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There’s been a personnel development at Poughkeepsie City Hall as the mayor sets his sights on bringing more development to the city and other issues while also preparing to run for a full four-year term. The city’s Development Director Natalie Quinn left the city as of March 17 and Joe Donat, a former city manager […]

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A 16-year-old was shot in the arm Sunday evening in the City of Poughkeepsie. Through the first half of 2021, the city has seen six incidents in which people were struck by gunfire – two of them homicides – and nine incidents in which property was damaged by gunfire. In all, there were 33 times police confirmed shots were fired. Mayor Rob Rolison called the uptick in incidents part of a “culture of violence,” not just in the city but across the state. "They will shoot anybody in any pla...

The City of Poughkeepsie’s second police reform public Meeting was hosted by Mayor Rob Rolison, Director of Community Engagement John Penney (bottom, left to right), Captain Richard Wilson, Police Chief Tom Pape and Common Council member Yvonne Flowers (top, left to right). Tiana Headley/The Miscellany News. City of Poughkeepsie residents offered both minor tweaks and major criticisms of the city’s draft response to Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Executive Order 203 at a Wednesday public forum. ...