Welfare probe split sparks floor showdown in Goshen
A power struggle between Orange County Executive Louis V. Mills and the legislature over who leads a social services probe dominates a Friday session. The dispute centers on Remsnyder’s reporting line and the push to create a management analysis post for the department, with some lawmakers wary of bias and a few seeking to entrust the investigation to Mills.
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Goshen
Orange County
Louis V. Mills
Legislature
Social Services Department
Mills
Special Welfare Study Committee
Robert Remsynder
Remsynder
Remsnyder
Legislative Branch
Newburgh
James C. Wright
New Windsor
R-11
Henry G. Parry
Highland Falls
R-14
Robert M. Devitt
Washingtonville
R-5
David Smith
Lois Blume
Smith
Laok
Social Services
AFL CIO seeks state worker support at Middletown
SEIU an AFL CIO unit vows to represent workers at Middletown State Hospital and Warwick and Otisville training schools for boys challenging CSEA. About 40 percent pledge support across the three institutions, with 300 plus employees backing SEIU amid layoffs and perceived poor CSEA representation. An Aug 31 pledges deadline is set to push PERB election action.
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Middletown
Afl-Cio
Service Employes International Union
SEIU
Civil Service Employer Association
CSEA
Middletown State Hospital
Warwick
Otisville
John Kramer
New York State
Ray Smith
Smith
CLEA
Public Employees Relations Board
PERB
Walter Butler
Syracuse
Kramer
John Geagan
Phillip DelPizzo
Aflcio
AL Lawrence
Power outage planned to boost lines in Greenville
Orange and Rockland Utilities announced a Wednesday power interruption in part of the Town of Greenville. Beginning at 9 30 a m the blackout will raise lines from 2400 to 13200 volts affecting Bedell and Decker drives Mountain Mullock Springbrook Schoolhouse Fort Van Tuyl Eatontown roads Greenville Turnpike east and part of Rt 6 from Mountain Road to the Y Tavern.
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Port Jervis
Orange and
Rockland
Greenville
Bedell and Decker Drives
Mountain
Mullock
Springbrook
Schoolhouse
Fort van Tuyl
Eatontown
Greenville Turnpike
Rt. 6
Mountain Road
Y Tavern
Walden Police Threaten Action Over Contract Impasse
Walden police union warns of intensified enforcement if a second contract is not reached within a week. Attorney Peter Neuman says the village has stalled, delaying negotiations since June 1 and canceling a bargaining session.
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Walden
Walden Policemens Benevolent Association
Peter Neuman
Neuman
Port Jervis woman seeks police post amid broad local support
Allyson Wagner, a 21 year old Port Jervis applicant with top civil service exam marks and an air of discrimination claim, gathers hundreds of petition signatures to push the city to test and certify her for a police officer role. Support spans doctors, clergy and residents as Chief Masanotti notes agility tests remain required and no decision yet.
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Port Jervis
Allyson Wagner
Police Department
Miss Wagner
Frank Masanotti
OCCC job offer questioned during sex bias hearing
Orange County Community College administrator testified the professor who offered Cynthia Pagano a full-time art position lacked authority. Pagano alleges sex-based discrimination. hearing at the old County Court Building resumes July 12 with four witnesses planned.
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Goshen
Robert Greenman
Orange County Community College
OCCC
Cynthia Pagano
Greenman
State Human Rights Commission
Pagano
Highland Ave
Otisville
Old County Court
Henry Holley
Norman Mednick
William Majors
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Washington
New York
Port Jervis Middle School
Dean
Parkhurst
Novak
Robert Novak
Cuddeback
Board of Trustees
Samuel Waaenen
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