Wynn Gold: The Insider Who Couldn't Win an Election — So Josh Handed Him a Seat Anyway
Cornwall voters rejected Wynn Gold at the ballot box — twice. Supervisor Josh Wojehowski ignored that verdict. In January 2026, he appointed Gold to the very Town Board seat voters denied him.
Cornwall voters made their choice — in 2019, and again in 2023. Josh Wojehowski ignored it. Gold will serve out the year without ever facing the public again.
Gold ran for Cornwall Town Board in 2019 and 2023. Voters rejected him both times. The seat he now holds? The very one Karen Edelman-Reyes won over him in 2023.
Josh voted yes on January 20, 2026 to hand Gold the seat. Only one councilman — Tim McCarty — had the integrity to abstain, after raising a conflict-of-interest concern.
The seat Gold holds is on the November 2026 ballot. He is not filing to keep it. He'll serve out the year, then walk away — influence exercised, accountability avoided.
Josh's Man: Unelected Deputy, Now Unelected Board Member
Gold's own 2023 campaign website described him as having served as Josh's unelected Deputy Supervisor for years, calling his work "instrumental" and "invaluable" to Wojehowski's success. That's not civic service — that's a political partner who couldn't get elected being installed anyway.
When voters deny a candidate a seat twice, a democratic system accepts that verdict. Josh Wojehowski's system finds a workaround. Gold didn't earn a board seat at the ballot box — he was handed one through an appointment process Josh controlled.
He Wrote the Comprehensive Plan. Now He Votes on It.
Gold chaired the committee that produced Cornwall's 2025 Draft Comprehensive Plan — the document that will shape the town's land use and development for decades. That draft was published in March 2026, just weeks after Gold joined the board that will vote to adopt it.
When Councilman McCarty raised a conflict-of-interest concern at the appointment meeting, the town attorney cleared it — technically. But the optics are impossible to miss: the man who wrote the plan now votes on the plan.
Auric Printing & The Political Machine
Gold owns Auric Information Packaging, a Cornwall-based printing and design firm that produces exactly the kind of materials political campaigns run on — mailers, brochures, posters, door hangers.
For years, Gold gave Josh something money can't easily buy: an unelected deputy willing to do the work, take the meetings, and carry the water without ever appearing on a ballot. The Town Board appointment is the return on that investment. Gold spent years building Josh's operation from the inside — as Deputy Supervisor, as Comprehensive Plan chairman, as the reliable behind-the-scenes hand. The seat is his reward.
In Cornwall under Josh Wojehowski, loyalty has its perks. Gold served as an unelected loyalist for years. The board seat is what that service was worth.
What's Next: Scott Teresi Is Already Running
The timing of Gold's exit is no accident. He was handed the seat in January 2026 to do a job — advance Josh's agenda, shepherd the Comprehensive Plan toward adoption, and hold the board's Democratic majority intact. Now that the work is done, Gold is stepping aside rather than defend the seat at the ballot box.
Use an appointed loyalist to do the heavy lifting, then swap in a fresh face before voters get a chance to weigh in. Ask yourself: what did Gold vote on, approve, or push through this year that Josh didn't want attached to an election?
On March 4, Josh was already out in Cornwall-on-Hudson collecting petition signatures alongside Scott Teresi, his handpicked candidate for Gold's seat. The machine doesn't miss a beat. It just changes the name on the door.
I'm especially proud to be running with Scott Teresi, who will make an outstanding Town Board member.— Josh Wojehowski, Facebook, March 4, 2026