Lou Mosiello

Lou Mosiello, a Republican, was first elected to the 17-member Westchester County Board of Legislators in November 1995 and is currently serving his fourth full term. He represents the north-central and northeast sections of the City of Yonkers as well as the neighboring Village of Bronxville in the Town of Eastchester. He is Chair of the Board’s Special Committee on Parks and Recreation and a member of both the Committee on Public Safety & Criminal Justice and the Labor Committee.

Prior to his election to the County Legislature, Mosiello served as a member of the Yonkers Financial Advisory Commission, founded and served as President of the Grassy Sprain Civic Association, served as a member of the New York State Assembly Community Advisory Board and State Legislative Advisory Committee. He also served as Vice-Chairman of the Yonkers City Council Charter Revision Commission, Chairman of the 10th Ward Republican Committee, and as a member of the Yonkers Columbus Day Committee. Additionally, he served as a member of the Yonkers Public School 32 PTA and as a Little League Coach for the Henry S. Richards Boys and Girls Club.

Mosiello has been one of the more prolific legislators on the Board, introducing new legislative initiatives each term that later become law. In February of 2001, Westchester County became one of the first governments in the country to ban the use of hand-held cell phones while driving, a law that Mosiello sponsored and introduced. He has also been a leading advocate for taxpayer relief, pushing for a leaner, more cost effective County government. In each of the last three sessions, he has introduced legislation that would make it more difficult for the County Legislature to raise taxes. In 1997, the Taxpayers Alliance of New York named Mosiello "Tax Fighter of the Year." At the urging of County Legislator Mosiello, then Chair of the Labor Committee, the County Board passed and the County Executive signed the McBride principles—nine fair-employment affirmative action principles developed as a code of conduct for U.S. companies and governments doing business in Northern Ireland. He is also one of the founders and an honorary chairperson of the Great Hunger Foundation that memorializes those who died in the Irish Famine. Because of Mosiello’s leadership, a permanent memorial was dedicated at V. E. Macy Park in Ardsley in 2001.

As a former police sergeant in the Town of Mamaroneck and past President of the Mamaroneck P.B.A., Mosiello has brought a wealth of experience to the Legislature in the area of law enforcement and crime reduction. Mosiello was successful in getting a "box cutter law" unanimously approved by the County Legislature making it illegal for storeowners to sell box cutters to minors. He has successfully strengthened this landmark legislation, adding such things as stiffer penalties for violators and banning anyone under the age of 22 from possessing a box cutter on school property. Legislator Mosiello was also successful in implementing a law banning the sale, distribution and possession of toys which duplicate real guns. He was also successful in persuading the County to stop its use of wrap-around advertising on its Bee-Line buses, eliminating a major cause of "visual pollution."

Mosiello has been a resident of Yonkers for nearly 40 years, and attended Westchester Community College after graduating from Roosevelt High School. Mosiello and his wife, Maria, are now proud grandparents after raising two sons who attended Sacred Heart High School and graduated from area colleges.