KINGSTON, N.Y. – Ulster County Exertive Jen Metzger turned over Friday whistleblower phone call logs as well as the county-funded investigation into former Finance Commissioner Burt Gulnick to Ulster County Comptroller March Gallagher. Gallagher said she received the information before a 4 p.m. deadline set by a state court for Metzger’s office to turn over […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. The Ulster County Legislature voted 18-3 Wednesday to approve County Executive Jen Metzger’s $413.1 million 2024 county budget while adding amendments to the plan and defeating several others. The $413,131,360 spending plan represents a $32 million, or 8.4% increase over the $381.3 million 2023 adopted budget while keeping the amount to be […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. Ulster County Legislator Joseph Maloney and Donald Markle III are asking the Ulster County Supreme Court to dismiss a suit against them that was filed by Charles Whittaker of the Ulster County Resource Recover Agency. Maloney, D-Saugerties, said Monday that Whittaker’s lawyer has asked for an extension until Dec. 15. In a […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. Ulster County legislators approved the creation of a seven-member committee to review the county’s vehicle fleet and develop a new policy outlining the circumstances under which take-home vehicles are assigned to county employees. The Ulster County Legislature approved the Ulster County Fleet Management Review Committee in a 14-8 vote that crossed party […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. With County Executive Jen Metzger committed to finding a not-for-profit willing to buy the former Elizabeth Manor boarding house, Legislators Joseph Maloney and Kevin Roberts have pulled a resolution that would have forced the county to put the former Elizabeth Manor boarding house on the market. “I think we got all we […]