Editing Brunswick, New York (section)

==Government==

===Local government===
[[File:BrunswickNYTownHall.jpg|thumb|left|Brunswick [[town hall|Town Hall]]]]
Like all [[Town (New York)|towns of the first class]]{{#tag:ref|The New York State Department of State states that "[a]ll towns of 10,000 or over in population as shown by the latest [[United States Census|federal decennial census]]…are by statute towns of the first class."<ref name=townhandbook61/>|group="n"}} in New York, Brunswick has an elected [[town supervisor]], [[town council|town board]], two [[Justice Courts (New York)|town justices]], [[town clerk]] and receiver of taxes. Unlike most towns,<ref name=townhandbook61>[http://www.dos.state.ny.us/lgss/pdfs/Handbook.pdf Local Government Handbook] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326101146/http://www.dos.state.ny.us/lgss/pdfs/Handbook.pdf |date=March 26, 2009 }}, p. 61</ref> Brunswick's highway superintendent has been made an appointed position. The current supervisor is Philip H. Herrington ([[United States Republican Party|R]]),<ref name=govt>{{cite web |title=Getting Acquainted with Brunswick Town Government |publisher=Town of Brunswick |url=http://www.townofbrunswick.org/government.asp |access-date=August 25, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090815083932/http://townofbrunswick.org/government.asp |archive-date=August 15, 2009  }}</ref> who was elected to the position in 1997.<ref>{{cite news |title=Election '97 |newspaper=[[Times Union (Albany)]] |date=November 2, 1997 |access-date=August 25, 2009 |url=http://archives.timesunion.com/mweb/wmsql.wm.request?oneimage&imageid=5837043 |page=E6 }}{{Dead link|date=October 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The town board is made up of four members, each serving four-year terms, with two seats up for election every odd year.<ref name=govt/> The current members are Mark J. Balistreri (R), Gordon Christian (R), James Sullivan (R),<ref name=TUR2>{{cite news |title=Election Results |newspaper=[[Times Union (Albany)]] |url=http://archives.timesunion.com/mweb/wmsql.wm.request?oneimage&imageid=6427674 |date=November 4, 2007 |pages=D4 |access-date=September 11, 2009 }}{{Dead link|date=October 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and Mark Cipperly (R).<ref name=TUR2/> The first two members sit in seats that are up for election in November 2025; the latter are up for election in November 2027.<ref name=govt/> The current town justices are Gary Gordon (D) and Terrance Buchanan (R).<ref name=TUR2/> The town clerk is Rebecca DelGaizo (R).<ref name=TUR2/> The entirety of town government is housed in Brunswick Town Hall,  on the corner of Town Office Road and Hoosick Road.{{#tag:ref|{{Coord|42|45|23.7|N|73|36|38.78|W|region:US}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Town Hall |publisher=Town of Brunswick |url=http://www.townofbrunswick.org/townhall/ |access-date=September 12, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090824091045/http://www.townofbrunswick.org/townhall/ |archive-date=August 24, 2009  }}</ref>|group="n"}}

===Federal, state and county representation===
Being in the state of New York, Brunswick is represented in the [[United States Senate]] by [[Chuck Schumer]] ([[United States Democratic Party|D]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Senator Charles E. Schumer |publisher=[[United States Senate]] |url=http://schumer.senate.gov/ |access-date=August 26, 2009}}</ref> and [[Kirsten Gillibrand]] (D).<ref>{{cite web |title=Kirsten Gillibrand - United States Senator from New York |publisher=[[United States Senate]] |url=http://gillibrand.senate.gov/ |access-date=August 26, 2009}}</ref> Brunswick is located in [[New York's 19th congressional district]], which is currently represented by [[Antonio Delgado (politician)|Antonio Delgado]]. The town resides in the [[New York Senate|43rd State Senate district]],<ref>{{cite web |title=District 43 |publisher=[[New York Senate]] |url=http://www.nysenate.gov/district/43 |access-date=August 26, 2009}}</ref> represented by [[Daphne Jordan (politician)|Daphne Jordan]] (R),<ref>{{cite web |title=Daphne Jordan - New York State Senate |publisher=[[New York Senate]] |url=http://www.nysenate.gov/senator/daphne-jordan |access-date=August 26, 2009 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and the [[New York Assembly|107th Assembly district]],<ref>{{cite web |title=107th Assembly District (District Map) |publisher=[[New York State Assembly]] |url=http://www.assembly.state.ny.us/mem/?ad=107&sh=map |access-date=August 26, 2009}}</ref> represented by [[Jake Ashby]] ([[Republican Party of New York|R]]).<ref>{{cite web |title=Assembly Member Jake Ashby |publisher=[[New York State Assembly]] |url=http://www.assembly.state.ny.us/mem/?ad=108 |access-date=August 26, 2009}}</ref> For Rensselaer County, the [[county executive]] is [[Steven F. McLaughlin]] (R).<ref>{{cite web |title=Rensselaer County Executive's Office |publisher=[[Rensselaer County]] |url=http://www.rensco.com/execoffice.asp |access-date=August 26, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090821205526/http://www.rensco.com/execoffice.asp |archive-date=August 21, 2009  }}</ref> With respect to the County Legislature, the town is in district 3 and is represented by Kenneth Herrington (R), Todd J. Tesman (R), and Dan Casale (R).<ref>{{cite web |title=Rensselaer County Legislature Districts |publisher=Rensselaer County Legislature |url=http://www.rensselaercounty.org/Districts.htm |access-date=August 26, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090517062122/http://www.rensselaercounty.org/Districts.htm |archive-date=May 17, 2009  }}</ref>