Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed Tuesday creating a park on the Hudson River’s eastern shore, part of a set of conservation efforts in his 2021 Executive Budget. The park is billed as “New York’s first linear, water-based park” in the governor’s budget briefing. The “Hudson Eagles State Recreation Area” would consist of five boat launches with…
In Brief – A Hudson Valley environmental group is seeking input to combat plans by Amtrak to cut off Hudson River access. Amtrak owns a corridor of land beneath its tracks abutting the east shore of the Hudson and is attempting to install fences and gates to stop “trespassers” from crossing the property to access…
In Brief – Almost 2,000 acres will be added to state parks in the Hudson Valley under a new proposal by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The plan, part of Cuomo’s annual State of the State proposals, would expand parks in Ulster, Dutchess, Orange, Putnam and Westchester counties. Minnewaska State Park More than 600 acres will be…
A Kingston businessman will be held personally responsible for giant piles of hazardous materials on his land after being cited last week under the federal Superfund Law. Formerly part of the city’s IBM campus, the land is owned by Alan L. Ginsberg and contains piles of asbestos-containing materials seemingly weighing multiple tons, as well as…
In Brief – More than 500 acres of industrial lands and mines once used to produce “Rosendale Cement” has been acquired by Scenic Hudson, which plans to turn the area into a public park. Scenic Hudson revealed the acquisition Monday, which stretches from the Hutton Brickyards north to the community of East Kingston in the…
Kingston became the first community in New York to pursue rent stabilization under a new state law when it requested a study last month to determine how many of its rental properties are vacant. The city of 23,000 must prove less than 5 percent of certain rentals are vacant for the law, the Emergency Tenant’s…
Estimates for repairing the Tillson Lake Dam came back millions of dollars lower than originally predicted, bringing saving the lake significantly closer to reality. The Palisades Interstate Park Commission (PIPC) announced plans in March 2018 to deconstruct the worn dam and de-water the lake, which is part of the Minnewaska State Park Preserve, for safety…
Amtrak has agreed to meet with town supervisors from Columbia and Dutchess counties about the rail service’s plans to limit access to the Hudson River. The town leaders will discuss potential plans to erect barriers along sections of its rail line on the east side of the Hudson to keep those trying to access the…
Amtrak announced Friday it would withdraw an application seeking to fence off more than a mile-and-a-half of Hudson River shoreline. The emailed announcement ended for the moment a battle between Hudson River municipalities and Amtrak that started last winter when the federally-subsidized rail company sought permission from the New York State Department of State (NYSDOS)…
A group of local citizens are pushing for New York to designate Tillson Lake as wetlands as part of their fight to save the spot from being “de-watered” as state Senator Jen Metzger and a storied environmental group threw their support behind the effort. The dam creating the Minnewaska State Park Preserve lake is in…
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