The Madison County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the reappointment of MARK SCIMONE as Madison County administrator. This will be Scimone’s third 4-year term as county administrator. He was first appointed in 2013. Over the last four years, County Administrator Scimone has had several accomplishments. He led a team of department heads and staff to develop a Success Plan, adopted by the board of supervisors in 2017, which is an actionable guidebook for achieving goals of excellence and providing an equal balance of quality services and value to county taxpayers. In 2019, Madison County purchased Delphi Falls County Park and Scimone worked closely with the Planning Department to secure support for acquiring this park.

Olinsky Law Group has added SUSAN ALLEN, ALEXANDER HOBAICA, and AMY GANETIS as Social Security Disability Appeals Federal Court attorneys. Allen earned her J.D. from Suffolk University Law School in Boston. She also holds bachelor’s degrees in political science and history from Colgate University. She previously worked for Long, Hagan, Huff-Harris, LLC, Boston; Brian J. McLaughlin Law, Boston; and Laurence Cote, Esq., Boston. Hobaica earned his J.D. from Albany Law School. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in government and politics from Utica College. Hobaica previously worked for Vindigni, Betro & Getman, PLLC, Oneida; Helmer Johnson & Misiaszek, Utica; and the Oneida County District Attorney Office, Utica. Ganetis earned her J.D. from Syracuse University College of Law. She also holds a master’s degree in criminal justice from the University of Albany, a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice and sociology from the University of Albany, and an associate degree in criminal justice from Onondaga Community College. Ganetis was an unemployment hearing representative, and worked for the Mafrici Law Office, PC, Cicero/Syracuse, Syracuse Medical-Legal Partnership, and the Syracuse University College of Law’s Children’s Rights & Family Law Clinic. Olinsky Law Group has also added VALERIE DIDAMO as a Social Security Disability Hearing attorney. Didamo earned her J.D. from the University at Buffalo School of Law. She also holds a bachelor’s degree in biology with a pre-med course of study from Iona College. Didamo previously worked for Stanley Law Offices, Syracuse, as a Social Security Disability attorney. She also previously owned Valerie T. Didamo, Esq. Law Firm, worked at Cytec Industries Inc. in Stamford, Connecticut, as in-house patent counsel; served as patent, trademark, and copyright attorney for Strook & Lavan in New York; served as patent attorney for Davis, Hoxie, Faithful & Hapgood, New York; and as a research assistant at the Department of Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx.