Cate Rogers has lived in East Hampton for 24 years and is a resident of Springs. Prior to being elected to the Town Board in 2021, Cate served on the Zoning Board of Appeals where she was a member for a total of 9 years, serving the last 7 as its Vice Chairwoman until her retirement in 2018.
In 2017, Cate began her advocacy for solutions to the Climate Crisis as a Climate Leader trained by Former Vice President Al Gore for The Climate Reality Project and is a mentor, and Co-Chair of the NYS Coalitions of Chapters. She is also a founding member of Wind With Wind and WIndworks,LI.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS ON THE TOWN BOARD
- Protected East Hampton’s Environment, Community, and Sustainability by sponsoring common sense zoning code amendments
- Expanded Community Housing Opportunities for Working People by helping to rewrite the affordable housing codes
- Helped secure $2.5M in NYS funding for coastal dune restoration for Ditch Plains
- Completed the South Fork Wind Farm construction, reducing CO2 gases equaling 60,000 cars yearly
- Sponsored composting pilot program eliminating 12,245 lbs. of food scraps from the waste stream over two summers
OBJECTIVES FOR NEXT TERM
- Fight against the Economic Exploitation of our Neighborhoods by Short Term Rental Investors
- Advance the Principles of Sustainability across our town
- Support community led planning for a year round resilient Montauk utilizing $500k NYS grant funding
- Expand Childcare Opportunities across our town
- Increase our Coastal Resilience and address the impacts of the Climate Crisis
- Support our democracy and the rights of our community Members
CATE IS ENDORSED BY. . .
Democratic Party
Working Families Party
Eleanor’s Legacy
CATE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU
Please email Cate at: caterogers4easthampton@gmail.com.
