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County Executive Ryan Signs Bill to Allow Ulster County to Officially Reimagine and Redevelop Enterprise West Property at the Former IBM Site

The move will allow for the once dormant site to again become an area of economic activity for Ulster County. Earlier this month, Ulster County received twenty-two responses to its request for ideas to redevelop two parcels on the west side of the former IBM campus.  Proposals ranged from a satellite college campus, arts and […]

County Executive Ryan Convenes Community Leaders to Outline Response to Recent Surge of Gun Violence

County Executive Pat Ryan announces Lights On Kingston program to expand after-school programming to support Kingston youth. Project Resilience to provide $45,000 in funding along with partnering with Kingston School District, the City of Kingston, Harambee, and the Ulster County Youth Bureau County Executive Ryan announces $240,320 in New York State funding allocated for Ulster […]

County Executive Ryan Announces Ulster County has Administered Over 50,000 COVID-19 Vaccines

Ulster County COVID-19 vaccination sites have performed 52,103 vaccines, with 29.2% of residents now with at least one vaccine dose Ulster County will administer over 4,000 vaccines this week  KINGSTON, N.Y. –  County Executive Pat Ryan today announced that Ulster County has performed over 50,000 COVID-19 vaccinations. With 52,103 vaccinations performed, almost 30% (29.2%) of residents […]

Ulster County Recruits Medical and Non-Medical Volunteers for County Vaccination POD

County Executive Ryan announces that the Health Department has put out a call to recruit more volunteers to ensure as many residents can be vaccinated in a rapid and safe manner Medical and non-medical volunteers will be provided a stipend  KINGSTON, N.Y. – County Executive Pat Ryan announced today that the Ulster County Department of Health is […]

Ulster County Executive Pat Ryan Announces Over 4,200 Residents Have Applied to Participate in UBI Pilot Program

Ulster County is the first county in the country to undertake a large-scale universal basic income pilot program On April 1st, UPenn will notify residents who have been selected  KINGSTON, N.Y. – Ulster County Executive Ryan announced today that Ulster County’s Project Resilience Universal Basic Income (UBI) Pilot Program has received over 4,200 applicants. County Executive […]

Open Letter to the Community on the Anniversary of the First COVID-19 Case in Ulster County from County Executive Ryan

Tomorrow, March 8th marks one year since Ulster County had its first confirmed case of COVID-19 “March 8th marks one year since Ulster County was notified of our first case of COVID-19. What followed that day was a year of challenge and crisis, but it also highlighted our resilience and sense of community. Sadly, we […]

County Executive Ryan Announces Housing Action Plan

The action plan recommends the creation of an ongoing Housing Task Force, partnerships with developers to build housing within the fabric of existing neighborhoods on vacant lots, adaptive reuse of existing structures for housing, the creation of supportive and transition housing and the establishment of housing funds for housing initiatives in the County  KINGSTON, N.Y. –  […]