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Plattsburgh’s mayor has made a nomination to fill an empty seat on the common council.
Democratic Mayor Chris Rosenquest is appointing Caitlin Bopp to fill the term of departed Ward 5 Democrat Patrick McFarlin, who stepped down July 1st.
The mayor will place Bopp’s name before the council for ratification during a special meeting Thursday afternoon. In a statement, Rosenquest says if his appointment is approved it would create Plattsburgh’s most diverse Common Council, with two people of color and three women. Six councilors represent the city.
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Communities across New York were mandated to perform a review of their police departments and policing policies and submit a plan to the state by April 1st detailing reforms in procedures and community engagement. The Plattsburgh Common Council approved the city’s recommended plan Wednesday night.
The only resolution on the agenda at the Plattsburgh Common Council’s meeting Wednesday evening was the adoption of the Police Reform and Reinvention Collaborative Plan mandated by Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Executive Order 203. Most discussion on the draft had occurred during previous meetings of the Public Safety Committee. The Public Safety Review Panel first presented the plan to the committee in February. Member Bonnie Black noted many of their recommendations are long-term initiatives. “Everything certainly is not going to be implemented within 30, 60 or 90 days! In many cases these are institutional recommendations that will wind up being integrated over time an