[Ulster County Comptroller March Gallagher] said she is primarily concerned about the decision by the agency to authorize a contract of sale before getting an appraisal on the site and the lack of a justification by the agency to sell the property at a price that will likely be less than fair market value. Gallagher … Read More

“Taxpayers deserve to know how much the pandemic has cost in total and for specific services such as the drive through testing facilities,” Gallagher said. “That level of specificity is not available because cost tracking was not ubiquitous or consistent as the county ramped up COVID operations. Mid Hudson News| 12/10/21

Ulster County Comptroller March Gallagher released a report on emergency housing in the county last month. She says things aren’t good. “We have a housing crisis on our hands here in Ulster County,” she said. Spectrum 1 News | 11/09/21

“I’m proud of all we’ve accomplished over the last two years in terms of improving transparency and accountability in county government,” Gallagher said. “I look forward to continuing to serve the people of Ulster County, and to highlighting quality of life issues such as housing, mental health services, and the cost of hosting the New … Read More

Ulster County Comptroller, March Gallagher, who was unopposed, won re-election to serve her first full four-year term as Ulster County Comptroller. Gallagher was first elected to the position in 2019 when she ran to fill a vacancy. Mid Hudson News | 11/3/21

County Comptroller March Gallagher garnered 28,342 votes in her bid for a full four-year term as the county’s fiscal watchdog. Gallagher first was elected in November 2019 to complete the term of Elliott Auerbach, who resigned as county comptroller midway through a term to take a job in the office of state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli. … Read More

Gallagher, who was a board member from 2006-08 and its administrator from 2011-13, said that recent public controversy over the Kingstonian tax breaks showed a need for getting public input into the agency policy. She added that an agency policy change that accommodated Kingstonian developers may have been “policy clean up” but damaged trust in … Read More

“Ulster County is experiencing a housing crisis,” in particular how it impacts those who are living in emergency shelters, County Comptroller March Gallagher said in a report she released on Tuesday. Mid Hudson News | 10/13/2021

Gallagher has said the audit will allow her to determine whether the agency has met the terms of grants awarded to it and followed contractual obligations, and also whether it has played favorites when selling dirt that results from the composting of food waste. Daily Freeman | 10/4/21