Tomorrow is the autumnal equinox, marking the beginning of autumn. As the days grow shorter and cooler, here is what's happening.
- On Monday, September 22, the Common Council holds two public hearings. Both hearings are hybrid, taking place in City Hall and on Microsoft Teams.
- At 5:30 p.m.. there is a public hearing on the amendment to zoning districts necessary to allow the former John L. Edwards school building to be redeveloped as apartments. The proposed law amending the code can be found here. Click here for the link to join the hearing remotely.
- At 6:00 p.m., there is a public hearing on Hudson's new comprehensive plan, "Hudson 2035." To review the 277-page dpcument, click here. To join the hearing remotely, click here.
- On Tuesday, September 23, at 6:30 p.m., the Planning Board continues its review of Colarusso's application for a conditional use permit for its dock operations. The meeting takes place at City Hall and will be livestreamed on YouTube. Click here to find the link to view the livestream.
- On Wednesday, September 24, at 5:30 p.m., the History Room at the Hudson Area Library presents The Wonderful World of Oysters--the incredible story of oysters, from their ancient origins to their vital role in ecosystems, history, and New York culture told by Ben "Moody" Harney, the founder of MotherShuckers, which started as the only oyster cart in New York City and currently operates as a seven-day location at Pier 57. For more information about the event, click here. Sadly, registration for the event is already filled.
- On Thursday, September 25, the Hudson Community Development and Planning Agency (HCDPA) meets at 5:00 p.m. The meeting is a hybrid, taking place at City Hall and on Microsoft Teams. Click here to join the meeting remotely.
- On Friday, September 26, the Historic Preservation Commission meets at 10:00 a.m. The meeting includes a public hearing on the proposal to replace the slate roof on the Galvan Armory, the location of the Hudson Area Library, with faux slate. The meeting is a hybrid, taking place in person at City Hall and on Microsoft Teams. Click here to join the meeting remotely.
That's it for the first week in autumn.
COPYRIGHT 2025 CAROLE OSTERINK
This is your regular reminder that the so-called "Hudson 2035 - Comprehensive Plan":
ReplyDelete1 - was poorly designed and heavily biased
2 - the number of responses were below the threshold required for meaningful inference for a population of 6k, so the findings should be treated as anecdotal rather than representative. See 95% conf. interval and margin of error with sample below 350 for population of 6000. Not to mention the racial and gender groups that were under-represented, by consulting firm's own admission.
3 - no one has been able to explain why Mayor Kamal's girlfriend, the Housing Justice Director, was spearheading the process and reach out.
This was supposed to be the CITY of Hudson COMPREHENSIVE plan. Not the... let's pay a biased left wing Manhattan consultancy to generate a PDF to rubber-stamp what we (Kamal and Michelle) want for the City and to make it easier to extend our preferred job contracts.
[ Michelle, where are the responses to our FOILs showing what you do with City of Hudson tax payer money? You are now almost 6 months behind. You and Kamal are the only public sector employees in the City and the County who are not responsive. It is cowardly to push FOIL answers back until after the November election. It also makes the City attorney Andy Howard look very bad. And why is the survey consulting firm unwilling to share the complete and raw data? What are you hiding?]
4 - why were all the real department heads (not a temporary City Hall employee who was supposed to be grant funded before promotion/relationship) not in charge of this Comprehensive Plan
> Look at it this way, what would a Comprehensive Plan spearheaded only by DPW look like? Or only by HPD? Or only by a pro-business group? Might those groups tilt the scale to be more in favor of public works, public safety, or business?
5 - Also consider:
- The City Charter Reform group had the same number of supporters/participants (but theirs were verified residents and voters, unlike the SurveyMonkey of the Comprehensive Plan)
- Mayoral candidate Lloyd had the same or greater number of residents sign his petition to run for office.
Neither the City Charter group nor Lloyd had $220k of City of Hudson money and the active support and staff help of the Spark of Hudson to get their signatures / engagement.
Yet they did better.
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The City of Hudson is completely ignoring its previous Comprehensive Plan (see the Mill Street fiasco).
Yet now taxpayers have to pay almost a quarter of a million dollars for another "plan" that says nothing new.
Running a city is not rocket science. Collect all taxes and fees. Control spending and focus on high leverage public works and public safety, not pet projects and patronage. Don't date your employees, don't divide residents.
Repeat.
Holy incompetence, Batman! How do we get this far on the boondoggle highway? Thanks Common Sense. --peter meyer
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