Meetings of Interest in the Week Ahead

This week, we come to the end of April and move into May. Tra la! In the last days of April, here's what's happening.

• On Monday, April 26, at 4:00 p.m., the Hudson/Catskill Housing Coalition, joined by Mayor Kamal Johnson, Third Ward supervisor and mayor's aide Michael Chameides, and Common Council majority and minority leaders Tiffany Garriga and Rebecca Wolff, will rally in front of Assemblymember Didi Barrett's office at 420 Warren Street to call for the New York State Legislature to extend the eviction moratorium and offer rent relief to tenants who lost income due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Also on Monday, April 26, the Tourism Board meets at 5:00 p.m. Click here to join the Zoom meeting.
• On Tuesday, April 27, Columbia Economic Development Corporation (CEDC) holds its annual meeting at 8:30 a.m. Billed as "Columbia County's premier annual economic development event," the meeting features Dr. Carlee Drummer, president of Columbia-Greene Community College, who will provide "her perspective and timely insights on how the College is preparing students and adults to enter a post-pandemic workplace and its role in supporting Columbia County's ongoing economic recovery." Click here to join the Zoom meeting.
• At noon on Tuesday, April 27, the board of the Hudson Development Corporation (HDC) holds its regular monthly meeting. Items on the agenda include opening sealed bids for a landlocked parcel of land on Mt. Merino owned by HDC and report on an offer and pending offers for the Montgomery Street Property, a.k.a. the Kaz site. Click here to join the Zoom meeting.
• Also on Tuesday, April 27, the public meeting on the Truck Traffic Route Feasibility Study takes place at 6:00 p.m. MJ Engineering & Land Surveying, the consultants doing the study, will present the proposed truck route alternatives under consideration, and the public will be invited to provide input on proposed alternate routes, as well as how nearby communities may be impacted by possible route changes. Registration is required for the meeting. Click here for more information.

• Finally on Tuesday, April 27, the Tourism Board holds another meeting at 6:00 p.m. The topic of the meeting is Project Hudson. This year, the Tourism Board has allocated $50,000 for projects proposed by members of the BIPOC (black, indigenous, and people of color) community. Click here to join the Zoom meeting. 
• On Wednesday, April 28, the Common Council ad hoc committee dedicated to selling City-owned property meets at 5:00 p.m. At the last meeting of this committee, it seemed 429 Warren Street was the prime candidate for sale, since it was "the one with the least problems." The plan was to move the Code Enforcement Office, now located in the building, into modular units parked across Washington Street from the Central Fire Station. Every City-owned property is still on the table, including the three parcels on the waterfront north of the Dunn warehouse, which, according to Council president Tom DePietro, someone has approached the City about developing. The link to the Zoom meeting should appear on the City of Hudson website prior to the meeting. Scroll down to the calendar.  

• Also on Wednesday, April 28, the subcommittee of the Hudson Housing Authority Board of Commissioners meets at 6:00 p.m. The topic of this week's meeting is tenant relations. Click here to join the Zoom meeting.
• At 6:15 p.m. on Wednesday, April 28, the Common Council ad hoc committee pursuing the idea of building a solar farm on City-owned land north of Charles Williams Park holds its monthly meeting. The goal set at the last meeting of the committee was to have a draft of the RFP (request for proposals) ready for review at this meeting. The link to the Zoom meeting should appear on the City of Hudson website prior to the meeting. Scroll down to the calendar. 
• On Thursday, April 29, at 6:00 p.m., the History Room at the Hudson Area Library and the Jacob Leisler Institute for the Study of Early New York History present "Coping with Life's Necessaries," a lecture on colonial hygiene by Ian Mumpton, from the Schuyler Mansion State Historic Site. Click here for more information and to register for the event.   
  

Lady Undressing for a Bath, c. 1730/1740. Attributed to Gerardus Duyckinck.
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