Child walking on a sidewalk covered in fall leaves

Let’s Ban
Gas-powered
Leaf Blowers
In Croton!

Year-round. No Exemptions. Strictly-enforced.

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From Bloomberg. What It Takes to Defeat The Leaf Blowers. By Jessica Stolzberg, November 15, 2025. Quote: “Our community’s health should no longer be governed by a calendar.” Source: bloomberg.com

From Village of Croton-on-Hudson. Leaf Blower Information: Air Quality. June, 2022. Quote: “Two-stroke engines produce ultrafine particulate matter, or PM 10 and PM 2.5, which is a mixture of solid and liquid particles suspended in air. …the smallest particles (PM 2.5) even get into the bloodstream, and can traverse the blood-brain barrier.” Source: crotononhudson-ny.gov

From Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Gas-Powered Leaf Blowers Are Health Hazards. October 22, 2025. Quote: “Children are highly susceptible to these hazards because they breathe more air per pound of body weight per day than adults and thus inhale more of any pollutants that are thrown into the air by this equipment.” Source: icahn.mssm.edu

From Consumer Reports. 9 Best Battery Leaf Blowers of 2026. By Paul Hope, March 27, 2026. Quote: “Many battery-powered leaf blowers, like Stihl, Ego, and Ryobi are just as powerful as gas models. In the past decade, battery leaf blowers have evolved from a niche product for light leaf cleanup to a viable alternative to heavy-duty gas-powered blowers. They’re fast at moving leaves. They’re good at loosening embedded leaves from a lawn. They’re easy to handle. They’re reliable.” Source: consumerreports.org