Candidates of color well represented in Tuesday’s primary results | The Daily Gazette
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SCHENECTADY The majority of Tuesday’s city voters gave the nod to four people of color in the primary races for City Council last week, and those candidates are poised to take office barring any change in results from absentee voting which begins Monday. One white incumbent councilperson did not make the cut.
Incumbents Marion Porterfield and John Mootooveren, along with candidate Damonni Farley, campaigned together and held off Karen Zalewski-Wildzunas in the race for full, four-year terms on the council.
Porterfield and Farley are Black; Mootooveren is Guyanese. Zalewski-Wildzunas is white.
Porterfield, Farley, Mootooveren hold off Zalewski-Wildzunas for primary win in City Council Democratic primary
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Schenectady council approves $2,350 redemption fee for confiscated off-road vehicles | The Daily Gazette
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SCHENECTADY – The City Council on Monday tackled the problem of off-road vehicles illegally ridden on public streets and parks by enacting a redemption fee against offenders that was modeled after Albany’s recent law.
“I want to thank my colleagues,” said Councilwoman Karen Zalewski-Wildzunas, the legislation’s sponsor. “I think this was good legislation that was passed tonight. “I look forward to the police having the ability to ensure that we have safer streets.”
Under the legislation, all-terrain vehicles, off-highway motorcycles, dirt bikes, dune buggies, go-carts and all other motorized trail bikes are prohibited from city streets, highways, parks and trails. Any person found guilty of operating an off-road vehicle is subject to a fine of up to $500, or imprisonment of up to 15 days, or both.
Lawsuit aiming to keep Schenectady County Democrats off Working Families Party line dismissed | The Daily Gazette
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State Supreme Court Judge Scott DelConte dismissed a lawsuit by Republicans against the Schenectady County Board of Elections and 18 Democrats aiming to keep the Democrats off the Working Families Party line.
The lawsuit alleged that the Working Families Party’s paperwork authorizing Democratic candidates to appear on the ballot is invalid because it was electronically submitted to the Schenectady County Board of Elections and contains digitally copied signatures.
In a news statement, Democratic candidates in Niskayuna applauded the decision and called the suit “meritless.”