“At this point, we have a four-page summary that states some of the findings without much detail beyond that,” said Delgado. “We need to make sure that we have the full report. This is a very involved investigation that led to a number of indictments and convictions.”
A proposal by Rupco to build housing for low-income seniors at the site of the former Kingston Alms House could be back before the city planning board as soon as next month after a judge overturned a September 2018 decision denying site plan approval for the project.
How an anti-Semitic incident at a local health-food store, and management’s reaction, blew up on social media, leading to calls for a boycott and a visit from the governor.
Lacey Schwartz Delgado’s narrative runs squarely through Ulster County and along fault lines of race and community that have informed her work as a filmmaker and her interest in using the arts to make an impact on issues she cares about. Delgado tells her story in her 2014 film Little White Lie which aired on the PBS documentary film series “Independent Lens.”
A city-sponsored survey shows broad support for maintaining the Pike Plan canopies among those who live, work and shop in Uptown Kingston. But a majority of property owners whose buildings abut the netowk of covered sidewalks on Wall and North Front streets want to see them removed.
A State Supreme Court ruling will put Rupco’s proposal to build 66 units of affordable senior housing at the site of the former Kingston Alms House back before the city’s planning board.
The party’s convention didn’t produce a candidate for the April 30 special election to fill the county’s top job. Weeks later, it was announced that county Conservative Party Chair Jack Hayes would step into the breach. His opponent will be Democrat Pat Ryan, also of Gardiner, who rose to prominence in last year’s bid for Congress.
A reward of up to $5,000 is being offered in connection with two town of Ulster gun store robberies. “We don’t want to see innocent people get hurt,” said the ATF.
A Saugerties man faces misdemeanor charges after he allegedly drove onto the race course during Kingston’s annual Shamrock Run on Sunday, March 10 and resisted police efforts to remove him from his vehicle.
A proposal to merge Kingston’s bus system with Ulster County’s cleared another hurdle on Tuesday when the Common Council voted 7-1 to approve plan. City and county officials expect to complete the merger between Citibus and UCAT by July 1.