Fornino, 24, is a clerk with Ulster County Department of Motor Vehicles. She was unsuccessful last year in seeking a Town Board seat. A lifetime town resident, she graduated from Rondout Valley High School in 2020 and is a student at Utica University seeking a bachelor’s degree in business administration.

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Lene Fornino is a lifelong town resident. She graduated from Rondout Valley High School in 2020 and is studying business administration at Utica University.

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Lene Fornino (Provided)

Fornino, 24, is a clerk with Ulster County Department of Motor Vehicles. She was unsuccessful last year in seeking a Town Board seat. A lifetime town resident, she graduated from Rondout Valley High School in 2020 and is a student at Utica University seeking a bachelor’s degree in business administration.

Lene works as a clerk with the Ulster County Department of Motor Vehicles.

Lene previously sought a Town Board seat but was unsuccessful.

2026 New York General Election

As of October 22, 2026, Lene Fornino did not have a website or any information online.

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Lene Fornino (Provided)

Fornino, 24, is a clerk with Ulster County Department of Motor Vehicles. She was unsuccessful last year in seeking a Town Board seat. A lifetime town resident, she graduated from Rondout Valley High School in 2020 and is a student at Utica University seeking a bachelor’s degree in business administration.

“A town priority is to hear more from the Housing Advisory committee,” she said. “I feel that the people of the town need to be more vocal in terms of what they’re looking for…and what our town needs for housing. There’s nothing around here to rent or even afford to purchase. It’s very hard to find.”

Calls for the town to hear more from the Housing Advisory Committee and residents about local housing needs.

- Calls for the town to hear more from the Housing Advisory Committee and residents about local housing needs.

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Lene Fornino

Opposes changing her family property’s zoning from five-acre residential zoning to the proposed 10-acre preserved-land designation.

As of October 22, 2026, Lene Fornino’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Isaac Brickman

Buket Urgen

THE FORNINO FAMILY: We would like to reference our previous letter of 04/17/2024 advising of our concerns of the Town Board re-zoning some of our (and other residents) as “preserved land district” or PL-10.

We, as the owners of the property identified as SPL 60.4-1-9, that is within the borders of the town of Rochester, wish to file this signed statement that we disagree with the town board assessment that this property needs “new” designation from the present R-5 (i.e., 5-acre zoning) to the proposed PL-10 (i.e., 10-acre zoning). This new proposed designation would prove only to more costly for our family to build/improve our property and would add nothing to further protect this land due to its NYS DEC order dated August 25, 1988, which already limits and controls the use of the said lands under the Freshwater Wetlands Act (Article 24 of the Environmental Conservation Law) for Ulster County.

In conclusion, this action would appear to fit the category of spot-zoning, which is not legal.

Signed: The Fornino Family (Gerry, Cindy, Lene)