Scott recently completed 20 years as Rockland County’s Executive. Elected five times as that county’s chief executive officer, he was responsible for administering a $750 million budget with 3000 employees in serving the residents of Rockland County. Among the more notable accomplishments was the preserving of 1200 acres of parkland, the establishment of 10 new countywide communication systems and the development of thousands of affordable housing units.
Scott was nominated and ran for Lieutenant Governor of New York in 2006. Prior to his election as county executive he was employed by and became the president and chief executive of the Ramapo Land Company. Prior to that he practiced as an environmental law attorney and served in the administrations of Governors Nelson A. Rockefeller and Malcolm Wilson as a staff member responsible for program administration in the Executive Chamber.
Scott is known statewide and has decades of experience and valuable knowledge of the legislative process and operations of local government. He continues to maintain valuable relationships with key decision makers in state and local government and provides advice on the substantive impact of law and regulation on individual and business interests. In particular, he provides clients with practical advice on a wide-range of issues relating to election and political contribution law, state and local procurement issues, union negotiations, public record issues, Open Public Meeting Act issues, bidding issues, local government ethics, utility franchising and the use of public rights of way. He also provides mediation and arbitration services.
Scott has been very active in civic and community affairs prior to and during his tenure as County Executive and continues serving since leaving county government.
Hon. C. Scott Vanderhoef
Professional Recognition
▪ Liberty Bell Award, Rockland County Bar Association, 2014
Education
▪ Alfred University, B.A., 1971
▪ Columbia University, Teachers College, M.A.,1972
▪ Pace University, School of Law, J.D., 1981
Honorary Degrees
▪ Dominican College, Sparkill, N.Y., Doctor of Laws, 1995
▪ St. Thomas Aquinas College, Orangeburg, N.Y., Doctor of Humane
Letters 1999
Bar Admissions
▪ New York, 1982
Court Admissions
▪ United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
▪ United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Scholarly Lectures and Writings
▪ Adjunct Professor, Environmental Law and Policy, St. Thomas
Aquinas College, Spring 2014.
▪ “Master Planning for Development”, Urban Land, vol. 49, no.7.,
July, 1990
▪ “ Aquifers: The Porous Legal State of a Primary Water Resource”,
Pace University Environmental Law Review, Vol.1,No. 1,1983
▪ Guest Lecturer, Columbia University, School of Public Policy and
International Affairs, 2000--2012
Community Activities
▪ Co-Chair, Palisades Institute of Dominican College, 2014
▪ Acting Village Justice, Village of Hillburn, N.Y., 1983-1986
▪ President, Trustee, Board of Education, Ramapo Central School
District 1983-1989
▪ Chairman, Rockland Business Association, 1987-1989
▪ Founder and Chairman, Leadership Rockland, Inc., 1989-1991
▪ President, Historical Society of Rockland County, 1992-1994
▪ Chairman, United Way of Rockland County, 1988-1990
▪ Member, Board of Trustees, St. Thomas Aquinas College,
1983-1994
▪ Member, Board of Directors, Rockland Economic Development
Corporation, Inc.,1987-2013
▪ President, NYSAC County Executives Association, 2003
▪ Co-Chairperson, New York Metropolitan Transportation Council,
1997-1998, 2010-2011
Honors and Awards
▪ Lifetime Achievement Award presented by the Rockland Economic
Development Corporation 2013
▪ Award of Distinction for Economic Development presented by
Rockland Economic Development Corporation 2004
▪ National Award for Outstanding Leadership in Metropolitan
Transportation Planning by the Association for Metropolitan
Planning Organizations 2001
▪ Achieving Community Equality Award Presented by the Rockland
County Commission of Human Rights 2009
▪ Environmental Quality Award for Efforts to Protect the Environment
presented by the Untied States Environmental Protection Agency
2009
