Five hundred bucks extra a month?
Money can buy more than misery. At least that’s what the first county-led guaranteed income program in the United States...
Ulster County transparency law languishes in legal purgatory
The Ulster County Legislature wants to know the identities of the people behind the companies bidding for the contracts it...
Fair pay for homecare and self-determination for the disabledÂ
The mood was festive at the Independent Home Care, Inc, Gratitude Mixer in the Newburgh Armory last week.Â
Pat Ryan introduces a bill in Congress to cut drug costs
Faceoff with Big Pharma...
Governor wants to spend $500 million on healthcare cybersecurity Â
New York State governor Kathy Hochul has proposed a $500-million shot in the arm to healthcare facilities across the state...
Kingston policy on apprenticeships will soon be revisited
A little over a week ago, a supermajority of the Kingston Common Council voted to override a veto by mayor...
Hundreds protest outside Congressman Pat Ryan’s Kingston office demanding Israeli ceasefire, dozens counter-protest
Here in Uptown Kingston, it takes twelve steps to cross Wall Street from sidewalk to sidewalk. It’s a less distance...
Howmet workers picket Kingston Business ParkÂ
Since 6 a.m. on November 1, rotating shifts of striking members of the International Association of Machinist and Aerospace Workers...
Central Hudson rate hikes challenged
Privately-owned energy distribution utility Central Hudson, lone provider of gas and electric for over 380,000 customers in the Hudson Valley,...
Fiery explosion across the river, three in critical condition, five in serious condition
A fiery gas explosion demolished a building and injured ten people in Wappingers Falls on Thursday afternoon, November 2. According...
Las Reinas Florecientes are off to a successful start
The Blooming Queens of Clean, a 15-member all-immigrant, all-women ‘green’ cleaning co-operative, officially inaugurated its home and office cleaning business...
Kingston’s nightlife dead? Roll your own.
Our intrepid party reporter searches Kingston’s nights for action…
HealthAlliance slow to acknowledge consequences of recent attacksÂ
Last week, it was the turn if the local HealthAlliance facilities to be the target of a shakedown.
Mayoral hopefuls lock horns as chamber of commerce hosts Kingston candidates
Kingston mayoral candidates Steve Noble and Scott Denny were invited over to the Best Western last week to opine for...
Up to 50 units of family emergency housing have been created at Town of Ulster motel
The first hallmarks of the approaching winter are omens of hard times to come for the homeless of Ulster County.
An unauthorized interview with an unidentified employee at WMCHealth’s Kingston hospital
By Monday the Internet's gone completely down. Fax machines are down. Phones are down because they're digital, right? But the...
‘Stand With Israel’ prayer service at Congregation Emanuel, sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Ulster County
An estimated two million people live within this Palestinian territory freshened with the breeze of the sea. They inhabit the...
HAHV’s Kingston hospital diverts patients for two days without an announcement
Emergency Services for Ulster County confirmed that diversion was in effect since the weekend, and was ended a little after...
Deepfake porn in New York State means jail time
Legislation created by state senator Michelle Hinchey will make it illegal to disseminate or circulate sexually explicit images generated by...
Nine accused of the distribution of fentanyl and cocaineÂ
Top cops gathered at the Ulster County law enforcement center on October 11 to announce a successful drug trafficking investigation...
Subscribe
Independent. Local. Substantive. Subscribe now.