KINGSTON, N.Y. — The chair of the newly formed Ulster County Fleet Management Committee threatened Thursday to recommend a suspension in assigning take-home vehicles to county employees after he said the committee failed to receive the information it requested about the usage of the vehicles.Legislator Joseph Maloney, D-Saugerties, said the committee postponed its May meeting […]
ESOPUS, N.Y. Community members remembered the late Supervisor Diane McCord as a strong community organizer, an advocate for the misunderstood and a family woman who learned how to balance life with children and grandchildren. McCord died on Dec. 27 after becoming unconscious a few days earlier, with her family still waiting to learn if […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. More than a dozen county residents on Monday called on county legislators to reject two resolutions authorizing the county to enter into contracts with Axon Enterprise Inc., saying that the company which provides, among other things, interview-room and body-worn cameras to the Ulster County Sheriff’s Office has ties with a company […]
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 lawmakers largely turned back dozens and dozens of amendments to the proposed 2024 budget, including pay raises for legislators and several proposals to create new positions in county departments. Without discussion, the Legislature’s Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday downed an amendment by outgoing Legislator Phil Erner, D-Kingston, that sought […]