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Port Jervis resident tells council honking on Kingston Avenue has become "unlivable"; city pledges follow-up
Summary
Samantha Kingston told the council that persistent honking near her Kingston Avenue home is affecting health and safety, that a requested ‘no honking’ sign was declined by police, and that follow-up meetings with a police social worker did not resolve the issue. Mayor Dominic Sickles and Councilman Picariello said they would follow up with her.
Samantha Kingston, a Kingston Avenue resident, told the Port Jervis Common Council during public comment that persistent vehicle honking outside her home has made living conditions "unlivable" and is affecting residents’ health, safety and well-being.
"The issue is becoming very, unlivable at this point... Our health is being affected. Our well-being is being affected. Our safety is being affected," Kingston said, recounting efforts over the last three years to get the city to address the problem.
Kingston said she met with Police Chief Wharton on Nov. 1 to request a "no honking" sign; she was told that the chief did not have authority to install such a sign. She said police and a social worker (identified in the transcript as Elizabeth Funko) tried to arrange a meeting with the individual she cited as encouraging honking, but the person declined the meeting. Kingston said follow-up emails and requests to the police department had not produced a resolution.
Mayor Dominic Sickles told Kingston, "Okay. We'll reach back out to you." Councilman Picariello also said he and the mayor would discuss the matter and thanked Kingston for raising it.
The council did not record a formal action at the meeting beyond pledging follow-up contact by the mayor’s office and individual council members. Kingston asked for help resolving the matter and for clarity on what steps the city could take to reduce the disruptive honking.
The meeting transcript records the complaint during the public-comment period and the council’s verbal commitment to follow up; it does not record any specific policy action or a timeline for resolution.
