ABOUT THE IDA

 

 

The Port Chester Industrial Development Agency (PC-IDA) was established as a public benefit corporation of the State for the benefit of the Village of Port Chester. The purposes of the Agency shall be to promote, develop, encourage and assist in the acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, improving, maintaining, equipping and furnishing industrial, manufacturing, warehousing, commercial, research and recreation facilities including certain defined facilities, and thereby advance the job opportunities, health, general prosperity and economic welfare of the people of the State and to improve their recreation opportunities, prosperity and standard of living.

Enabling Statute: §  900-a. Village of Port Chester industrial development agency. For the benefit of the Village of Port Chester in the county of Westchester and the inhabitants thereof, an industrial development agency, to be known as the VILLAGE OF PORT CHESTER INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, is hereby established for the accomplishment of any or all of the purposes specified in title one of article eighteen-A of this chapter. It shall constitute a body corporate and politic, and be perpetual in duration. It shall have the powers and duties now or hereafter conferred by title one of article eighteen-A of this chapter upon industrial development agencies and provided that the exercise of the powers by such agency with respect to the acquisition of real property whether by purchase, condemnation or otherwise, shall be limited to the corporate limits of the Village of Port Chester, and such agency shall take into consideration the local zoning and planning regulations as well as the regional and local comprehensive land use plans. It shall be organized in a manner prescribed by and be subject to the provisions of title one of article eighteen-A of this chapter. Its members shall be appointed by the governing body of the Village of Port Chester. The agency, its members, officers  and employees and its operations and activities shall in all respects be governed by the provisions of title one of article eighteen-A of this chapter.

 

IDA STAFF

NameTitlePhoneE-mail Address
Christopher SteersAdmin. Director(914) 939-2200CSteers-IDA@PortChesterNYIDA.org
Anthony SiligatoTreasurer(914) 939-5205ASiligato-IDA@PortChesterNYIDA.org
Rosalind CiminoActing Secretary/IT Director(914) 939-7399RCimino-IDA@PortChesterNYIDA.org
 

IDA VOLUNTEER BOARD MEMBERS

All IDA Board members are appointed by and serve at the pleasure of, the Village of Port Chester Board of Trustees

NameDate AppointedTitleE-mail Address
Francis (Frank) Ferrara12/03/2012 ChairmanFFerrara-IDA@PortChesterNYIDA.org
Dan Brakewood01/22/2024MemberDBrakewood@PortChesterNYIDA.org
Juliana Alzate04/05/2022MemberJAlzate-IDA@PortChesterNYIDA.org
John Allen04/05/2022MemberJAllen-IDA@PortChesterNYIDA.org
John Hiensch02/25/1998SecretaryJHiensch@PortChesterNYIDA.org
James T. Taylor, II10/01/2007MemberJTaylor@PortChesterNYIDA.org
Richard O'Connell06/19/2017Co-ChairmanROConnell@PortChesterNYIDA.org