KLEINER GETS DEMOCRATS NOD FOR COUNTY EXECUTIVE by Ken Mahoney

KLEINER GETS DEMOCRATS NOD FOR COUNTY EXECUTIVE by Ken Mahoney

The stage is all but set for this year’s County Executive election. Rockland Democrats have nominated Orangetown Supervisor Thom Kleiner to face Republican incumbent County Exec Scott Vanderhoef. Both men are running uncontested, so, unless there’s a primary upset, theirs will be the names on November’s ballot. Kliener is stepping down after his seventh term as Orangetown’s supervisor to challenge Vanderhoef, who’s in his fourth term as County Executive. Kleiner’s nomination – along with that of incumbent County Clerk Paul Piperato – came last night at the Democrats’ county convention in New City