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In today's newsletter:

  • How two new state grants could reshape food and air in Newburgh
  • Why Newburgh’s mayor wants Albany to slow New York’s climate law
  • What Newburgh leaders heard about the Marcus Burks homicide ruling

Also on today's calendar: I Love My Park Day at the Jay Estate and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: Who is taller, Mr Bigger or Mr Bigger's son? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Cooler; a shower in the p.m., with a high of 64 and low of 47 degrees.
  • Thursday: A bit of morning rain, temps: high: 59, low: 37.
  • Friday: An afternoon shower; breezy, with a high of 56 and low of 38 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Environmental Justice Community Impact grants awarded in region (midhudsonnews.com) — Newburgh is receiving two major state Environmental Justice Community Impact grants, funding an expanded Downing Park Urban Farm greenhouse project and a “Breathe Newburgh” air-quality monitoring and storytelling effort in environmental justice neighborhoods. These investments aim to boost local food access, remediate soils, build youth green jobs skills, and give residents better information about neighborhood air quality and climate impacts.
   

2. Orange County officials seek to push back start of Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (midhudsonnews.com) — Newburgh Mayor Torrance Harvey has joined other Orange County leaders in asking Albany to delay key deadlines in New York’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, warning residents can’t afford the projected cost impacts. Their March 22 letter to top state lawmakers cites pandemic fallout, inflation, and supply-chain problems, and points to a state analysis suggesting the law could add more than $2.23 per gallon to gas prices by 2031.
   

3. Police-involved death of Marcus Burks ruled homicide, family and attorney say (news12.com) — Newburgh officials and residents are grappling with the police-involved death of Marcus Burks, now ruled a homicide by the Orange County Medical Examiner, according to his family and attorney. The case, involving Newburgh police and state troopers after a Broadway crash, is under active investigation by the state Attorney General, with family and civil rights advocates demanding transparency and accountability.
   

4. Woman Found Bleeding From Neck At Hudson Valley Motel, Resulted From Domestic Violence, Cops Say (patch.com) — A woman critically injured in a domestic violence incident at a New Windsor motel was rushed to Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital in Newburgh, where police say her neck wound was life‑threatening. Newburgh police assisted New Windsor officers and county prosecutors in the investigation, which led to multiple felony charges and the suspect’s jailing.
   

5. AME Zion Church of Newburgh Celebrates 199 Years (hudsonvalleypress.com) — Newburgh’s historic AME Zion Church just marked its 199th anniversary with a week of services, awards, and community celebration at its Washington Street home. Leaders reflected on the church’s survival through fires, injustice, and hardship, and invited residents to join next year’s bicentennial festivities highlighting its role as the Hudson Valley’s oldest African-American congregation.
   

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: His son; he's just a little Bigger. (Thank you Joe Y. for sending it in!)
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