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Move in L.A. to Ban the Box for Previous Convictions

Businesses that ask a job applicant about his or her criminal history during the hiring process could be fined and forced to pay the applicant up to $500 under a new law being considered by Los Angeles. A Los Angeles City Council committee backed a plan Tuesday to penalize businesses that weed out applicants based on criminal convictions. The rules are part of a law under consideration by the council aimed at giving former convicts a better shot at obtaining employment. The Ban the Box ordinance, approved in concept last year by the council, bans private employers with 10 or more workers from asking questions related to an applicant's criminal history before a conditional offer of employment has been made. Employers also have to strip criminal history questions from job applications under the proposed law. Exemptions for employers in the child care or law enforcement industry are allowed under the ordinance. Some Los Angeles business groups, including the Valley Industry and Co

DAVID MCKAY WILSON: Doctor Has 5 Putnam Jobs, Plus Private Practice

Putnam County Executive MaryEllen Odell Was Refusing To Talk, But A Journal News Watch Dog Reporter Secured The Documents Needed To Tell The Story. Dr. Michael Nesheiwat acknowledges he has a problem saying, “No.”  He’s an elected Putnam County coroner.  His second public job is coordinator of the three-man coroner’s office.  He’s medical director at the Putnam County jail.  In his fourth public position, Dr. Mike, as he is known, performs “return to work” physicals for Putnam County employees,  Rounding out his quintet of public jobs, since Dec. 15 Nesheiwat has also served in the 40-hour-a-week post as Putnam County’s interim health commissioner, overseeing its 47-employee department. In all, he juggles five different publicly funded jobs, earning at a rate of more than $200,000 a year. But that is not all that he does with his medical license. Please Read More Here: http://www.lohud.com/story/money/personal-finance/taxes/david-mckay-wilson/2016/06/23/putnam-health-commissioner/

North Castle Town Clerk Alision Simon Gets A Five 5 Star Rating For FOI Compliance

1. Freedom Of Information Compliance And Knowledge Ratings: FIVE STARS: Our Freedom Of Information Requests for access to public documents were responded to and filled in three days by a very couteous and helpful Town Clerk’s Office in North Castle. http://nyfoi.org/index.php/2016/06/23/north-castle-town-clerk-alison-simon/ 2. Email Address For Filing FOI Requests townclerk@northcastleny.com 3, Mailing Address For Filing FOI Requests Town Clerk 15 Bedford Road Armonk, NY 10504 4. Experience: Town of North Castle Communications Coordinator March 2013 – Present My position as Communications Coordinator for the Town of North Castle has provided me with the following: Tools to communicate with the public on behalf of the Town Government. I have helped to update the Town’s website for ease of use and create the social media formats Facebook and Twitter. I have also updated the Wampus Park Bulletin Board for the posting of pertinent, timely events and information, Insi

FOIL Project: Still waiting on Spring Valley

New York State Freedom of Information Law says it should take 20 business days to get public records. In Spring Valley, we're at 31 business days and counting. That's how long village resident Anna Carafas has been waiting for information about a planned residential development a half mile from her home. Carafas, 28, sought some answers when she  filed a Freedom of Information request  with help from The Journal News/lohud on April 5 — one of three Lower Hudson Valley citizens teaming up with the newspaper to test FOIL compliance in our area. Carafas asked Spring Valley for tax and assessment information, and any correspondence relating to the target property on the corner of Union Road and Viola Road. It was a simple enough request, and the type of citizen inquiry that the law was intended to facilitate..... Please Read  More Here: http://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/blogs/thepound/2016/05/18/foil-project-still-waiting-spring-valley/84556848/

Somers Town Clerk Patricia Kalba Gets A Five 5 Star Rating For FOI Compliance

Patricia Kalba Being sworn In January Of 2016 1. Freedom Of Information Compliance And Knowledge Ratings Patricia Kalba was given three Freedom Of Information requests that all were resounded to filled in less than four days time. We found the office to be responsive and courteous. In her first bid for elected office, deputy Town Clerk Patricia Kalba has the support of both the Somers Republican and Democratic parties to succeed her boss, retiring Longtime Town Clerk Kathleen R. Pacella. 2. Email Address For Filing FOI Requests pkalba@somersny.com 3, Mailing Address For Filing FOI Requests: Town Clerk 335 Route 202 Somers, NY 10589 4. Experience: Patricia Kalb was Somers Deputy Town Clerk for over a decade.Born and raised in Somers, Ms. Kalba is a graduate of Somers High School who went on to earn her associate’s degree from Mercy College. In addition to her years in the town clerk’s office, Kalba has held a number of private-sector jobs http://nyfoi.org/index.p

Liar, Liar Pants On Fire - NYS DOT Caught Red Handed By Tomkins Cove Resident

Susan Filgueras is not too pleased with the response she received from the state Department of Transportation a few weeks ago. In April, the Tomkins Cove resident  filed a Freedom of Information Law request with the state asking about fires,  derailments, leaks, spills and other mishaps caused by CSX trains travelling through several Rockland County towns near her home. All she got back, in a May 3 response from the DOT, was a report on a minor derailment in 2011. “A diligent search of our files failed to reveal any other responsive records,” came the response from the state. But Filgueras says she knows that there have been fires along the CSX tracks because she helped put one out in her father’s backyard.  And, she has in her files a May 2015 report from The Journal News/lohud about a brush fire in Haverstraw apparently caused by sparks from a passing train.  ...... Please Read More Of The Journal News Story Here: http://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/blogs/thepound/2016/0

Yorktown Town Clerk Diana Quast Earns A Five Stars Rating In The Foil Westchester Public Interest Project

1. Freedom Of Information Compliance And Knowledge Ratings To date Ms. Quast has been given two difficult FOI requests all were responded to a delivered in 60 hours or less. http://nyfoi.org/index.php/2016/06/23/diana-l-quast-yorktown-town-clerk/ 2. Experience: 01/16-Present  TOWN CLERK,  Town of Yorktown, NY Elected Town Clerk to four year term beginning January 1, 2016. 10/07-12/31/07  TOWN CLERK,  Town of Yorktown, NY Served as the appointed Town Clerk for three (3) months when the Town Clerk was appointed Town Supervisor to fill vacated position. 2003-12/31/15  DEPUTY TOWN CLERK,   Town of   Yorktown, NY Administrative position, the Deputy assists the Town Clerk in all areas of responsibilities as mandated by law. 1999-2003   DEPUTY TOWN CLERK , Town of New Castle, NY The Town Clerk’s Office serves as the hub of the community by providing the public with information both in person and over the telephone. Please feel free to contact the Town Clerk’s Office with

JON CAMPBELL GANNETT: Board With SUNY Ties Blocks Public From Meeting

ALBANY - A high-powered non-profit overseeing the Buffalo Billion and other major state economic-development projects has declined to allow the public to sit in on its board meeting Tuesday. The Fort Schuyler Management Corp., which is closely affiliated with the SUNY Polytechnic Institute, had a quarterly board meeting scheduled for Tuesday, according to David Doyle, a SUNY Poly vice president. The meeting was set to take place via conference call. Reporters and members of the public were not permitted to listen in, he said. The meeting came as several major projects associated with SUNY Poly and Fort Schuyler have come under federal investigation, with  Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office acknowledging that U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara is examining potential bid-rigging . Fort Schuyler has a real-estate portfolio worth billions , acting as SUNY Poly's landlord for facilities in Utica, Syracuse and Buffalo, including a still-under-construction SolarCity manufacturing plant

Lewisboro's Janet Donahue Who Is The First Town Clerk To Earn A Five Star Rating In Westchester Couty

Janet Donahue has served multiple terms as the Lewsboro Town Clerk. Ms. Donahue was originally appointed by the town board upon the retirement of longtime Town Clerk Kathy Cory-Andreasen. Previously, Ms. Donahue served four years as deputy town clerk. Residents and professionals dealing with Lewisboro have come to rely on the Town Clerk for courteous, respectful, efficient service. They have come to rely on the Clerk for many items, including prompt answers to questions, for prompt responses to document requests, and for confidential assistance with important personal matters. Ms. Donahue’s responsibilities include attending all Town Board meetings and preparing the minutes in a timely manner, assisting in local elections and she is the liaison with the Board of Elections. She also issues licenses and permits for peddling and soliciting, collection of refuse, marriage licenses, dog licenses, cabaret licenses, accessible parking permits, hunting and fishing licenses, alcoho

How To Contact City Town And Village Clerks In Westchester County

City Of Mount Vernon Clerk George Brown gwbrown@cmvny.com 914-665-2348 City Of New Rochelle Bennie F. Giles bgiles@newrochelleny.com 914-654-2000 City Of Peekskill Pamela Beach PBeach@cityofpeekskill.com 914-737-3400 City Of Rye Carolyn E. D'Andrea cityclerk@ryeny.gov (914) 967-7371 City Of White Plains Anne M. McPherson cityclerk@whiteplainsny.gov 914-422-1227 City Of Yonkers Vincent E. Spano Vincent.Spano@yonkersny.gov 914-377-6020 Town of Bedford Lisbeth “Boo” Fumagalli townclerk@bedfordny.gov 914-666-4534 Town of Cortlandt Joann Dyckman joannd@townofcortlandt.com 914-734-1020 Town of Eastchester Linda (Doherty) Laird townclerk@eastchester.org 914-771-3351 Town of Greenburgh Judith A. Beville townclerk@greenburghny.com 914.989.1500 Town of Harrison Jacqueline “Jackie” Greer JGreer@Harrison-NY.Gov 914-670-3030 Town of Lewisboro Janet Donohue townclerk@lewisborogov.com 914-763-3511 Town of Mamaroneck Christina Battalia TownClerk@townofmamaroneck.

Access To 911 Documents

CIA chief believes 9/11 documents will clear Saudi Arabia, mostly because █████████ and that ██████ thing, not to mention ██████ and ██████  http://www.foxnews.com/ politics/2016/06/12/cia-chief- believes-release-911- documents-will-clear-saudi- arabia.html

Agostino A. Fusco Ckerk - Treasurer For The Village Of Mamaroneck

Contact: Agostino A. Fusco Clerk-Treasurer afusco@vomny.org Address: 123 Mamaroneck Avenue Mamaroneck, NY 10543 Phone: (914) 777-7722 Fax: (914) 777-7787 Hours: Labor Day to July 1st: 9:00am - 4:30pm July 2nd. to Labor Day: 8:30am - 4:00pm View or Pay Your Bill Additional Links: Frequently Asked Questions Downloadable Forms Miscellaneous Licenses Fee Schedule Budgets Voters Registration Document Portal Birth & Death Certificates Alarm Permit Application Alarm Devices and Systems (Code) Freedom of Information Requests List of Boards & Committees Financials Board of Trustees Minutes & Agendas Tax Bill Change of Address/Owner Form Notice of Collection of Village Taxes Procurement Policy Permit Parking Description of Services The Clerk-Treasurer is the Chief Fiscal Officer and provides overall management supervision to the Clerk-Treasurer’s Office and the Management Informati