Times Herald-Record
CITY OF NEWBURGH - Newburgh Mayor Torrance Harvey said the conversations that set off a potential city partnership with the Ruff Ryders 2 the Rescue program happened by chance.
Through a mutual friend s introduction, Harvey had multiple meetings with the father of two brothers who founded Ruff Ryders Inc., including Jaoquin Waah Dean, when he learned about the group s connection to Ruff Ryders 2 the Rescue.
Ruff Ryders 2 the Rescue (ruffryders2therescue.org) is part of the organization s foundation and focuses on violence intervention, economic and disaster relief, and workforce development programs for young people. Ruff Ryders Inc. includes the hip hop collective and record label Ruff Ryders Entertainment.
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The City of Newburgh held a public hearing Monday night to present its draft report on police reform. It’s part of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s executive order requiring local police agencies to modernize their strategies and programs based on community input. After listening to public input, councilmembers weighed in with their thoughts.
First, there was a lot of discussion about a portion of the city’s adopted Right to Know law, under which information on community members was being collected via field activity sheets. Newburgh City Manager Joe Donat announced at the start of the public hearing that the measure was shelved.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo lifted two Orange County Micro-Cluster Yellow Zones but left one in place: Newburgh.
Middletown and Highland Falls are no longer in a state-designated precautionary COVID-19 zone. This lifts some restrictions from school districts, houses of worship, mass gatherings and restaurants. You see a drop in both the Orange and the Yellow Zones, Cuomo said with a power-point graphic showing some communities that fell into the two zones cut their positivity rates in half. Turn the valve. These are existing Orange and Yellow Zones, and given the progress they’ve made, the restrictions are lifted in those zones.
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Democratic New York Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney joined environmentalists and local lawmakers on the banks of the Hudson River Monday to celebrate his resolution that further protects the lower portion of the waterway.
Congressman Maloney, of the 18th District, was at Plum Point in New Windsor. He says his legislation to permanently ban oil barge anchorages from Yonkers to Kingston is now law.
“Of all the things that I’ve been able to do working in partnership with others in Congress, I think this is perhaps one that makes me most proud,” Maloney says. “This is a lasting achievement that will mean so much, not just today or tomorrow, but for generations to come.”