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Rensselaer County Sheriff Kyle Bourgault and Rensselaer County Executive Steve McLaughlin had for months said they planned to ignore the new state law, even after the New York State Attorney General’s Office ordered them to comply in July.
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The Rensselaer County executive says he will not comply with the new law.
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