KINGSTON, N.Y. – Mayor Steve Noble has requested city lawmakers favor a package of housing initiatives that includes opting in on the state’s Good Cause Eviction law.The mayor has pitched his housing package to the nine-member Common Council in the form of a communication to them.Besides requesting the Good Cause Eviction opt-in, Noble has asked […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. – Seven city lawmakers had urged two state representatives to reject a final version of what they claimed was a weakened Good Cause Eviction law. The seven Common Council members had sent off a letter on April 17 urging state Sen. Michelle Hinchey, D-Saugerties, and Assemblywoman Sarahana Shrestha, D-Esopus, to vote against a […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. The city is considering a real-estate transfer tax to help fund a number of initiatives in its still-to-be-adopted 2023 Community Preservation Plan that include space conservation and historic preservation. During a presentation at the Common Council’s March Laws and Rules Committee meeting, Julie Noble, the city’s environmental education and sustainability coordinator, shared […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. – A group of 56 officials including an Ulster County legislator, most Kingston lawmakers and three lawmakers from Dutchess County are urging the state legislature and Gov. Kathy Hochul to favor the proposed so-called Good Cause Eviction law. The officials signed a letter sent by Local Progress, a group made up of […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. The city Laws and Rules Committee voted unanimously to approve extending an inter-municipal agreement between the Kingston Police Department and the town of Ulster Police Department. The five lawmakers in the committee also approved extending the term of the agreement to two years from one upon the request of Kingston Police Chief […]