Editing Guilderland, New York (section)

== Politics ==

The current [[town supervisor]] is Peter G. Barber (since 2016).

The current councilmen and councilwomen are Patricia Slavick (2000), Paul Pastore (2006), Lee Carman (2016), and Rosemary Centi (2016).

Jean J. Cataldo is the current town clerk.

Lynne Buchanan is the current Receiver of Taxes.

The current town attorney is James Melita.

The seat of Guilderland's government is the Guilderland Town Hall.

The Town of Guilderland website is www.townofguilderland.org.

Like most of Albany County, Guilderland generally votes for [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]] for state and federal offices. [[Barack Obama]] received 60 percent of the vote in Guilderland in 2008, and 59 percent in 2012. Senators [[Chuck Schumer|Schumer]] and [[Kirsten Gillibrand|Gillibrand]] and Representative [[Paul Tonko|Tonko]] all easily won Guilderland in their most recent elections.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://access.albanycounty.com/boe/electionresults/ |title=Albany County Election Results |access-date=January 12, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222065853/http://access.albanycounty.com/boe/electionresults/ |archive-date=February 22, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In June 2018, Richard Sherwood, a former town judge, pleaded guilty to federal money laundering and tax evasion charges as well as a state grand larceny charge. Sherwood stole $11 million from estate trust funds he was charged with managing in his private practice. He also transferred property to his own name. He faces 3.5 years to 10 years in prison.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.law.com/newyorklawjournal/2018/06/11/former-albany-area-judge-pleads-guilty-to-scamming-millions-from-estate/?slreturn=20181015182729|title=Former Albany-Area Judge Pleads Guilty to Scamming Millions From Estate|author=Andrew Denney|date=June 11, 2018|publisher=New York Law Journal}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/ag-underwood-announces-guilty-plea-former-guilderland-town-judge-richard-sherwood|title=A.G. Underwood Announces Guilty Plea Of Former Guilderland Town Judge Richard Sherwood For Stealing Over $11 Million In Family Trusts He Oversaw|publisher=NYS AG|access-date=November 15, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Ex-Guilderland-judge-Sherwood-formerly-disbarred-13226856.php|title=Ex-Guilderland judge Sherwood disbarred|publisher=Times Union|author=Robert Gavin|date=September 13, 2018|access-date=November 15, 2018}}</ref>