02.27.2024 Government Deadlock: No special election to fill vacant Shelter Island Town Board seat A 2-2 vote by the Town Board Monday night killed a resolution to ask Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) to approve a special election to elect a candidate to fill...
02.26.2024 News Suffolk County would pay for Shelter Island special election, not the town If the Island were to hold a special election to fill the fifth seat on the Town Board, the cost of the election would be borne by Suffolk County,...
11.16.2022 News Ballot proposition passes on funding affordable housing through real estate transfer tax The Community Preservation Fund ballot Proposition 3 — which asked voters to vote up or down on employing a 0.5% real estate transfer tax to help fund affordable housing...
11.11.2022 News Affordable housing proposition is in a waiting game: Uncounted absentee ballots to decide its future Supervisor Gerry Siller said Thursday he expects uncounted absentee ballots — as of Thursday totaling 113 — aren’t going to be tallied until next Tuesday or Wednesday of next...
11.29.2021 News Waiting game: Town Council election still undecided There’s still no indication when the Suffolk County Board of Elections (BOE) will certify the election for a four-year seat on the Town Council between Republican Meg Larsen and...