Tobacco 21 for Ulster County?
If approved, Ulster would join New York City and 10 upstate counties that have boosted the legal age for tobacco sales from 18 to 21.
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Ulster Legislature OKs Kingston’s Yosman Tower/Gov. Clinton Hotel tax agreement
Together, the buildings contain 196 units of federal Section 8 housing. The developers, Landmark Preservation, L.C. of New York City, whose two principals attended the IDA session, are guaranteed tens of millions of dollars in tax breaks over a 35-year period.
Ulster’s state is great, Hein says in speech
Calling the Ulster in 2018 “strong, and getting stronger every single day,” County Executive Mike Hein outlined his agenda for the coming year.
Hugh Reynolds: Thoughts on budgets
When government officials routinely appropriate rather large sums to balance their budgets, it seems to me the books weren’t really balanced in the first place. It’s like a floating crap game, with the public putting up the stakes.
Hugh Reynolds: End of the Parete era
I don’t know why Bonnie Parker’s poem popped into my head after the counting of the absentee ballots last week relegated
Hugh Reynolds: Seats change, but not the bottom lime
For what it’s worth, the unofficial returns indicate Republicans will (barely) hold their majority in the county legislature, regardless of which caucus John Parete of Olive chooses to rest his ailing left shoulder.
Letter: Berky’s ‘concession to the community’
In what was a tough race, many diverse voices of the community came out to support me, the One Kingston slate, and the working people and families of Kingston.
UC Legislature: Jean Jacobs challenges Dave Donaldson
The race in county legislature District 6, which covers the city’s third, fifth and ninth wards, features a contest between Dave Donaldson on the Democratic and Working Families party lines and Jean Jacobs running on the Republican and Independence Party Lines.
UC Legislature: Woltman seeks to unseat Berky
The race for Ulster County Legislature’s seventh district was roiled last week by the release of a dashcam video of a May 24 incident involving Berky and Town of Ulster Police Officer Gary Short.
Hugh Reynolds: Lessons of the 2017 primaries
Last week’s primary results indicate that at least five of 23 incumbent Ulster County legislators won’t be back come next year, maybe more. It’s an unusually high turnover.