Sidney, New York Sidney, New York Sidney is positioned in New York Sidney - Sidney Type Town Council Town Supervisor Bob Mc - Carthy (R) Sidney is a town in Delaware County, New York, United States.
The populace was 5,774 at the 2010 census. The town is at the northwest corner of the county and contains the village of Sidney.
The town was formed in 1801 from the town of Franklin.
On April 7, 1801, the town was titled "Sidney" with respect to British naval officer Sir Sidney Smith. The north town line, marked by the Susquehanna River, is the border of Otsego County, and the west town line is the border of Chenango County.
The village of Sidney, the chief settlement in the town, is at the end of the town along the Susquehanna River.
Interstate 88 runs through the northern side of the town up the Susquehanna valley, with access from Exits 9, 10, and 11.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 50.6 square miles (131.1 km2), of which 49.9 square miles (129.3 km2) is territory and 0.66 square miles (1.7 km2), or 1.33%, is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 6,109 citizens , 2,565 homeholds, and 1,641 families residing in the town.
The ethnic makeup of the town was 96.35% White, 0.85% Black or African American, 0.33% Native American, 0.77% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.39% from other competitions, and 1.28% from two or more competitions.
In the town, the populace was spread out with 25.4% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 25.3% from 25 to 44, 23.9% from 45 to 64, and 18.9% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town was $30,078, and the median income for a family was $35,351.
The per capita income for the town was $16,335.
Sidney town supervisor, Robert Mc - Carthy, began an accomplishment to declare a Muslim cemetery of the Osmanli Naksibendi Hakkani Dergahi (a Sufi Muslim center) illegal.
He was quoted saying that the town board "will be seeking to have these bodies disinterred and stop future burials.". When questioned about the legal basis for town action he responded, "I don't know what the exact law is". On August 12, 2010, the town board voted unanimously to authorize Town Attorney Joseph A.
MSNBC's Keith Olbermann brought instant fame to the small town of Sidney when he announced Bob Mc - Carthy as "The Worst Person in the World" and Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert joked about the inhabitants of Sidney being scared of Muslim vampires. Members of the Sufi Muslim center had contacted and demonstrated to Bob Mc - Carthy that the cemetery was in fact legal (established in 2005 ) and had the permission of the municipal government to establish a cemetery.
Mc - Carthy forwarded all inquiries to the Town Attorney Joe Ermeti, who delayed response to the Muslim improve until October 14, 2010 - the day of Sidney's town meeting.
The statement made by Sidney's lawyer and town board said they would not pursue legal charges against the Sufi cemetery, but would also not recognize its legality.
Mc - Carthy refused to apologize to the Sufi improve and to the town.
The Huffington Post presented an article detailing the incident which later attained national and global attention. Mc - Carthy still maintained the law was on the side of the Sidney Town Board, while lawyers and Hans Hass, spokesman for the Muslim center, contend otherwise.
Sidney the Village of Sidney a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Sidney town, Delaware County, New York".
"Andrew Reinbach: Tiny Upstate New York Town Wants Local Muslims to Dig Up Their Cemetery".
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