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Kinderhook village considering mass gathering law

Feb 17, 2017 6:30 am

Emilia Teasdale is reporting in The Columbia Paper Kinderhook Mayor James Dunham is questioning whether the village needs a mass gathering law in light of recent protests staged in front of U.S. Rep. John Faso's district office, located on the village square. The village currently has no mass gathering law. The newly elected Republican lives near the village center and protesters marched from the square to his home and talked to him on the sidewalk in front of his house for approximately 45 minutes on January 28. The event was organized to protest Faso's position on repealing the Affordable Care Act. Dunham said the organizers of the protest contacted him about their plans a few days before the gathering. He said his main concern was that “things got off safely and peacefully, which they did.” Under the current law, users of the village bandstand must provide insurance, but events like the protest held last month do not. Dunham said he has contacted the state Conference of Mayors about laws in other municipalities. “I want to talk to [Village Attorney] Rob [Fitzsimmons] further about it and give it some thought,” Dunham said, referring to a local law. Read the full story in The Columbia Paper.

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