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The Register-Star reports today about Mayor Joe Ferris and his efforts to understand the current status of the transfer of properties in Hudson from the Galvan Foundation to Bard College: "Hudson mayor 'frustrated' with Bard's lack of clarity on Galvan gift."

There is not much new information in the article, but there is this:

Columbia Economic Development Corporation CEO F. Michael Tucker and other officials compiled an 86 properties [sic] in Hudson and Greenport owned by various Galvan legal entities.

There are three properties on the list of properties Galvan plans to continue to own, which include the historic houses at 14 and 16 N. 4th St., and the theater at 724-726 Columbia St. However, the rest of the properties are likely part of the transfer to Bard, Tucker said.

Of course, the two houses mentioned--14 and 16 North Fourth Street--are part of the whole Hudson Public Hotel complex, which extends from Warren to Columbia along North Fourth, so we can assume that Galvan is also keeping the buildings at Warren and Fourth and the building that was once Helsinki Hudson.

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