Along with this work experience, my local volunteer service as chair of the New Paltz Clean Water and Open
Space Protection Commission and advisor to the village in the creation of a revolving loan program has led to my interest in taking my public service to the next level by representing my community as a county legislator.
Irwin, who was a developer and owner of senior - citizen housing prior to retiring in 2002, chaired the Clean Water & Open
Space Protection Commission before being appointed to the Town Council.
In its heyday, the Open
Space Commission scored two major successes with the permanent
protection of two major tracts of Gardiner agricultural land: the Kiernan Farm, on Bruynswick Road, and the Hess Farm, on Sand Hill Road, where agreements for the purchase of development rights with the help of the Open
Space Institute were finalized in 2010 and 2014 respectively.
The following departments or agencies provided loan repayment assistance to one or more attorneys: Commerce, Defense, Energy, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Justice, Labor, State, Transportation, Treasury, Veterans Affairs, Environmental
Protection Agency, Federal Regulatory
Commission, Federal Trade
Commission, Government Accountability Office, National Aeronautics and
Space Administration, Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, Postal Regulatory
Commission, Securities and Exchange
Commission, and Surface Transportation Board.