Briefly explain why you are the best candidate for this position.
Serving as Town Supervisor is how I can have the greatest impact on the community I love. Service has defined my life since I lost my father on 9/11, when I was thirteen years old. Since then, I have worked tirelessly, becoming a municipal attorney and a community leader. My wife Ashleigh and I have lived in Goshen for over 15 years, raising our three kids. You can learn more about the movement at www.SamForSupervisor.com.

Candidate Q&A: Sam Bergsohn for Goshen Town Supervisor

Sam Bergsohn is married to Ashleigh and has three children.

Since 2021, Sam has been a senior attorney for Legal Services of the Hudson Valley, successfully defeating the same powerful interests he’d stand up to as Goshen Supervisor. A devoted husband to his wife Ashleigh and father to three young children, a leader for local civic groups, and a musician.

Our Story — Sam Bergsohn for Goshen Town Supervisor

Sam Bergsohn works as a senior attorney for Legal Services of the Hudson Valley.

Sam works as a senior attorney for Legal Services of the Hudson Valley.

2026 New York General Election

Why are you running for town supervisor?
I decided to run because our country and our Town are at a crossroads. Goshen deserves a real, honest choice for Supervisor. I am offering a vision our Town needs – to diversify our tax base, expand agritourism, and encourage smart commercial growth. No more over-industrial growth that has failed to lower our taxes. It is time for a change.

What are the top three things you aim to accomplish if elected?
2. Hold large corporations accountable. Over a dozen PILOT programs have been handed to large corporations in Goshen, giving away your money on a promise that taxes would go down. They have not. I will hold PILOT recipients to account and stop the handouts to big business in the future.

Advocates for diversifying the tax base through agritourism and commercial growth while opposing further industrial development.

Plans to hold recipients of payments in lieu of taxes accountable and end future tax incentives for large businesses.

- Advocates for diversifying the tax base through agritourism and commercial growth while opposing further industrial development.
- Plans to hold recipients of payments in lieu of taxes accountable and end future tax incentives for large businesses.

Economy

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

Public Services

As Supervisor Sam will:

Fight for responsible development that benefits Goshen families, not the unaccountable power brokers.

Serve as a full-time Supervisor. Sam’s only job will be fighting for you, with no outside conflicts of interest.

Improve infrastructure for a more connected & more livable Goshen.

Call for a moratorium on warehouse development in Goshen.

About | Vote for Community Focus Today — Sam Bergsohn for Goshen Town Supervisor

Calls for a moratorium on warehouse development in Goshen.

- Calls for a moratorium on warehouse development in Goshen.

Housing & Urban Development

As Supervisor Sam will:

Work so that people who live in Goshen can stay in Goshen, so your children can raise their own families close to home.

Support local police as they protect Goshen and ensure that all laws are respected, from building and zoning to protections against federal or state overreach.

Supports local police and enforcement of building, zoning, and other laws.

- Supports local police and enforcement of building, zoning, and other laws.

Public Safety

Transportation & Infrastructure

What are the top three things you aim to accomplish if elected?
1. Protect open space. Goshen’s identity is its farmland – the bucolic home of the trotters and the black dirt region. I will strengthen zoning protections to stop warehouses from replacing working farms and create a fund to preserve the fields and farms threatened by overdevelopment.

What are the top three things you aim to accomplish if elected?
3. Stop bringing more trash into our Town. Goshen already hosts two landfills along the Wallkill River and multiple transfer stations serving other Towns. We will not be the trash capital of Orange County. As Supervisor, I will slow the torrent of trucks and trash flowing into Goshen.

Proposes stronger zoning protections and a preservation fund to keep warehouses from replacing working farms and open fields.

Plans to limit additional waste shipments into Goshen, citing local landfills and transfer stations.

- Proposes stronger zoning protections and a preservation fund to keep warehouses from replacing working farms and open fields.
- Plans to limit additional waste shipments into Goshen, citing local landfills and transfer stations.

Sam Bergsohn

Economy

Public Services

Housing & Urban Development

Public Safety

Transportation & Infrastructure

Energy & the Environment