Photo: Kenneth C. Zirkel · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Greene, NY: what to set up and who to call
Greene runs its own electric utility, Village of Greene. For an emergency, United Health Services Hospitals is the closest ER, 18.6 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Greene, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Greene.
Power comes from Village of Greene
Village of Greene (Village of Greene - (NY)), a municipal utility, serves all of Greene.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Greene Village water system
The Greene Village water system supplies almost all of Greene. It draws ground water and serves 1,800 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 7,966 systems serving 1,001–3,300 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 2.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 69% of similar systems’ latest results.
The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report
EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. NY0801740.
3 home internet providers serve Greene
89% of 609 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 10% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 87% | 1,000/50 |
| Frontier | DSL, Fiber | 80% | 115/7 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 79% | 300/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Greene’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Greene.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Greene is in Greene Central School District.
C+School gradeSee Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Aug 2015; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Greene is in ZIP code 13778
ZIP codes where Greene residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Greene | ZIP’s residents in Greene |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13778 | Greene, NY | 100% | 27% |
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
Getting around, the ER and the library
One line each; the subject pages have the rest.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Greene
Who supplies Greene’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Greene Village water system (EPA ID NY0801740). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 2.0 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Greene?
Village of Greene (Village of Greene - (NY)), a municipal utility.
What internet providers serve Greene?
Spectrum, Frontier, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Greene?
13778. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Greene in?
Greene Central School District.
How do I register to vote in Greene?
In New York you can register online until 10 days before Election Day, in person until 10 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 15 days before and received 10 days before). Elections here are run by the Chenango County Board of Elections. Check your registration at voterlookup.elections.ny.gov.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
- Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
- Trash: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
- ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
- Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
- Registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
- Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
- Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.