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39-893: Raised in a Jewish family in Chappaqua , New York, Robin graduated from Princeton University , majoring in history, and received his Ph.D. in political science from Yale University in 1999. Robin is the author of the books Fear: The History of a Political Idea , which won the Best First Book in Political Theory Award from the American Political Science Association, and The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Sarah Palin . Upon publication in 2011, The Reactionary Mind immediately generated tremendous controversy and discussion, including an extended back and forth in

78-580: A Japanese physicist, was living in town when he won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1973. Since the late 1990s, the 42nd president of the United States , Bill Clinton , and the 67th secretary of State, Hillary Clinton , have lived there. In the early 1730s, a group of Quakers moved north from Purchase, New York , to settle in present-day Chappaqua. They built their homes on Quaker Road (more recently, Quaker Street; Quaker Road still exists but

117-450: A disbarred attorney drove the body of his severely injured wife to Northern Westchester Hospital, claiming that the couple had been ambushed and shot in the nearby town of Millwood. She died soon after. For over a year, police expressed skepticism about the husband's account and did not rule him out as a suspect. In December 2007 the man was charged with his wife's murder after trying to collect on life insurance policies. Carlos Perez-Olivo

156-468: A female householder with no husband present, and 14.0% were non-families. 11.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.04 and the average family size was 3.28. In the town, the population was spread out, with 31.9% under the age of 18, 3.6% from 18 to 24, 25.4% from 25 to 44, 29.9% from 45 to 64, and 9.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age

195-581: A median income of $ 207,083 versus $ 128,750 for females. 0% of families were below the poverty line. 6.6% of people old enough had a high school or equivalent degree of education, 5.8 had some college but no degree, 4% had an associate degree, 37.3% had a bachelor's degree, and 46.3% had a graduate or professional degree. Nationwide, Chappaqua ranks 42nd among the 100 highest-income places in the United States (with at least 1,000 households). In 2008, CNNMoney listed Chappaqua fifth in their list of "25 top-earning towns." Chappaqua 2007 estimated median household income

234-488: A place where nothing is heard but the rustling of the wind in the leaves. The Quakers spelled it Shapiqua, Shapaqua, Shapequa, Shappaqua, and, finally, Chappaqua. Their meeting was often referred to as the Shapequa Meeting as early as 1745. On March 18, 1791, the government of New York decided to split the overly large town of North Castle (jokingly called "the two saddlebags") into two smaller towns, one of which

273-428: A statement by Immanuel Ness , editor of WorkingUSA: The Journal of Labor and Society, also of Brooklyn College, countering Robin and urging that the petition be signed. Robin responded to these criticisms, providing a litany of details regarding his opinions about mismanagement and questionable use of the facility. Robin has turned his attention to the case of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas . Often dismissed by

312-486: A vibrant downtown along King Street and South Greeley Avenue. It includes many commercial buildings such as Pizza Station, Little Thai Kitchen, a Bank of America office, and various local hardware shops. South Greeley Avenue is also home to Robert E. Bell Middle school, the Chappaqua Library, and the local police station. As of the 2010 census, following a major revision to the delineation of its boundaries by

351-589: Is a town in Westchester County , New York , United States. The population was 18,311 in the 2020 United States census , an increase over 17,569 at the 2010 census. It includes the named hamlets of Chappaqua and Millwood , but residents and businesses in the Town of New Castle can also have a designated city address of Ossining, or Millwood (together commonly referred to as the "West End" of New Castle) as well as Chappaqua or even Mt. Kisco. New Castle

390-585: Is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places along with Chappaqua Railroad Depot and Depot Plaza , Church of Saint Mary the Virgin and Greeley Grove , and the Greeley House . Various spellings were used for the name they heard Native Americans use for their valley and hillside. It was an Algonquian word, shah-pah-ka , and it meant "the rustling land" or "the rattling land," or

429-544: Is no longer in the town center) and held their meetings at the home of Abel Weeks. Their meeting house was built in 1753 and still holds weekly meetings each Sunday. The area around the meeting house, known as Old Chappaqua Historic District , was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. Horace Greeley 's home, known as Rehoboth and built by Greeley himself, still stands in Chappaqua. It

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468-399: Is open during the spring, summer, and the rest of harvest season. The Chappaqua Central School District includes the village. In 2024, Chappaqua Central School District had around 3.5 thousand students from grades K-12, above the national average. Around 1928, Robert E. Bell Middle School, known at the time as Horace Greeley School, was built. The present day Horace Greeley High School

507-433: Is present-day New Castle was originally incorporated as part of the town of North Castle , which was jokingly referred to as "the two saddlebags," in 1736. The first European settlers in the area were Quakers , who settled in present-day Chappaqua in 1753 and constructed a meeting house, which still stands today on Quaker Street. The town of New Castle broke away from North Castle in 1791. New Castle has several locations on

546-514: Is provided by Westchester EMS, a non-profit provider. The hamlet is protected by the New Castle Police Department, which also provides first-response services for medical emergencies. The volunteer-based Chappaqua Fire Department, established in 1910, provides firefighting services to the hamlet of Chappaqua. The fire department currently maintains two firehouses in Chappaqua. New Castle, New York New Castle

585-877: Is served by the Chappaqua station of the Metro-North Railroad 's Harlem Line . In the New York State Legislature it is within the New York State Assembly 's 93rd district and the New York Senate 's 40th district. In Congress the village is in New York's 17th District . Chappaqua was founded by a group of Quakers in the 1730s and was the home of Horace Greeley , New-York Tribune editor and U.S. congressman. He now names Chappaqua's high school. A few notable people have called Chappaqua home. Leo Esaki ,

624-494: The American Political Science Review , Social Research , Jacobin , Politico , and Theory and Event . Chappaqua Chappaqua ( / ˈ tʃ æ p ə k w ɑː / CHAP -ə-kwah ) is a hamlet and census-designated place in the town of New Castle , in northern Westchester County, New York . It is approximately 30 miles (50 km) north of New York City . The hamlet

663-573: The National Register of Historic Places , including The Williams-DuBois House , Old Chappaqua Historic District , and Isaac Young House . Two buildings from Horace Greeley's former farm are also on the National Historic Register, including the Greeley House , which houses the headquarters for the New Castle Historical Society, and Rehoboth , the first concrete barn in the country. The majority of

702-542: The new train station . These businesses included a hotel, livery stables, a public library, and various stores and small factories. The railroad enabled commuters to travel to New York City and back each day. According to the 2020 U.S. census , Chappaqua has a total area of 0.45 square miles (1.2 km ), all land. As delineated for the 2000 census, the CDP of Chappaqua covered a much greater area: 9.44 square miles (24.4 km ), of which 9.38 square miles (24.3 km )

741-665: The Byram Hills Central School District, Bedford Central School District , Yorktown Central School District , and the Ossining Union Free School District. According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 23.5 square miles (61 km ), of which 23.2 square miles (60 km ) is land and 0.3 square miles (0.78 km ), or 1.15%, is water. New Castle is bordered by

780-654: The Census Bureau, the population was 1,436. At the 2000 census, with very different census-defined boundaries, Chappaqua had a population of 9,468. Note the Chappaqua census-designated-place is different from the Hamlet of Chappaqua, which has a much higher population as part of the Town of New Castle. As of the census of 2010, there were 1,434 people residing in Chappaqua. According to the 2015-2019 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, there are 595 housing units and

819-488: The left, Thomas has become one of the more influential figures on the Court. Robin's book, The Enigma of Clarence Thomas (2019), is the first to examine the black nationalist roots of Thomas's jurisprudence and the first book from the left to take seriously Thomas's jurisprudence of the right. It garnered pre-publication plaudits from Kirkus Reviews and The Atlantic . While Robin devotes much of his scholarly research to

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858-472: The letters page of The New York Review of Books as well as an article on the controversy in The New York Times . But with the ascent of Donald Trump , the book came to be seen as one of the most prescient analyses of modern American politics, leading The New Yorker, in a lengthy reconsideration of the book, to call it "the book that predicted Trump." A second edition of The Reactionary Mind

897-437: The median household income is $ 250,000+. The racial makeup of the CDP was 76.1% White alone, 0% Black or African American alone, 0% Native American alone, 22.6% Asian alone, 0% Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander alone, 0% some other race alone, and 1.3% from two or more races. According to the 2010 census], the median age was 39 years, with 3.8% of the population under 5, 81.6% 18 and older, and 10% 65 and older. Males had

936-472: The right, he also writes extensively for newspapers and magazines about a wide variety of issues of concern on the left. In 2018, he wrote a widely noticed essay in the New York Times on the meaning of socialism today, which examines how Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are remaking a 19th-century tradition for the twenty-first century. He has written widely about the politics of labor and

975-695: The town is served by the Chappaqua Central School District , which consists of three elementary schools, two middle schools, and one high school. The elementary schools are Grafflin Elementary School, Roaring Brook Elementary School, and Westorchard Elementary School. The middle schools are Seven Bridges Middle School and Robert E. Bell Middle School, and the high school is Horace Greeley High School , named for newspaper editor, presidential candidate and New Castle resident Horace Greeley . Other parts of New Castle fall within

1014-399: The town was 91.50% White , 1.37% African American , 0.05% Native American , 5.55% Asian , 0.02% Pacific Islander , 0.51% from other races , and 1.00% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.78% of the population. There were 5,732 households, out of which 49.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 79.0% were married couples living together, 5.3% had

1053-533: The towns of Mount Pleasant and Ossining to the southwest and North Castle to the southeast. It is bordered by the towns of Bedford , Mount Kisco , and Somers to the northeast and Yorktown and Cortlandt to the northwest. As of the census of 2000, there were 17,491 people, 5,732 households, and 4,929 families residing in the town. The population density was 754.8 inhabitants per square mile (291.4/km ). There were 5,843 housing units at an average density of 252.2 per square mile (97.4/km ). The racial makeup of

1092-629: The workplace, and the recovery of freedom for the left. He also writes about intellectuals such as Hannah Arendt , Eric Hobsbawm , Cass Sunstein , and Ta-Nehisi Coates . Publishers Marketplace reported in March 2023 that Robin was writing a forthcoming work, King Capital , described as "a history of economics and its discontents," to be published by Random House . His articles have appeared in The New Yorker , Harper's Magazine , The New York Times , The London Review of Books , n+1 ,

1131-411: The year 1885 the school caught fire, and much refurbishing was done, with the addition of two new wings. It was sold in 1908 and the school's property is now owned by Children's Aid . Emergency medical services and fire protection are provided by volunteer agencies. The Chappaqua Volunteer Ambulance Corps provides basic life support services to most of New Castle, including Chappaqua. Paramedic service

1170-420: Was $ 198,000. Although Chappaqua's crime rate is far below the national average, the area has had a few high-profile murders. In 1996, a battle between a lottery winner and his former lover over custody of their 5-year-old child resulted in a gun battle; the winner was acquitted of the murder of his former lover on the basis of self-defense, and convicted of the shooting of the woman's father. In November 2006

1209-408: Was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 97.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.2 males. The median income for a household in the town was $ 159,691, and the median income for a family was $ 174,579. Males had a median income of $ 100,000 versus $ 67,275 for females. The per capita income for the town was $ 73,888. About 2.0% of families and 3.5% of the population were below

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1248-444: Was built in 1957. The three elementary schools in Chappaqua were completed over a twenty-year period: Roaring Brook School in 1951, Douglas G. Grafflin in 1962, and Westorchard in 1971. In 2003, after the opening of the new middle school, Seven Bridges, and the moving of the fifth grade from Chappaqua's elementary schools to the middle schools, the district added a full day kindergarten. In 2024, Chappaqua Central School District

1287-507: Was convicted October 4, 2008 for the murder of his wife, Peggy Perez-Olivo, who had been working as a teaching assistant at Douglas Grafflin Elementary School in Chappaqua. A Georgian-inspired mansion in Chappaqua served as the shooting location for the 2022 horror film Bodies Bodies Bodies . Chappaqua downtown includes a farmer's market near the Saw Mill River Pkwy. It boasts a variety of local vegetables and fruits and

1326-777: Was land and 0.06 square miles (0.16 km ), or 0.64%, was water. Parts of the Chappaqua ZIP Code area are located in the towns of Mount Kisco , New Castle , Mount Pleasant , Yorktown , and Bedford , and the hamlet of Millwood . Parts of the Chappaqua Central School District include homes in other zip codes, such as 10570, the Pleasantville zip code. Chappaqua is accessible from the Saw Mill River Parkway , which runs through Westchester County. Chappaqua has

1365-541: Was named New Castle . The border was drawn from the southwest corner of Bedford to the northeast edge of Mount Pleasant . New Castle's borders have remained the same since 1791, except for a small piece of land received from Somers in 1846 and the secession of Mount Kisco in 1978. Chappaqua had great streams such as the Saw Mill River and Roaring Brook. These bodies of water powered mills to crush corn and press oil from beans. The eastern half of Chappaqua

1404-567: Was originally inhabited by Native Americans, including the Siwanoy band of the Wappinger people. Portions of New Castle were initially purchased in 1640 by Nathaniel Turner from Ponas Sagamore, chief of the Siwanoy. In 1661, John Richbell purchased land, including all of present-day New Castle, from the Siwanoy. In 1696, Caleb Heathcote purchased that tract of land from Richbell's widow. What

1443-485: Was published in 2018 with a new subtitle, "From Edmund Burke to Donald Trump", and was received positively. As interim director at the Graduate Center for Worker Education at Brooklyn College in 2013, Robin was part of the decision-making process to restructure the program. In a Portside essay, Robin urged readers to ignore a petition protesting the elimination of funding. On August 1, 2013, Portside published

1482-617: Was ranked as the 17th best public school district in New York State. Schools currently operating in Chappaqua include: Small, one-room schoolhouses devoid of windows were prevalent in the 1800s. In the Chappaqua region, there were eight such schoolhouses. These small schools prevailed until around 1870, when the Quakers built a large school called the Chappaqua Mountain Institute on Quaker Street. In

1521-586: Was very suitable for farming. The majority of the Quaker settlers of Chappaqua were farmers. The popular farming industry also helped give way to Chappaqua's high milk production. Other popular industries from Chappaqua included shoes, hardware, vinegar, pickles, eyeglasses, and furniture. Many early homes and businesses were demolished in the 1904 Chappaqua tornado . In 1846 when the New York and Harlem Railroad extended through Chappaqua, business became centered on

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