NYS Association of Counties Name Matt Veitch Chair of Public Safety Committee

SARATOGA SPRINGS — The New York State Association of Counties (NYSAC) has appointed Saratoga County Supervisor Matthew Veitch as Chair of its Standing Committee on Public Safety. Supervisor Veitch replaces Yates County Sheriff Ron Spike, who retired this year after more than a decade at the helm of the committee. 

“I am honored and grateful to President McCoy and the NYSAC leadership for having the confidence in me to Chair this important committee,” Veitch said in a statement.  “There is always important work to do to tackle the issues surrounding both Law Enforcement and Emergency Services, as well as associated things like Probation, Prosecution and Defense, as well as our Jails.  I will do my best to advocate fairly on behalf of New York Counties as Chair of the Public Safety Committee.” 

NYSAC Standing Comm-ittees are essential in the development of NYSAC’s advocacy planning and efforts. They develop, discuss, and adopt the series of resolutions that go before the full county delegation, and then become the basis of NYSAC’s legislative program for the coming year.   

In addition to his role with NYSAC, Veitch also serves in several leadership positions with the National Association of Counties (NACo), including Vice-Chair of the Community, Economic, and Workforce Development Policy Steering Committee, member of the Arts & Culture Commission and IT Standing committee, and as immediate past Chair of the International Economic Development Task Force. 

Organized in 1925, NYSAC is the only statewide municipal association representing the interests of thousands of county leaders, including legislators, supervisors, county executives, administrators, commissioners, and other county officials from all 57 counties and the City of New York.