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SERVING NEWBURGH AND NEW WINDSOR
Church & state may lead town to court
Attorney threatens lawsuit over New Windsor vets’ memorial
New law bans peeing,
pooping in public
By SHANTAL RILEY
[email protected]
Going to the bathroom in public is
against the law in the City of Newburgh
thanks to a new health and sanitation
ordinance.
The new law carries a steep penalty: the
first violation is punishable by a fine of
$500 to $1,000. “If you get convicted more
than once, the more the fine goes up,” said
Michelle Kelson, the city’s corporation
counsel.
Kelson spoke at a Newburgh City Council
meeting, held at the city Activity Center
on Monday. Initially, the resolution to
adopt the ordinance required a minimum
fine of $250. However, council members
voted to up the fine amount.
Councilwoman Genie Abrams compared
the ordinance to the city’s anti-littering
and dumping law. Passed last year, the law
levels fines for illegal dumping of garbage
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A Cornwall resident has threatened to sue the Town of New Windsor over a religious reference on a veterans’ memorial at Rt. 9W and
Rt. 94.
By SHANTAL RILEY
[email protected]
A Cornwall resident is threatening
legal action against the Town of New
Windsor if it does not change the
wording on a veterans’ memorial at
Route 9W and Route 94. In question are
the words, “To those who served both
God and country,” directly below “Town
of New Windsor.”
The memorial, erected by the town
decades ago, sits at a busy intersection
across from the Calvary Cemetery. “I am
constrained to lodge a strong protest of
the town’s endorsement of religion as it
appears on the sign,” Martin Karlinsky
wrote in a letter addressed to the New
Windsor Town Board on Nov. 1.
“That endorsement runs counter
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to the First Amendment to the U.S.
Constitution’s establishment of religion
clause, and if challenged in a United
States District Court, as it surely
would be, would not withstand judicial
scrutiny,” he wrote.
Separation of church and state
A steady stream of cars and trucks
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