"Melted"? "Removed"? Is That So, Rob? Are You 100% Certain Of This?

During his DPW report to the Infrastructure Committee (CODE is gone! Out! Done! Moved!) last Monday, DPW Superintendent Rob The Slob Perry described his department's recent replacement of the angled pedestrian crosswalk across Warren just west of City Hall Place.  It turns out that crosswalk in front of Hudson Hall was never ADA-compliant, so it should never have been installed in the first place (it's been around in one form or another for several years).  Time to try again.  Once the new crosswalk was installed straight across Warren east of City Hall Place, Rob explained, "the one by the Opera House was melted and removed."  Perry was kind enough to include a picture of a portion of our new crosswalk but failed to include one of the "melted and removed" former crosswalk if only because there was nothing to take a picture of. Or so he wanted the committee members and the public to believe.

Syracuse Has Had A Police Review Board For Over 30 Years! Where Is Hudson's PRB?

 

Given the Hudson Police Department's sordid past, isn't it long past time for the public to be involved in, and made aware of, misconduct claims and investigations at HPD?

The State of Rope? Not So Good!

One and a half of the three blocks of upper Rope Alley are closed to through traffic this weekend due to a recent sinkhole and a house demolition done weeks ago.  The entire 600 block of Rope was closed off on Thursday morning after DPW excavated the sinkhole behind 610 State (which HUDseen wrote about on Tuesday), covered it with plywood, and never came back yesterday to continue work.  Why they didn't wait until Monday to begin is beyond me.

Hudson Needs More Neighbors and Welcoming Properties Such As This!

I took the first two pictures on July 2nd and July 4th.  They show a portion of the "walkway" that leads from the sidewalk to the front porch and doors of the 2-family house at 80 - 86 North 6th Street, a property owned and lived in by Hudson's second highest paid city employee.*  Presumably, there is a mailbox or two near the front doors.  Maybe even a doorbell or two that work.  This wide property is along my regular walks to and from Oakdale Park and elsewhere.

Should We Be Concerned With Our Current Police Chief, Too?

Not long before former HPD Police Chief Ed Moore resigned 3 years ago, HUDseen ran a piece or two calling into question his cognitive soundness.  I noticed him saying things at council meetings that made no sense.  He didn't seem like he was able to pay attention.  Something was amiss.  Then he said goodbye after ten years as our top law enforcement official, handing the baton to Lieutenant Mishanda Franklin.  Moore, a Germantown resident and former NY State cop who grew up in Hudson, had been called in from recent retirement to right the ship at the troubled HPD, long plagued by dysfunction and misconduct. 

The State of State? Not So Good!

About a week ago, I had the misfortune of finding myself walking on the odd side of the 300 block of State Street.  (Note to self:  If possible, avoid in the future!)  The word obscene came to mind.  These 5 pictures show the last stretch approaching 3rd.

SINKHOLE CITY

It's been at least two years, but it's time once again for another HUDseen article titled SINKHOLE CITY.   There are a lot of little holes to go around this time, some of them big expensive.  Our aging infrastructure is getting the best of us, and I can't imagine how much money we are spending just to keep up.  All of this comes on the heels of the huge (and hugely expensive) repair of the failed section of Harry Howard near Underhill Lake.  Though the State DOT covered the costs for that emergency which Colarusso was hired for (about $250,000, I believe), the work necessary to fix what follows below will have to be paid for with city taxpayer funds.  If they are available.