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Niskayuna issues final report on blackface incident | The Daily Gazette
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NISKAYUNA The town has increased diversity training and hired an outside firm to provide human resources support in the wake of last summer’s controversy over the former town comptroller having worn a “blackface” Halloween costume and posting pictures of it on Facebook.
The town on Tuesday released a report based on a five-month investigation by an independent law firm that found Paul Sebesta, town comptroller for 32 years and now retired, wore the costume in 2014, posted a photo on Facebook, and over several years showed it to other town employees, some of whom, though not all, were offended.
Ex-Niskayuna official laughed off blackface photo complaints, report says
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Niskayuna Comptroller Paul Sebesta (Paul Nelson/Times Union)(Paul Nelson/Times Union)
NISKAYUNA – Former Town Comptroller Paul Sebesta displayed a photograph of himself in blackface on his work email account in 2014 and 2016, told employees the photograph also was part of a calendar at his office, and engaged in other objectionable conduct during his tenure, according to a law firm s investigation commissioned by the town.
Sebesta, who for many years during his 32-year career was Niskayuna s highest paid town employee, submitted his letter of resignation on June 18, three days after the Town Board received a “letter from concerned citizens” that brought the photo to its attention.