Town of Yorktown

Westchester County, New York

Last verified September 17, 2026

Town of Yorktown is a jurisdiction in Westchester County, New York, with an online portal for searching and pulling active or historical building permits. Use the contact information below to reach the local building department, or the mailing address if the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.

Contact

Phone: 914-962-5722 x233
Email: building@yorktownny.org
Department Site: Building Department (Building Inspector's Office) (opens in a new tab)

Source: yorktownny.gov (opens in a new tab)

Permit Search

CitySquared Online Permit Portal (opens in a new tab)

Certificate Holder Mailing Address

John H. Landi, Building Inspector
Town of Yorktown, Yorktown Town Hall
363 Underhill Avenue
Yorktown Heights, NY 10598

Use this address when the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.

Additional Notes

Well-documented on the town's official site. Building Inspector is John H. Landi; Code Enforcement Officer Jason Zeif is reachable at 914-962-5722 x230. The email address building@yorktownny.org was found via search; note the town's site has migrated its primary domain from yorktownny.org to yorktownny.gov (the .org now 301-redirects to .gov), so the current working address may instead be building@yorktownny.gov -- treat the exact domain as unconfirmed (hedge) and verify before relying on it.

What You Need Before Applying for a Permit

Most building departments ask for the same core package before they'll issue a permit: a completed application naming the property owner and contractor, the contractor's state license number and proof of insurance (general liability, and workers' comp if employees are on the job), a notice of commencement or equivalent recorded filing for larger jobs where the state requires one, and scaled plans or a site plan for anything beyond minor repairs. Roofing, fence, pool, and solar permits typically have their own simplified checklists — Town of Yorktown's department (above) can confirm exactly what applies to your project.

Why this matters for insurance: permit history is one of the first things an underwriter or adjuster checks. Unpermitted work — a finished basement, an added bedroom, a rebuilt roof — can complicate a claim or even void coverage for that portion of the loss, and it routinely surfaces during a home inspection. Pulling the right permit up front, and keeping the closed-permit record on file, protects both the property's value and its insurability at resale.

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