Andru Volinsky

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New Hampshire Civil Liberties Union v. City of Manchester,149N.H. 437. Volinsky argued that by compelling the Manchester police department to release the pictures they had taken, it could help identify race or gender-based discrimination in the police department’s work. This would help the public's ability to see with transparency and hold the police department accountable. The court agreed with this position, and the police stopped this practice. [11]

Environment

In New Hampshire's Northern Pass case, Andru represented impacted people from Stewartstown and Deerfield. The Eversource project sought to build nearly 200 miles of high-voltage transmission lines through New Hampshire, to connect large-scale hydropower from Quebec to Massachusetts. The Site Evaluation Committee denied the necessary permits for the project and Andru’s work at the Supreme Court helped sustain that denial. [12]

Government overpayments

Significant cases litigated by Volinsky include his representation of the New Hampshire Secretary of State in the Secretary's effort to fairly regulate self-insured public risk pools under N.H.R.S.A. 5-B. The work of Volinsky's legal team resulted in the return of more than $50 million in overpaid premiums from the Local Government Center Risk Pools to New Hampshire municipalities and school districts. Volinsky and his team negotiated additional refunds of almost $30 million from two other risk pools located in New Hampshire. [13]

Pensions

In 2014, Volinsky represented four large public unions who sought to challenge the State's effort to shift increased pension costs to existing employees. The New Hampshire Supreme Court upheld the cost shift even though its judicial members enjoyed constitutional protections against the very same cost-shifting. [14]

Elections

Volinsky won re-election to a second term on the Executive Council in 2018 in an election that gave control of the Council to the Democrats. [15] He narrowly lost to Dan Feltes for the Democratic nomination in the 2020 New Hampshire gubernatorial election. [16]

Personal life

Andru lives in East Concord, New Hampshire with his wife, Amy. Together they have three grown children: Josh, Mollie, and Bekah. He and Amy raise alpacas, chickens, and organic vegetables, and Andru built his barn from his own standing timber. [17] Amy and Andru have climbed all 48 of New Hampshire’s 4,000 footers. [2]

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  2. 1 2 "Volinsky For New Hampshire, Meet Andy" . Retrieved 1 July 2020.
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  7. ↑ "After Education Funding Suit Ruling, N.H. School Districts Wait for Answers". 22 September 2016.
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  12. ↑ "Councilor Andru Volinsky Says Northern Pass Is About Money, Power". InDepthNH. May 15, 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  13. ↑ "LGC ordered to rebate members $52M".
  14. ↑ "State pension fight heads to Supreme Court".
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Andru Volinsky
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Member of the New Hampshire Executive Council
from the 2nd district
In office
January 3, 2017 –January 6, 2021