Community Profile

Pledge Status

Complete

Pledge Date

Monday, April 28, 2025

Program Year

2025

Achievement

Signatories

2025

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City of Peekskill

Peekskill, NY

Vivian McKenzie

Mayor

Pledge Summary

Peekskill is a city of 25,000 located in Westchester County, New York, along the Hudson River. The City is bordered by beautiful Blue Mountain Park to the South and Bear Mountain to the North as well as several local parks and the Peekskill Regeneration Farm. Mayor McKenzie of Peekskill, NY has committed to saving the monarch butterfly and other pollinators with her signing of the Mayor's Monarch Pledge, and looks forward to engaging residents as Peekskill fulfills the actions of this pledge.

Community Spotlight

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Milkweed planting area at the Riverfront Green

This is one of the areas where milkweed has been planted in Peekskill. This area is along a heavily used walkway at our Riverfront Green. Signage providing information on the Pollinated Pathway is put out to inform walkers.

Action Items Committed for 2025

Program and Demonstration Gardens

  • Plant milkweed and pollinator-friendly native nectar plants along roadsides, medians, or public rights-of-way.
  • Add or maintain native milkweed and nectar-producing plants in gardens in the community.
  • Display educational signage at monarch gardens and pollinator habitat.