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Resident presses city to replace trees, restore garbage receptacle on South Clinton Street
Summary
A Ward 8 resident said trees removed for blight were not replaced despite earlier assurances and asked the city to restore a mid-block garbage receptacle; a city official said they would investigate and arrange a receptacle.
Judy Green, a South Clinton Street resident, told the Poughkeepsie Common Council at an informational meeting that trees removed from the west side of South Teton Street were promised replacements that never arrived and that neighborhood trash collection needs have worsened without a mid-block receptacle.
Green said she raised the tree removals at a prior department-head meeting after the trees were taken down for suspected blight. She said Department of Public Works staff originally told her the trees would be replaced in spring, then fall, but…
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