Palm Tree, New York
Palm Tree, New York | ||
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Town | ||
CON )
Morris Steinberg ( DEM )
Isaac Glanzer ( REP )
Gerson Neuman (FIPS code 36-39853 | | |
GNIS feature ID | 0979938 |
Palm Tree is a
The population of Palm Tree was 32,954 at the 2020 census.History
The village of
On June 14, 2018, special legislation was passed that moved up the target date by one year. The bill was signed by Governor Andrew Cuomo on July 1.[5][6] The town became official on January 1, 2019, with officials elected in November 2018 being sworn in on that date. No candidates ran for town justice in either the 2018 or 2019 elections;[7] however, two non-resident lawyers were elected as town justices in the November 2019 elections as part of a write-in campaign supported by the leadership of the majority faction of the town's community;[8] while normally New York law requires town justices to be residents of the town, the town's laws were amended to permit the town justices to be non-residents.[8] In the same election, residents voted for a single consolidated town-village government, to be governed as a village rather than a town.[8]
Etymology
The name "Palm Tree" is a calque (translation) of the surname/family name of Joel Teitelbaum. In
See also
- Kaser, New York − a majority Hasidic village in a neighboring county.
- New Square, New York − a majority Hasidic village in a neighboring county.
- Hasidic Judaism
Notes
- ^ since the village of East Rochester became a coterminous town and village in 1981
References
- ^ "Election Results: 2018 Local and State Races". recordonline.com. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
- ^ a b "845 Confidential: Town of Palm Tree takes root in Orange County". recordonline.com. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
- ^ Foderaro, Lisa W. (November 19, 2017) "Call It Splitsville, N.Y.: Hasidic Enclave to Get Its Own Town", The New York Times. Retrieved April 6, 2020.
- ^ McKenna, Chris. "Kiryas Joel's split from Monroe overwhelmingly approved". recordonline.com. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
- ^ McKenna, Chris. "State OKs forming Town of Palm Tree one year earlier". recordonline.com. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
- ^ "NY State Senate Bill S7861A". NY State Senate. April 13, 2018. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
- ^ McKenna, Chris (September 18, 2019). "Neighboring towns forced to handle Palm Tree court cases". Times Herald-Record. Gannett. Archived from the original on September 24, 2019. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
- ^ a b c McKenna, Chris (November 30, 2019). "Write-ins elected first Palm Tree judges". Times Herald-Record. Retrieved March 10, 2024.