TIMES
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Cameron:
Civil service
commissioner
has conflict
of interest
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Vol. 28, No 35
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AUGUST 31 - SEPTEMBER 6, 2016
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SERVING NEWBURGH AND NEW WINDSOR
Pillar of the community
City dedicates Julius Robinson Sr. Memorial Drive
Commission to seek
state guidance
By SHANTAL RILEY
[email protected]
City of Newburgh Police Chief Dan
Cameron has asked that newly-appointed
city Civil Service Commissioner John
Powell recuse himself from voting on
decisions regarding the police chief
position.
Why? According to Cameron, Powell
worked with former city police Lt. Peter
Leach while he operated a tree-cutting
business. Leach went on disability
following a car accident in 2014. An
investigation, led by City Manager
Michael Ciaravino, found he was carrying
out manual labor for the business while
collecting full disability benefits from the
City of Newburgh.
“It is my belief that, at minimum, Mr.
Powell should be asked if it will be his
intention to recuse himself from any vote,
as it pertains to the position of chief
of police,” Cameron said in a letter to
Ciaravino on Aug. 18.
Powell was appointed to the City of
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The new Julius Robinson Sr. Memorial Drive was unveiled on Chambers Street between South and Farrington last Friday.
By SHANTAL RILEY
[email protected]
A pillar of the City of Newburgh
community was honored last week
when a portion of Chambers Street was
renamed in his honor. Julius Robinson
Sr. Memorial Drive was unveiled at a
tearful ceremony honoring the city’s
first licensed black plumber.
“Julius Robinson Sr. was my plumber
for many years,” said city Councilman
Torrance Harvey. “Any time of the day
or night… he was always there.”
About 100 friends, family and
neighbors gathered at the corner of
Chambers and South Street for the
street-naming ceremony last Friday in
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honor of Robinson, who operated his
plumbing business at 171 Chambers
Street. The city dedicated the street in
his honor between South and Farrington
streets.
Robinson died in 2014. He was
the first black plumber to establish a
plumbing business in the city. “I think
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