email rec'd from "Jason Cuthbert" jason.cuthbert@schenectadycounty.co
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Organization - First Name - Last Name District Attorney Schenectady County - Robert Carney Town Supervisor Town of Duanesburg - Rene Merrihew Town Supervisor Town of Glenville - Francis Quinn Town Supervisor Town of Rotterdam - Steven Tommasone Town Supervisor Town of Niskayuna - Luke Smith Town Supervisor Town of Princetown - Douglas Gray Mayor Village of Scotia - Kris Kastberg Mayor Village of Delanson - Sally Burns Mayor City of Schenectady - Brian Stratton Sheriff Schenectady County - Harry Buffardi Chief of Police City of Schenectady - Michael Geraci Chief of Police Town of Glenville - Michael Ranalli Chief of Police Town of Niskayuna - Lewis Moskowitz Chief of Police Town of Rotterdam - James Hamilton Chief of Police Village of Scotia - John Pytlovany Probation Schenectady County - Joseph Mancini Parole New York State Division of Parole - Felix Rosa Social Services Social Services - Dennis Packard Community Services Office of Community Services - Jack Cadalso County Court Judge Schenectady County Court - Karen Drago Family Court Judge Schenectady County Family Court - Mark Powers Family Court Judge Schenectady County Family Court - JoAnne Assini County Attorney Schenectady County - Christopher Gardner Community Representative NAACP - Olivia Adams Community Representative - Jeffrey Parry Community Representative - Karen House Legislator County Legislature - Susan Savage Legislator County Legislature - Philip Fields Legislator County Legislature - Judith Dagostino
So, right when the public will still be at work or on the way out of town for the weekend. Thanks, Schecectady County.
I had to scramble to change my own plans at great inconvenience to myself and my husband. Friday evening is an awful time to plan any meeting. If it were next Friday, I would not attend as I have a wedding to go to. Monday through Thursday would have been fine.
Legislator County Legislature - Susan Savage (D) Legislator County Legislature - Philip Fields (D) Legislator County Legislature - Judith Dagostino (D)
At least one county legislator who was against the law or on the fence would have given me a better feeling. A county representative from the areas that could be impacted most (Rotterdam, Duanesburg, Princetown) would also provide me with a glimmer of hope. I believe Mr. Fields is a representative for the city. I don't consider Judy a representative FOR Duanesburg. I can understand the Chairwoman attending.
If I'm correct, Mr. Fields represents the majority of downtown residents, especially Albany St, Michigan Ave, and those areas. Essentially from what I heard, it's anything on State Street above Nott Terrace.
Does anyone know who the community representatives are and where they might be from? Is Olivia Adams a community representative or an NAACP representative?
The Public Hearing on Changing Schenectady’s SORR Laws: There was a two-and-a-half-hour public meeting last night (Aug. 22) on the proposed changes. Most speakers asked the Legislators to rescind both parts of its sex offender laws, not merely the forced relocation portion, and to step back and actually study the complicated issue, with meaningful input from experts and “stakeholders.”
“But two residents [Bill Marincic of Schenectady’s Vale Village and Jeff Parry of Scotia] urged the Legislature to stand its ground.” . . .
Still, the idea of a drug treatment center in the Central State Street neighborhood, which is only a block away from Hamilton Hill, raised concerns of residents who say they already confront their share of crime in the area.
Last week, Olivia Adams, the president of the Schenectady branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and others, questioned the planned center.
They said they worried that treatment facilities and halfway houses in Hamilton Hill and other neighborhoods are poorly supervised and that residents from outside the area who leave the programs frequently land on the streets of Schenectady.
Karen House, 1472 Fox Hollow Road, thanked the Police Department for their response to past calls. She described dangerous and reckless behaviors and attitudes and suggested we need a community-wide awareness of safety and traffic issues. She believes the neighborhood desperately needs the Stop signs to slow traffic down and believes the speed indicator sign would be helpful in increasing awareness of speeds. Supervisor Smith remarked that plans were designed to defuse the traffic so that no one neighborhood gets its all. Councilman Chapman remarked that the resolution to speeding is enforcement and awareness for the safety of all children in all neighborhoods. Mrs. House offered her assistance in anything the Town wanted to do to help. Councilwomen Kasper felt many children are not “street smart.” Mrs. House had previously inquired if the Town could work with the developers and build all the roads at once to avoid particular streets suffering an unfair burden of traffic for years while waiting for development to progress. She also believed parks get used if they are accessible and asked that a park or green area be built in new developments as a place for kids to go.
So, we have Scotia, Schenectady, and Niskayuna. No residents from Delanson, Duanesburg, Pattersonville, Princetown, Rotterdam or Rotterdam Junction. Nice "community representatives," especially from the places that were upset about this originally.
I guess Steve and Rene are going to have a fight ahead of them. Also, if other residents can turn out, it would probably help. As I peviously said, I can't, as I'll still be at work at this early hour for a meeting on a day people are leaving town for the weekend.
This committee is just way to large. What the heck are they thinking here? This committee should have been formed last spring. It should have been broken down by district with ONE representative from each.
The committee is too large, too many opinoins, to many 'so called' experts. I hope that I am wrong, but I see a definate 'tilt' in the scale of justice here. Looks like us citizens have to do some serious 'screaming' again!!! That appears to be the only way they listen!!
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
I agree Bumble, with that many people on the committee you'll never get them to agree to anything. It's also not fair to have towns that haven't got a representative on the committee too.
This committee is just way to large. What the heck are they thinking here? This committee should have been formed last spring. It should have been broken down by district with ONE representative from each.
The committee is too large, too many opinoins, to many 'so called' experts. I hope that I am wrong, but I see a definate 'tilt' in the scale of justice here. Looks like us citizens have to do some serious 'screaming' again!!! That appears to be the only way they listen!!
Mr. Tedisco has a degree in this I believe....check out his profile....he went to Union College.....
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Tedisco holds a B.A. in Psychology from Union College and a graduate degree in Special Education from the College of Saint Rose.
He sounds like an 'expert' to me.....
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
I thought that was who Jeff Parry was. I spoke with him after the Public Hearing. Well, I'll let you all know how it goes. Lets hope it will be productive.
You may recall that the head of the local NAACP spoke strongly in favor of the original sex offender residency law the night of the vote in June. So, it is not surprising to find her on this bandwagon.
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