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Poughkeepsie council closes BID public hearing after resident urges 1–2 year review
Summary
During a March 18 public hearing on a proposed downtown Business Improvement District, a Ward 8 resident urged the Common Council to plan a formal evaluation of the BID’s successes and failures within one to two years; the council then closed the hearing by voice vote.
The Poughkeepsie Common Council closed a public hearing on a proposed downtown Business Improvement District (BID) on Tuesday, March 18, after a resident urged the council to commit to an early evaluation of the district.
Daniel Latona, a union member and community organizer who lives in Poughkeepsie’s Ward 8, addressed Mayor Flowers and the Common Council during the hearing and asked whether the city has “a plan to evaluate the successes and failures, pros and cons of the BID within 1 or 2 years…
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