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4 days ago | 
midhudsonnews.com | Hank Gross
ALBANY – New York Lieutenant Governor Antonio Delgado broke his silence Monday and announced he will challenge current governor and fellow Democrat, Kathy Hochul, for the state’s top job next year. Delgado, a former congressman, announced his gubernatorial run in a video. “There is a reason why we are at the center of the Trump administration’s attack,” he said in a campaign announcement video.
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4 days ago | 
midhudsonnews.com | Hank Gross
ALBANY – New York Lieutenant Governor Antonio Delgado broke his silence Monday and announced he will challenge current governor and fellow Democrat, Kathy Hochul, for the state’s top job next year. “There is a reason why we are at the center of the Trump administration’s attack,” he said in a campaign announcement video.
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5 days ago | 
midhudsonnews.com | Hank Gross
WASHINGTON – Town of Newburgh resident Richard Mayfield has been appointed by President Trump as the USDA Rural Development New York State director. He held the same position, based in Syracuse, during Trump’s first term. The White House said Mayfield will implement the president’s American First agenda at USDA Rural Development, ensuring the needs of America’s farmers, ranchers, and producers remain a top priority.
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5 days ago | 
midhudsonnews.com | Hank Gross
GOSHEN – John Reilly III of Chester was arraigned on Monday in Orange County Court on an indictment charging him with, among other things, attempted murder in the shooting of a DoorDash delivery man. Reilly, 48, was also charged with two counts of assault and eight counts of criminal possession of a weapon.
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5 days ago | 
midhudsonnews.com | Hank Gross
POUGHKEEPSIE – When the remaining $3 million in the Dutchess County Housing Trust Fund has been expended, County Executive Sue Serino says she will go back to the county legislature to more money. Serino said the housing shortage remains and more money is needed, in particular for smaller-scale projects in rural areas.
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5 days ago | 
midhudsonnews.com | Hank Gross
ORANGE COUNTY – Another dozen hotels were constructed in Orange County in the last two years and now, two more have been proposed. A four-story Holiday Inn Express with 93 rooms has proposed on Route 300 in the Town of New Windsor and a five-story boutique hotel has been proposed in the Town of Cornwall at the Cornwall-on-Hudson Valley line. “There’s a demand for hotels because of our building tourism. Still on the weekends it’s hard to schedule them,” he said.
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1 week ago | 
midhudsonnews.com | Hank Gross
WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security says a number of Mid-Hudson counties and municipalities are violating the Protecting American Communities from Criminal Aliens executive order for obstructing the enforcement of federal immigration laws – sanctuary jurisdictions.
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1 week ago | 
midhudsonnews.com | Hank Gross
WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security says a number of Mid-Hudson counties and municipalities are violating the Protecting American Communities from Criminal Aliens executive order for obstructing the enforcement of federal immigration laws – sanctuary jurisdictions.
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1 week ago | 
midhudsonnews.com | Hank Gross
MONTICELLO – President Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Budget Bill” that has passed in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives includes a number of funding cuts, including to the Job Corps program. Sullivan County has the Delaware Valley Job Corps program in Callicoon that would be impacted should the GOP-controlled Senate also approve the budget. County Legislator Catherine Scott is spearheading an effort by the local lawmakers to let Senators Schumer and Gillibrand know where they stand.
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1 week ago | 
midhudsonnews.com | Hank Gross
GOSHEN – The need for more housing, in particular affordable housing, shaped the discussion in the Orange County Legislature’s new Housing Task Force session on Thursday. One lawmaker, Kevindaryan Lujan, proposed developing a county housing fund. “Whether that is $2 million or $10 million with the surplus that we have with the county, this seems like an investment,” he said.
