For decades, many local former industrial sites now known as "brownfields", most of them with contaminated soil, have stymied economic development efforts by making what were once some of the most productive pieces of land in Gloversville, Amsterdam and other places essentially off limits for new u
Photo Caption: Gloversville City Hall - File Photo GLOVERSVILLE - The Gloversville Common Council on Sept. 28 voted unanimously to refer a plan to rezone 11 different areas of the city to both the City Planning Board and the County Planning Board, the first step toward enabling more residential a
By JASON SUBIK The Leader-Herald GLOVERSVILLE - The Gloversville Common Council on Sept. 28 voted unanimously to refer a plan to rezone 11 different areas of the city to both the City Planning Board and the County Planning Board, the first step toward enabling more residential and commercial devel
By JASON SUBIK The Leader-Herald JOHNSTOWN Local, state and federal officials are set to gather at the Johnstown-Gloversville Holiday Inn for a two-day
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GLOVERSVILLE Mayor Vincent DeSantis on Wednesday announced his candidacy for re-election.
“This of course will be my last political campaign and, if successful, it will give me the privilege of bringing to fruition the work that has been the focus of my intention for the last several years,” said DeSantis at the Karpeles Museum before a small, socially-distanced group mostly comprised of media.
DeSantis was first elected to city government as the 3rd Ward councilman in 2015 and was later elected councilman-at-large in 2017. He was appointed mayor by the Common Council in January 2019 following the resignation of former mayor, Dayton King. DeSantis was officially elected mayor later that year to fill the remaining two-year unexpired term.