WHEREAS the Town Board of Town of Woodstock is sworn to defend the constitutional rights of all persons in the Town, and determined to further the free exercise and enjoyment of all the rights guaranteed by the Constitutions of the State of New York and the United States, and
WHEREAS several state and federal statutes and executive orders, including the USA PATRIOT Act (Public Law 107-56) and Homeland Security Act of 2002, now threaten such fundamental rights and liberties as freedom of speech, religion, and assembly, the right to privacy, due process in judicial proceedings, equal protection of the laws and protection from unreasonable search and seizure, now therefore bit it
RESOLVED t hat the Town Board of the Town of Woodstock instructs Woodstock law enforcement officers and all other Woodstock law enforcement officers and all other Woodstock Town employees to preserve all the above mentioned rights for all persons by refraining from acting in a manner which infringes upon those freedoms and rights, even if authorized or requested to do so by federal or state law enforcement officials alleging authority under the USA PATRIOT Act of 2002; and be it further
RESOLVED that the Town Board urges all elected officials who represent the Town of Woodstock to monitor the implementation of the abovementioned Acts and actively work for the repeal of those provisions which violate the fundamental rights and liberties stated in the Constitution of the United States and the Sate of New York; and be it further
RESOLVED that the Town Board advises all persons in local businesses and institutions, and particularly librarians, booksellers and other communications dealers, to refrain as far as possible from keeping records which identify the name of the purchaser or borrower, in order to protect the intellectual privacy rights of all persons from intrusion authorized by the abovementioned Acts; and be it further
RESOLVED that the Town Clerk shall communicate this resolution to all the elected representatives of the Town of Woodstock in the Ulster County Legislature, the New York State Legislature and the United States Congress, to the Governor and Attorney General of the State of New York, the United States Attorney General and the President of the United States.