In an email, former Mayor Josh Cohn told The Record that “Henderson would not have been my choice" for an appointment to the ethics board.
New Mayor Josh Nathan tells outgoing council members, "take pride in the work that you’ve done.” 
The bipartisan council majority, with almost no discussion, voted Leventhal's hiring down 4-2 – leaving Cohn and Souza distraught at the dais. 
Cohn called the analysis “devastating” and added that it "vindicates Carolina Johnson, Julie Souza, Ben Stacks and me."
Cohn said that disagreements regarding ethical behavior on the council and the Board has "harmed the functioning of our government for the last two years."
The Rye City Council voted on. Jan. 24 to hold a presentation on the synthetic turf proposal for the Nursery Field space.

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