This week, which started with the observance of Martin Luther King Day, includes more than one meeting of interest.
- On Tuesday, January 20, at 6:00 p.m., the Common Council holds its first regular meeting 2026. The agenda for the meeting, which can be found here, includes a resolution for the honorary naming of the 500 block of Warren Street "Wheeler Way" for Fred Wheeler and Sam Wheeler, father and son, who both were mayors of Hudson, Fred during the latter part of the Great Depression and Sam during the early years of Urban Renewal, and a resolution appointing Jonathan Spampinato to the Industrial Development Agency (IDA), replacing the Charles Millar as the only non ex officio member. The meeting is a hybrid, taking place in person at City Hall and on Microsoft Teams. Click here for the link to join the meeting remotely.
- On Wednesday, January 21, the Public Works Committee of the Columbia County Board of Supervisors meets at 5:00 p.m. At the meeting, a resolution to hire an exterior design consultant for 11 Warren Street will be proposed. The meeting takes place in person in the Committee Room at 401 State Street.
- On Wednesday, January 21, the Hudson Housing Authority Board of Commissioners meets at 6:00 p.m. At the November meeting of the HHA Board, John Mateo of Mountco, HHA's development partner, said the redevelopment project was in "full architectural design mode" and predicted the project, it is hoped with renderings to show what the proposed new buildings will look like, would happen at the Planning Board's January meeting. That didn't happen, but some information about the actual design of the buildings might be shared at the HHA meeting on Wednesday. The meeting is a hybrid, taking place in person in the Community Room at Bliss Towers, 41 North Second Street, and on Zoom. Click here to join the meeting remotely.
- At 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 21, the Zoning Board of Appeals holds its regular monthly meeting. The agenda for the meeting includes two applications for area variances: one for an elevator addition to 346 Union Street, and the other for an addition to 512 Clinton Street. The meeting takes place in person only at City Hall.
- On Thursday, January 22, the Hudson Community Development and Planning Agency (HCDPA) meets at 5:00 p.m. HCDPA is made up entirely of ex officio members: the chair of the HHA Board of Commissioners, the mayor, the chair of the Planning Board, and the Common Council majority and minority leaders. With three of the five members being different this year, the meeting promises to be interesting. The meeting is a hybrid, taking place in person at City Hall and on Microsoft Teams. Click here for the link to join the meeting remotely.
- Also on Thursday, January 22, the Jacob Leisler Institute for the Study of Early New York History, in collaboration with the History Room at the Hudson Area Library, presents "Freedom of Speech in New York: The Peter Zenger Trial," a lecture by Albert M. Rosenblatt. The event takes place in person in the Community Room at the Hudson Area Library, 51 North Fifth Street. Click here for more information.
- On Friday, January 23, the Historic Preservation Commission meets at 10:00 a.m. No agenda is as yet available for the meeting, but it is possible that some new plan for 14 and 16 North Fourth Street may be presented. It seems that learning the houses are in a locally designated historic district (and possibly also the recommendation from SHPO) may have persuaded the Galvan Foundation to change course in its plans for these houses and to abandon its plan to demolish them. The meeting takes place in person at City Hall and on Microsoft Teams. Click here for the link to join the meeting remotely.
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