TIMES
MID
HUDSON
Vol. 27, No 44
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NOVEMBER 4, 2015
ONE DOLLAR
This week’s paper is dedicated to
the memory of Allan Gaul, Assistant
Editor of the Mid Hudson Times
Editorial, Page 8
SERVING NEWBURGH AND NEW WINDSOR
Kennedy re-elected
Harvey, Rayford elected to city council
By SHANTAL RILEY
[email protected]
Judy Kennedy has been re-elected as
City of Newburgh mayor. Running as the
Independence candidate, she won with 48
percent of the vote.
“We’re celebrating,” said Kennedy, an
hour after the polls closed Tuesday night.
Unofficial election results show that
Mayor Kennedy won with 1,174 votes over
990 votes for her Democratic opponent
Jonathan Jacobson. Republican mayoral candidate John Giudice captured 290
votes.
Democrats Torrence Harvey and
Hillary Rayford won the two at-large seats
open on the Newburgh City Council.
Rayford drew 1,237 votes, followed
by Harvey with 1,233 votes. Republican
Christine Bello received 1,030 votes and
889 residents cast votes for Republican
John Penney.
The mayor greeted voters at the Board
of Education Auditorium polling site
on Tuesday night. “Thanks for voting,”
Kennedy said to several residents as they
exited the auditorium at around 6 p.m.
County Board of Elections pollster
Zach Costa stopped Kennedy inside the
building. “Can I take a picture with you?”
he asked Kennedy, and she gladly obliged.
When the polls finally presented the
results later that night, Kennedy was
elated.
“It’s a huge relief,” she said. “I’m so
proud of this team. All of these people
working together across the lines – party,
age and racial lines. We’ve made history.
It was by teamwork, collaboration and
cooperation that we did it. It’s how we’ll
move Newburgh forward.”
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MidBroadway
project gets
1-year
extension
By SHANTAL RILEY
[email protected]
Mayor Judy Kennedy at the Board of Education Auditorium poll site Tuesday night.
Kennedy has served one term as city
mayor. During her reelection campaign,
she pledged to continue the progress that
has been made during her tenure.
“We really have to focus on economic
development,” Kennedy said. “We have to
focus on making the city safer. We have to
work on these abandoned properties and
get them cleaned up. Then, the rest will
fall into place.”
The mayor’s position carries a fouryear term.
“I called Judy Kennedy and congratulated her on her victory,” said Jacobson
Tuesday night. “I wished her luck for the
good of the city.”
Jacobson is chair of the City of
Newburgh Democratic Committee. He
is former chair of the Orange County
Democratic Committee. Among other
positions at the state level, he once held
the job of assistant New York State attorContinued on page 42
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The Newburgh City Council has
approved a one-year extension of an
agreement with Mill Street Partners to
construct a $29 million affordable housing
and supermarket development at the MidBroadway site.
The council voted 4 to 3 for the extension at the city council meeting on Oct. 26.
“This developer is in for the long haul,”
said Michael Zarin, an attorney for project developer Mill Street Partners, who
asked the council for a two-year contract
extension of a land development agreement.
Designs call for almost 100 affordable
rental units and a supermarket on the
ground floor of the development. The
project is expected to be subsidized
through the New York State Housing
Finance Agency.
Appearing before the council last week,
Zarin listed project assets to include a
supermarket, which the developer had
“gotten commitments from,” and affordable housing for renters earning 70 to 250
percent of the area median income. “This
is going to be a redevelopment, a rejuveContinued on page 42