Nina Postupack, presently is serving her first term as
Ulster County Clerk taking office in January, 2006. Prior to
becoming County Clerk, Ms. Postupack was Chief Deputy County
Clerk for fifteen years and has been employed for a total of
twenty-nine years in the County Clerks Office.
During her three years in office many new initiatives have been
implemented. County Clerk Postupack states, “When I
was elected to the position of Ulster County Clerk my promise to the
residents of the County was to meet the demands of the public through
more convenient access of records and services.”
This community outreach was accomplished through such programs as
County Clerk Passport Nights throughout the county and County Clerk
Passport Photo Processing. During the high demand time, for
passports with the implementation of the Western Hemisphere Travel
Initiative the County Clerks Office established convenient after
hours processing of passports at town hall sites throughout the
county with the added service of passport photo processing on site.
The success of these programs and the efficient processing of the
applications ensured every individual who applied to the Ulster
County Clerk’s Office during this peak period received their
passport and did not miss their trip.
The accessibility of documents begins in the Clerk’s Office with
the recording and filing process. This process does not stop
there. In the past three years, the recording department has
not only scanned and made available all current filings and
recordings, approximately 392,000 images a year, but has done back
scanning of over 4800 Civil Cases and hundreds of court records
with current staffing levels and at no additional cost to the
county. For easy access, an individual coming into the Ulster
County Clerk’s Office today can search land records from 1950 to
present and Court Records from 1987 to present and access the
digitized image on the computer.
A personal goal of Ulster County Clerk, Nina Postupack was to return
the Citizenship Ceremony to Ulster County. After being
discontinued 16 years ago, the Citizenship Ceremony returned on June
13th, 2008 through the joint efforts of Congressman Maurice D.
Hinchey, Supreme Court Justice Karen Peters and Nina Postupack,
Ulster County Clerk. On that day seventy five new citizens were
sworn in at the Ulster County Courthouse. The Ulster County
Clerk’s Office will continue scheduling of these ceremonies
twice a year for the residents of Ulster County.
In 2009, as County Clerk, Nina Postupack is looking at the challenges
facing government today. In answer to this, she has launched a
campaign to “Keep your Tax Dollars in Ulster County.”
Her goal is to inform residents of the county to renew their
licenses and registrations locally at the DMV in Kingston or at one
of the five Motor Vehicle bus locations. If every resident of
the County renewed locally over $300,000.00 of our tax dollars would
remain in Ulster County. According to Clerk Postupack, “To
face the challenges of 2009, we must work together: government
employees, elected officials and the residents of the County for the
betterment of the community.”
