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SERVING NEWBURGH AND NEW WINDSOR
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Two bond resolutions to go before
school district voters in May
By KATELYN CORDERO
[email protected]
The Newburgh Enlarged City School
District’s proposed capital bond project
moves on to the next step in the process
thanks to a seven to two vote in favor
of the plan. Board Members Andrew
Johnston and Darren Stridiron voted
against the resolution.
The bond has two propositions that
will be voted on May 21. Voters will be
deciding between an indoor air quality-
environmental system and central air
conditioning installation across all
schools in the district and proposition
one, which includes a very lengthy list of
additions and renovations to all schools
along with the $75.5 million CTE building.
Proposition one includes curriculum
based renovations and improvements
based on the building condition inspection
survey. This proposition also includes an
addition and renovation to the cafeteria
in Heritage Middle School, and a 16,585
sq ft addition to the New Windsor School.
The addition in the New Windsor School
will include new classrooms, a new gym,
new music and art classrooms, and a new
parking lot with the relocation of the
existing playground.
Vails Gate STEAM Academy will receive
a new addition with new classrooms, a
renovation and addition to the nurses
suite and a new traffic loop.
The biggest price tag on the list for
proposition one is the CTE building, a
plan that will house technical training
programs in a building next to the existing
Newburgh Free Academy Main Campus.
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Brian Wolfe
An American Bald Eagle takes off from a perch above Liberty Street in the City of Newburgh.
‘We’re barely getting by’
City’s code enforcement officers have an arduous task
By KATELYN CORDERO
[email protected]
It is no secret that the City of Newburgh
codes department is overworked and
understaffed, unfortunately like any
department in the city, but the amount
of work done by a small crew of people
should not be overlooked. At full capacity
a group of four codes officers covers the
6500 buildings and 11,000 rental units,
right now they are at three.
The department is trying its best to
keep up with the buildings in the City of
Newburgh, but with a small staff they are
constantly responding to issues rather
than preventing them.
“We have to do more with less,” said
Assistant Fire Chief William Horton, the
City of Newburgh building inspector.
“Everyday we discover buildings that are
in violation and we can barely handle
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the amount of work we have coming in.
We are barely getting by with four to five
hundred inspections a month.”
The codes department goes above their
job description when helping people in
the city who have been forced out of
their home from a condemnation. They
on average, will complete 150 permits
a month, 7 permits a day and handle
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