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Orange County Receives Restraining Order Against Additional Asylum Seekers Orange County Receives Restraining Order Against Additional Asylum Seekers
Orange County Receives Restraining Order Against Additional Asylum Seekers A State Supreme Court judge has granted a temporary restraining order to a Hudson Valley county that stops New York City from sending additional asylum seekers. The order was granted to Orange County on Tuesday, May 16, said Orange County Executive Steven Neuhaus. “New York City should not be establishing a homeless shelter outside of its borders in Orange County,” Neuhaus said. “The city is a self-proclaimed sanctuary city; Orange County is not. We should not have to bear the burden of the immigration crisis that the federal government and Mayor Adams created.” As modified by the court, t…

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by Kathy Reakes
Politics
Mayor In Area Dies Suddenly, Days Before Election Mayor In Area Dies Suddenly, Days Before Election
Mayor In Area Dies Suddenly, Days Before Election A mayor in the Hudson Valley died unexpectedly over the weekend, days before an upcoming village election. Mayor Michael Nuzzolese, of Goshen in Orange County, who was first elected in 2018, died at the age of 66 on Saturday, March 13, officials announced. He was running for his second full-term in the election on Tuesday, March 16. The village said that Nuzzolese’s name will remain on the ballot, and Deputy Mayor Pete Smith will serve as acting mayor until next year’s village election. Prior to his time as mayor, Nuzzolese was a member of the chamber of commerce, as village trustee, was a…

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by Zak Failla
Business
Amazon To Open Operations Facility In Area, Creating Hundreds Of Jobs Amazon To Open Operations Facility In Area, Creating Hundreds Of Jobs
Amazon To Open Operations Facility In Area, Creating Hundreds Of Jobs Hundreds of jobs are coming to the Hudson Valley as Amazon prepares for its latest venture in New York. This week, Amazon announced that it plans to launch a state-of-the-art operations facility in Orange County in Montgomery in time for the 2021 holiday season, generating more than 800 full-time jobs. The fulfillment center, which will span more than 1,000,000-square-feet near the intersection of Route 17K and Route 747 has been in the works for more than a year. The $75.2 million project had to be approved by the Town Board, Zoning Board of Appeals and Planning Board, the town’s Industr…

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by Zak Failla