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Michael Myer, TOWN SUPERVISOR
Michael Myer is the Democratic and Working Family Party candidate for North Greenbush Town Supervisor. Prior to living in North Greenbush, Michael lived in Troy; the greater Boston area; New York City; New Jersey; and Phoenix, AZ. Michael will draw on his experience from other living in other towns and cities to help improve North Greenbush.
Michael is a father to two teens and has been married for 18 years.
Michael came to the Capital Region to attend RPI in 2001. Although work opportunities drew Michael out of the area, he has moved to this area three separate times when work opportunities allowed. Since returning to the Capital District for the third time, Michael has served as the president of his children's school board of trustees; volunteered with the Rensselaer County Medical Reserve Corps (non-medical roles); served on the North Greenbush Police Reform Committee; and graduated from the Albany FBI Citizens Academy.
Michael's 5 priorities for North Greenbush include:
1. Representing all citizens in the Town
2. Improve the town’s communications / digital presence to bring the Town into the 21st Century
3. Addressing traffic issues
4. Focusing on green spaces and making North Greenbush more pedestrian friendly
5. Addressing water and resilience needs of the Town.
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Mary Frances Sabo, TOWN BOARD
Mary Frances was elected to the North Greenbush town board in 2017, the only Democrat in 8 years to win election to the North Greenbush town board. Although she served only one term, Mary Frances had many accomplishments on the town board including the following:
*Sponsoring a resolution that registered the town as a New York State Climate Smart Community;
Earning grants to work with the Cornell Cooperative Extension to prepare a Climate Smart Resiliency Assessment and a Climate Smart Visioning statement;
*Working with Cornell Cooperative Extension and the town’s Climate Smart committee to earn Bronze Certification as a Climate Smart Community;
*Establishing an Open Space Committee that has received funding to prepare a Natural Resources Inventory (NRI). A basic draft of the NRI was completed;
*Sponsoring and enacting a local law increasing greenspace in new developments in town;
*Sponsoring and enacting a local law that requires recycling of water in car washes;
*Voting for legislation allowing marijuana dispensaries and on site consumption facilities in town;
*Advocating for hiring union workers on town projects;
*Working with the Police Chief on policing reforms.
Since Mary Frances left the board, many of the initiatives she championed have stagnated and the town is moving in the wrong direction. The Town has failed to move forward on initiatives to create a more sustainable community. In fact, the town has received a Notice of Violation from the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation for failing to implement appropriate stormwater management practices at a local development. Traffic and sprawl continue to grow and proper land use planning is non existent.
If elected, Mary Frances pledges to support development that promotes smart growth and walkable, bikeable communities. She will work to enhance outreach to residents and restore transparency and ethics to town hall.
Mary Frances has lived in North Greenbush for 20 years with her husband Josh and has raised her three young adult children here. She is an active community volunteer, having served as the president of Bell Top PTO and a girl scout leader. She served on the board of the Commission on Economic Opportunity in Troy and until recently was a trustee of the North Greenbush public library.
Mary Frances is a graduate of Dartmouth College and The George Washington University Law School. She currently works at the New York State Department of Transportation where she has gained substantial expertise in transportation and land use matters.
You can learn more about Mary Frances at www.mfsaboforngboard.com and on social media at fb.com/mfsabofornorthgreenbush (facebook) and @mfsabongcouncil (twitter).
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Darren Hallman, TOWN BOARD
Darren Hallman has been a resident of the North Greenbush community for about 4 years. He was an engineer for 25 years at the General Electric Research facility in Niskayuna, most recently serving as Technical Director for Mechanics and Design leading a global team of over 100 engineers and Chief Operating Officer overseeing and transforming the financial and technical operating model for a 1200 person, $350M global research team. At GE, Darren made many significant technical and leadership contributions to GE’s Aviation, Power, Healthcare, Oil and Gas and Appliance businesses resulting in 30+ patents and a technology leadership role for many of GE’s products. Further, as an organizational leader, Darren successfully developed talent across different levels and organizations within the company. Darren is married, has three stepchildren and resides on Snyder’s Lake. Darren enjoys participating in Earth Day lake cleanups and sponsored a Fresh Air Child with his wife and children.
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Janice Kerwin, TOWN CLERK
Janice Hannigan Kerwin is a lifelong resident of North Greenbush. Service is a proud tradition with Janice-she is a 35 year member of the Wynantskill Fire Department Auxiliary, coached for Classie Lassie Softball and CYO basketball and is a past president of the St. Jude's Altar Rosary Society. Since becoming town clerk, Janice has implemented credit card payments for transactions and has made the clerk's office an inviting place to transact town business. Janice started the immensely popular food truck night at town hall. Janice is married to Sean and has two young adult daughters.
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George Burke, TOWN JUSTICE
Judge Burke has served as your North Greenbush Town Justice Since January 01, 2016, and has adjudicated over 9,000 cases during the past 8 years.
“It has been an honor and privilege to serve the citizens of North Greenbush for the past 8 years and I look forward to serving them again for the next 4 year term.
Judge Burke is a lifelong resident of Rensselaer County and has been a resident of North Greenbush for the past 26 years. Raised in Speigletown and Brunswick, George graduated from Lansingburgh High School in 1984 and following in his father’s footsteps became an Attorney.
Judge Burke has 31 years of experience in the private practice of law and has appeared in Town, County and Supreme Courts throughout the Hudson River Valley and Capital District. George has also appeared before the New York State Workers Compensation Board and the Social Security Administration.
Judge Burke is a member of: The Rensselaer County, Albany County and New York State Bar Associations, The New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers, and The New York State and Rensselaer County Magistrates Associations.
Judge Burke is the only candidate for Town Justice who has extensive courtroom experience!!!
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Ben Lauletta, RECEIVER OF TAXES
Ben Lauletta is running for the office of Receiver of Taxes for the town of North Greenbush. Ben and his wife Sally have lived in North Greenbush since July 1993. They have raised 3 daughters (Sarah, Maria, and Michelle) here. He is proud to be a resident of North Greenbush and looks forward to serving the residents of the town, continuing the successful reforms that Tom McGrath implemented.
Ben is a veteran of the US Army having served in the U.S. Army Reserve from 1980 – 1986.
He has the business experience to effectively and efficiently fulfill the responsibilities of receiving and recording taxes. He has been in the construction field with pipes, valves, and fittings for over 30 years. His experience includes:
• Experienced in accounting and business management for over 30 years
• Regional Director of Sales in the Northeast
• Managed product and expenses for territory
• Supervision of factory direct and independent sales force
• Conflict resolution and problem solving in a variety of situations
• Business Development Manager and Product Training
• Setting programs, pricing, and inventory levels with distribution and specification writing with engineers
• Developed sales and budgeting report formats for yearly, quarterly, and weekly reporting
• Professional associations: Northeast Subcontractors Association 32 years/past president – American Society of Plumbing Engineers 25 years – American Society of Heating Refrigeration 21 years and Engineers and Mechanical Contractors Association 21 years.
Mike Martinez, HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT
Michael Martinez is running for Highway Superintendent unopposed. He is a life long town resident who currently lives in Snyder's Lake. He is a graduate of Averill Park High School and attended Hudson Valley Community College. He worked for the town as a teenager in the parks and recreation department, helped create the town beach and served as one of the town's first lifeguards. Prior to joining the North Greenbush highway department, Michael worked as a diesel technician at Albany Mack.