COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 5-16-19
PROTESTERS AGAINST BUILDING A NEW
GREENE COUNTY JAIL PACKED LAST NIGHT'S
LEGISLATURE MEETING, FOR WHAT WAS GOING
TO BE A VOTE TO RESCIND THE DECISION TO
BUILD THE JAIL. LAWMAKERS AGREED TO WAIT
TWO WEEKS, TO SEE IF STATE LAWMAKERS
COULD GIVE THEM A COMMITMENT THAT THEY
ARE PLANNING TO CHANGE A STATE LAW,
TO ALLOW TWO COUNTIES TO CO-OWN A JAIL.
THEY PLAN TO MEET AGAIN BEFORE THE END
OF THE MONTH.
A TROY MAN IS IN THE COLUMBIA COUNTY JAIL,
ACCUSED OF TRYING TO FLEE STATE POLICE
ON THE TACONIC PARKWAY. 22 YEAR OLD
JORDAN MAIR WAS ARRESTED AFTER LOSING
CONTROL ON THE ROUTE 203 OFF RAMP IN
AUSTERLITZ. HE FACES NUMEROUS CHARGES,
INCLUDING 11 COUNTS OF RECKLESS
ENDANGERMENT.
A CAIRO MAN WILL SPEND THE NEXT TWO
YEARS IN PRISON FOR POSSESSING A HANDGUN.
24 YEAR OLD MICHAEL GREENHOLTZ WAS
SENTENCED IN FEDERAL COURT. HE IS
PROHIBITED FROM OWNING A FIREARM BECAUSE
HE IS A CONVICTED FELON.
FIRE AND RESCUE CREWS WERE ON THE SCENE
OF AN ACCIDENT YESTERDAY MORNING IN DURHAM.
IT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE 10 ON CORNWALVILLE
ROAD.
IT WAS AN ODOR OF GAS THAT BROUGHT CATSKILL
FIREFIGHTERS TO AN APARTMENT AT 89 WILLIAM
STREET WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE CALL CAME
IN JUST BEFORE 7.
A BILL, THAT WILL ALLOW SCHOOL DISTRICTS
TO MOUNT CAMERAS ON THE STOP ARM OF
THEIR BUSES HEADS TO THE GOVERNOR FOR
HIS SIGNATURE, FOLLOWING PASSAGE YESTERDAY
BY THE STATE SENATE. THE MEASURE IS TO
CATCH DRIVERS WHO ILLEGALLY PASS STOPPED
SCHOOL BUSES. ALSO IN THE PASSED BILL
IS A MEASURE THAT REQUIRES ALL PASSENGERS
IN THE BACK SEAT OF A VEHICLE TO WEAR
SEAT BELTS.
THE TWO DEMOCRAT CANDIDATES FOR MAYOR IN
THE CITY OF HUDSON ARE SCHEDULED TO
DEBATE TONIGHT. MAYOR RICK RECTOR IS
BEING CHALLENGED BY KAMAL JOHNSON IN
THE JUNE 25TH PRIMARY. IT TAKES PLACE
AT THE MONTGOMERY C. SMITH ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL STARTING AT 6.