Ulster County’s 2018 budget reduces property taxes once again
Overall spending is $324 million, a little less than $1 million below 2017 levels.
Politics & Government
New Paltz Village Board considers eliminating public access broadcasts
Is there still a place for public access television in a time when most anyone can record and post a video to a wide audience online?
Kingston considers upping reservoir’s capacity
The infrastructure at Cooper Lake needs to be refurbished to bring it into compliance with state safety standards. Separately, the city is considering raising the dikes to increase capacity.
CVS/Five Guys rep spars with New Paltz planners
After an environmental review process that swallowed up four years, New Paltz Town Planning Board members began to review the site plan for the CVS project last month. Board members pressed for various concessions, but met resistance which has become the standard refrain from consultants hired to push the project forward.
Kingston has several possible Uptown projects for $10m state grant
Facilities improvements at Dietz Stadium, a proposed “food hub” in a vacant building on Wall Street and the planned redevelopment of a municipal parking lot into a garage and mixed-use building also made the list of projects that could benefit from the money.
Republicans look to ‘Restore Kingston Pride’
Inspired in part by the council’s vote to declare Kingston a sanctuary city, there’s a new slate of energized Republicans looking to make waves this November. They share a core message: Fiscal conservatism, wariness about tax breaks for developers and skepticism about plans to build more low-income housing in Kingston.
New Paltz considers town-wide affordable housing law
The law could require a certain percentage of new homes to be priced affordably, according to a formula based on median income.
Assemblyman Pete Lopez named EPA Region 2 administrator, covering NY, NJ, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
Assemblyman Pete Lopez (R-Schoharie), whose 102nd Assembly district stretches from just outside Albany to Saugerties, was named administrator of Region 2 of the Environmental Protection Agency today.
Uptown Kingston in line for $10 million in help from Albany
Kingston’s Stockade District is already seeing a surging real estate market and a cultural renaissance. Now, an infusion of state money is set to transform projects that have existed on paper for years into bricks-and-mortar reality.
Saugerties Conservatives choose their candidates
The slates are set for this November’s election, which features lively races for supervisor, town board and two of the three County Legislature seats.