List of Ulster County Legislators Representing Saugerties

The Ulster County Legislature was created in 1967, replacing the Ulster County Board of Supervisors, to bring the County into compliance with the 1964 Supreme Court decision in Reynolds v. Sims.

At the time of its creation, each Town served as a Legislative District, and was assigned a number of legislative seats based on the population of the Town. In 1967, Saugerties had 4 legislative seats.

In the year 2000, the legislative maps were created which no longer directly corresponded to the town lines, but retained the proportional, multi-member districts. Beginning in 2010, legislative maps were drawn with single-member districts, each having a roughly equal population.

In the tables below, when legislators are elected from multi-member districts, I have made an effort to list them in order of their vote totals, from largest to smallest.

1990-1991 Term
DistrictNamePolitical PartyNotesImage
SaugertiesJohn HallDemocraticMember of the rock band Orleans, would be elected to the Saugerties School Board in 1991, and later represent New York's 19th Congressional District from 2007-2011. His Congressional portrait from 2007 is displayed here.
In 1988, he wrote and recorded Saugerties Song with Amy Fradon.
SaugertiesRobert CranstonDemocraticNotes?
SaugertiesAlice TippRepublicanAlso endorsed by the Democratic Party.
SaugertiesRobert McCaigRepublicanAlso endorsed by the Democratic Party.
1992-1993 Term
DistrictNamePolitical PartyNotesImage
SaugertiesRobert CranstonDemocraticNotes?
SaugertiesJames O'ReillyDemocraticNotes?
SaugertiesGary BischoffDemocraticNotes?
SaugertiesAlice TippRepublicanNotes?
1994-1995 Term
DistrictNamePolitical PartyNotesImage
SaugertiesAlice TippRepublicanNotes?
SaugertiesGary BischoffDemocraticNotes?
SaugertiesJames O'ReillyDemocraticNotes?
SaugertiesRobert CranstonDemocraticNotes?
1996-1997 Term
DistrictNamePolitical PartyNotesImage
SaugertiesAlice TippRepublicanNotes?
SaugertiesRobert AielloRepublicanNotes?
SaugertiesJoan FeldmannDemocraticNotes?
SaugertiesJoe RobertiRepublicanNotes?
1998-1999 Term
DistrictNamePolitical PartyNotesImage
SaugertiesAlice TippRepublicanNotes?
SaugertiesJoe RobertiRepublicanNotes?
SaugertiesRobert AielloRepublicanNotes?
SaugertiesJoan FeldmannDemocraticNotes?
2000-2001 Term
The last session in which the Town of Saugerties served as a single, multi-member district.
DistrictNamePolitical PartyNotesImage
SaugertiesAlice TippRepublicanNotes?
SaugertiesJoe RobertiRepublicanNotes?
SaugertiesRobert AielloRepublicanNotes?
SaugertiesJoan FeldmannDemocraticNotes?
2002-2003 Term
For this term, the entirety of the towns of Woodstock, Saugerties, and Ulster composed District 3, and were represented by 7 legislators.
DistrictNamePolitical PartyNotesImage
District 3Robert AielloRepublicanNotes?
District 3Joe RobertiRepublicanNotes?
District 3Alice TippRepublicanNotes?
District 3Gary BischofDemocraticNotes?
District 3Michael StockRepublicanNotes?
District 3Joan FeldmannDemocraticNotes?
District 3Kevin HincheyDemocraticNephew of former U.S. congressman Maurice D. Hinchey. Resigned from the legislature in April 2003, after being advised by the State Ethics committee that his new job as a business development analyst for the state Comptroller's office may require him to recuse himself from certain votes and duties. Read more.
District 3TBDRepublicanAppointed by the legislature to serve the rest of Hinchey's term.
2004-2005 Term
District 2 contained a small piece of the western portion of the Town of Saugerties, and District 4 contained the remainder.
DistrictNamePolitical PartyNotesImage
District 2Brian ShapiroDemocraticThis will serve as a space for notes on a given legislator
District 2Michael StockRepublicanNotes?
District 4Joe RobertiRepublicanNotes?
District 4Joan FeldmannDemocraticNotes?
District 4Alice TippRepublicanNotes?
District 4Robert AielloRepublicanNotes?
2006-2007 Term
District 2 contained a small piece of the western portion of the Town of Saugerties, and District 4 contained the remainder.
DistrictNamePolitical PartyNotesImage
District 2Brian ShapiroDemocraticThis will serve as a space for notes on a given legislator
District 2Donald GregoriusDemocraticNotes?
District 4Joe RobertiRepublicanNotes?
District 4Dean FabianoRepublicanNotes?
District 4Robert AielloRepublicanNotes?
District 4Gary BischofDemocraticAlice Tipp, who had been in office for roughly 30 years, was defeated by Bischoff by a margin of only 16 votes.
2008-2009 Term
District 2 contained a small piece of the western portion of the Town of Saugerties, and District 4 contained the remainder.
DistrictNamePolitical PartyNotesImage
District 2Brian ShapiroDemocraticThis will serve as a space for notes on a given legislator
District 2Donald GregoriusDemocraticNotes?
District 4Dean FabianoRepublicanNotes?
District 4Robert AielloRepublicanNotes?
District 4Joe RobertiRepublicanNotes?
District 4Gary BischofDemocraticNotes?
2010-2011 Term
District 2 contained a small piece of the western portion of the Town of Saugerties, and District 4 contained the remainder.
DistrictNamePolitical PartyNotesImage
District 2Brian ShapiroDemocraticThis will serve as a space for notes on a given legislator
District 2Donald GregoriusDemocraticNotes?
District 4Dean FabianoRepublicanNotes?
District 4Robert AielloRepublicanNotes?
District 4Mike SweeneyRepublicanNotes?
District 4Walter FreyRepublicanNotes?
2012-2013 Term
(First session with single-member districts)
DistrictNamePolitical PartyNotesImage
District 1Mary WawroConservativeThis will serve as a space for notes on a given legislator
District 2Robert AielloRepublicanIn 2017, Aiello published a memoir, Remembering Glasco. (Source)
District 3Dean FabianoRepublicanNotes?
2014-2015 Term
DistrictNamePolitical PartyNotesImage
District 1Mary WawroConservativeNotes?
District 2Chris AllenDemocraticNotes?
District 3Dean FabianoRepublicanNotes?
2016-2017 Term
DistrictNamePolitical PartyNotesImage
District 1Mary WawroConservativeNotes?
District 2Chris AllenDemocraticNotes?
District 3Dean FabianoRepublicanNotes?
2018-2019 Term
DistrictNamePolitical PartyNotesImage
District 1Mary WawroConservativeNotes?
District 2Joe MaloneyIndependenceEndorsed by the Republican, Conservative, Independence, and Women's Equality parties. In 2018, Joe Maloney registered with the Democratic Party.
District 3Dean FabianoRepublicanNotes?
2020-2021 Term
DistrictNamePolitical PartyNotesImage
District 1Mary WawroConservativeNotes?
District 2Albert BrunoRepublicanNotes?
District 3Dean FabianoRepublicanNotes?
2022-2023 Term
DistrictNamePolitical PartyNotesImage
District 1Aaron LevineDemocraticNotes?
District 2Joe MaloneyDemocraticNotes?
District 3Dean FabianoRepublicanNotes?

Sources:

Saugerties Public Library, Digital Newspaper Archive [LINK]

Ulster County Board of Elections (1999 onwards), [LINK]

Ulster County Legislature, [LINK]

See also:

List of Mayors of the Village of Saugerties

List of Supervisors of the Town of Saugerties

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