The flurry of press activity began Friday, July 29, as The New York Post printed “Upstaters’ terror-ific idea: Host evildoers and profit” with Mayor Nick Valentine extolling the virtues of holding the Khalid Shaikh Mohammed trial in Newburgh: I look at it almost as a tourist attraction. The international attention would put Newburgh on the map… [...]
On Tuesday, January 26th, the Newburgh Zoning Board of Appeals heard a presentation in which William Kaplan asked for a variance for his proposed housing development on waterfront land adjoining his Regal Bag Building. Assisting Mr. Kaplan was Lou Marquet from the Leyland Alliance, in addition to an attorney from Jacobwitz and Gubits. Kaplan explained [...]