Kingston council adopts gun control resolution unanimously
The Kingston Common Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to approve a non-binding resolution calling on state and federal officials to enact tougher regulations on firearms.
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Ulster featured in New York Civil Liberties Union report on bail
As state lawmakers prepare to debate a sweeping overhaul of the state’s bail system, a new report claims that Ulster County residents are routinely jailed for minor crimes because they cannot pay small amounts of cash bail.
Gun control resolution heads to Kingston Common Council
A memorializing resolution calling on state and federal lawmakers to enact stricter gun laws and refuse donations from gun rights groups will go before the Common Council after receiving unanimous support in a committee vote last week.
Indictment sheds light on local gang murder
An indictment unsealed in Brooklyn federal court this week contained new details of a brutal slaying allegedly committed by members of a violent street gang at the Turkey Point state forest in Saugerties last year. In the indictment, prosecutors charge that a three-man “cancha,” or cell, of the 18th Street Gang based in Kingston helped a downstate associate murder a suspected informant and later sheltered him after he gunned down a member of a rival gang on a Queens street.
Undercover operation nets 28 alleged drug dealers in Ulster
The Ulster Regional Gang Enforcement Narcotics Team this week announced the conclusion of a three-month undercover operation that resulted in the arrest of 28 alleged drug dealers from all corners of Ulster County.
Despite marriage to U.S. citizen, deportation looms for local business owner
A Saugerties business owner is facing deportation and separation from his wife and infant son after new hard-line immigration policies and a torturously slow bureaucracy left him in legal limbo.
Kingston Common Council may take up pro-gun control resolution
A council committee will consider a memorializing resolution calling on state and federal officials to impose stricter controls on firearms and reject donations from gun rights groups like the NRA.
Activist charged with trespassing after protest at congressman’s office
A local activist said last week that she has no idea why she was slapped with a trespassing summons following a March 5 protest in front of the Broadway offices of U.S. Rep. John Faso. But the building’s manager said she filed the complaint against Callie Jayne because the community organizer had ignored previous warnings to keep protests on the sidewalk and out of the parking lot at the 721 Media Center.
Mayor wants Kingston’s bicycle registration law repealed
Few, if any, Kingstonians know they’re supposed to be registering their bicycles.
Woolworth’s building sold to boutique hotelier Neil Bender
The former Woolworth’s building on Wall Street in Uptown Kingston, bought for $475,000 less than three years ago, has just sold for $2.25 million.