Kingston is a place composed of a wonderful variety of people. It’s nice to focus on being neighborly and learn more about one another — something we all should try to do more often. This week, we talked to 23-year-old Salem Corwin.
Voters will be able to cast ballots at any of the centers regardless of where they are registered in the county. To accommodate the new system, state funding will pay for the purchase of “ballot on demand” printers that can produce ballots custom-tailored for voters election districts. The money will also fund electronic poll books that will automatically update every few minutes to prevent fraud by people voting at multiple sites.
“These bills aim to support tenants in the enjoyment of their homes,” write the mayor of Kingston and two aldermen. “They serve to clarify the relationships and duties between landlord and tenant while also ensuring that tenants can safely call their house their home.”
Mayoral candidate Ethan Scott Barnett said that he’s confident he will have a spot on November’s ballot after he submitted a petition this week with more than 750 signatures to secure a spot for the “Kingston People’s Party.”
This Sunday, the Broadway Voices on the Hudson musical revue will return to Congregation Emanuel in Kingston for a fourth consecutive year, with four singers and musical director Rob Preuss performing a selection of songs from the past and present along the Great White Way.
The Common Council approved the municipal ID program late last year. Also adopted by Middletown and Newburgh, the goal is to get valid legal ID cards in the hands of those who for various reasons, including immigration status, find themselves to unable to get state-issued identification.
Nearly 40 years after its ovens cooled down and 15 years after it was willed to the Ulster County Jewish Federation, the former Reher Bakery is back in business — this time to collect and tell the stories of Kingston’s immigrant past and present.
A coalition of progressive Kingston groups writes that the Kingstonian project, a large mixed-use development proposed for the Stockade District, should receive what’s known as a “positive declaration,” which means it has the potential to have a significant environmental impact. They singled out the project’s lack of affordable housing as a problem.
Will the $53 million proposed residential, commercial and parking project proposed for Uptown Kingston face a long (and expensive) review process or a relatively quick and painless one? An engineer for the developers has said a lengthy review will kill the project, while protestors have called on the city to reject the proposal, arguing it will drive up rents for the city’s poorer residents.
The freshman congressman on the 2020 election, impeachment, student loan debt and other topics.