Education & Service. Stephen holds a Master of Science in Nonprofit Management from the Milano School of Management and Urban Policy at The New School, with advanced training in public finance, budgeting, grantsmanship, and managerial decision-making. He also earned a B.A. in Politics & Government and History from the University of Hartford.

About Stephen Krasner

Stephen holds a Master of Science in Nonprofit Management from the Milano School of Management and Urban Policy at The New School, with advanced training in public finance, budgeting, grantsmanship, and managerial decision-making. He also earned a B.A. in Politics & Government and History from the University of Hartford.

Earlier in his life, he served as a United States Peace Corps volunteer in Ecuador, working directly with underserved communities and becoming proficient in Spanish.

As the father of three daughters and husband to a hospital nurse, Stephen lives the same day-to-day realities as most families here: juggling work, school, shifting schedules, and the constant feeling that everything costs more and takes longer than it should. He believes local government should make life easier, not harder.

Stephen Krasner earned a Bachelor of Arts in politics and government and history from the University of Hartford and a Master of Science in nonprofit management from the Milano School of Management and Urban Policy at The New School. He served as a United States Peace Corps volunteer in Ecuador. He is married to a hospital nurse and is the father of three daughters.

Professional Experience. Stephen has spent more than two decades in senior legal and management roles at AmLaw 100 and boutique law firms.

A senior legal and operations professional, Krasner said he brings more than two decades of experience managing complex operations in high-stakes legal environments, including budgeting, compliance and oversight. He is also an investigative writer and a former Peace Corps volunteer.

Krasner enters race for Newburgh Town Supervisor

Stephen Krasner has held senior legal and management roles at AmLaw 100 and boutique law firms. He is also an investigative writer.

Stephen's readiness to serve comes from years of direct engagement with how the Town of Newburgh is actually run. As a prior candidate for Supervisor in 2009 and 2011, he dug deep into town budgets, audits, infrastructure, labor concerns, and public safety.

Stephen previously ran for Town Supervisor in 2009 and 2011.

2026 New York General Election

Start With a Full Financial and Operational Review. During my first 100 days, I will begin a comprehensive review of Town finances, operations, contracts, debt, major recurring expenses, capital needs, and financial controls. Before proposing major new spending, Town government should have a clear picture of where our money is going, what obligations we have already made, which costs are increasing and why, and where efficiencies may exist.

Fiscal Responsibility & Long-Term Planning

Move Beyond One-Year Budgeting. A balanced annual budget is important—but it isn’t enough. I will push the Town toward multi-year financial and capital planning that identifies major expenses before they become emergencies. That means developing realistic forecasts for roads, drainage, water and sewer infrastructure, vehicles, equipment, facilities, technology, public safety needs, and other major Town assets.

Government contracts shouldn’t simply renew year after year because “that’s how we’ve always done it.” Major professional-service contracts and recurring expenditures should be periodically reviewed for cost, performance, competitiveness, and continued need. Where competitive bidding or requests for proposals can produce better value, we should use them.

Aggressively Pursue Grants and Outside Funding. Newburgh taxpayers should not shoulder costs alone when county, state, federal, or other funding is available. The Town should take a more coordinated approach to identifying and pursuing grants for infrastructure, public safety, emergency preparedness, parks, environmental projects, technology, and other eligible improvements.

Plans to begin a comprehensive review of town finances, operations, contracts, debt, capital needs, and financial controls within the first 100 days.

Plans to pursue multi-year financial and capital planning for major town expenses.

Supports periodically reviewing major professional-service contracts and recurring expenditures for cost, performance, competitiveness, and continued need.

Supports pursuing available county, state, federal, and other funding for eligible town improvements.

- Plans to begin a comprehensive review of town finances, operations, contracts, debt, capital needs, and financial controls within the first 100 days.
- Plans to pursue multi-year financial and capital planning for major town expenses.
- Supports periodically reviewing major professional-service contracts and recurring expenditures for cost, performance, competitiveness, and continued need.
- Supports pursuing available county, state, federal, and other funding for eligible town improvements.

Economy

Residents shouldn’t need to understand government jargon to understand their government. Important Town information should be written in clear, plain language and, where appropriate, made available in Spanish and other languages based upon the needs of our community. We should also make it easier for residents who work, raise families or cannot regularly attend meetings in person to participate through better online access to meetings, documents and information.

Inclusion, Representation & Respect for Every Resident

Important Town information should be written in clear, plain language and, where appropriate, made available in Spanish and other languages based upon the needs of our community. We should also make it easier for residents who work, raise families or cannot regularly attend meetings in person to participate through better online access to meetings, documents and information.

Town government shouldn’t exist only inside Town Hall. I want to hold periodic community conversations and neighborhood meetings in different parts of Newburgh so residents have opportunities to speak directly with Town leadership closer to where they live. Some of the most important conversations happen outside formal government meetings.

Supports providing important town information in plain language and, where appropriate, in Spanish and other languages.

Supports improving online access to town meetings, documents, and information for residents unable to attend meetings in person.

Wants to hold periodic community conversations and neighborhood meetings throughout Newburgh.

- Supports providing important town information in plain language and, where appropriate, in Spanish and other languages.
- Supports improving online access to town meetings, documents, and information for residents unable to attend meetings in person.
- Wants to hold periodic community conversations and neighborhood meetings throughout Newburgh.

Public Services

The Town is updating its Comprehensive Plan. That plan cannot become another report that sits on a shelf. As Supervisor, I will push to complete a meaningful Comprehensive Plan and then conduct a systematic review of our zoning and land-use regulations to make sure they actually reflect that plan. We should decide what we want the Town of Newburgh to look like 10 and 20 years from now—and then make development decisions consistent with that vision.

Fair Growth, Housing & Neighborhood Quality of Life

A development application shouldn’t be evaluated as though nothing else is happening around it. For significant projects, the Town should examine the cumulative effects of existing development together with projects already approved, pending, or reasonably foreseeable in the surrounding area. That means asking: Can our roads handle it? Can our water, sewer and drainage infrastructure support it? What does it mean for police, fire and emergency services?

Growth shouldn’t leave existing taxpayers paying the bill for infrastructure required by new development. When legally permissible and supported by appropriate studies, major projects should contribute their fair share toward infrastructure improvements and mitigation directly related to the impacts they create. Before approving major development, we should understand not only what it may generate in revenue—but what it may ultimately cost the community.

Smart growth isn’t about saying no to everything. It’s about saying yes to the right projects in the right places. Commercial development should strengthen appropriate commercial corridors. Housing should be encouraged where infrastructure can support it. Truck-intensive and industrial uses need appropriate transportation access and protection for nearby residential neighborhoods.

Residents shouldn’t need to become amateur investigators to figure out what may be built down the road from their homes. I will push for an easy-to-use online Town of Newburgh Development Dashboard showing major pending projects, including: Location • Proposed Use • Size • Current Status • Traffic Studies • Site Plans • Upcoming Hearings • Planning/Zoning Documents. Residents should be able to see what’s being proposed before decisions are made—not after the bulldozers arrive.

Plans to complete a comprehensive plan and systematically review zoning and land-use regulations to align with it.

Supports evaluating cumulative impacts of significant development projects alongside existing, approved, pending, and foreseeable nearby development.

Supports requiring major development projects to contribute toward infrastructure improvements and mitigation related to their impacts when legally permissible.

Supports encouraging housing where local infrastructure can support it.

Plans to create an online dashboard showing major pending development projects and related planning materials.

- Plans to complete a comprehensive plan and systematically review zoning and land-use regulations to align with it.
- Supports evaluating cumulative impacts of significant development projects alongside existing, approved, pending, and foreseeable nearby development.
- Supports requiring major development projects to contribute toward infrastructure improvements and mitigation related to their impacts when legally permissible.
- Supports encouraging housing where local infrastructure can support it.
- Plans to create an online dashboard showing major pending development projects and related planning materials.

Housing & Urban Development

I support giving law enforcement the tools it needs to keep our community safe. But routinely tracking and storing the movements of thousands of people who have done nothing wrong crosses a line for me. I oppose the Town’s use of Flock cameras. Public safety matters — and so do our privacy and civil liberties. We can protect both.

Clean Government & Real Transparency

Our police officers, firefighters, EMS personnel and emergency volunteers need appropriate staffing, equipment, training and coordination to do their jobs safely and effectively. As Supervisor, I will work directly with our public-safety professionals to identify operational and equipment needs, strengthen coordination among agencies and pursue available county, state and federal funding whenever possible.

Infrastructure, Safety & Emergency Preparedness

Newburgh faces potential severe storms, flooding, extended power outages, infrastructure failures, hazardous incidents and other emergencies. The Town should regularly review and update its emergency plans, coordinate with Orange County and neighboring municipalities, and conduct meaningful exercises so weaknesses can be identified before a real emergency exposes them.

The recent reports regarding plans for an ICE facility in the Town of Newburgh are deeply concerning. Let me be clear: I oppose bringing this type of facility into our community. While I appreciate those who have now spoken out against this proposal, residents deserve more than statements after information becomes public. They deserve transparency, accountability, and a complete understanding of how we arrived at this point.

Stephen Krasner Opposes Proposed ICE Facility in Town of Newburgh: “Residents Deserve Answers, Transparency, and Leadership”

Opposes the town's use of Flock cameras, citing concerns about routine tracking, privacy, and civil liberties.

Plans to work with public-safety professionals on operational and equipment needs, agency coordination, and available outside funding.

Supports regularly updating emergency plans, coordinating with neighboring governments, and conducting emergency exercises.

Opposes establishing a proposed Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in the Town of Newburgh.

- Opposes the town's use of Flock cameras, citing concerns about routine tracking, privacy, and civil liberties.
- Plans to work with public-safety professionals on operational and equipment needs, agency coordination, and available outside funding.
- Supports regularly updating emergency plans, coordinating with neighboring governments, and conducting emergency exercises.
- Opposes establishing a proposed Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in the Town of Newburgh.

Public Safety

Managing that system requires more than fixing the worst road after residents complain loudly enough. I support developing a transparent, data-driven road maintenance and resurfacing schedule that evaluates road condition, traffic volume, safety, drainage and long-term cost. Residents should be able to understand which roads are scheduled for work, why they were prioritized, what type of work is planned, and when that work is expected to happen.

As Newburgh grows, we need to look systematically at dangerous intersections, speeding, pedestrian safety, truck traffic and neighborhood cut-through traffic. I will advocate for a Town-wide transportation and traffic-safety strategy that identifies problem areas and establishes priorities for improvements. Where roads are controlled by New York State or Orange County, Town leadership should aggressively advocate for improvements rather than simply telling residents that the road belongs to someone else.

Growth and infrastructure cannot be treated as separate issues. Before major development moves forward, we need to understand whether our roads, intersections, drainage, water and sewer systems, and emergency services can actually accommodate it. And we need to examine those impacts cumulatively, alongside development already approved or proposed nearby.

As Supervisor, I will push for a long-term approach that maintains what we have, plans for what we need, supports our first responders and makes sure growth doesn’t overwhelm the infrastructure residents already depend upon. I will push for a publicly available, multi-year Town Infrastructure & Capital Plan identifying major infrastructure needs, expected costs, funding sources, priorities and anticipated timelines. Projects should be prioritized based on objective factors such as: Condition • Safety • Usage • Cost • Emergency Need • Future Growth • Available Grant Funding.

Supports a transparent, data-driven road-maintenance and resurfacing schedule based on condition, traffic, safety, drainage, and long-term cost.

Plans to advocate for a town-wide transportation and traffic-safety strategy that identifies problem areas and improvement priorities.

Supports assessing whether roads, utilities, drainage, and emergency services can accommodate major development before it proceeds.

Plans to create a publicly available multi-year infrastructure and capital plan identifying needs, costs, funding sources, priorities, and timelines.

- Supports a transparent, data-driven road-maintenance and resurfacing schedule based on condition, traffic, safety, drainage, and long-term cost.
- Plans to advocate for a town-wide transportation and traffic-safety strategy that identifies problem areas and improvement priorities.
- Supports assessing whether roads, utilities, drainage, and emergency services can accommodate major development before it proceeds.
- Plans to create a publicly available multi-year infrastructure and capital plan identifying needs, costs, funding sources, priorities, and timelines.

Transportation & Infrastructure

Commercial development should strengthen appropriate commercial corridors. Housing should be encouraged where infrastructure can support it. Truck-intensive and industrial uses need appropriate transportation access and protection for nearby residential neighborhoods. And our environmentally sensitive areas, open spaces and community character should not simply become afterthoughts.

Supports considering environmentally sensitive areas, open space, and community character in development decisions.

- Supports considering environmentally sensitive areas, open space, and community character in development decisions.

Energy & the Environment

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- Plans to work with public-safety professionals on operational and equipment needs, agency coordination, and available outside funding.
- Supports regularly updating emergency plans, coordinating with neighboring governments, and conducting emergency exercises.
- Opposes establishing a proposed Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in the Town of Newburgh.