Missing board minutes become central to investigation of South Blooming Grove's October election
South Blooming Grove’s October village election is under continued scrutiny after months of previously missing board meeting minutes recently appeared on the village’s website, raising new questions about whether the process to move the election date was purposely concealed from voters.
State Sen. James Skoufis, who chairs the Senate Investigations Committee, investigated the election and has asked the Attorney General to invalidate the results, says the records only surfaced after public scrutiny intensified. A News 12 review also shows that the minutes from the public meeting held just two days before the vote are still missing.
“For years, the village board posted minutes online like clockwork,” Skoufis said. “Then suddenly there was a five-month blackout. And when did that start? What a coincidence — the very first meeting where they started to go down this road and change the election date.”
Under New York’s Open Meetings Law, village boards are required to make meeting minutes public within two weeks.
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