KINGSTON, N.Y. A proposed memorializing resolution supporting a permanent cease-fire In Gaza first brought forth by Michelle Hirsch, D-Ward 9, was tabled by the city’s Laws and Rules Committee on Wednesday night. The proposed legislation, which previously attracted dozens of pro-Palestine supporters, along with several opponents of the resolution to January’s Common Council meeting, […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. The City’s Common Council will share and discuss ideas for modifications to the city’s apprenticeship program at a Laws and Rules Committee meeting Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall. Common Council Majority Leader Reynolds Scott-Childress said city lawmakers will vet ideas good and bad, during a recent budget hearing for the […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. In an attempt to end the “back and forth, back and forth” nature of apprenticeship guideline deliberations in the city, aldermen removed a requirement that contractors bidding on city contracts over $100,000 have three annual graduates from their apprenticeship programs. The Common Council voted 8-1 to amend the guidelines on Tuesday, with […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. City lawmakers laid plans to make apprenticeship guidelines less prohibitive for small contractors, eliminating an annual graduation requirement that Common Council Majority Leader Reynolds Scott-Childress, D-Ward 3, said was “problematic.” At a Common Council Caucus meeting on Monday, Oct. 2, city aldermen said they planned to vote on an alteration to apprenticeship […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. The Common Council is considering increasing the maintenance budget for repairing Pike Plan canopies on Wall and North Front Streets in the Stockade District as lawmakers once again discussed potentially replacing or even taking it down. The Finance and Audit Committee met with Don Tallerman, vice president of the Kingston Uptown Business Association, on […]