New Windsor cancelling outside group meetings in New Windsor owned buildings Supervisor Meyers and New Windsor staff attended a conference call with Orange County Officials today regarding the Coronavirus (COVID-19) situation. There are currently three confirmed cases in Orange County. Orange County is recommending all school districts close for two weeks, starting on Monday. For Orange County residents wanting to report cases of price gauging on supplies related to this situation, please contact the Orange County Consumer Affairs Office at (845) 360-6700. Effective immediately, all meetings for outside groups in New Windsor owned buildings are cancelled, including but not limited to senior citizen meetings, boy scouts, girl scouts, etc. March 13, 2020 By Patrick Mangan General 0 Comment Read More >>
Warning: Residents being targeted by mail scam in regards to water tests *** WARNING – PUBLIC NOTICE *** The Town is advised of a direct mailing being sent to residents by a company called Hudson Valley Environmental Solutions. They are offering a “free water test” in an effort to sell homeowners a water treatment system for up to $6000 or more. They may also use the name “Rain Soft”. Please note, this company has not sought a solicitor’s permit to sell these products or provide these services to Town residents, and the Town has not sanctioned their doing so. In fact, the same company improperly solicited Town residents by leaving similar solicitations on people’s front doors and in their mailboxes a few months ago, prompting the Town to contact the New York State Department of Environmental Police who advised them to stop. Clearly, they didn’t heed this warning. Please don’t be fooled! If residents have any questions over this issue, please contact Supervisor George Meyers at (845) 563-4610. March 12, 2020 By Patrick Mangan General 0 Comment Read More >>
Lake Road Bridge Project Update Lake Road Bridge Project: Contractor anticipates spring start up to commence March 23, 2020. The projected completion date is: June 30, 2020. These dates are subject to change due to supply or weather delays. March 5, 2020 By Patrick Mangan General 0 Comment Read More >>
Update on questions regarding latest utility billing There is an over abundance of questions regarding high utility bills for this quarter. As we transition with this new billing system AND into the new meters, some factors come in to play that may have caused a resident to have a high bill. One thing to note before reviewing the factors is that the “Service to and from” dates are a generic billing period and do not represent the true reading cycle for most. Once all the meters in town have been changed to the new technology, there will be a town wide reading/billing period of 3 months then the billing system will be able to import all meter reads at once at the time of applying charges. For a number of years, each quarter the town has had unbilled water in the amount of 35%-40% of the treated water because of failing and inaccurate meters. Those with high bills are mainly due to the meter change outs that were done between 11/10/19 and 2/7/20: • A longer reading cycle. The old meter read was combined with the new meter read which was obtained on 2/27/20 to move into the consistent 3 month reading schedule. This caused some reading period to be longer than 3 months, some up to 5 months which would have the potential to double your average bill. • Many of the readings obtained from the “old” meters were done so after many years of customer estimates. If it turned out the billing was UNDER estimating, charges for unbilled water will cause higher bills. If the account was OVER estimated, it resulted in a credit applied. • The new meters are extremely accurate as opposed to the meters that are being replaced. Many of the old meters have not been accounting for all the water going through them. Please feel free to contact the water billing department with questions regarding your bill at 845-563-4625. March 4, 2020 By Patrick Mangan General 0 Comment Read More >>
Issues with some water bills from current billing cycle Supervisor Meyers is aware of some issues with the water bills that just went out related to the new VEPO meters. We are looking into this and will post more information as we investigate. March 3, 2020 By Patrick Mangan General 0 Comment Read More >>
LIFTED: Boil Water Advisory for February 6 Emergency Water Outage Update February 8, 10:40am: The boil water advisory for all affected streets listed below has been lifted. There is a boil water advisory in affect for: 925-899 Little Britain Road (Route 207), and Silver Stream Road. In addition to the above streets previously listed, also now included are: Mt Airy Rd (from Briarwood Ln to Bethlehem Rd) Briarwood Ln Windemere Estates Cooper Ct Swan Hollow Rd Shady Dell Dr Coach House Ct Bring your tap water to a rolling boil, boil for one minute and cool before using, or use bottled water. Boiled or bottled water should be used for: drinking, making ice, washing dishes, brushing teeth, and preparing food until further notice. February 6, 2020 By Patrick Mangan General 0 Comment Read More >>
Water Update: restoration times / water available for affected residents Our crews are still onsite and working on the water outage. Due to the emergency leak repair yesterday, when a water line was shut down, it caused a larger infrastructure problem that is taking longer to fix. Water service is expected to be restored later morning / early afternoon once the repair is complete. A water tanker will be available later this morning at Vails Gate Fire Company Station 2 on 4 Weather Oak Hill Road. Please bring containers to fill. Cases of bottled water will also be available for those affected by the water outage. We’ll post once both the tanker and bottled water are available at Vails Gate Fire Company Station 2. WATER IS NOT AVAILABLE right now, please wait until we follow up with a second post. February 6, 2020 By Patrick Mangan General 0 Comment Read More >>
Water Outage/Low Pressure: Mount Airy / Riley Road Area Crews are on scene and working on a emergency water outage/low pressure in the area of Mount Airy / Riley Road in New Windsor. Please follow us on Facebook for updates as they come in from the crews on scene: Town of New Windsor Facebook February 6, 2020 By Patrick Mangan General 0 Comment Read More >>
LIFTED: Boil Water Advisory: Summit Drive (Ona Ln to Parkdale Dr) Update: As of February 6 at 10:15am the boil water advisory for Summit Drive has been fully lifted. The leak repair scheduled for today has been completed and the water is back on. There is a boil water advisory in affect for Summit Drive (Ona Lane to Parkdale Drive) until further notice. February 4, 2020 By Patrick Mangan General 0 Comment Read More >>
Notice of Public Hearing: Temporary moratorium on all development approvals NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TOWN OF NEW WINDSOR PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Town Board of the Town of New Windsor will hold a public hearing on the 5th day of February, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. in Town Hall, 555 Union Avenue, New Windsor, New York, to consider a Local Law to establish a temporary moratorium on all development approvals in the Town of New Windsor. Said Public Hearing will be held during the regularly scheduled Town Board meeting and will be part of the livestream of same on the Town’s Facebook page, which can be accessed at https://www.facebook.com/NewWindsorNY/ A copy of the proposed Local Law can be found on the homepage of the Town’s website at http://newwindsor-ny.gov/ BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD TOWN OF NEW WINDSOR KELLY ALLEGRA, TOWN CLERK January 30, 2020 By Patrick Mangan General 0 Comment Read More >>