Ulster board calls on county to discontinue Kingston Motel placements
Ulster board voted unanimously to call on Ulster County to stop placing residents at the Kingston Motel and develop a relocation plan. Supervisor James E. Quigley cited 142 ambulance calls and 303 police calls for service from the facility between March 2025 and June 2026, averaging 11.7 calls per
misc · Meeting of September 17, 2026
NY ULSTER — Ulster board voted unanimously to call on Ulster County to stop placing residents at the Kingston Motel and develop a relocation plan. Supervisor James E. Quigley cited 142 ambulance calls and 303 police calls for service from the facility between March 2025 and June 2026, averaging 11.7 calls per week.
Board members who visited said conditions were unsuitable for families and children. The board also approved a new three-year Collective Bargaining Agreement with Laborers' Local 17 covering 2026 through 2029, authorized $4,000 for Highway Mechanics to obtain commercial driver licenses, and promoted Justin Binney to MEO while hiring two other highway staff members.
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Source: the misc meeting of September 17, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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