembari

Angelo Schembari volunteers with the Cornwall Cleanup Crew.

Angelo owns CGL Arbor Services and serves as Cornwall's tree warden. He previously taught secondary science and worked in the tree care industry.

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Service has been a defining thread throughout my life. As the grandson of two United States Marines, one who served in the Pacific during World War II and one who gave his life in the Korean War, the meaning of service was instilled in me long before I could fully appreciate it. That legacy led me to enlist in the Marine Corps straight out of high school, and afterward to put myself through the University of Florida on the GI Bill and a work study program, earning a degree in Human Nutrition and Metabolism.

Scott Teresi for Town Council

Nearly a decade ago we made the decision to put down roots in Cornwall-on-Hudson, drawn by family nearby and a shared desire to keep serving others. That led me to start a homecare business, helping seniors live safely and with dignity in their own homes.

Over the next 25 years I built a career in the healthcare industry, living and working across the country and abroad. Along the way I married Amy, a Hudson Valley native, and together we built a life rooted in family, purpose, and community.

Scott Teresi earned a degree in human nutrition and metabolism from the University of Florida. He and his wife, Amy, have lived in Cornwall-on-Hudson for nearly a decade.

Scott Teresi started a homecare business. He previously worked in the healthcare industry for 25 years.

Every vacant storefront means a missing local business and less tax base that isn't helping carry the load for homeowners.

My approach:
1. A vacancy registry so empty storefronts get filled
2. Consistent code enforcement for neglected buildings
3. A stronger commercial tax base, alongside careful Town spending, to ease the tax burden on residents.

Revitalization and Expanded Tax Base

When it comes to your tax rate in Cornwall, three levers drive it, and I believe we need to work all three.

The first is watching every dollar the Town spends. That's the job, every budget, every year, but spending discipline by itself can only carry us so far. The other two levers deserve more attention than they get. I break down all three in this video.

Your Taxes Part 2

Where Your Cornwall Tax Dollar Goes

Only 13 cents goes to the Town Budget. Thirteen cents pays for our DPW, 1st responders, other staff and services that keep the town running. Seventy to Seventy-three cents goes to our school district and the remaining goes to other areas like the county and the library. The point is, who ever tells you they will solve your tax bill concerns by cutting the Town Budget is not very good at math.

Where Your Cornwall Tax Dollar Goes

Proposes a storefront-vacancy registry, consistent code enforcement, and a stronger commercial tax base to help ease residents' tax burden.

Believes the Town should scrutinize spending annually but says spending discipline and cuts to the Town budget alone cannot resolve tax-bill concerns.

- Proposes a storefront-vacancy registry, consistent code enforcement, and a stronger commercial tax base to help ease residents' tax burden.
- Believes the Town should scrutinize spending annually but says spending discipline and cuts to the Town budget alone cannot resolve tax-bill concerns.

It takes volunteer firefighters who respond at any hour, the Cornwall Clean Up Crew giving up weekend mornings, the Lions Club, the American Legion and other civic organizations, and countless residents who quietly keep this community connected. True community is built in the accumulation of those contributions, most of which never make headlines.

On the Town Board, I will support the volunteers and organizations who hold this community together and make decisions that keep Cornwall the kind of place where people genuinely look out for one another.

Plans to support volunteers and civic organizations in Cornwall.

- Plans to support volunteers and civic organizations in Cornwall.

Why do I support Cornwall's Comprehensive Plan when one of my own recommendations didn't make it in? Because three of four did.  

I put four recommendations on the record: a height standard on Main Street, guardrails on Cornwall Commons, a Community Preservation Plan, and protection to keep NYMA a school if it ever changes hands. The committee listened, then published every revision in a redline anyone can read.

Why I Support the Comprehensive Plan

I also cover the protections the plan directs the Town to act on immediately: special permit rules for warehouses and defining data centers so nobody slips one through the code. Read the plan yourself at cornwallny.gov.

Supports Cornwall's Comprehensive Plan, citing its inclusion of proposed Main Street height standards, Cornwall Commons guardrails, and protection of the New York Military Academy's use as a school.

Supports special-permit rules for warehouses and definitions for data centers in local code.

- Supports Cornwall's Comprehensive Plan, citing its inclusion of proposed Main Street height standards, Cornwall Commons guardrails, and protection of the New York Military Academy's use as a school.
- Supports special-permit rules for warehouses and definitions for data centers in local code.

As of October 22, 2026, Scott Teresi’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Future Planning for Open Spaces

There is a practical solution for protecting Cornwall’s open spaces.  The latest version of the Comprehensive Plan recommends the creation of a Community Preservation Plan.  Learn more about the CPP in this video

Future Planning for Open Spaces

Said creating a Community Preservation Plan is a practical solution for protecting Cornwall's open spaces.

- Said creating a Community Preservation Plan is a practical solution for protecting Cornwall's open spaces.

New York Town Council Member, Cornwall

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