NEWBURGH – As Newburgh prepares to begin discussions about a 2023 city budget, officials will be looking at aging office space and facilities.
The police headquarters, built in the early 1970’s, contains mold and other air quality issues, city hall is shored up with beams and braces, and other space may need to be reconfigured or relocated.
Mayor Torrance Harvey said studies are continuing.
“A feasibility study of what we have, what the office spaces are; that’s part of our 10-year master plan. It’s also part of our revitalization plan,” he said. “As we go into the budget season in September, we’ll have those real numbers so that we can appropriate funds where need to be in terms of those two things.”
The mayor recently said he would like to raise the salaries of police officers so that they are not “poached” by other departments that offer more pay.
