Goals & Achievements
For the past four years, I’ve been proud to stand up for residents in town. And I would like to finish the work we started -- together.
Let's improve the quality of life for our families and our children.
- Keith Kaplan
Brought Government Online
Councilman Kaplan spearheading the use of new technologies like the Spatial Data Logic (“SDL”) system to make electronic permits & online requests for licensing, scheduling visits, and more available to residents.
The improvements have freed up staff time, enabling better services for residents.
Responsiveness and Transparency
Councilman Kaplan held department heads accountable to provide more information to our residents. He also made government more transparent and accessable to all through blogging and publishing of traffic studies, information and explanatory sessions.
Reduced Delays and Expenses For You
Councilman Kaplan worked with the Planning Board, Zoning Officials, Local Businesses, and more to remove barriers and red tape — allowing small businesses and residents to more easily enjoy the fruits of their labor.
Updated Our Code
Over the past four years, Councilman Kaplan initiated the first comprehensive review of our Town Code in decades. The recodification process helps more residents more easily navigate local laws and requirements.
Our code is “up-to-date” for the first time in decades.
Safety and Infrastructure
Councilman Kaplan worked hard with fellow council-members to fund resurfacing of a record number of roads, perform traffic safety studies, and create safety improvements that were requested by residents.
Leader in Community Health
Teaneck led the way in creating a POD (point of dispensing) for vaccine delivery to thousands per day to help ensure the safety of residents during the COVID pandemic.
Experience Matters
- Keith Kaplan was elected to the Township Council in 2018.
He is a former member of the Planning Board and the Parks, Playgrounds, and Recreation Advisory Board and served as a board member at his local synagogue. - Keith currently serves as Council liaison to the Library, Environmental Commission, and Teaneck Board of Education and previously served as liaison to the Advisory Board on Community Relations and Shade Tree Advisory Board.
- Keith has also been a Trustee on the Board of the Teaneck Swim Club since 2014.
- Keith has over twenty years of experience working as a law clerk at one of the nation’s most prestigious law firms.
Keith is married to his wife Stacy and is the proud parent of three daughters.
Promises Kept:
While serving on Council since 2018, Keith:
- Approved four “zero tax increase” budgets in a row
- Created millions of dollars in new ratables through smart development
- Increased the number of roads paved per year
- Improved our municipal complex, buildings, and parks for better access.
- Saved the township hundreds of thousands of dollars by joining the Joint Insurance Fund
- Improved amenities through creative solutions that save taxpayers money — like the prefabricated restrooms in Phelps Park
- Worked on the COVID-19 public health emergency response in partnership with Holy Name Hospital which administered more than 170,000 COVID-19 vaccines at the Rodda Center
- Made Teaneck a Certified Veterans Friendly Community
Improvements you can use!
- Code Updates: Keith worked to update and streamline the municipal code (which hasn’t been updated in decades).
Spearheading programs to help make electronic permits more easily available at the Building Department, enabling residents to schedule inspections and make payments online.- Helped make the government more accountable and transparent, as well as easier to deal with.
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dvocated and secured a new pre-fab bathroom which was installed at Phelps Park with plans to install more modern restrooms at other township parks in the coming years.
Let's Keep Moving Teaneck Forward Together!
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On November 8th, please join your neighbors in re-electing Keith Kaplan to the Township Council!
While we have accomplished a lot, we still have much left to do. The groundwork is complete to refresh our local parks for decades to come. We need to continue capital improvement projects for our infrastructure and work with our State and Federal representatives to bring money back to Teaneck.
Having served as your Councilman for four years since 2018, I have gained a lot of experience and knowledge to enable me to hit the ground running.
Responsive Government
I understand that people don’t have a lot of time – that’s why crafting codes that are simple to read and understand is so important.
Reducing Headaches
We need our Building Department, DPW, and others to help residents and reduce red tape. Customer Service is a top priority for my next term.
Leading The Way
We must respond responsibly to the housing crisis in a way that reflects our values as a community. We led the way in the past; we must continue to do so in the future.
At a time of economic uncertainty, we must continue the zero-increase budgets that we have passed every year under my term in office.
As a dad of three young children, I know how important and necessary these amenities are for our local parks. We will continue to responsibly use our Municipal Open Space Trust Fund to create modern bathrooms in all of our community parks.
We must upgrade equipment in parks and continue capital projects such as road resurfacing.
We need to reduce barriers to entry for our local businesses and maintain appropriate budgets and bonding.
We need to be able to know, at a glance, where you can park or operate equipment. We need to update our policies and codes to better reflect the changing nature of our times.
We eliminated redundancy and requirements that hampered businesses and homeowners.
Revised Our Code
We updated the Township Code for the first time in decades, so residents could know what our laws actually are.
Transparency and Communication
We have increased transparency in how government functions, through explanatory postings, a quarterly newsletter, and email/outreach efforts.
Infrastructure Upgrades
We put bathrooms in the Votee Park Field House and Phelps Park with plans to continue in all local parks.
We continued to pave a record number of roads and worked with our Federal and State representatives to identify grants and other opportunities for infrastructure upgrades to help our community, including the bridge project over the railroad tracks.
Let’s do this Teaneck!
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Township Leadership
Keith is a team player
What his colleagues say about him:
Karen Lew Orgen
Mark Schwartz
Michael Pagan
Moving Teaneck Forward Together
In my years on council, I have brought in sustainable smart development, created affordable housing opportunities and much more.
I hope you'll join us in Moving Teaneck Forward together!