Rokosz Most

1 week ago | hudsonvalleyone.com | Rokosz Most

After nearly three years of court battles, the vacancy study conducted by the City of Kingston, which underpinned the declaration of a housing emergency and ushered in a period of selective rent stabilization has been vindicated. On June 18, judges for the New York State Court of Appeals unanimously upheld lower-court rulings and handed a third-in-a-row loss to landlord law firm Belkin, Burdin and Goldman.

1 week ago | hudsonvalleyone.com | Rokosz Most

To understand the singular aesthetic of President Donald J. Trump, one needs look no further than his instinct to dig up the rose garden lawn at the White House and pave it over. When asked why, he said it was because those attending rose garden press conferences – especially the women wearing high heels – were sinking into the grass.

1 week ago | asianamericans.einnews.com | Rokosz Most

Center for Photography at Woodstock in Kingston is one of several area organizations suffering funding cuts. To understand the singular aesthetic of President Donald J. Trump, one needs look no further than his instinct to dig up the rose garden lawn at the White House and pave it over. When asked why, he said it was because those attending rose garden press conferences – especially the women wearing high heels – were sinking into the grass.

2 weeks ago | hudsonvalleyone.com | Rokosz Most

The City of Kingston is considering a new public-development model to add housing stock, Rokosz Most interviews city director of housing initiatives Bartek Starodaj about the model. Rokosz Most: I understand that we’re not supposed to call this public housing…Bartek Starodaj: The public housing model of the past is based on building housing for a particular income band. This model is all about mixed-income households living together. RM: So how does it work?

3 weeks ago | hudsonvalleyone.com | Rokosz Most

“The Kingston Common Council opposed the efforts of the largest private apartment complex in the city, Stony Run, to be exempted from rent regulations, Tuesday night, when the alders voted 9 to 0 to send a memorializing resolution to the state agency responsible for approving, or rejecting, the petition. Lawyers for Stony Run — Belkin, Burden and Goldman — claim that the transfer of ownership of the for-profit apartment complex to a non-profit entity, qualifies the apartments for exemption.