Committee approves ‘Sanctuary City’ declaration for Kingston
Next up for the controversial resolution which states city won’t probe most people’s immigration status: The full Common Council.
Politics & Government
Saugerties affordable housing project proposed for North St. revised for market-rate rents
After receiving approval last year to build Country Meadows, a 43-unit mixed-use housing development on North Street, Premier Development will be back before the Saugerties village planning board January 11 seeking to have that approval amended53 units of market-price housing.
Saugerties residents oppose lowering speed limits on 9W at public hearing
The proposal would lower the speed limits on the southern approach to town, starting at the Old Stage Rd. intersection.
Woodstock board engages firm to update master plan
The town will pay Behan Planning and Design $65k to help it revamp its master plan, now over 50 years old.
Woodstock will hire pros to update master plan
Councilman Jay Wenk had urged that the plan be updated by a group of volunteers, but the committee in charge said the job was too complex. Woodstock’s last such plan, which serves as a guide for town infrastructure, planning and development needs, was completed in 1962.
New Paltz Dems discuss Trump, party’s future in election post-mortem
Democrats nationwide are asking difficult questions following an election that reduced the party’s national power to its lowest level in over a century.
State Supreme Court says Belleayre Resort environmental report is OK
The ruling is good news for the developer of the long-planned resort proposed for Belleayre Mountain in western Ulster County and eastern Delaware County. The project includes two hotels, an 18-hole golf course, a spa, a conference center, and multiple lodges and duplexes.
New Paltz planners consider tougher review process for Zero Place, a mixed-use development in the village
Planners had been considering a form of review that was less onerous, but also less defined. Both developers and opponents had issues with it.
Mayor wants to make Kingston a “sanctuary city”
Noble said his communication to the Common Council was prompted by requests from local clergy and the nonprofit law firm Worker Justice Center that he consider a Sanctuary City declaration in response to the election of Donald Trump as president.
Albany showers $3.3 million on Kingston
Among the projects receiving funding: reduction of stormwater runoff, new traffic signals, crosswalks and protected bike lanes on Broadway; $500,000 for “the last piece of the puzzle” in the rail trail proposal, funding trailheads and converting the stretch between Cornell Street and the New York State Trolley Museum on the Rondout; and $300,000 for improvements to Kingston Point Park