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. – Beginning this month, the Ulster County Legislature will be livestreaming all committee meetings via YouTube, in addition to recordings of meetings and minutes archived on the County Legislature’s website. “The public deserves to be informed and aware of the business of their government and our meeting times are not always conducive to […]
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 […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. – County lawmakers on Tuesday officially approved the use of a sheriff’s deputy as a school resource officer for M. Clifford Miller Middle School. The Sheriff’s Office began providing a resource officer to the Middle School in September, after the Ulster Town Board, citing a shortage of police officers, declined to renew its […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. Ulster County lawmakers are being called on to consider a series of measures that could significantly alter both the composition and authority of the Ulster County Resource Recovery Agency. The separate efforts by three lawmakers follow the release of a controversial report identifying two locations in Plattekill as potential landfill sites and […]