Orange County has joined Rockland, Onondaga and Rensselaer counties in fighting a new state law, starting in 2025, that puts some local elections in the same year as national elections, which proponents claim will save money and bring more people out to vote. Rockland County Executive Ed Day says while the governor continues to assault the concept of home rule, the cost for elections will end up being higher, not lower…
Rockland State Senator Bill Weber of the 38th District says local elections are likely to be hurt by the move…
Earlier this year, the bill’s sponsor, Orange County state Senator James Skoufis, called the Onondaga County lawsuit “baloney.”