A Public Open House to discuss the planned replacement of the Route 4 bridge over the Hudson River between Northumberland and Greenwich. is scheduled for Wednesday, April 23 from 5:30 to 7:30 PM at the Champlain Canal Region Gateway Visitor Center, 30 Ferry Street, Schuylerville.  Your assistance with getting the word out on this is appreciated! Thank you for your consideration.

HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT UPDATE:

We will be starting our spring culvert installs on 4/10 and continue through to possibly as late 5/1. These installs will be performed on regular working days (Monday- Thursday), from 8am till 4:30pm. We will be starting on Ray Road and finishing on Mahaffy Road. These culverts are all on the dirt sections of each road. For Ray Road we will be working our way out to North Road from the existing black top. For Mahaffy Road we will be working out towards Ryan Road starting at the existing black top. These dates are subject to change due to weather etc... 

 All work zones will be signed and marked to county standards, there is to be no unauthorized vehicles /person aloud inside the final closure barriers, any violators will be removed and handled by the county. Thank you for your cooperation, hoping for a safe and productive next few weeks.

Effective April 9, 2025, a copy of the Map, Plan, and Report (MPR) for the Proposed Town of Greenwich Water District shall be made available for public inspection at the Town of Greenwich Clerk’s Office, Town of Greenwich Town Office, 2 Academy Street, Greenwich, New York, during the Town Clerk’s office hours of 8:00 am to 3:00 pm Monday-Wednesday, 12:00 pm to 7:00 pm on Thursday, and 8:00 am to 12:00 pm on Friday. 

There will be a public hearing on May 13, 2025 at 6:30 pm to receive comments from the public. Comments may also be submitted to the Town Clerk in writing prior to the May 13^th meeting.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

The Town of Greenwich Youth Program is seeking applicants for Youth Program Counselor positions for the 2025 season.
The program will run from Monday, July 7th through Friday August 8th. 

Below please find the application to be filled out and returned to Joanna Messina at the Greenwich Town Office, 2 Academy Street, or Amy McPhail at the Greenwich HS Office by Friday, May 2nd!

Counselors do not have to live in Greenwich in order to be hired!

                  It is not too late for the Enhanced Star program

 If you have the Basic Star on your school tax bill and you are over 65, you may qualify for the Enhanced Star program. Your 2023 income must be under $107,300 less IRA.

To apply: go to the state website at: www.tax.ny.gov. Print out form RP-425_GC. Mail it to the state on the instructions form, RP-425-GC-I by September 30, 2025. If you have already applied, you do not need to reapply unless the state sends you a letter in the mail which you must answer.

If you are on the Star Credit program (you get a check in the mail in September), you do not have to do anything. It is automatic.

Your assessor

THE WASHINGTON COUNTY DMV WILL BE AVAILABLE IN GREENWICH AT THE TOWN OFFICE LOCATED AT 2 ACADEMY STREET ON THE FOLLOWING WEDNESDAYS:

JANUARY 15, 2025

MARCH 12, 2025

MAY 14, 2025·

JULY 9, 2025

SEPTEMBER 10, 2025

NOVEMBER 19, 2025

TIME: 9:30 -1:30

PLEASE CONTACT OUR MAIN OFFICE IN FORT·EDWARD AT

(518) 746-2163 FO   ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

***PLEASE NOTE SCHEDULE CHANGES DUE TO HOLIDAYS***

https://www.ny.gov/services/apply-heating-and-cooling-assistance-heap

Great News!

The county now has a place where you can electronically send in change of address forms and you can print your own tax bills instead of having to call and get them. The links are below:

Real Property Tax Service Changes in Address and/or Name

https://washingtoncountyny-services.app.transform.civicplus.com/forms/34937

Real Property Tax Service E-911 Address Application

https://washingtoncountyny-services.app.transform.civicplus.com/forms/42592

Tax Bills; can be found by searching a property, clicking the Tax info Tab, and then the “View Tax Bills” Link on the left. Exact directions balow.

https://imo.washingtoncountyny.gov/index.aspx

Public Access:

Click Here for Public Access

Click on the Click Here for Public Access Button.

When you get to search you can put in your parcel ID or your name. or your address and search. The next screen brings you to the results of your search click on the parcel Id of your property. On the left-hand side, under Residential, the 5^th box down says tax info. Hit the tax info button. The next screen brings you to the tax info. Look on the left-hand side of that screen, it says Tax Links. Under Tax Links the second button says Payment Status and the third button says View Tax Bill. Payment Status will let you know when your tax bills were paid and if they are paid or unpaid. The View Tax Bills will allow you to view and print your tax bills.

STAR Credit Direct Deposit and new Homeowner Benefit Portal now available statewide! 

We’re excited to announce that, after a successful pilot of the STAR Credit Direct Deposit program last year, the direct deposit option is now available to STAR credit recipients statewide. 

To enroll, credit recipients will log into the new Homeowner Benefit Portal, which is also how new homeowners will register for the STAR credit.

In addition, the portal provides STAR applicants and recipients with much more functionality than they previously had, such as:

• checking the status of their property tax registrations;
• switching to the STAR credit;
• viewing, editing, or closing their registrations;
• ensuring their information is accurate and complete; and
• taking action to resolve issues.

With the launch of the portal, the previous STAR registration application is no longer available. We have updated our relevant webpages to assist with this transition.

How to access the portal

Homeowners with existing Tax Department Individual Online Services accounts can now find the Homeowner Benefit Portal under Real Property Tax after they log in. Other homeowners will be prompted to create an Individual Online Services account to get started.

Homeowners without access to the Internet can continue to register for STAR by calling our representatives at 518-457-2036, weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Homeowners cannot enroll in STAR Direct Deposit over the phone.

Note: An Online Services account is separate from your Online Assessment Community user ID and password. If you don’t have an Individual Online Services account, you will need to create one to access the Homeowner Benefit Portal.

You can only access registration information regarding your own properties in the portal; you will not be able to access the registrations of other homeowners.

If you receive questions from homeowners about the new portal, please direct them to call our representatives at 518-457-2036, weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

We now have a notary in the Town Office! Deborah Tjarks, Town Clerk will be here to notarize your items Monday through Friday.

     We would like to welcome WIC back to the Town of Greenwich!

They will be here, at 2 Academy Street, the 3rd Tuesday of every month, from 9am to 3pm, with the exception of December, March and June and September.