Displeasure with Leibell; apology to Southeast voters

November

Southeast voters who head to the polls at 50 Main Street in Brewster today are receiving a letter signed by Putnam County’s elections commissioners as they exit the polling place.

The letter is an apology from Putnam County Elections Commissioners Robert Bennett (Democrat) and Anthony Scannapieco (Republican) to the voters for the cramped conditions at the polling place. The four-story building houses Brewster Village Hall and senior citizen apartments and is owned by state Sen. Vincent Leibell’s nonprofit housing agency, the Putnam Community Foundation.

In the letter, the commissioners state that under a verbal agreement between the Board of Elections and Leibell, a Patterson Republican, two rooms were to be available for polling places: one in the village offices and one in the senior-citizen community room.

But, the commissioners said this week they were told the community room couldn’t be used.

“This was directly opposite to what was agreed to and understood by both Commissioners. Calls were made to Senator Leibell who stated that we could not use the community room, no chance. It is unfortunate that Senator Leibell has chosen to make this decision,” they wrote.

The commissioners ask that any complaints be directed to Leibell at (845) 279-3773.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009 at 4:58 pm by Mike Risinit.
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4 Responses to “Displeasure with Leibell; apology to Southeast voters”

ed1 November 3rd, 2009 at 6:57 pm
A non-profit owns city hall, and that non profit is run by the senator. Is this NY or Ciudad Juarez?
Guardianofthepeace November 4th, 2009 at 2:50 pm
The voting can be moved back to 67 main street then. Plenty of room there…......
ProHuman November 9th, 2009 at 5:02 am
It sounds like the election commissioners who are to blame. Why would they choose a venue that had two separate voting rooms? There are plenty of places in Southeast where voting could be done in one room, 67 Main has certainly been used in the past and currently sits empty. What’s the true story here? Tony mad cause Leibell tried to have him ousted last year? As Sarah would say: you betcha!
Good Point November 9th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
Will Leibell try to oust Tony next year?

Will Tony stay as Chair of the Putnam County Republican Party?

Or has Tony had enough and will get out when the going is good?

If Tony is gone. Who will be the next Chair?

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