End may be nigh for NCDA

It could be curtains for the Newburgh Community Development Agency (NCDA.)  At the city council work session held March 4, new corporation counsel Bernis Nelson proposed that the city assume the assets and liabilities of the NCDA.
What is the NCDA?
The NCDA is the successor to the Newburgh Urban Renewal Agency, created to manage urban renewal [...]

It’s not clear where all the money is going

On Monday, November 16, the Newburgh City Council held a special meeting that included a public hearing regarding two bond resolutions.  As reported elsewhere, those bond resolutions were passed after a heated discussion between the council, bond advisers, and the public.  Also under discussion was whether to enact a financial advisory board; in the end [...]

BAN, RAN, thank you, Ma’am

The description of Presentation b. on the work session agenda Thursday night was deceptively short:
(Res. 172-2009) Route 9W Reconstruction:

BAN and RAN – Ken Bond, Esq., Squire Sanders and Dempsey

There was no hint that this agenda item actually included three resolutions, two involving bonds and the third involving the creation of an advisory board, and that [...]