Hudson Valley One An Ulster Publishing publication | Vol. 1 No. 1 | June 3, 2020 | $1.50 | hudsonvalleyone.com 14 KINGSTON Deteriorating Pike Plan poses problems 12 WOODSTOCK Library trustees talk about bonding 25 SAUGERTIES Two new princi- pals will take over when the 2020- 2021 school year begins in September 23 NEW PALTZ: Public hearing on 8 COMMUNITY Virtual Pride 4 BUSINESS Ulster County 16 HOME House-hunting in the Jansen Rd. cell tower Month off ers entertainment, begins phasing in business valley and how athletes create education and community online reopenings home training spaces 26 REGION: Letters from our readers on politics, protest, public health and more Free speech in Ulster County Protestors demand justice and racial equity at Saturday demonstrations he protests sweeping much of the nation reached New Paltz and Kingston last TSaturday in a more peaceful form than the one which has rocked Minneapolis and other places in the wake of several racially charged kill- ings around the country by police offi- cers. Several hundred New Paltz dem- onstrators stretched from Lola’s Cafe terence p ward to La Charla, holding signs calling for an end to racial inequities in policing, while drivers honked their horns and continued on page 6 Sprucing up Struzzieri promises Film challenge Saugerties High Radio Woodstock On the ocas- Against the current New Paltz dramatic facility improvements at School film students receive awards sion of WDST’s 40th anniversary, a pushes to open Moriello Pool. County Saugerties HITS site. This year’s open- ... page 24 look back at the station’s history officials, taking their cues from New ing has been pushed back to August ...page 10 York State, say it’s not safe... page 22 ...page 25 Arts | Local music Under review For part two of our round- up of proliferative singles by Hudson Valley musicians, we limit the pool to five so that we, meaning me, can say slow the pace of culture by a few mili- seconds and say a little more about each...page 34 Plus: Teaching during a pandemic PAGE 5 June 3, 2020 2 | Hudson Valley One Ulster Publishing June 3, 2020 Ulster Publishing Hudson Valley One | 3 June 3, 2020 4 | Hudson Valley One Ulster Publishing Region | business Moving forward Ulster County begins phasing in business reopenings by Erin Quinn lster County is more than a week into New York State’s Phase One reopening plan and get- ting close to Phase Two. Phase One businesses Uinclude construction, agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, man- ufacturing, wholesale trade and re- tail businesses – the latter limited to curbside or in-store pickup and drop- off. Last week, Ulster County executive Pat Ryan visited Hamilton & Adams in Uptown Kingston and utilized in- store pickup. “I am excited that the mid-Hudson region has met the New York State threshold to start reopen- ing. We have been preparing for this moment, for a phased safe reopen- ing, for several weeks now, and I am confident that if we all work together, we can and will reopen safely,” Ryan said. “As a former business-owner, I understand the challenges our lo- cal businesses face under regular circumstances, and now more than ever, we must help our business- owners by providing them the tools needed to open their doors in a safe and responsible way. My office and the Office of Economic Develop- ment are committed to working with our business community to ensure a smooth and safe reopening.” “We are excited to start reopening safely. We have missed our community and are looking forward to connecting again soon,” said Andrew Addotta, co-own- er of Hamilton & Adams. “I feel very confident that we’re on track for Phase Two on June 9, unless we get something out of left field,” the PHOTOS BY DION OGUST county executive said this past Friday, Clockwise from top: safety measures when the guidelines for Phase Two are in place at the Commissary in New reopenings had just been released by Paltz; Amber at Shaved Ice Cart in the state. “We’re still digesting those, Woodstock; Bread Alone in Kingston; but we have our economic develop- Ulster County Executive Pat Ryan and ment team on this 24/7, and they’re Andrew Addotta at Hamilton & Adams speaking with our business-owners in Kingston. every day.” One of the most common ques- reopening, in alignment with Gover- tions Ryan receives about business nor Cuomo’s NY Forward Plan. Ac- reopenings is “When can I get my cording to guidance released by the hair cut?” With the exception of ho- Ulster County Office of Economic Development, the 56 industry cat- egory sectors included in the Phase Solveig Normann One reopening should begin prepar- In light of the circumstances ing now so they may safely and legally surrounding the COVID reopen once the Pause is lifted in the mid-Hudson region. 19 pandemic, the family While plans do not have to be of Solveig Normann has submitted to New York State for ap- decided to cancel her tels, restaurants, arts and entertain- forward.ny.gov/phase-two-indus- proval, they must be retained on the ment, most businesses fall into Phase tries), while hairstylists and barbers premises of the business and be made memorial service formerly Two, including car sales, rentals, real can cut, color and style hair, they are available to the State Department of planned for June 14, 2020. estate, offices, barbershops and hair prohibited from doing nails, waxing, Health or local health or safety au- As much as we were looking salons. “There are a lot of guidelines makeovers, threading, tweezing, fa- thorities in the event of an inspection. forward to celebrating for barbershops, though,” he cau- cials, nosehair- and beard-trimming. Safety plan templates are available by tioned. “Barbers and hairstylists must Ulster County is designated part visiting https://forward.ny.gov/in- Solveig’s life, we know her be tested [for COVID-19] every two of the Hudson Valley Region for the dustries-reopening-phase, and guid- wish would be to keep weeks, and capacity will be limited, reopening plan. All businesses in ance and resources specific to Ulster everyone safe and healthy. as well as services.” According to the New York State will be required to County can be found at https://co- New York State guidelines (https:// develop their own safety plans before vid19.ulstercountyny.gov/businesses. June 3, 2020 Ulster Publishing Hudson Valley One | 5 Region | education Teaching from quarantine Part one: An dreds of people. I worry about people not having jobs or huge wage cuts interview with Gowri across the country. Big institutions Parameswaran, might survive but smaller ones may be closed. chair, Department of Just like during other disasters, there may be creeping privatization Educational Studies of services in the educational sec- tor at all levels. Naomi Klein calls and Leadership, this ‘disaster capitalism.’ It refers to SUNY New Paltz a process where any kind of calam- ity is used to privatize and to bring about profits for the investor class be- by John Burdick cause people unconditionally accept that somehow the private sector does hile every in- the job better than the government. dustry, every I work for a state institution so that economy and is really at the top of many workers’ every sphere of minds. So now is the time I think to community has really put up a united front to oppose been challenged those kinds of trends. Wand transformed by the Covid 19 shutdown, it’s hard to imagine that Generally speaking, how have your any profession was thrown a more DION OGUST students handle this complete life dis- complicated curveball than educa- Gowri Parameswaran. ruption and all of the change and un- tion, which has had had to respond certainty is has introduced? more decisively and with more lives It has been hard for the students. affected as the true shape of the cri- Quarantine we speak with Gowri not to teach in the fall because of the Many of them come here at the age sis and the state-mandated response Parameswaran, professor and chair uncertainty around the teaching plat- of 18 or 19, and they don’t have the became clear. of the Department of Educational forms. skills to keep on top of their tasks and Mass decentralization happened Studies and Leadership at SUNY As I speak to the people in my de- to keep with the deadlines. Regularly swiftly. In mid-March, most schools New Paltz. partment there’s a sense of panic both being in class with their teacher helps at all levels added a week to their for their own teaching, but also even them be on task and submit their as- spring breaks and used that inter- Take me through this transition-by- greater concern for the students who signments on time. During the crisis, val somehow to conceive and imple- fire to online teaching. When and how did not quite sign up for online teach- they have had to move back home ment a plan for moving the whole did you find out? ing. There is a huge divide in both the where they’ve had other responsibili- enterprise from its ivory towers, art Since New York is at the center of technical savvy that students have ties, maybe looking for other jobs or rooms, playgrounds, and science labs the pandemic we found out almost as well as the digital tools they have taking over family responsibilities. to online delivery via Google class- immediately. As soon as the social- available to them. Their parents have lost jobs so college room, Zoom, and other overtaxed distancing mandate was imposed, we does not seem important and then platforms.