Scarsdale Forum Recommends Gas-Powered Leaf Blower Ban

SCARSDALE, NY — The Scarsdale Forum's Sustainability, Municipal Services and Climate Resilience committees are recommending implementing a ban on gas leaf blowers, eliminating the vacuuming of fall leaves and encouraging mulch mowing in the village.

The forum issued a report that said meaningful noise and air pollution regulation, improved public health and ecologically and environmentally sustainable practices would be achieved by the actions.

Climate Resilience Committee Chairman Timothy Foley said the committees have laid out with great detail the present-day threats to Scardale's residents, with regard to public health, climate and the environment, noise pollution, traffic safety and the general welfare.

"We believe the village has achieved a great service to its residents with the changes it enacted to the gas-powered leaf blower ban last month," he said. "But the job isn't done, and waiting years or even decades to build on that progress is a luxury we cannot afford."

The full report is available here.

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