Committees announce endorsements in Niskayuna special election | The Daily Gazette
SECTIONS
Jessica Brennan (left) and Dave Feiden (right) are set to face off for the Town Board seat left vacant by Rosemarie Perez Jaquith s July 1 resignation. Brennan will represent the Democrats and Working Families Party, while Feiden has the backing of the Republicans and Conservatives.
Shares0
The two major party endorsements for the Niskayuna Town Board seat made vacant by Rosemarie Perez Jaquith resignation have been announced.
The special election added to the Nov. 2 ballot will determine who will finish out the last two years of her four-year term. It also puts four of the town’s five seats on the ballot in a town where Democrats currently hold a 4-1 majority on the board. The lone Republican Supervisor Yasmine Syed is not seeking reelection in November.
Koetzle, Aragosa to battle for Glenville supervisor job
FacebookTwitterEmail
2of6
3of6
5of6
6of6
GLENVILLE - With Republican Town Supervisor Chris Koetzle set to vie for a fourth term, Democrat Town Board member Mike Aragosa says the community doesn t need a career politician who he portrayed as adversarial and a micromanager.
On Tuesday, Aragosa kicked off his political campaign to unseat Koetzle this year, in a pivotal race in a key battleground municipality that will determine the balance of power on a 5-member governing body where Republicans currently hold a 3-2 majority.
The 57-year-od Aragosa, who is running with incumbent Town Board member Michael Godlewski and Jenny Lippman, a political newcomer, said he is running to give people a choice.
Councilman Mike Aragosa to run for Glenville supervisor | The Daily Gazette
SECTIONS
Shares0
Democratic Town Councilman Mike Aragosa will be running for town supervisor this fall, taking on six-term incumbent Republican Supervisor Chris Koetzle, who is expected to seek re-election.
Aragosa, 57, who was elected to the Town Board in 2017, was endorsed last week by the Scotia-Glenville Democratic Committee. He is currently owner of MMAragosa Home Services, but from 1998 until last summer was co-owner and vice-president of Marty’s True Value Hardware in Schenectady. For six years, he was president of the Northside Business Association.
“As supervisor, I will use the leadership skills I developed over 22 years running a small business to help grow our existing businesses and ensure that Glenville is a place where people want to come to do business,” Aragosa said in announcing his candidacy Tuesday.