Ed Kosiur

Ed Kosiur, a former Democratic Vice-Chair of the County Legislature, City Council President Assistant to the Commissioner of Social Services for youth development and one time Assembly candidate, “retired” in 2020. His Statement at the time said he was especially proud of helping to start a new summer camp for county “youth”. 

What he didn’t say was that he was being forced out because he was being sued for sexually abusing two young people decades ago. 

Lawsuits filed against Kosiur claim he molested two children from 1973-1975 when they were 11 and 12 years old. His lawyer at the time called Kosiur a “role model” and said no one that knew him would believe any of this…his good friends-County Attorney Chris Gardner and Legislator Gary Hughes, also defended Kosiur. In October of 2020 old Uncle Ed denied all charges and seemed to indicate he would not leave office. By December 15th, his fellow Democrats (including Gardner) sent him into exile with a forced retirement. Apparently, folks ended up believing the victims, or more likely just saw Ed as a liability to Democrats. At the time of his “retirement” Kosiur was earning over $110,000 in his dual positions in the city and the county. 

Of course, pushing Ed over the political cliff didn’t stop county Democrats from bringing their good buddy back to a county job a few months later. He was hired to “deliver mail” at the county office building-his boss? City Democrat Chair Tom Bellick. 

See, in Schenectady, if you are an insider and a member of the club, even sexual abuse allegations won’t stop you from continuing to pick the pockets of taxpayers.