| Briarcliff Manor | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crime rates (2007–2012) | ||||||
| Crime type | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
| Homicide: | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robbery: | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Aggravated assault: | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total violent crime: | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Burglary: | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 4 |
| Larceny-theft: | 35 | 29 | 27 | 15 | 22 | 10 |
| Motor vehicle theft: | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arson: | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total property crime: | 51 | 36 | 28 | 18 | 30 | 14 |
| Sources: FBI 2012 UCR data Newsday | ||||||
As of 2014, the head of village government is Mayor William J. Vescio, a former village trustee who has been mayor since 2005.[89][90] The village government consists of a mayor and four trustees, all unpaid officials elected at-large for two-year terms.[3](p88) A full-time, appointed village manager handles day-to-day community affairs;[91] the first was Max Vogel in 1967.[5](pp59–61) Briarcliff Manor's government operates from the village hall, which houses the Justice Court and offices of the mayor and village manager.[92][93][94] As of February 2014, there are 5,531 registered voters in Briarcliff Manor.[95] As of 2007 the village's government employed 81 people full-time,[41] including the five-member Building Department, the six-member Planning Board, the twenty-nine-member Department of Public Works, the four-member Recreation Department, the twenty-member Police Department, the volunteer Fire Department, the Architectural Review Advisory Committee, and the Conservation Advisory Council.[26]
Briarcliff Manor maintains a voting custom that dates to at least around 1905. In addition to its customary general election, held at the same day in every municipality in New York, the village has a nonpartisan caucus, a town meeting-style forum to determine officeholders. The system of thePeople's Caucus is largely unique to the village, and has been described as an extension of the New England town hall concept. The People's Caucus, officially formed in 1946, chooses candidates by majority vote two months before the village election, where the candidates usually run unopposed, turning the election into a formality.[96] The caucus is open to citizens of 18 years or over who have lived in the village for at least a month; voter registration is not required. Voters and candidates do not declare party affiliations, instead candidates present their platforms in early January of each year, and weeks later the caucus meets again to vote.[97]
In the New York State Legislature, the western portion of Briarcliff Manor (in Ossining) is represented by Democrat Sandy Galef for the New York State Assembly's 95th District, while the eastern part (in Mount Pleasant) is represented by Democrat Thomas Abinanti for the Assembly's 92nd District.[98][99] Democrat David Carlucci represents the Ossining portion of the village for the New York Senate's 38th District, and Republican Gregory Ball represents the Mount Pleasant end of the village in the Senate's 40th District.[100][101] In Congress, the village is represented by Democrat Nita Lowey in the House of Representatives from New York's 17th District and Democrats Kirsten Gillibrand and Chuck Schumer in the Senate.[102]
