FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

January 24, 2025

City of Kingston Releases 2024 Annual Report

KINGSTON, NY – Mayor Steven T. Noble is pleased to release the City of Kingston’s 2024 Annual Report.

The 2024 Annual Report is a comprehensive report for each City Department’s accomplishments, along with goals for the next year. Some of the many accomplishments highlighted in the 2024 Annual Report include:

• Completion of the 2024 Assessment Roll, without non-reappraisal reassessment

• Arts & Cultural Affairs developed the City’s Public Art Policy and Municipal Art Collection Plan

• Building Safety Department issued 2648 permits and conducted 4,859 inspections

• City Clerk’s Office issued over 500 Kingston ID cards

• Civil Service Office administered 32 State Examinations

• Community Development dispersed more than $1.5M in CDBG funding

• Communications Department issued 110 press releases and 47 weekly newsletters

• Comptroller’s Office implemented a new billing system for the City’s ambulance services

• Engineering Department completed the Clinton Avenue intersection improvements, Post Office Park construction, the installation of 58 ADA-compliant curb ramps, and the renovation of 20 Broadway.

• Fire Department purchased four ambulances and hired 12 medic/EMTs to provide 24-hour emergency service

• Grants Office oversaw a portfolio of approximately 66 competitive grants for a total of $97M
• Health & Wellness supported 33 early care programs with Family of Woodstock for physical activity and nutrition education

• Housing Department launched a study exploring redevelopment of the Kingston Business Park into housing and mixed-use development and a study with the Center for Public Enterprise to determine how to create a public mixed-income housing development model

• Human Rights Department provided information to tenants and landlords of their rights and responsibilities under NYS Tenant’s Rights Laws

• IT set-up and installed Wi-Fi and cameras in several parks and municipal buildings

• Parks Department completed the Dietz Stadium construction project and renovations at the Andy Murphy Neighborhood Center
  
  
• Planning Department hired the City’s first Urban Forester and was awarded grant funding for maintenance and planting of 350 trees

• Kingston Police Department responded to over 20,000 requests for service and made over 1,000 arrests

• Public Works paved 20 streets with 11,885 tons of blacktop, covering approx. 4.6 miles of road

• Sustainability assisted in purchasing 70 acres of open space, the City's largest land conservation purchase to date and helped adopt the Community Preservation Plan to establish a Community Preservation Fund

• Waste Water Treatment Plant completed major plant improvements project                                                                                  

“City of Kingston staff keep our city running smoothly -- from the swift action of our Kingston Fire Department to establish ambulance service to weekly curbside pick-up of trash and recycling, residents rely on our employees to make their day-to-day life better. With this annual report, residents will find much of the additional work our staff does, work that may not be as visible to the public. I want to thank all the men and women of City Hall, the Police Department, the Fire Department, the Parks & Recreation Department, Building & Safety, Public Works, Water Department, and the Waste Water Treatment Plant. Kingston would not be the safe, clean, wonderful place to live without these efforts! I look forward to working with my staff to see what we can accomplish in 2025.”

The 2024 Annual Report can be found here.