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.

2026 New York General Election

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

“I just feel really passionate about it because my husband said he doesn’t plan on moving anytime soon,” said the Warren Avenue resident, who as recently as Saturday morning complained of a soaked front and backyard, and images of residents pumping out their basements, rivers of water flowing out of neighbors’ retaining walls after the latest rainfall.

‘Erin Brockovich of Mount Pleasant’ Spotlights Town’s Flooding Woes

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

‘Erin Brockovich’ of Mount Pleasant Spotlights Town’s Flooding Woes | The Examiner News

...In addition to serving as an assistant principal at a secondary school in the South Bronx, Nelson also teaches advanced placement U.S. government and politics. She’s interested in running for elected office in the future.

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.

Proposes acquiring flood-impacted homes to create a retention area that directs stormwater away from homes.

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

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

Anna T. Nelson
Democratic
Assistant principal at a South Bronx public school and a Thornwood resident who has organized neighbors on flooding and development issues. Her priorities are fixing the town's drainage and flooding problems and getting a public plan and clearer reporting on town finances.

Town Council Member (Unexpired Term), Town of Mount Pleasant | Elections Simplified

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

Anna T. Nelson — Candidate for Town Council Member (Unexpired ...

Plans to restore the town's credit rating and increase non-property-tax revenue.

Calls for responsible budgeting and transparent long-term planning for town tax dollars.

Plans to bring child care to the town to support young families.

Plans to connect seniors with state and county services.

Calls for modernized zoning and stormwater standards, a moratorium on large projects, and implementation of the master plan for land use.