McKneally accuses NHA chief of roadblock tactics
Newburgh Mayor George F. McKneally denounces Moe Kreisel, chairman of the Newburgh Housing Authority, for opposing scattered-site low-income housing and blocking a long-awaited settlement. The dispute centers on 92 units and relocation funds as State agencies and a private planning group push a compromise plan. A Tuesday meeting with NAACP leaders was canceled. a new date has not been set.
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Newburgh
George F. McKneally
Newburgh Housing Authority
NHA
Moe Kreisel
Housing Authority
Zeckendorf
William Zeckendorf
Kreisel
Diebold
McKneally
Samuel A.T. Hodge
NAACP
Hodge
Mid-Hudson Pattern For Progress, Inc
Hudson River Valley Commission
State Office of Planning Coordination
Ralph Diebold
State Division of Housing and Urban Development
Rockefeller
Peter C. Patsalos
George J. Shaw, Jr
City Hall
Theodore W. Maurer
High court upholds Jett conviction in three-hour process
The New York Court of Appeals unanimously affirmed Kendall Jett’s 1967 conviction after an arrest at 145 a.m. for stolen cigarettes and razor blades. The case drew attention when Rep. Joseph Y. Resnick accused local handling of vigilante justice. Jett pled guilty within hours, pursued coram nobis, and was sentenced in Ulster County with subsequent transfer to Virginia for probation violation.
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Ellenville
Court of Appeals
Albert L Lonstein
Ulster County
Kendall Jett
James Marshall
Joseph Y. Resnick
D-28
Jett
Kingston
Ronald W. Elias
Elias
Goshen
Town of Chester
Legion Hall
Chester
Vincent Essig
Route 94
Michael Reidy
Supreme Court
Alvin Goldstein
John W. Sweeny
State of
New York
Essig
Chester Civic Association
James Loeb
Newburgh
County boards press state on highways and junkyard fixes
Sullivan County supervisors and town boards blasted state highway maintenance and rising junkyard issues at a joint meeting led by Liberty Thompson and Fallsburg. They drafted telegrams to Gov. Rockefeller and state officials, urged stricter sign and junkyard ordinances, and vowed countywide action including sheriff enforcement and a five day complaint period.
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Joseph Federicks
Sullivan County
Liberty
Thompson and
Falisburg
Rockefeller
Ick’s
Binghamton
Leon Greenberg
Monticello
Federicks
Greenberg
Joseph Wasser
Thompson Justice
Ralph Meyer
Thompson
Sam Rosenblum
Fallsburg
Woodbourne
Mack Weiner
Livingston Manor
Stephen N. Oppenheim
Wasser
Seymour A. Kesten
Abe Rosenberg
Krieger
Gil Foss
Gildick
Wrecksports
Bridgeville
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McK Hits
NHA Chief
Douglas W. Clarke
Mid-Hudson
By George A. Green
Nick
Ulster County Supreme Court
The
Civil Liberties Union
Burt Newborme
Raymond J. Mino
DA Lonstein
High Court
Lonstein
Virginia
Sullivan
By Charlie Crist
Sheriff’s Office
Rt 17
Feder
Murray Posner
Brickman Hotel
Pearson
Michaels
Meyer
Max H. Rhulen
Zalkin Brothers
Foss Brothers
Charlie Cristers
Irwin Siegel
Rock Hill
Thompson Town Hall
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