KINGSTON, N.Y. A lawsuit filed against Ulster County Legislator Joseph Maloney and Donald Markle III claims the pair slandered Charles Whittaker of the Resource Recovery Agency (UCRRA), impugning his character, integrity and competence. The nine-page complaint dated Monday, Oct. 30, names Maloney and Markle. It claims that Maloney, D-Saugerties, a member of the Legislature’s […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. County lawmakers this month will consider forming a special committee to recommend changes to the way the county doles out take-home vehicles to county employees. Earlier this month, members of the Legislature’s Public Works, Capital Projects and Transportation Committee voted 3-1 to send the resolution, which calls for the creation of a […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. Ulster County Comptroller March Gallagher and County Executive Jen Metzger appear to be headed for a showdown, as the two offices battle over the release of information and the jurisdiction and powers of the two independently elected officials. On Thursday, Gallagher announced that she has filed a “special proceeding” in state Supreme […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. A much-ballyhooed plan to convert the former Elizabeth Manor boarding house in Midtown into a county-owned emergency housing shelter appears to be headed for the scrap heap. Ulster County Executive Jen Metzger said she is instead hoping to find a not-for-profit willing to take the building off the county’s hands. She said […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. For many in Ulster County government, seeing the head of the Department of Public Works tooling around the county in a Ford Mustang Mach-E came as somewhat of a surprise, prompting criticism from one county lawmaker and raising questions about the number and kinds of take-home vehicles assigned to county employees. Overall, […]