Woodbury is a town and village in Orange County, New York, United States.

The town of Woodbury (which comprises the hamlets of Central Valley and Highland Mills) and the area formerly known as the hamlet of Woodbury Falls was officially created on December 19, 1889, by an act of the Orange County Board of Supervisors.

The first town meeting was held on March 4 the following year, with John A. Patterson presiding as supervisor.

Objections to this arose, and two years later the legislature was asked to overrule the board's decision; it did, by recreating the old town of Monroe.

In 1889 the Board of Supervisors reinstated the original separation, and the town now known as Woodbury was reformed.

Woodbury had undergone numerous geographic and name changes prior to its incorporation in 1889.

By 1799 Cornwall was also divided, with Woodbury joining present-day Monroe and Tuxedo to become the town of Cheesekook.

The shopping boom in the area (which began in the 1980s) has inspired construction projects including Wal-Mart, Home Depot, BJ's Wholesale Club, many chain restaurants, car dealerships, other retailers and proposed projects.

Orange County is prospering from the tax revenue this area produces; however, commuting on Route 32 during peak holiday shopping days is extremely irritating to local residents.

undertaking a $30 million project to redirect traffic flow, attempting to ease the unsafe conditions arising on peak shopping weekends.

Woodbury is governed under New York Town Law, by which the board holds executive and legislative powers.

The supervisor also serves as a full voting member of (and chairs) the Town Board.

Town elections are held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November in odd-numbered calendar years.

Republicans lost the majority in the 2015 elections when Supervisor Ralph Caruso and Councilman Marilyn Prestia were defeated.

Supervisor - Kathryn Luciani (R) Deputy supervisor - Town clerk/registrar - Desiree Potvin (R) Town justices - Bruce Schonberg (D) & David Hasin (R) Town board - Teresa Luongo (R), Timothy Finnegan (R), Sandra Capriglione (R), Brandon Calore (R) Tax collector - Karen Poggio (R) Highway superintendent - Position abolished December 31, 2015; as of January 1, 2016, maintenance of roads is undertaken by village personnel.

1890–1899 John Patterson (R) 1900–1905 James Seaman (R) 1906–1907 Alexander Thompson (R) 1908–1909 William Ferguson (R) 1910–1921 Richard Bullwinkle (R) 1922–1930 William McClellan (R) (died in office November 2, 1930) 1930–1933 Norman C. Lawson (R) (appointed by town board to fill vacancy, then elected) 1934–1935 Walter Doscher (D) 1936–1947 Howard B. Gregory (R) 1948–1957 Walter H. Belding (R) 1958–1967 Stephen W. Hayes, Sr. (D) 1968–1981 Louis R. "Bud" Burgunder (R) 1982–1985 Lawrence Bayard (D) (resigned) 1985 Marie Brickley, Dep.

Supervisor (D) (acting) 1985 Louis R. "Bud" Burgunder (R) (appointed by town board to permanently fill vacancy until 12/31/85) 1986–1995 Robert Till (R) 1996–1999 Joan Caruso (R) 2000 Jay Gubernick (R) (died in Office-November 2, 2000) 2000–2001 Henry J. Dobson, Dep.

Supervisor (R) (acting) 2001 Theodore Jones, (R) (appointed by town board to permanently fill vacancy until 12/31/01) 2002–2005 Sheila Conroy (R) 2006–2014 John Burke (D) (died in office-July 29, 2014) 2014 Desiree Potvin, Dep.

Supervisor (I) (acting) (Appointed by town board as Deputy Supervisor, 8/4/14) 2015 Ralph Caruso (R) (elected 11/4/2014, to fill last year of the late Supervisor Burke's term: 1/1/2015-12/31/2015) 2016–2017 David Sutz (D) 2018–2021 Frank J. Palermo (D) 2021-2023 Thomas Burke (D) The village is governed by a board of trustees, consisting of four trustees elected for staggered two-year terms.

The executive branch is headed by a mayor, elected for a two-year term and who is also a full voting member (and chair) of the board of trustees.