Mayor Steve Noble wants the Common Council to approve his plan to eliminate a special tax on owners of property abutting the Pike Plan canopy, and dissolve a commission that oversees upkeep of the structure.
The $10 passes will allow holders to park in the lots without paying a 75 cents-per-hour fee. The passes are valid through Dec. 31, 2017.
Meghan Brown thought it was a joke. She’d booked two days and nights at a local hotel for some distraction-free studying for a licensing exam, but when she showed up, she was told she couldn’t check in because she was from Woodstock. “It’s our policy,” was all she got for an explanation.
The owners of the Hudson Valley Mall say they’re bucking the trend in a plunging retail sector by making a $1 million-plus “sacrificial investment” in it.
The city plans to install payment kiosks in six municipal lots within the next few weeks. According to Mayor Steve Noble, the kiosks, in which parkers will have to put in 75 cents per hour, are expected to become active as early as September 1.
The parent company of the HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley and a health-insurance provider have reached an agreement in principle to settle a 16-month dispute that has adversely affected tens of thousands of subscribers in the region. Officials from Westchester Medical and Blue Cross said they expected to have an agreement in place by September 1.
A local resident advocated “for a certain group of creatures” noting that “dogs and cats are petrified by fireworks.”
City officials say they’re willing to pardon an Uptown pooch which a city building inspector says bit her earlier this spring. But the dog’s owner, astrologer, radio show host and investigative journalist Eric Francis Coppolino, says he wants the charge against him thrown out and the city to institute a written dog policy and new training for inspectors, so both city employees and pet owners will avoid future conflicts.
The money will be used to hire more firefighters.
It’s like herding cats. Literally.