The Jan. 20 town board meeting began
with former town board member Susan Shepler presiding in her continuing role of Deputy Supervisor, and the board reviewed town finances.
Not exact matches
Town board members also voted 5 - 1 —
with Councilwoman Dorothy Goosby abstaining and Councilman Anthony D'Esposito dissenting — to terminate the employment of two aides of
former Supervisor Anthony Santino's inner circle.
The Democratic Party's candidate, attorney and
former Huntington
town board member Stuart Besen, has yet to form a campaign committee with the state Board of Elect
board member Stuart Besen, has yet to form a campaign committee
with the state
Board of Elect
Board of Elections.
The two newly - elected
board members —
former town clerk Cynthia Hyde and bread - baker Kathy Templeton — sided
with rebel
board member Mike Eddy to form a slim majority to change various ways the
town conducts its business.
Also mounting good campaigns are talented candidates
with good ideas like Brian Kavanagh,
former chief - of - staff for Council
Member Gale Brewer, and aide to former Mayors Ed Koch & David Dinkins; Chris Papajohn who served on the American Civil Liberties Union's committee on disability law when they discovered that U.S. Post Offices are often not accessible to people with disabilities; Gur Tsabar, an aide to Speaker Gifford Miller, is articulate and well - informed on many issues, and authored an editorial in the April 14 Town & Village newspaper about unjust redlining of disabled New Yorkers due to budget concerns; Darren Bloch, a former Con Ed spokesperson who is a member of Community Board 6, is well - versed on housing and homelessness i
Member Gale Brewer, and aide to
former Mayors Ed Koch & David Dinkins; Chris Papajohn who served on the American Civil Liberties Union's committee on disability law when they discovered that U.S. Post Offices are often not accessible to people
with disabilities; Gur Tsabar, an aide to Speaker Gifford Miller, is articulate and well - informed on many issues, and authored an editorial in the April 14
Town & Village newspaper about unjust redlining of disabled New Yorkers due to budget concerns; Darren Bloch, a
former Con Ed spokesperson who is a
member of Community Board 6, is well - versed on housing and homelessness i
member of Community
Board 6, is well - versed on housing and homelessness issues.
Kerr is the only female on the
Town Board and the only member to vote «no» last fall when the confidential settlement with Lewza's former secretary was approved by the b
Board and the only
member to vote «no» last fall when the confidential settlement
with Lewza's
former secretary was approved by the
boardboard.
BY DYLAN SKRILOFF In late July, Haverstraw highway superintendent candidate Barry Berman, a
former treasurer of the Haverstraw Ambulance Corps and
former member of the
town Architectural Review
Board, was arrested and charged
with felony coercion and larceny for allegedly attempting to solicit a $ 3,000 payoff from fellow candidate John Piperato in return for Berman -LSB-...]
The Southold
Town Board later voted 4 - 2 in favor of having Mr. Bergen fill the vacant Trustee seat in February,
with council
members Jim Dinizo and Jill Doherty (a
former trustee), voting in opposition.
Daniel Torres, a
former New Paltz
Board of Education
member, is looking to expand his horizons
with a seat on the
Town Board.
Don Van Buren has joined fellow
town board member Peter Freidel on the commission, along
with former Woodstock police officer Rich Ostrander.
With the retirement of 20 year Democratic
town justice Ron Wright, a
former town assessor and
town board member, a four year
town justice position has also opened up.
Fred Andrews, a
former member of the
town's housing advisory
board, added that workforce housing was desperately needed in
town, and took issue
with the tone of some critics who claimed Mattituck was shouldering too much of the
town's housing burden.
Incumbent
town supervisor Cynthia Hyde — a Democrat
with a long tenure as the
town clerk — turned back a challenge launched by
former board member and past Deputy Supervisor Susan Shepler, the Republican candidate, by a vote of 230 to 211.
County Legislature Minority Leader Thomas Loughran, D - Amherst, won re-election two years ago
with the help of an endorsement by Erie County Conservative Party, whose votes gave him the critical edge to defeat challenger Guy Marlette, a
former Amherst
Town Board member.