New Paltz Supervisor Neil Bettez announces resignation, third town leader in Ulster County to quit in a month

New Paltz Supervisor Neil Bettez announces resignation, third town leader in Ulster County to quit in a month

NEW PALTZ, N.Y. — Neil Bettez on Thursday became the third town supervisor in a month to announce their resignation more than a year-and-a-half before their term is scheduled to end. During a phone interview, Bettez said his last day in office will be May 3, three days before he starts with the state Department of Environmental Conservation as climate resilience program manager of the Hudson River Estuary Program. “This job is just something I c…

New Paltz town supervisor resigns, police chief announces retirement

Town Supervisor Neil Bettez. (Photos by Lauren Thomas) New Paltz Town Supervisor Neil Bettez will be leaving his job a year and a half early. That announcement came at the April 4 town council meeting. Bettez will be taking a job that seems tailor-made for the scientist-cum-supervisor, serving as climate resilience program manager of the Hudson River Estuary Program at the state Department of Environmental Conservation. Bettez is a little more t…