OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS NOT ABOVE THE LAW: CROTON UNITED

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Our Board of Trustees Is Not Above the Law
January 08, 2021

The following letter was published in this week’s issue of the Gazette.

To the editor:  2020 was a constant barrage of reminders that politicians believe the laws do not apply to them. Mr. Masur’s letter (The Gazette, Dec. 17/23) is a fitting coda to a cynical year.

I have long been a critic of the Croton Board of Trustees abuse of the NYS Open Meetings Law, and of their view that the public trust doctrine set forth in NYS case law is not binding on the Board of Trustees. Mr. Masur’s response is that the Croton Board of Trustees won election and are getting on “about the business of governing.”

Mr. Masur and the Croton Board of Trustees have a fundamental misunderstanding—if not outright contempt—for our system of government. READ MORE AT https://www.crotonunited.org/news-views/2021/1/8/our-board-of-trustees-is-not-above-the-law?fbclid=IwAR3gOmxLIkpVCx88MtwjH7WSxa2jxLlH7ueJyJsbueaEUL05ZsFiFVGHrw8