TIMES
MID
HUDSON
Vol. 28, No 19
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MAY 11 - 17, 2016
Celebrating
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SERVING NEWBURGH AND NEW WINDSOR
Facing disloyalty charge, Mejia resigns from city Democratic Committee
Newburgh City Councilwoman Karen
Mejia has stepped down from the City of
Newburgh Democratic Committee after
being charged with disloyalty.
The charges, leveled against Mejia by
four other committee members including
committee Chairman Jonathan Jacobson,
center on her support of Newburgh
Mayor Judy Kennedy who ran as an
Independence candidate in the general
election in November.
“This process is nothing more than a
political witch hunt meant to satisfy the
bruised egos of Jacobson and his former
campaign team who still cannot accept
the will of the people and the results
of last November’s election,” said Mejia
in a resignation letter addressed to an
Orange County Democratic Committee
fact-finding committee.
The disloyalty charges were presented
in letters addressed to Mejia and ten
other accused committee members at the
end of April, alleging disloyalty because
they “publicly supported the candidacy
of Judy Kennedy, the Independence
Party candidate for mayor in the City
of Newburgh in the Nov. 3, 2015 general
election while the Democratic Party had
a nominee, Jonathan Jacobson, for the
same office.”
Kennedy ran successfully as the
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London calling!
Emma Fredrich
The Newburgh Free Academy Solar Car team will head to London in July to participate in the 2016 Shell Eco-Marathon Drivers’ World
Championship. Story on page 25.
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Lady
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win
City Dems in disarray
By SHANTAL RILEY
[email protected]
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School
election set
for May 17
Eight candidates vie for
four BOE seats
By SHANTAL RILEY
[email protected]
Voters will head to the polls next
Tuesday to approve a $264.3-million
budget for the Newburgh Enlarged City
School District and a $5.5-million budget
for the Newburgh Free Library. Voters
will also elect candidates to the Board of
Education.
Eight candidates are running for four
open seats on the Newburgh school
board. The positions carry three-year
terms.
According to candidate bios posted
by the school district, Lissandra
Deliz is running on a platform to
provide “equitable education for all
students, support for all staff to grow
professionally” and “responsible fiscal
management.” Deliz is a state-certified,
level-III teaching assistant finishing a
degree in education and human services.
Anthony Hood said he wants to serve
on the school board to help “drastically
improve the graduation rate at NFA” and
“ensure that all schools are above state
standards so that no school is classified
as in need of improvement.” Hood states
he wants all students to be offered the
“same opportunities.”
If elected, Mark Levinstein said he
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