Rupco’s Kevin O’Connor is a man with a mission
Under O’Connor, the Ulster County-based affordable housing non-profit has quadrupled its workforce and expanded into neighboring counties.
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Real estate and community
When life gives you lemons, as the old saying has it, make lemonade. Local residential real estate has proven a lousy investment for the past decade and a half. But that doesn’t mean it’ll continue to be that in the future, the professionals in the ever-optimistic real-estate industry will remind you. 2018 will prove whether they’re right.
SUNY New Paltz looks for a clear road ahead
New York City is a hub for good jobs and half of SUNY New Paltz students come from the city and its suburbs. How well is SUNY New Paltz preparing them for life after graduation?
Kingston asks state for another $1m for Uptown apartment/hotel/parking garage project
The Kingstonian project is proposed to include a 475-space parking garage, 129 market-rate apartments, a boutique hotel at the warehouse site and 40,000 square feet of retail space.
Democrats are taking over Saugerties
Saugerties continues its gradual transition from a town where the Republicans almost always won local elections to a town where the Democrats increasingly win. The shift in the past five and a half years has been slow but steady. The odds are that it will continue.
Party allegiances shape one’s perception of economic reality
According to the research, partisan bias and what is called “affective polarization” has been increasing over time, exerting a more powerful influence over the formation of economic expectations.
Developer buys Ulster County Family Court building for $1.1m
It’s Charles Blaichman’s ninth purchase in the Stockade neighborhood. He plans to use the property for parking for four planned boutique hotels.
Parallel banking universes
Two announcements last week in the Ulster County banking community brought the latest local developments in the fierce struggle between America’s national banks and its community banks. Rondout Savings Bank announced a new CEO and president, Cheryl Bowers, the first woman to hold the position in the local bank’s 150-year history. And Bank of America announced it would be closing its Woodstock branch next April.
Welcome to the Neighborhood
Radio Kingston recently purchased a building on Broadway and discussed plan before an enthusiastic crowd at Kingston Library. The station is promising 24 hours of hyperlocal content, with funding from a non-profit headed by Warren Buffet’s son.
Why we should honor Hinchey
From a conventional Saugerties working-class background, Hinchey the politician managed to eschew the tribalism that has come to dominate national politics.