Woodstock Board Presses Supervisor over Hiring of Sex Offender

Woodstock board presses supervisor over hiring of sex offender

WOODSTOCK, N.Y. – Town Board members on Thursday felt somewhat closer to getting an acknowledgement that Supervisor Bill McKenna intentionally hid the Level 3 sex offender status when hiring a town employee. Details of the personnel decisions were discussed during a 70-minute executive session on how town employee Michael Innello came to the attention of McKenna and why nothing was provided to the board members who needed to vote on the hiring. …

A statement from Woodstock town supervisor Bill McKenna

To anyone who has been traumatized by an assault, I am deeply sorry that ever happened. I have a mother, a wife, three sisters and countless women colleagues and friends. I know I might sometimes appear callous or uncaring, but that could not be further from the truth. I love our community and work extremely hard every day to protect it. I would never do anything that might harm residents or employees. Perhaps I made a mistake, maybe I owe my co…