Mamaroneck Mayor Tom Murphy announced on Jan. 2, that he would appoint Lou Young, a 43-year veteran of broadcast journalism, to the position of village trustee replacing Trustee Kelly Wenstrup who stepped down on Jan. 4.
“Filling Kelly’s shoes was not easy, but I particularly wanted someone who wasn’t invested in the inside baseball aspect of Mamaroneck politics, and who could provide an objective voice of reason,” said Murphy. “We have in Lou a longtime area resident with a great deal of integrity who is passionate about the issues we face. I feel confident his energy, experience, and fresh perspective will serve Mamaroneck well.”
Young and his family moved to the village of Mamaroneck in 2019 after living “next door” in Larchmont for two decades. In his capacity as a journalist,
he has covered floods in Mamaroneck for all three major TV stations in New York City as far back as the ‘80s. His concern over the lack of effective flood
mitigation in Mamaroneck motivated him to volunteer for public service on the Board of Trustees.
Though currently retired from journalism, Young has performed public relations and consultant tasks for several local political candidates and the New Rochelle school district. He has also volunteered his journalism skills to the hyper-local news website, The Loop, and LMC Media, the public access TV outlet for Larchmont and Mamaroneck. Earlier this year, Young and Producer Dena Schumacher won a National Hometown Media Award for LMC in the “Community Impact” category for their coverage of the Larchmont-Mamaroneck Hunger Task Force.
Young’s other awards include 10 Emmys, and in 2013 a duPont-Columbia University Award for coverage of the Newtown School Shooting Tragedy. He is a graduate of the University of Florida’s College of Journalism and Communications and a member of the school’s Hall of Fame.
During his career, Young met and interviewed four U.S. presidents and hundreds of newsmakers both domestically and overseas. He is an experienced
conflict correspondent who covered the U.S. Invasion of Panama, the second Palestinian Intifada, and the U.S. Invasion of Iraq. He was at Ground Zero
on 9/11 as one of CBS’ primary reporters in the disaster zone, and subsequently reported extensively from various locations in the Middle East during
that difficult time.
Young and his wife, Debra Quintana, currently live in the Washingtonville section of Mamaroneck. Their two grown children, who graduated from the Mamaroneck school system, both live in Manhattan.
(Submitted)
