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Council to enter executive session after county declines to sign letter of intent on 26 Oakley; legal options to be discussed

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Vice Chair Shook told the Common Council negotiations with Dutchess County over 26 Oakley — a proposed housing site to serve families and single women — stalled when the county declined to countersign a letter of intent; council scheduled an attorney–client executive session to explore legal options.

Vice Chair Shook told the City of Poughkeepsie Common Council on May 6 that negotiations with Dutchess County over the proposed use of 26 Oakley had stalled and that the council would enter executive session to discuss legal options.

Shook said the city and county had spent nearly three years negotiating a compromise on how 26 Oakley would be used, and that the mayor had been authorized previously…

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