Sheriff Devlin has claimed that no local police will be involved, but in his initial announcement of running for re-election as the candidate for sheriff, he acknowledged turning over five jail supervisors to ICE training.…
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“Albany continues to pass laws that favor criminals over law-abiding citizens,” Devlin said in a press release. “Here in Otsego County, our Sheriff’s Office has helped keep our communities among the safest places in New York to live, work and raise a family.”…
President Donald Trump’s administration claimed the goal of the attack was to stop narco-terrorism. Maduro is currently detained in New York City, where he will face trial on U.S. narco-terrorism charges he was indicted on in 2020.…
Rep. Josh Riley, a Democrat representing upstate New York including Otsego County, has paired up with Republican Rep. Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey to introduce legislation that would set new restrictions on pay bonuses for utility company CEOs.…
The Otsego County Republican Committee has a new chairman: Otsego County Board of Representatives Chair Ed Frazier. He takes over from Daniel Koerner, who when he began in 2023, was the youngest party chair in New York State.…
The chair of the Chenango County Democratic Committee, Patricia Giltner, filed a complaint with the New York State Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government late last month against State Senator Peter Oberacker, a Republican who recently announced his candidacy for Congress.…
Buzz Hesse, a local archaeologist, is on a mission. One day several years ago, he noticed a sign on Interstate Route 88, Exit 12 near Otego: “Mohawk Valley Region.” “Well, it’s totally wrong,” Hesse told AllOtsego. “It’s totally erroneous.”…
Tague plans to run on three platform planks: affordability, public safety, and “protecting Upstate” from “one-size-fits-all mandates” and “out-of-touch bureaucrats.” He said he will advocate for cutting taxes, fees, and mandates, as well as back law enforcement, fix “Albany’s failed criminal justice policies,” and put “victims ahead of criminals.”…
As Ranking Member of the Senate Transportation Committee and representative of upstate communities, I support better rail options done right: transparent budgeting, ironclad protections for taxpayers, and clear lines of accountability. What I will not support is yet another Albany “trust us” announcement that morphs into stealth tax hikes, shifting goalposts, or subsidies without oversight.…
Reporting by AllOtsego was recently cited in a national publication, underscoring the importance of local journalism. On October 17, Politico cited AllOtsego’s reporting in its New York Playbook edition.…
