2026 New York General Election

Wendy O’Reilly

Buket Urgen

O’Reilly has lived in the town since 1993, graduated from Hicksville High School on Long Island in 1980, and is a member of the Dry Brook Community Association.

Election 2026: Unchallenged Hardenburgh supervisor seeks to tackle 911, cell service gaps

Wendy O’Reilly graduated from Hicksville High School on Long Island in 1980. She is a member of the Dry Brook Community Association.

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O’Reilly, 64, is a retired insurance agent and customer service representative with Sluiter Agency. She was on the Town Board from 1999-2011 and from 2016-19.

Wendy is a retired insurance agent and customer service representative with Sluiter Agency.

O’Reilly, 64, is a retired insurance agent and customer service representative with Sluiter Agency. She was on the Town Board from 1999-2011 and from 2016-19. She was appointed supervisor in June 2023 after the resignation of Jerry Fairbairn, won the seat for a two-year term later that year, and was reelected in 2025 to a state-shortened one-year term.

Wendy currently serves as Hardenburgh town supervisor. She was appointed to the office in June 2023, won a two-year term later that year, and was reelected in 2025 to a one-year term.

As of October 22, 2026, Wendy O’Reilly’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Economy

Public Services

Proposes establishing a short-term rental law.

Land use regulations are also expected to be important during the coming two years as town officials seek to work through a housing market that has seen affordability diminish.

“We’re trying to get a short-term rental law put in place,” she said. “I’m looking into trying to get some funding to redo our comprehensive plan.”

Is seeking funding to revise the town's comprehensive plan.

Housing & Urban Development

As town supervisor, is meeting with Ulster County and Verizon about risks to emergency communications if copper landlines are discontinued, given limited cell service.

O’Reilly said the absence of cellular service creates safety and emergency response concerns that would be further complicated if landline service is abandoned.

“We’re actually meeting with Ulster County and Verizon about Verizon wanting to discontinue copper lines,” she said. “That would put a lot of people in danger if the copper line goes down because they don’t have any other way of communications because of the lack of cell service and the lack of cell towers in our area.”

Public Safety

Is working with the Committee for Digital Inclusion and Verizon to improve cell service in Ulster County.

O’Reilly said emergency communications and cell service gaps are her top concerns.

“Our 911 communications and the fact that we don’t have cell service in a lot of the town,” she said. “I’m working with the Committee for Digital Inclusion…and they are working with Verizon to try to get some better service in Ulster County.”