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SERVING NEWBURGH AND NEW WINDSOR
Movies at the Ritz
MHT poll: residents do
not agree with the CDBG’s
Consolidated Plan
By ILYSSA DALY
The City of Newburgh will be holding
its first public hearing regarding the
Community Development Block Grant
(CDBG) on July 8, 2019.
The United States Federal Government
distributes money to the Department
of Housing and Urban Development to
find various programs designed to create
projects that promote like economic
development, safety, and housing. The
CDBG is one of these programs. The
City of Newburgh receives an annual
entitlement grant from the United States.
Entitlement communities like Newburgh
are measured by their population and size,
which then qualify them to obtain direct
grants from the federal government and
the Department of Housing and Urban
Development.
According to City Planner Alexandra
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Brian Wolfe
A crowd gathered last Thursday at Safe Harbors Green for Movie Night, hosted by Safe Harbors of the Hudson and the historic Ritz Theatre.
Grice, Shakur winners in city primary
By ILYSSA DALY
After weeks of campaigning, the City
of Newburgh’s Democratic Primary took
place on June 25, with voter turnout of
over 1,000 people.
Both At-Large positions on Newburgh’s
City Council were up for grabs during
this election, as Councilwoman At-Large
Hillary Rayford was not seeking
re-election. However, the incumbent,
Councilman Anthony Grice, sought to
keep his seat.
Grice, along with Omari Shakur and
Steven T. Majano, vied for one of the two
available Democratic nominations for the
two seats on City Council.
According to the unofficial primary
results from the Orange County Board of
Elections, 1,246 people came out to vote in
Newburgh’s primary. Absentee ballots
have not been counted yet.
Grice received most of the vote, coming
in around 40 percent. Exactly 500 people
in the City of Newburgh cast their ballots
for Grice.
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Shakur came in right behind
Councilman Grice, earning almost 35% of
the vote. He totaled at 432 votes.
Majano came in third, with receiving
about 25 percent of votes. 308 people voted
for him in the primary.
Grice and Shakur are the Democratic
nominees for the City Council seats.
The two men will be running against
Independent Michele Basch in the
General Election.
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