Maverick Mason: A Hobart senator who defies party lines
Hobart Republican Senator Edwyn E. Mason is a long standing maverick whom GOP leaders tried to unseat or strip of power but failed. His record shows few bills passed yet his independence defines his career, including a landmark 1973 bid for a Cornell university lab and frequent absences on key votes that opponents labeled liberal.
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Humphrey S. Tyler
Albany
ONS
Edwyn E. Mason
Hobart
GOP
Mason
Senate
Assembly
Chamber
Rockefeller
Schoharie
Otsego
Monticello
Cornell University
New York State Law Scores and Votes Listed
A summarized roll call of vetoes and supports on a broad slate of statutes across drugs, policing, housing, education, taxes, and welfare. Notable items include life for pushers proposals, school busing, no fault auto insurance, a unified pension system, and a three-step zoning measure affecting Adirondack land, with several items marked YES, NO, or ABSENT.
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Congress
Urban Development Corp
Adirondack Forest Preserve
Terete SA
End of Big Three dominance possible in Sullivan politics
Sullivan County moves toward reorganization of its 15 member board as the Sullivan County Board of Supervisors may drop the long standing dominance of the Big Three towns Thompson Liberty and Fallsburg. Rosenshein backed by We The People says he remains loyal to grassroots independence while internal politics swirl around chairmanship and potential coalitions. Dennis Greenwald eyed as possible chairman with GOP support amid a shifting power landscape.
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Monticello
Sullivan
Meyer
Mortimer Michaels
Fallsburg
William Pearson
Liberty
Neversink
Joseph Raffa
C. Albert Sharkey
Highland
Haffa
Raffa
Levine
Dennis L. Greenwald
Wurtsboro
Sullivan County
Malcolm Wilson
Concord
Wilson
Hanofee
Yonkers
St. Joseph's Catholic
Foresburg
Xoe
Court of Claims
Rockefeller
GOP
Harry Seletsky
Florida
Seletsky
Benjamin Lenberg
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Maverick Mason
Town of
Agriculture Committee
Gov. Rockefeller
Citizens Union
By Peter Kutschera
Bethel
George Neuhaus
Family Court
Robert C. Williams
Supreme Court
Newberg
Lawrence Cooke
John Larkin
Kingston
Williams
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