• Town Board Members - elected to four year terms
  Elise Kessler Mottel (D) - Email: ekmottel@town.new-castle.ny.us
  Elected 2003
  John Buckley (D) - Email: jbuckley@town.new-castle.ny.us 
  Re-elected 2005; appointed to vacancy 2003
  Robin Stout (D) - Email: rstout@town.new-castle.ny.us  
  Elected 2005
  Michael Wolfensohn (D) - Email: mbwolf@town.new-castle.ny.us
  Elected 2007 as new Town Board member
• Along with the Supervisor, constitute the Town Board - Formal Town Board Meetings are held on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month, while informal work session meetings are held on the first and third Tuesdays.
• The Town Board is the local legislative and policymaking body - the Board adopts and amends local laws regulating the town governance; promulgates policies about the conducting of government business; controls the use of all Town property, except that directly supervised by the Recreation Commission; adopts the annual Town Budget and establishes the tax levy for General, Highway and related funds; and serves as Commissioners of all special Town Districts. 

• Town Justices - elected to four year terms
  David S. Zuckerman (D), elected 2007
  Douglas M. Kraus (D), elected 2003
  Justice Court Phone: (914) 238-4726
• Jurisdiction over small claims matters up to $3,000
• Jurisdiction over civil cases involving $3,000 or less
• Arraignments and trials of violations and misdemeanors within Town
• Jurisdiction over all traffic matters on highways within Town
• Jurisdiction over various environmental/conservation violations
• Jurisdiction over parking violations and violations of the Town Code
• More information is available about the Justice Court  

New Castle Appointed Town Officials as of January, 2008

• Receiver of Taxes - appointed by the Town Board
  Jill Simon Shapiro
  Phone: (914) 238-7269
  e-mail: jshapiro@town.new-castle.ny.us  
• The Receiver of Taxes is responsible for collection of county, town and school taxes - Prints and sends tax bills, records payments, prepares deposits, sends tax receipts and delinquent notices, and prepares lists of delinquent taxes and In Rem lists.  Calculates small claim and certiorari  refunds caused by assessment reductions, and prepares necessary paperwork for the Town, County and school districts.
• Note: new property owners are requested to notify tax department
• Taxes are due whether or not property owner receives notification
• Town and county taxes are due on April 30th
• School taxes are due in two halves on September 30th and January 31st
• More information is available on property tax assessment and tax records.

• Town Historian - appointed by the Town Board
  Gray Williams
• Responsible for preservation of local government records with enduring historical value
• Responsible for programs for preserving and expanding appreciation of the community's history
• Chairs the Landmark Advisory Committee
• Contact the Town Historian through the Town Clerk's office.
• More information is available on town history.