Town of Cortlandt

Westchester County, New York

Last verified September 17, 2026

Town of Cortlandt 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: 914-734-1010
Email: code@townofcortlandt.com
Department Site: Code Enforcement Division (Department of Technical Services) (opens in a new tab)

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

Permit Search

OpenGov (opens in a new tab)

Certificate Holder Mailing Address

John Schembari, Director of Code Enforcement
Town of Cortlandt, Dept. of Technical Services
1 Heady Street, Town Hall Office #4
Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567

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

Additional Notes

Director of Code Enforcement is John Schembari; other staff include Fire Inspector Matthew Mansfield. The OpenGov portal is explicitly used for code complaints and Planning Board applications; it is unclear from official pages whether standard building permit applications also route through it or remain paper-based (a downloadable PDF application also exists). The department email was found via a secondary source rather than confirmed directly on the main department webpage, so treat with some caution.

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 Cortlandt'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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