Noble highlights housing issues in 2019 state of the city speech
Kingston mayor talks about building projects, says city will take on gentrification.
Politics & Government
After the Hein-quake, what next?
County Executive Mike Hein’s surprise announcement last week that he’s stepping down to take a post in Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration, along with a quirk in the county charter, has upended Ulster County’s political scene as candidates emerge for a novel back-to-back electoral contest to succeed him.
Ulster County legislator hit with $7k ethics fine
The county Board of Ethics fined Saugerties legislator Joe Maloney for voting on and advocating for matters involving his spouse, who works for county comptroller Elliott Auerbach’s office. Maloney says he’ll fight the ruling in court.
Woodstock Supervisor McKenna talks 2019
Topics discussed include construction, Comeau office rehab and short-term rental regulations.
Hein administration, Ulster IDA cross swords
This is not going to be an amicable divorce.
Surprisingly close: VanBlarcum swam against the blue wave
VanBlarcum lost the sheriff’s race by a decisive 6,367 votes. But compare that with the county totals in the congressional race, where John Faso lost by three times as much, and that doesn’t look so bad. In a less politically engaged year, he might have won.
Bartels elected Ulster County Legislature chair
Legislator Tracey Bartels of Gardiner was chosen tonight as the next chair of the Ulster County Legislature, defeating previous chair Ken Ronk by a 12-11 vote.
Delgado supports bill that would set up public financing of campaigns, require Trump tax return disclosure
H.R. 1 would establish a public financing system for elections, require disclosure of Super PAC money, create an automatic voter registration system (opt out rather than opt in), and require the president to disclose tax returns.
Kingston seeks volunteers for zoning task force
The city is putting together a zoning task force and is seeking qualified applicants to volunteer their time to work on multiple facets of Kingston’s zoning-related issues.
Gardiner supervisor looks forward
With a Comprehensive Plan drafted in 2004 that was never fully implemented and a Zoning Code adopted in 2008 that didn’t anticipate modern trends in vacationing, the Town of Gardiner has been wrestling in recent years with development proposals that seem like square pegs in round holes.