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Proposed Kingston real estate transfer tax faces several steps to become reality

KINGSTON, N.Y. City lawmakers continue to mull implementing a 1.5% real estate transfer tax to fund several initiatives, including space conservation and historic preservation, in the still-to-be-adopted 2023 Community Preservation Plan. Julie Noble, the city’s environmental education and sustainability coordinator, returned to the Common Council’s Laws and Rules Committee at its April meeting after […] ....

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Kingston mulls disbanding the city's Heritage Area Commission – Daily Freeman

KINGSTON, N.Y. The city’s Common Council is set to vote in December on disbanding the city’s Heritage Area Commission as officials say the city’s recently adopted formed-based zoning code makes its role superfluous. The Common Council’s Laws and Rules Committee voted unanimously at its November meeting to bring a vote on disbanding the Heritage […] ....

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Kingston Common Council plans December vote on payment-in-lieu-of-affordable-housing requirements

KINGSTON, N.Y. City lawmakers are set to vote at next month’s Common Council meeting on a set of standards for payment-in-lieu-of-affordable housing options for property developers. The city’s new zoning code, adopted in August, requires developers of projects between seven to 19 need to have 10% of those units designated affordable housing. Such housing […] ....

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Kingston lawmakers to meet with school official over Dietz Stadium deal ahead of special meeting

KINGSTON, N.Y. The Common Council’s Laws and Rules Committee will meet with Kingston School Board President Marie Anderson on Wednesday, ahead of a special vote the same night, as they discuss the board’s ongoing role in the Dietz Stadium renovation project. However, Common Council president Andrea Shaut said that she didn’t think that the School […] ....

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