NISKAYUNA – The town made a lump-sum payment of over $73,000 in unused vacation and sick time to embattled town comptroller Paul Sebesta in 2020 despite an…
Niskayuna Town Board will seek 3 alternates for Ethics Board | The Daily Gazette
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The town of Niskayuna will hold a public hearing in August about adding no more than three alternates to the Ethics Board.
No board members commented on the resolution during Tuesday night’s Town Board meeting. Town Attorney Paul Briggs had previously said that the hearing will take place on Aug. 24.
The reconfiguration of the Ethics Board comes as concerns were raised about some Ethics Board members’ relationships to town board member Denise Murphy McGraw after resident Jason Moskowitz filed an ethics complaint regarding McGraw’s vote on a resolution in which the town hired her daughter as an employee at the town pool.
Niskayuna town officials asked Fran Wall to stay at police department | The Daily Gazette
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Three Niskayuna town officials tried to keep former interim police chief Fran Wall in her job even after a human resource consultant for the town said she should be terminated from her job following a town investigation into complaints about her behavior.
Wall was investigated by the town’s Hazard Reduction Team for allegedly threatening town Comptroller Ismat Alam and harassing her over eight separate incidents.
Wall has denied the allegations.
The consultant made its recommendation to fire Wall based on the Hazard Reduction Team’s findings, not on an independent investigation, according to Town Supervisor Yasmine Syed. The town was expected to discuss and possibly vote on how to reprimand Wall in June.