Housing & Urban Development
Deja vu all over again
Attendees of the Newburgh City Council work session this past Thursday might have had a funny “Back to the Future” feeling when Neil Novesky was invited to the table. The council was vetting Novesky and his wife Elizabeth to serve as CDBG consultants under Courtney Kain, Acting Planning Department Director. Community Deveopment Block Grant (CDBG) [...]
We turned the microphones on
Acting City Manager and City Comptroller Charles Emberger, Corporation Counsel Geoffrey Chanin, Acting Director of Planning and Development Courtney Kain, NIDA member Jerry Maldonado, NIDA Treasurer Michael Curry, and NIDA Acting Chair and Vice Chair Joshua Smith.
On Thursday, August 13, the Newburgh Industrial Development Agency (NIDA) gave a presentation at a special work session of [...]
When in doubt, blame HUD
8.13.09 When in doubt, blame HUD: Additional coverage of the EDA grant from the Times Herald-Record by Doyle Murphy; in the print edition, the article is centered around large, bolded text stating that Ms. Courtney Kain “was optimistic the feds would set aside the requirement for the archaeological study and send the money.” Ms. Kain is not authorized to take action with EDA regarding the grant, and her statement contradicts information provided by Councilwoman Bello…
