After speakers leveled accusations that there are far too many marijuana arrests in New Paltz at a recent town board meeting, and some of them appear racially motivated, town supervisor Neil Bettez came to the joint town-village board meeting last week armed with data.
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.
A look at the town and county races in Saugerties.
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.
Many races are unopposed, but the few contests are well contested. An overview of town and county races in the northwest quadrant of Ulster County.
Who’s running for what.
Town officials say even with the raise, chief Joe Sinagra would be paid less than other area police chiefs, and the raise wouldn’t cause the budget to exceed the state’s 2 percent tax cap.
The November 7 election will represent the first time in over two decades that retiring GOP supervisor Gary Bellows has not been on the ballot. Republican John Perry will attempt to succeed him. Democrat Tracey Kellogg hopes to take the town in a different direction
The process for addressing so-called “zombie houses” is long and drawn out. Saugerties wants to speed it up.
Peplow is running on the Democrat and Conservative party lines. Giangrasso is running both as a Republican and on the Lloyd 21st Century party line.