KINGSTON, N.Y. City officials said tests conducted by the Ulster County Department of Health show that lead dust levels in the Andy Murphy Neighborhood Center were within safe levels as defined by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Alderman Robert Dennison said Monday at April’s Common Council Caucus meetings that extensive lead dust tests conducted […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. The Common Council will vote at its March meeting on selling a city-owned property that’s long been vacant to a Hurley-based artist for use as a gallery for pop-up shows and storage space for her large sculptures. The Common Council’s Finance Committee voted unanimously at its February meeting to bring the proposed […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. Mayor Steve Noble emphasized addressing the city’s housing crisis in his next term at his inauguration at City Hall on Monday, Jan. 1. In his State of the City address, Noble promised the city will approve the construction of 1,000 housing units over the next five years, along with an ongoing commitment […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. The City’s Common Council voted unanimously to disband the city’s Heritage Area Commission at its December meeting. The 7-0 vote comes after officials said in November that the city’s new form-based zoning code makes the commission’s role superfluous. Alderman Bryant Drew Andrews, D-Ward 7, was absent. Bartek Starodaj, the city’s director of […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. The city is set to enter into a “Sister City” relationship with Sokyriany, Ukraine. City lawmakers unanimously passed a memorializing resolution 7-0 at its December meeting Tuesday creating a Sister City agreement with Sokyriany in the Southern part of Ukraine. Bryant Drew Andrews, D-Ward 7, was absent. Mayor Steve Noble said previously […]