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Peckham: C&D materials clean

nFORECAST WEATHER FOR HUDSON/CA TODAY TONIGHT

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n THE SCENE

CATSKILL — Residents packed town hall Tuesday night to learn more about a proposal to import construction and demolition debris to a former cement plant in Smith’s Landing. Peckham Industries submitted an application to the state Department of Environmental Conservation last month for a berm construction project. The berms will be made of construction and demolition, or C&D, materials, brought by barge up the Hudson River from Allocco Recycling in Brooklyn and Inwood Marine Terminal in Inwood.

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Dozens of residents packed town hall Tuesday night for a presentation about a proposal to use construction and demolition debris to construct berms at Peckham Industries in Catskill.

The proposal calls for importing 600,000 tons of C&D materials over the life of the project, which is three to six years. The Catskill Town Planning Board has decided not to be lead agency for the project but will remain an interested party, Planning Board Chairman Joseph Izzo said. The DEC will be lead agency on the project and carry out the state environmental review. “There is no application from Peckham before this board,” Izzo said. “Our duty in this project is as an interested party. DEC will forward us information about the project as they See C&D A2

Working together on holiday feasts By Amanda Purcell Columbia-Greene Media

HUDSON — A band of volunteers have come together to show that helping others is its own reward. Greener Pathways to Recovery teamed up with small business Arica’s Insurance at 209 Fairview Ave., Wednesday in 7th Street Park to deliver Thanksgiving dinners to the homeless and others struggling to afford hot meals. A dozen volunteers handed out home-cooked turkey, mashed potatoes, corn, stuffing, rolls, cranberry sauce, gravy, sandwiches, fruit, and hot chocolate. Volunteers also brought free clothing and shoes for people in need to pick out.

Neighborhood gentleman

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n THE SCENE

Volunteers prepare to handout meals for people in need in 7th Street Park in Hudson on Wednesday for Thanksgiving.

A musical force in concert

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Saxophonist Robin Lacey will bring her warm tenor sound to the Bridge St. Theatre in Catskill PAGE A8

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In addition to more than 40 turkey dinners prepared Wednesday to be handed out in 7th Street Park, Hudson, volunteers also put out sandwiches and apples and other items for those in need.

High stakes for hard-to-count communities By Massarah Mikati Johnson Newspapers

ALBANY — Hundreds of billions of dollars in aid, representation in Congress and resources improving daily quality of life are just a few of the changes that will be brought by the 2020 Census. But as the rollout of the survey quickly approaches, states and municipalities are funneling their own resources to ensure their communities are not undercounted — a goal that is no easy feat. “Part of this is really kind of a civics lesson that we need to make sure we can articulate,” said Dan Irizarry, chairman of Capital District Latinos. “It’s pertinent to...making people understand how (apportionment) affects their day-to-day

lives.” Municipalities and organizations in the Hudson Valley, Western New York and the North Country are mobilizing and marshalling their own resources to encourage “hard to reach” communities — ranging from immigrants to students, senior citizens and Amish communities — to participate in the 2020 Census and reap the benefits of the resources at stake. “Counting every New Yorker in the 2020 Census is critical to ensuring we are accurately represented in Congress and receive the federal funding we deserve,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in a statement last week. “While the federal government has thrown up roadblock after roadblock — spreading fear among immigrant

communities in the process — in New York we will break through and make sure that even our most difficult-to-reach communities are counted.”

A LACK OF PREPARATION? Last week, Cuomo announced the allocation of $20 million to fund organizations working with hard-to-reach communities, in addition to a statewide campaign that “will leverage resources across dozens of agencies, public authorities, CUNY and SUNY that regularly interact with millions of New Yorkers,” according to a statement from Cuomo’s office. Members of Complete Count Committees, or organizations across the nation that have signed up to combat an undercount of their areas, have

all commended the recent announcement from the governor, saying more funding to support their outreach efforts is welcome. Orville Abrahams, director of community development at the Capital District YMCA — another Complete Count Committee — said Cuomo’s use of already existing infrastructure is particularly efficient. “I’m very pleased with the governor’s incorporation of that money for the Census to ensure it backs up the Census Bureau itself, the Census Bureau’s local efforts to organize grassroots, local, community-based organizations and even different municipalities,” Abrahams said. “Complete Count Committees are...really making the responsibility known to communities

that if they’re not going to have the count accurately reflect who is residing and using services, they could end up suffering from a lack of representation, a lack of federal funds, etc.” Irzarry said that Capital District Latinos and other local groups have already been involved in Census outreach efforts “without charging the government any money.” “So we’re looking forward to an opportunity to now get some funding to really strategize and execute a plan to have maximum participation of the Hispanic community,” he said. But others have been more critical of Cuomo and the state government for their timing in preparing for the census.

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