We Pay More. We Get Less. On November 3rd, That Changes.
- Dan D'Amico
- Jun 10
- 3 min read
Watch the video first.
Here is the situation in Westchester County right now, and I want you to hear it plainly.
Your taxes went up. Again. The county raised the property tax levy this year on top of years of previous increases. Families in District 16, whether they own or rent, are paying more into the county than they ever have.
And what did they get for it?
Department budgets were cut 8% across the board. Nearly 180 county workers were eliminated. Nonprofits that serve the most vulnerable people in this community had their funding slashed. The streets still flood. The roads still need work. The down payment that would let a Yonkers family buy their first home is still out of reach.
You are paying more. You are getting less. And the people making those decisions, the legislators voting yes on those budgets year after year, largely do not live the consequences of what they vote for. They do not sit at a kitchen table trying to figure out how to afford a rent increase that came directly from a tax increase they approved. They do not lie awake during a storm wondering if the flooding is going to take their yard or their basement or their foundation again.
That disconnect is the problem. And on November 3rd, you have the power to fix it.
I am Dan D'Amico. I am a former FDNY firefighter and a licensed real estate broker. I have spent nearly five years running into burning buildings and over a decade helping Yonkers families buy and sell homes. I am not a career politician. I am someone who has spent his entire adult life in public service and in direct service to this community. I understand what the people of District 16 are going through because I am living in the same community, dealing with the same costs, and hearing the same stories at 4,000 doors.
Here is exactly what I will do when you send me to White Plains.
On homeownership: the county approved $45 million for electric vehicle charging stations. I would have used that money differently. At $25,000 per grant, that is 1,800 Yonkers families who could have bought their first home. When I get to that legislative chamber, I will fight to redirect low-priority county spending into a real down payment assistance fund for first-time buyers in District 16. Homeownership builds generational wealth. It stabilizes neighborhoods. It is the single most effective thing county government can do to change the financial trajectory of working families here.
On the budget: I will go through it line by line. Not just vote yes and move on. I will read it, question it, challenge it, and report back to you on what I find. If there is waste, I will name it publicly. If there is spending that does not serve the people of this district, I will vote against it and explain exactly why. You deserve a legislator who treats your tax dollars the way you treat them at home, with accountability and with respect.
On flooding: I will convene a formal study to understand exactly why flooding keeps happening in Yonkers, which areas are most at risk, what infrastructure solutions exist, and what it will take to fund them. No more waiting for the next storm. No more promises that go nowhere. A real process, with real findings, leading to real action. The Warburton corridor and every other flood-affected street in this district deserves an actual plan, not another statement.
November 3rd is the date. District 16 is the race. And this is the moment to decide what kind of representation you want for the next two years.
I am asking for your vote. Not because I have been in politics for decades. Because I have been in this community, at your doors, listening to what you actually need, and I am ready to fight for it.
Watch the video and share it with every neighbor you have in District 16.
👉 Related: Here Is My Promise to District 16. Hold Me to It.
Paid for by Friends of Dan D'Amico | vote4damico@gmail.com | Yonkers, NY 10701
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