1+ day, 5+ min ago   (575+ words) KINGSTON, N.Y. — The city’s efforts to implement a 3% occupancy tax for hotel, motel and short-term rental stays continues to move forward. The Common Council’s Finance and Audit Committee voted 4-1 to send the proposal for the 3% tax to the full Common Council…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (654+ words) KINGSTON, N.Y. — There’s little question that Democrats will retain control of the county Legislature following the November election. With 12 Democrats running unchallenged for election to the 23-member board, the only question is how tight a grip on the body the party…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (273+ words) KINGSTON, N.Y. — State Sen. Peter Oberacker has effectively been shunned by House Republicans as his campaign has seriously faltered in the race for the 19th Congressional District, according to a report from Axios. Sources told the news website that the GOP has…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (142+ words) KINGSTON, N.Y.— Ulster County has agreed to pay $250,000 to Heather Mikesh, the one-time confidential secretary of former Finance Commissioner Burt Gulnick, to settle a 2022 gender discrimination and hostile workplace lawsuit brought by Mikesh. As part of the May 5 settlement, the two…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (395+ words) KINGSTON, N.Y. — Assemblymember Sarahana Shrestha has teamed with 63 other officials urging Gov. Kathy Hochul to issue an executive order banning the use of local resources, such as water and sewage systems, in converting warehouses into immigration detention facilities. The call, made…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (686+ words) KINGSTON, N.Y. — It was three years after the state legalized recreational marijuana in 2021, that Big Gas Dispensary, located in the town of New Paltz, became the first pot shop to open within Ulster County’s borders. Now, five years after New York…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (378+ words) KINGSTON, N.Y. — Low-income people who purchase affordable homes and the spouses of fallen police officers could get a break in their Ulster County property taxes under a pair of local laws adopted by the county Legislature on Tuesday. Both local laws…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (669+ words) KINGSTON, N.Y. — U.S. Rep. Pat Ryan, whose campaign has said he had not traded stock while in office, has clapped back at Jackie Aluringer, his GOP opponent, who has claimed that he has done just that. Auringer’s campaign said Sunday, Aug....

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (483+ words) KINGSTON, N.Y. — Ulster County legislators who represent the town of Ulster have submitted a resolution to end the use of the Kingston Motel as a homeless shelter. The call from Republican Legislator Jason Kovacs and Democratic Legislator Michael Berardi echoes a…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (683+ words) The 66-question census, held on Tuesday, Aug. 11, is the first under a center-left Labor Party government since 2011. The current Labor government backflipped to allow the questions after having dropped them temporarily two years ago as “divisive.” Both questions are open…...