KINGSTON, N.Y. More than a dozen county residents on Monday called on county legislators to reject two resolutions authorizing the county to enter into contracts with Axon Enterprise Inc., saying that the company which provides, among other things, interview-room and body-worn cameras to the Ulster County Sheriff’s Office has ties with a company […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. Ulster County lawmakers largely turned back dozens and dozens of amendments to the proposed 2024 budget, including pay raises for legislators and several proposals to create new positions in county departments. Without discussion, the Legislature’s Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday downed an amendment by outgoing Legislator Phil Erner, D-Kingston, that sought […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. Ulster County legislators approved the creation of a seven-member committee to review the county’s vehicle fleet and develop a new policy outlining the circumstances under which take-home vehicles are assigned to county employees. The Ulster County Legislature approved the Ulster County Fleet Management Review Committee in a 14-8 vote that crossed party […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. Democrats gave up one seat on the Ulster County Legislature to Republicans on Tuesday but will still hold a supermajority on the Ulster County Legislature come January. In the only upset among the six contested races for county Legislature, Republican Eric Kitchen handily defeated Democrat Tamika Dunkley for the District 4 seat. […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. – Incumbent Democrat Peter Criswell is running unopposed for a third, two-year term to the Ulster County Legislature District 7 seat. Criswell was first elected to the body in 2019 when he unseated Republican Brian Woltman. He will hold the Democratic and Working Families Party lines on the ballot. Criswell, 59, said solving the […]