Another witness steps forward in Mount case
A never-before-interviewed-by-law-enforcement witness who says he saw Darryl Mount Jr. fall from scaffolding in 2013 is shown on a Channel 13, WNYT, story in his deposition with the city’s attorney. Surveillance footage puts him outside Gaffney’s bar the night of the incident, the story says. Longtime bartender Tommy Kvasnack tells the attorney he saw Mount fall and did not see police beat him. This matches with the report released on Sunday from Commissioner of Pubic Safety James Montagnino which says Saratoga Springs Police did not act inappropriately but lays blame on then-Chief Gregory Veitch. The question of just what happened that night has sparked protests in the city.
Stewart’s expanding market
Stewart's Shops plans to expand to 360 stores throughout western Vermont and eastern and central New York, the Albany Business Journal says. Their plan is to build 21 shops this year, replacing 15 stores at a $50 million price tag. The expansion is into six new markets. The company says a major hold-back, that keeps them from greater expansion, is supply chain issues.
Joy tries again to unseat Tonko
Under the newly redrawn Congressional map, Liz Lemery Joy is running, again, to get on the Republican ticket this June to face incumbent Democrat Paul Tonko this fall, the Post-Star says. She is the only person who has stepped forward thus far. She says the National Republican Congressional Committee has designated the district as “top-targeted race” this year, the story reports. The Post-Star is also running a sort of companion piece that introduces Tonko, who now represents Glens Falls, Moreau and other locations. According to the story, he says his experience as an engineer gives him a science-based, objective view of problems. He is running for an eighth term in Congress. In 2020, he received 59.5% of the vote, defeating Liz Joy.
Mechanicville will hold referendum on Commission government
Mechanicville will likely let the voters make the decision. The decision surrounds whether to keep or change the commission form of government, which places each elected commissioner at the top of various departments in the city. The council itself does not change the city’s organization, but a majority of the city council have told the Times Union that they will vote to put the question on a referendum and let the voters decide. A charter review committee has been at work on this question in the city.