The Facts About Protect Monroe-Woodbury and their Sketchy PR Stunt

Let's take a closer look at that alleged Ethics Complaint submitted against the Village of Woodbury, and then used by James G. Skoufis's Protect Monroe-Woodbury to smear its Mayor.

We requested time to speak to the Village of Woodbury concerning an ethics complaint submitted by Mrs. Elise Cagan, of Highland Mills, on April 20th, 2025, which became the subject of a story on Mid-Hudson News.

The Mid-Hudson News story was then featured prominently on State Senator James G. Skoufis’s Protect Monroe-Woodbury website. Protect Monroe-Woodbury is an Independent Expenditure Committee set up by the State Senator and his Director of Operations, William J. Alexander. Initially, it was to be called Preserve Orange County. We want to note here the date that Preserve Orange County was first formed in New York State: April 7th, 2025.

Mr. Skoufis, Mr. Alexander, or Jorge Perez of The Parkside Group, then used the Preserve Orange County Facebook Page to attack Monroe Town Councilwoman, Maureen Richardson. A woman whom Mr. Skoufis has been sexually harassing, on and off, since December of 2022. Mr. Skoufis declined to respond to questions concerning his aggressive behavior toward M…