T IMES
MID
HUDSON
Vol. 29, No 42
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OCTOBER 18 - 24, 2017
The Newburgh City Manager and
staff presented a proposed 2018 budget
to residents at City Hall this month.
The $44,402,901 spending plan calls for
serious belt tightening to cover large
expenses such as healthcare and sewer
improvements required by the state.
“There are some hard choices that had
to be made,” City Manager Michael
Ciaravino said.
The proposed budget is down $7,385 this
year, by less than one percent. The budget
brings a proposed tax levy of $19,654,325 –
up by $191,761 from last year.
If adopted, the budget would lower
the homestead property-tax rate; the
proposed homestead rate is $19.3543
per $1,000 of assessed property value, a
29-cent decrease from last year, which
comes to a $72.21 decrease for property
assessed at $250,000. The non-homestead
rate, or commercial property tax rate,
would remain flat at $26.1329 per $1,000 of
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SERVING NEWBURGH AND NEW WINDSOR
City proposes $44.4 million budget
By SHANTAL RILEY
[email protected]
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assessed property value.
These tax rates will come “at a
tremendous
sacrifice,”
Ciaravino
cautioned, posing possible layoffs,
unfilled positions and cuts to staff hours.
The lean budget will require the city
to reduce overtime by about 38 percent.
“We’re looking at a radical reexamination
and revamping of the overtime structure
at the police and fire departments,”
Ciaravino said.
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New blue for Newburgh
Neuhaus
faces Davis
in county
executive
race
By SHANTAL RILEY
[email protected]
Photo provided
The City of Newburgh Police Department would like to announce the addition of seven new officers, six of which are City of Newburgh
residents. Matthew McAllister, Rafael Santiago, Robert Ambrosetti, Kevin Aguilar, Ryan Blair, Dellauno Thomas and Nico Gerardi were officially
sworn in at City Hall. They will begin the 5 month police academy on Monday, October 23, and after successful completion, they will begin
their field training.
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Orange County Executive Steve
Neuhaus faces Democrat Pat Davis in
a bid to serve a second term as the
county’s chief executive officer. The
two men spoke with
the Mid Hudson Times
this week about their
visions for the future
of the county.
Davis, 35, is an
Iraq War veteran
and a graduate of
the United States
Steve Neuhaus
Military Academy at
West Point. He works
as a management
consultant specializing
in
re gulatory
compliance in the
financial
services
industry.
It is the first time he
Pat Davis
has run for political
office. “In May, when the party didn’t
have a candidate to run, I saw it as an
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