As leaders from diverse faith communities across Otsego County, we write to share our concern regarding the agreement between the Otsego County Sheriff’s Office and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement [a warrant service agreement as part of the 287(g) program with ICE on October 17, 2025].…
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Kennedy began the Administration Committee recap by pulling Res. 380 and Res. 381—resolutions approving the adoption of the 2026 budget and its associated appropriations—for individual consideration. Kennedy invited Otsego County Treasurer Allen Ruffles to speak on the auction of 22 Maple Street in Gilbertsville...…
...we express our extreme disappointment that the Otsego County Sheriff’s Office has signed a 287(g) agreement with ICE. In summary, ICE is engaged in the following extra-legal activities...…
Dishwashers, mothers, gardeners, people who arrived as small children reportedly disappear to private prisons at undisclosed locations, simply vanishing from their communities and their families—along with a far smaller number of people who are legitimately arrested.…
The Sheriff’s Office has signed up for the “Warrant Service Officer Program,” one of three 287(g) models. Under the program, “ICE trains, certifies and authorizes” officers “to serve and execute administrative warrants on aliens currently in [the] agency’s custody,” according to the ICE website.…
A Franklin woman representing herself sued Otsego County, the Sheriff’s Office and two deputies in May over alleged misconduct. In seeking $5 million in damages, Janel Whitbeck alleges false arrest, deliberate indifference to her medical needs, violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act...…
A presentation by County Administrator Steve Wilson on the 2026 budget and recognition of EMS Coordinator Damon West were the highlights of discussion when the Otsego County Board of Representatives met on Wednesday, November 5.…
An Oneonta vape shop is facing permanent closure from a new lawsuit filed by New York State Attorney General Letitia James in collaboration with the New York State Department of Public Health. They allege Royalty Tobacco and its owners Eysa Sharhan and Ahmed Mozeb repeatedly violated the law, illegally selling flavored nicotine products to minors...…
The main event was held on Saturday at the Meadows Office Complex in the Town of Middlefield, with approximately 348 cars dropping off hazardous materials. A combined total of roughly 526 households took advantage of this free disposal program.…
Local law enforcement officials, working closely with the Susquehanna Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, have been addressing cruelty complaints by performing wellness checks and, when necessary, seizing animals that are sick, injured or improperly cared for.…
