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Vol. 30, No. 46
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NOVEMBER 14 - 20, 2018
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SERVING NEWBURGH AND NEW WINDSOR
Recorded conversation with councilwoman released right before election
A recording released by Councilwoman
Hillary Rayford reveals a private
conversation between Mayor Torrance
Harvey and Rayford discussing the work
of City Manager Michael Ciaravino.
The recording was released days prior
to the mayoral election between Harvey
and Gay Lee.
“The city council in my view is still a
unified city council,” said Harvey. “We
learned a valuable lesson, no way no how
should anyone from the council secretly
record anyone when you have private
conversations about personnel matters.
At one point my opponent was saying
I’m a part of the corruption and then you
drop the tape and see that I’m the one who
discovered the corruption. You can’t have
it both ways.”
In their discussion Harvey questioned
some of the actions of the city manager
such as the prevention of deals previous
Director of Planning and Development,
Deirdre Glenn, was making with the
community land bank.
“She and Michael got into it, I guess
there were some properties that the Land
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Nick the
tailor
Movie
night
Harvey rips city manager in recording
By KATELYN CORDERO
[email protected]
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Bank was going to put before the council
to approve and Michael wanted to put a
hold on those properties,” said Harvey
in the recording. “This guy has always
pissed me off and I never wanted to draw
the line in the dirt and let him know that
I don’t like him. Ultimately in my view
if I did that I can’t get anything done
to move the city forward, especially for
our community, the black community
particularly.”
Harvey also questioned the validity of
the city manager’s time sheets. He claims
the city manager has falsified his time
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V eteran ’ s D ay
The City of Newburgh’s annual Veteran’s Day observance was held Sunday morning at the Orange County Veteran’s memorial. This year marked
the 100th anniversary of the armistice to end the first World War.
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Water
forum set
National Air Guard and Department
of Defense to answer questions
on PFOS contamination
By KATELYN CORDERO
[email protected]
A public forum will be held on
Thursday, at Newburgh Armory Unity
Center at 1 p.m. hosted by the Orange
County Executive in collaboration with
the Department of Defense, and the U.S.
Air Force. The event is a collaborative
public open house to address water
contamination in Newburgh.
The
discovery
of
PFOS
(Perfluorooctane Sulfonate) in the
Washington Lake Reservoir led to the
declaration of the Superfund Site. The
contamination originated from the
firefighting foam used by the Air National
Guard leaking into a retention pond, that
seeped into Washington Lake through
Silver Stream. This has forced the city of
Newburgh to move its drinking water to
the Catskill Aqueduct and temporarily
to Brown’s Pond while the aqueduct
undergoes maintenance.
The forum is designed to give insight
on efforts being put in place to remediate
the situation and give Newburgh
residents clarity on the health effects of
the contamination.
Representatives from the Department
of
Environmental
Conservation,
Contractors
performing
site
investigations, National Guard Bureau
(NGB) Restoration, The Department
of Health (DOH), and the Restoration
Advisory Board will have tables set up to
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