Maria Slippen

As the only candidate for Village trustee who is the mother of a young family, I have a unique and essential perspective. As with all Croton residents, I want our Village to be a safe, attractive, economically viable environment in which to raise our children.

Maria Slippen

I began my community service as the President of my children’s pre-school and have not looked back: Girl Scout leader, PTA president, Croton Harmon Education Foundation (CHEF) board member, CHEF winter fundraiser chair, Croton Arboretum board member, AYSO board member, Croton Caring Committee board member and fundraising chair, Cortlandt Master Plan Committee member, former Croton Recreation Advisory Committee member and for the past months, Village Trustee.

Maria F Slippen is the mother of a young family. She has served as president of her children’s preschool and the parent-teacher association, as a Girl Scout leader, and on several local community organization boards.

Maria has experience as a preschool president.

I have a substantial record of community service here in Croton. I've found that leading requires openness, and the ability to listen. We won’t all agree on every issue. That is true of each of the trustees (I voted against the recent budget), and it is certainly true of my two running mates. Bringing people into the process and building our community through diversity of opinion is what I have been doing for the past several years in all the organizations in which I have served. I believe that is why the Mayor appointed me this year to fill the vacant trustee seat.

Maria was appointed by the mayor to fill a vacant Village Trustee seat.

Maria was recently appointed by the mayor to fill a vacant Village Trustee seat.

2026 New York General Election

As of October 23, 2026, Maria F Slippen’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Housing & Urban Development

Today, not only do School District and Village organizations share space, but also some resources necessary for maintaining them. Coordination like this with the Village and other organizations can enhance efficiency, improve services, increase the quality of life and boost property values. I am committed to expanding and maintaining opportunities for our Village through creative collaboration.

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Committed to expanding and maintaining opportunities in the Village through collaboration with other organizations.

- Committed to expanding and maintaining opportunities in the Village through collaboration with other organizations.

Public Services

Maria Slippen was asked how she would support a policy protecting Croton residents' privacy after the Village Board approved license-plate-reader cameras. She said: “So I want to start by saying that I want to make sure that our police department has the tools in every way that they need to do their job to keep us safe. We invest a lot of money and a lot of support in our police department, and they serve us extremely well. I have so many concerns about all the cameras that I see everywhere.” She later said, “I think that before we can be ready to support a policy, we need to understand much better what our cameras are and what's happening with the data and where it's going. The county is in the midst of a lawsuit with the ACLU as a result of the cameras, and they still haven't been able to finish an FAQ for all of us on it. So I just think there are lot more questions. I'm not really policy ready on this one.”

Transcript: LWV Candidates Forum — 2026-10-08 — Croton-on-Hudson, NY

Said she is not ready to support a policy on license-plate-reader cameras until the Village better understands the data collected by the cameras and how it is used.

- Said she is not ready to support a policy on license-plate-reader cameras until the Village better understands the data collected by the cameras and how it is used.

Public Safety

Transportation & Infrastructure

I am convinced that maintaining a policy of the lowest possible taxes, and effectively controlling costs and sharing services are the keys to our ongoing fiscal strength as a community. Doing this has required continual adjustments and thoughtfully changing the way we do business. We must be responsive to the needs and wishes of the residents, while helping everyone come together behind necessary actions that improve our Village. Communication is the key... and that's what I do.

Supports keeping taxes as low as possible by controlling costs and sharing services.

- Supports keeping taxes as low as possible by controlling costs and sharing services.

Economy

Energy & the Environment

Maria F Slippen

As a Village Trustee, improved public access to Board work sessions through larger meeting space, microphones, and online video recordings.

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Isaac Brickman

Buket Urgen

As part of this year's organizational meeting, which is held annually after the election, one of the topics reviewed was the format of Village Board work sessions. Over the past few months, the Board (with the assistance of Village staff) has made some improvements to the format which include: moving the location to the large meeting room which increases seating for invited guests and residents and provides the audience with an unobstructed view of the video screen during presentations, using microphones to improve the audibility of speakers to all attendees, and beginning with this week's work session a video recording of all work sessions will be posted to the Village website within a few days.