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Category Archives: Government Transparency

City Council Breaks Open Meetings Law

It’s time to award another Closed Door Award. This one goes to City Manager Jean Ann McGrane and Economic Development Director Robert McKenna for shutting out the public to a meeting that had a majority of the city council present and thus fell under the Open Meetings Law.
According to Jenny Loeb, a community organizer [...]

Will the new IDA Board be compliant with reform bill 8703a?

At the end of the City Council meeting this evening Mayor Nicholas Valentine revealed an update as to what has been going on with the Newburgh Industrial Development Agency Board. He stated that there have been private interviews with members of the council and staff to create a new IDA board and that there [...]