2026 New York General Election

Elect

Anna Nelson

Town Council

  * Westchester Principal and former HS Government & Math Teacher
  * Community advocate focused on transparency, flooding and responsible development
  * Thornwood resident, wife, and mother of the next generation of Mount Pleasant

"I believe civic engagement begins with listening, transparency, and giving every family a voice."

Mt. Pleasant for Change | Abinanti · Nelson · Hrotko — Democrats 2026

Anna T. Nelson is a Thornwood resident. She is a wife and mother.

Anna T. Nelson currently works as a principal in Westchester. She previously worked as a high school government and math teacher.

Anna currently works as a principal in Westchester. She previously worked as a high school government and math teacher.

Mount Pleasant should use this pause to:

* Strengthen and coordinate the steep slopes and wetlands laws
* Implement important recommendations from the 2022 Comprehensive Plan that have not yet made it into the Town Code
* Review protections for trees, open space, drainage and environmentally sensitive land
* Make sure zoning and development rules address the capacity of roads, sewers and other infrastructure
* Consider the long-term cost of growth and its effect on Town services and taxpayers
* Make sure all of these rules work together before additional large projects are approved

Temporary Moratorium in Mount Pleasant - Hawthorne, United States · Change.org

Calls for considering growth's long-term effects on town services and taxpayers before additional large projects are approved.

- Calls for considering growth's long-term effects on town services and taxpayers before additional large projects are approved.

Economy

As of October 23, 2026, Anna T. Nelson’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Public Services

Get the rules right first. Then make decisions about large development.

Sign this petition asking the Mount Pleasant Town Board for an immediate temporary moratorium on large-scale development while it completes these important updates.

This is not about stopping development.It is about taking a reasonable pause on large development while Mount Pleasant gets its rules right.

Once a large project is approved and land is cleared or developed, we can't simply go back and apply stronger protections later.

Get the rules right first. Then make decisions about large development.

Calls for a temporary moratorium on large-scale development while Mount Pleasant updates its development rules.

Calls for implementing outstanding 2022 Comprehensive Plan recommendations in the Town Code before approving additional large projects.

- Calls for a temporary moratorium on large-scale development while Mount Pleasant updates its development rules.
- Calls for implementing outstanding 2022 Comprehensive Plan recommendations in the Town Code before approving additional large projects.

Housing & Urban Development

Public Safety

Calls for zoning and development rules that account for the capacity of roads, sewers, and other infrastructure.

- Calls for zoning and development rules that account for the capacity of roads, sewers, and other infrastructure.

Transportation & Infrastructure

Calls for strengthening and coordinating Mount Pleasant's steep-slope and wetlands laws before additional large projects are approved.

Calls for reviewing protections for trees, open space, drainage, and environmentally sensitive land before additional large projects are approved.

- Calls for strengthening and coordinating Mount Pleasant's steep-slope and wetlands laws before additional large projects are approved.
- Calls for reviewing protections for trees, open space, drainage, and environmentally sensitive land before additional large projects are approved.

Energy & the Environment

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Anna T. Nelson

As of October 23, 2026, ANNA T NELSON’s website did not contain information on this issue.

ANNA T NELSON

Anna T. Nelson is a Warren Avenue resident. She is married.

Anna T. Nelson works as an assistant principal at a secondary school in the South Bronx and teaches advanced placement U.S. government and politics.

Anna T. Nelson lives in Thornwood and is a wife and mother.

Anna T. Nelson works in school administration. She previously worked as a high school teacher of government and math.

Mauricio Mendez

Buket Urgen

CAREER

CONSTRUCTION & BOOKKEEPING PROFESSIONAL

Direct, practical experience overseeing finances, contracts, and vendors from multiple angles — experience she is ready to bring to Town Hall.

Thornwood Fire District — elected oversight of taxpayer funds
Pleasantville Volunteer Ambulance Corps — Agency of the Year, 2010

windforoffice.com

Gail Wind works in construction and bookkeeping.

# Town Board appoints Gail Wind to fill seat

News Posted on September 10, 2026

The Mount Pleasant Town Board appointed Gail Wind to fill a vacant seat on the town board. Councilwoman Wind brings an impeccable reputation, decades of selfless service, and an unyielding commitment to the place she has always called home.

Town Board appoints Gail Wind to fill seat • Mount Pleasant, NY

Gail was appointed to fill a vacant seat on the Mount Pleasant Town Board.

Supervisor / Town Board | Mount Pleasant, NY

As of October 23, 2026, Gail Wind’s website did not contain information on this issue.

By Adam Stone
WIND INTERVIEW

Yesterday afternoon we recorded an interview with Gail Wind, Republican candidate for Town Board in Mount Pleasant, following our recent conversation with her Democratic opponent, Anna Nelson. Like Nelson, Wind provided some noteworthy answers that voters will likely want to hear before heading to the polls on Nov. 3.

She voiced support for a temporary moratorium on development of about six months, under the right circumstances, and said she plans to prioritize bringing more senior housing to town.

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Wind Interview | The Examiner News

Supports a temporary development moratorium of about six months under unspecified circumstances.

Plans to prioritize bringing more senior housing to Mount Pleasant.

- Supports a temporary development moratorium of about six months under unspecified circumstances.
- Plans to prioritize bringing more senior housing to Mount Pleasant.

Gail Wind

As of October 23, 2026, GAIL A WIND’s website did not contain information on this issue.

New York Town Council Member, Mount Pleasant

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