Ariél Zangla
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Kingston, NY, United States
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Ulster County Animal Response Team helps tend to pets during emergencies
KINGSTON, N.Y. — When disaster strikes, it can be difficult for some people to evacuate their homes if they have nowhere to go that will allow their pets. It’s a dilemma that the Ulster Count… → Read More
Kingston elected officials likely to get raises
KINGSTON, N.Y. — Elected officials in Kingston are expected to get raises in their salaries as part of the 2023 city budget. Under the proposed budget, the mayor’s salary is slated to increas… → Read More
Community Action of Greene County relies on community involvement
Editor’s note: This is one of a series of articles profiling area agencies that help the needy. CATSKILL, N.Y. — From helping victims of domestic violence to putting food on tables, Community Actio… → Read More
Kingstonian opponents’ appeal denied again; top state court won’t hear another
KINGSTON, N.Y. — A state appellate court has again upheld a lower court’s decision to dismiss a lawsuit regarding the proposed mixed-use development known as The Kingstonian, this time over d… → Read More
Changes to Kingston’s $50M budget plan add $60K
KINGSTON, N.Y. — The mayor’s proposed $50 million budget for the coming year is expected to increase by approximately $60,000 to include additional funding for efforts such as traffic enforce… → Read More
Kingston Meadows senior housing plan update sought
KINGSTON, N.Y. — The city’s Recreation Commission and the Ulster County Planning Board are each being asked to update recommendations they provided for the proposed Kingston Meadows senior ho… → Read More
Barrel Factory Lofts developers set to provide traffic, noise studies to Kingston board
KINGSTON, N.Y. — The developers behind a mixed-use project proposed for the grounds of a former barrel-making company in Midtown will provide traffic and noise studies as part of the site plan revi… → Read More
Latest Kingstonian lawsuit challenges site plan approval
KINGSTON, N.Y. — The latest legal challenge against the proposed mixed-use development known as The Kingstonian seeks to annul the site plan approval granted to the project by the city’s Plan… → Read More
‘Depraved indifference’ debated in state trooper’s manslaughter case
KINGSTON, N.Y. — That state Trooper Christopher Baldner collided twice with a vehicle in rapid succession on the New York State Thruway on Dec. 22, 2020 — the second of which led to the death of 11… → Read More
Kingston Common Council subcommittee OKs resolution requiring periodic housing vacancy studies
KINGSTON, N.Y. — The vacancy study used by the Common Council to declare a housing emergency in the city and enter into the provisions of the state’s Emergency Tenant Protection Act earlier t… → Read More
Kingston police budget rises 12% to over $13.7M because of contractual expenses, police chief says
KINGSTON, N.Y. — Like the city’s fire department, the Kingston Police Department’s proposed budget for the coming year is increasing largely due to contractual expenses. “The bulk… → Read More
Kingston mulls spending for Rondout Lighthouse repairs
KINGSTON, N.Y. — The city could spend in excess of $700,000 to make repairs to the Rondout II Lighthouse, more than half of which would be reimbursed through federal and state funding. City Planner… → Read More
Kingston lawmakers mull tax breaks for Golden Hill housing project
KINGSTON, N.Y. — City aldermen are considering a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement for the proposed workforce and senior housing development on Golden Hill Drive that would require the property ow… → Read More
Vassar to get polling site despite last-minute attempt to stop it
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. — Voters will be allowed to cast their ballots at a polling site on Vassar College’s campus and elsewhere in District 6 despite questions raised over a recent court decisio… → Read More
Kingston Fire Department proposed budget rises due to contractual costs, chief says
KINGSTON, N.Y. — The Kingston Fire Department’s proposed budget for the coming year is increasing largely due to contractual costs, as well as the addition of a mobile mental health ambulance… → Read More
Kingston lawmakers narrowly OK selling Delaware Avenue property to Beacon developer
KINGSTON, N.Y. — The Common Council voted narrowly to sell a tax-foreclosed property on Delaware Avenue to a developer from Beacon even though aldermen would have preferred to see the parcel be use… → Read More
Kingston delinquent tax payment plan proposal moves forward
KINGSTON, N.Y. — A proposed local law to make it easier for certain property owners to enter into a repayment plan for their delinquent taxes has been amended to apply to properties with three or f… → Read More
Kingston OKs sewer services for homeless housing project at Quality Inn site in town of Ulster
KINGSTON, N.Y. — City aldermen have agreed for Kingston to provide sewer utility services to a residential project for the homeless being developed in the Quality Inn hotel site on state Route 28 i… → Read More
Kingston lawmakers mull changes to property payment plan
KINGSTON, N.Y. — A proposal to change the city’s administrative code to make it easier for certain property owners to enter into a repayment plan when they fall behind on their taxes is expec… → Read More
Kingston’s $50M budget hearing draws no speakers
KINGSTON, N.Y. — A public hearing on the mayor’s proposed $50 million budget for the coming fiscal year drew no speakers. Common Council President Andrea Shaut said Thursday’s hearing a… → Read More