KINGSTON, N.Y. Plumbers were working Friday to replace a faulty furnace and gas valve at the Chesnut Mansion Apartments that led the city to temporarily condemn three buildings at the complex Thursday, displacing tenants in 12 units, according to Alderwoman Michele Hirsch, D-Ward 9. Hirsch said when she visited the apartment complex on Thursday […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. The City’s Common Council is set to vote Monday on overriding Mayor Steve Noble’s veto of legislation pertaining to a change to the city’s apprenticeship program guidelines. Common Council President Andrea Shaut said at Thursday’s Caucus meeting that the Common Council will vote on overriding Noble’s veto on Monday. Lawmakers at the […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. – The Common Council is likely to override a rare mayoral veto that turned back lawmakers’ decision that would have removed a requirement that contractors bidding on city contracts over $100,000 have three annual graduates from their apprenticeship programs. Common Council President Andrea Shaut said in an email that the Democratically-controlled council will […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. The city’s current Third Ward alderman is facing the only challenge for the Common Council in the upcoming general election, ensuring almost complete Democratic control. Alderman Reynolds Scott-Childress, a Democrat, is being challenged by Jean Jacobs, a Republican who is running on the Jacobs for People line. Scott-Childress, 62, was appointed to […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. Mayor Steve Noble has turned back legislation favored by his fellow Democratically-controlled Common Council that would have removed a requirement that contractors bidding on city contracts over $100,000 have three annual graduates from their apprenticeship programs. In a rare display of his mayoral power, Noble vetoed resolution 160, which was favored by […]