Image distributed by the developer. Third in a series, after “We Know Who You Are Working For” and “Reparations: ‘The Preferential Rental Option for the Displaced’” A developer has filed an application with the City of Newburgh to build a 172-unit market-rate residential and office complex on ten acres of waterfront ground south of Washington […]
Month: April 2026
Reparations: “The Preferential Rental Option for the Displaced”*
What Kearney’s Plan Actually Offers, and What Was Actually Taken At the Newburgh city council work meeting of April 23, a representative of Kearney Realty & Development Group announced what the developer called the “first in the nation” right-to-return policy for descendants of people displaced by Newburgh’s urban renewal program.1 Twenty percent of units at […]
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We Know Who You Are Working For
Councilman Omari Shakur, who represents the City of Newburgh at-large, addressed the Newburgh Community Land Bank from the council floor on the evening of April 22’s council work meeting. He had been listening to the Land Bank’s executive director walk the council through a slide presentation describing fourteen years of operation, and he had been […]
There but for Here
Resilience, patriotism, strong work ethic, and ability to work together. Those are said to be the characteristics of The Greatest Generation. We could use a lot more of that these days. My uncle – Reynaldo Lebron – was one of them. ***** I’m a night owl. You will find me up reading, or writing, or […]
