Petition drive aims to put Bethlehem road diet funding to voters
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1of9Leeanne Shade, owner of Choices Hair Studio in Delaware Plaza in Delmar. Shade fears the town s plan to reduce lanes on Delaware Avenue and the long construction project that would re-route traffic would disrupt her business, forcing her customers to go elsewhere.Larry RulisonShow MoreShow Less
2of9Delaware Plaza in Delmar where several business owners have expressed concerns over a $5 million road diet project that would reduce the number of traffic lanes on Delaware Avenue and involve a lengthy construction period. Town officials say even if the road diet plan were not to be done, that section of Delaware Avenue needs to be torn up and the sewer and water lines replaced as part of a much needed resurfacing of the road regardless.Larry RulisonShow MoreShow Less
New York GOP groups sue over Working Families petitions
Republican committees in different counties attempt to knock Democrats off third party line
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Working Families Party buttons at the sign in table at their conference Saturday April 14, 2017 in Albany, NY. Republicans are suing in various New York counties ahead of the 2021 primaries to try and knock Democrats off the Working Families lines. (John Carl D Annibale/Times Union)John Carl D Annibale
ALBANY – County Republican organizations around the state have filed lawsuits trying to remove Democrats from the state Working Families Party line ahead of the June primaries.
The move comes as local Republicans in at least three counties have also tried to co-opt the WFP line - a move they made after other minor parties they relied on to boost their voting totals in elections were booted from the ballot under new state election thresholds.