The defense of the Constitution rests particularly upon our public officials, from the local to the federal level, who are bound in common by their oaths to defend it.…
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Director of Community Affairs and Government Relations for SUNY Oneonta Caroline Williams shared the only non-ICE related remarks of the morning, thanking the board for working with the university on initiating job shadowing of the county government...…
...given the controversy and the fact that he made the decision to sign a 287(g) agreement unilaterally, maybe a better question is why Sheriff Devlin doesn’t hold a press conference...…
The issue, I would think, is the Fourth Amendment, which is short enough and important enough to cite in full: “The right of the people to be secure..."…
Organized by CooperstownOneonta Indivisible, Butternut Valley Indivisible, and the Otsego County Democratic Committee, local demonstrators again gathered to oppose Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s actions nationwide and a recently-signed Warrant Service Officer agreement between the agency and the Otsego County Sheriff’s Office.…
Otsego County Sheriff Richard J. Devlin has been at the center of controversy since Eric Santomauro-Stenzel first reported that Devlin’s office had entered into a 287(g) Warrant Service Officer agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in an article published November 27.…
As a native Cooperstownian, I write to share my concerns 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]...…
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...…
