5.27.10: from Denise Ribble, chair of the Waterfront Committee:
Members of the public are welcome to attend a subcommittee meeting of the Waterfront Committee Thursday, May 27 at 6:30pm in the Heritage Center at 123 Grand Street. Purpose of the meeting – review the proposed amendments to the OC Comprehensive Plan for consistency with the City of Newburgh adopted Master Plan/draft Land Use plan and the Local Waterfront Revitalization Plan.
Written results of this review will be forwarded to City Manager, Corporation Counsel and City Council for response to our legislators and the County Exec.
Will also be submitted at public hearing on OC Comprehensive Plan.
5.26.10: The city will hold a public meeting at 6.30 p.m. to discuss work on the future Land Use Plan.
From the press release by the city:
The City of Newburgh has retained Buckhurst Fish & Jacquemart, Inc. (BFJ Planning) to complete a Future Landuse Plan. This exercise is the second component of the Sustainable Master Plan adopted in December 2008. All are invited to attend a public meeting May 26 at 6:30 p.m. to discuss the role of the future Landuse Plan and the work completed to date. The meeting will be held at 123 Grand Street in the Heritage Center.
By State law all landuse regulations must comply with an adopted master plan. Therefore, this will set the stage for major revisions or a complete rewrite of the City’s land use regulations.
For more information, call Ian MacDougall at 569-9400 ext. 205.
On Friday, May 14, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Congressman Maurice Hinchey, and Mayor Nick Valentine held a roundtable discussion on drug and gang challenges facing the Newburgh community. The session began with brief formal remarks before opening up to questions and comments from the invited community members.
Gillibrand said she is seeking funding for violence prevention efforts. From the Record:
Gillibrand said she is working on legislation that would designate $1 billion over five years toward operations that prevent violence. That would include operations such as Thursday’s raid on 78 suspected members of the Bloods and Latin Kings street gangs in Newburgh. Nearly 600 federal, state and local law enforcement agents descended on the city to arrest the targets. As of Friday evening, 64 of the 78 were in custody on federal drug charges.
Coverage of the press conference about Thursday’s raid here.
Full video of the roundtable below, or may be downloaded here:
