CLICK FOR FULL PRESS RELEASE STATE’S AG BRINGS SUIT TO SHUT NRA James: LaPierre, 3 Other Execs Caused Non-Profit To Lose $64M ALBANY – State Attorney General Letitia James today filed a lawsuit seeking to dissolve the NRA, the National Rifle Association. “The NRA’s influence has been so powerful that the organization went unchecked for decades while top executives funneled millions into their own pockets,” James declared at a press conference in New York City. “The NRA is fraught with…
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Assemblyman Salka Hosts Virtual Town Hall Thursday Assemblyman John Salka, R-121st, will host a Virtual Town Hall at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow (Thursday). Click here to sign up. You will be emailed the Zoom link so you can participate. Salka’s 121st District includes Otsego County’s three population centers – Oneonta, Cooperstown and Richfield Springs – and the towns in between, as well as Madison County and part of Oneida. A retired respiratory therapist and former chairman of the Madison County Board…
County Board Moves Toward Lifting Tax Cap Action Possible At Sept. 2 Meeting By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Facing a fiscal crunch, the county Board of Representatives today took the first step toward freeing itself from the state’s 2 percent property-tax cap in preparing its 2021 budget. At its August meeting, county board Chairman David Bliss, R-Cooperstown/Town of Middlefield, “put the law on the table,” and freshman representative Clark Oliver, D-Oneonta, seconded it. As County Attorney…
Extended BnB Stays Sap Bed-Tax Revenue County Reps Skeptical About News By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Zip. Nada. Zero. Air BnB is Otsego County’s single largest bed-tax generator, but from April 1 to June 30, it generated nothing, County Treasurer Allen Ruffles reported to the county Board of Representatives this morning. “They collected something like $140,000 and they sent us zero money,” he said. At a 2 percent rate, that would generally generate $2,800.…
CLICK HERE FOR FULL REPORT ISAIAS FUELS FLOOD FEARS The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood warning through late this evening for Otsego County and throughout Central New York. Locally heavy rainfall from showers and embedded thunderstorms associated with Tropical Storm Isaias will impact the region for the rest of the day, according to the Weather Service.…
Foundation, Otsego NOW Offer $500 Grants For PPE Otsego County small businesses and not-for-profit corporations with fewer than 50 employees are eligible for grants up to $500 to buy PPE (personal protective equipment) or install fixtures to prevent the spread of COVID-19, as long as Governor Cuomo’s emergency declaration is in effect. The new Community Foundation of Otsego County and Otsego Now have contributed $25,000 each to make $50,000 available for this purpose.…
IN MEMORIAM David Jones March 10, 1942-July 28, 2020 COOPERSTOWN – David Jones, husband of Lynn Richards Jones, passed away peacefully on July 28, 2020, at his home in the Village of Cooperstown. A retired English and American Studies teacher, he taught at the Millbrook School in Millbrook, and the Saint Andrew’s School in Boca Raton, Fla. He was 78. Born on March 10, 1942, in Albany, David was one of three children of Louis Clark Jones, Ph.D., and the…
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER With Precautions, Chamber 34-Year Golf Tourney Back Event Will Benefit Community Foundation ONEONTA – The Otsego County Chamber of Commerce today announced – after “great consideration” – it will continue a 34-year tradition this summer, scheduling its annual Chamber Classic Golf Tournament for Thursday, Aug. 20, at the Oneonta Country Club. A portion of the event proceeds will be donated to the Community Foundation of Otsego County.…
WATCH MEETING AT facebook.com/allotsego1808 County Board May Override 2% NY Tax Cap COOPERSTOWN – The county Board of Representatives, meeting via Zoom at 10 a.m. Wednesday, will consider overriding the state’s 2 percent property-tax cap in preparing this year’s budget. The tax cap has been in effect since 2011, and was made “permanent” last year. It will require approval by 60 percent of the representatives, or nine of the 14 members. That means the vote will have to be bipartisan.…
