Elect Darren Rigger to the Peekskill City Council

Darren is a former Councilman of the City of Peekskill, NY. He was the NYS Democratic Committee member from the 90th AD, the former Chair of the City of Peekskill Democratic Committee and former member of the executive committee of the Westchester County Democratic Committee. In 2008, he was the recipient of the Westchester County Democratic Party’s Distinguished Service Award. Darren was appointed to the Westchester County Environment Management Council. He was the host of a cable access political talk show called ‘On Point, On Peekskill’. Since 2007, he has been a mentor and seminar leader for the New Leaders Council. In 2014, he was inducted into his High School Outstanding Alumni Hall of Fame.

In 2009, Darren was chosen by the American Council of Young Political Leaders (ACYPL) to participate in a State Department delegation to South Korea. In 2010, he was the NYS Host for the ACYPL delegation from Indonesia. In 2016, Darren participated in an American Israel Education Foundation special Northeast Progressive Leaders delegation to Israel.

In 2022, the American Association of Political Consultants - America’s largest and only bipartisan network of political professionals – awarded Darren and Dynamic SRG the National Campaign Excellence Award for Fundraiser of the Year.

He appears annually on the City & State Political Consultants Power List and in 2023 was named one of the 40 Above & Beyond – GenX Leaders in NYS.

Darren is currently a board member of the Paramount Hudson Valley Theater and is active with numerous community based volunteer organizations including the Westchester/Putnam Freemasons and Open Arms for Refugees.

He has received awards, citations, proclamations and recognition from the City of Peekskill, County of Westchester and State of NY.