Will Kingston alderman be a caucus unto himself?
The city won’t have a single Republican on its council next year. The question is if alderman-elect Patrick O’Reilly, who is not a member of any party, could serve in the roll of minority leader.
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Kingston cops probe death on Midtown rail line
Kingston Police Department detectives and state police were conducting a death investigation Wednesday morning after a man’s body was discovered beneath a bridge spanning a railroad cut in Midtown.
Changes coming to Kingston police complaint procedure
The changes come as the city is weighing at least three excessive force complaints.
Kingston GOP chair Joe Ingarra quits
The party faithful say last week’s election drubbing had nothing to do with it.
Sheriff: Don’t watch the NFL
Ulster County sheriff Paul VanBlarcum stirred controversy this weekend with a post on the sheriff’s department’s official Facebook page calling for a boycott of the NFL over the Veterans’ Day weekend in to protest some players kneeling during pre-game performances of the national anthem.
Formal complaint against Kingston cops expected in caught-on-video arrest
A local activist group plans to file a formal complaint against Kingston police officers who, they charge, used a Taser on a man 21 times during a 2015 scuffle on Broadway that was caught on a police dashboard camera and the man’s cell phone.
In Kingston, Dems keep 8-1 advantage on Common Council; Woltman unseats Berky
The blowout by Democrats in the ward races was offset by a single Republican victory in the County Legislature’s District 7, where Democrat-turned-Republican Brian Woltman defeated freshman Democratic lawmaker Jennifer Schwartz Berky.
UC Legislature: Jean Jacobs challenges Dave Donaldson
The race in county legislature District 6, which covers the city’s third, fifth and ninth wards, features a contest between Dave Donaldson on the Democratic and Working Families party lines and Jean Jacobs running on the Republican and Independence Party Lines.
UC Legislature: Woltman seeks to unseat Berky
The race for Ulster County Legislature’s seventh district was roiled last week by the release of a dashcam video of a May 24 incident involving Berky and Town of Ulster Police Officer Gary Short.
Money pours into Congress hopefuls’ campaigns
Two Democratic candidates racing to unseat Republican incumbent John Faso outraised him in the third quarter of 2017, indicating plenty of interest in the New York’s 19th congressional district race.