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The Jersey City Council unexpectedly voted down an $80k contract for a lawyer to represent the city in the lawsuit filed by Portside Towers.
KINGSTON, N.Y. — City lawmakers will consider good cause eviction and tax breaks for accessory dwelling units at the July 2 Common Council meeting.Michael Tierney, D-Ward 2, explained the provisions of the proposed Good Cause Eviction Law after a first reading of the housing initiatives at Tuesday’s Common Council meeting.Tierney said the proposed law regulates […]
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. — Mayor Steve Noble said the city has picked a billing firm for its city-run ambulance service and estimated insurance payments could bring in just over $1 million in revenues each year to help offset the costs of running the service. Noble told members of the Common Council’s Finance and Audit Committee on […]