Oneonta Hotel Twice Leaks Carbon Monoxide, Forcing Its Office-Building Neighbors To Flee NOW WHAT? Mayor Gary Herzig did not mince words after carbon-monoxide leaks from the former Oneonta Hotel cause the adjacent 189 Main professional offices next door to be evacuated twice in four days. “People’s well-being is at risk if we delay action any further,” Herzig said. “Not bringing that building up to code is a risk we should not be taking.”…
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Many Dangers Found At Hotel City, Landlords Return To Court By LIBBY CUDMORE ONEONTA – At 195 Main St., five of the 40 apartments don’t have kitchen appliances. Many are without operating smoke detectors. Window panes are cracked and fixed with tape. And suspended ceiling tiles cover the sprinkler system, rendering it inoperable in a fire. “There are still considerable violations,” said Mayor Gary Herzig. “We have an obligation to make sure everybody in the city lives in a building…
New Year’s Day Swearings-In Set In Oneonta, Cooperstown ONEONTA – Mayor Gary Herzig, Town Supervisor Bob Wood, county board reps and local elected officials will be sworn in for new terms at 1 p.m. Monday, Jan 1., at Hartwick College’s Shineman Chapel. The new county Democratic chair, Kim Muller, will emcee. Meanwhile, that morning, the new county treasurer, Allen Ruffles, will be sworn in at 11 a.m. at the county courthouse in Cooperstown by county Judge John Lambert.…
Hundreds Brave Snow As Santa Lights Oneonta Tree With Oneonta Town Supervisor Bob Wood to his left, and Oneonta Mayor Gary Herzig to his right, Santa Claus admires the City of Oneonta’s Christmas Tree just after it was lit this evening in Muller Plaza. As if scripted in a movie, snow began to fall just as the tree’s lights came on for the very first time. Christopher Brashear, pictured at right, and the Klipnocky Clangers handbell choir played holiday tunes…
Katz, Herzig Endorse Teachout In 6/28 Congressional Primary ONEONTA – In advance of last night’s debate at Foothills, the mayors of Otsego County’s largest communities – Oneonta’s Gary Herzig and Cooperstown’s Jeff Katz – endorsed Zephyr Teachout for the 19th Congressional District seat.…
STATE BUDGET BRIEFING/2 Half Of $200,000 Impact Aid Will Ease Taxes, Herzig Says ONEONTA – Half of state Sen. Jim Seward’s $200,000 “pilot program” money to help the City of Oneonta cope with impacts of SUNY Oneonta will be used for tax relief, Mayor Gary Herzig told the audience at this morning’s presentation on the state budget at Foothills Performing Arts Center. This announcment comes as so many people have been struggling with their taxes in recent years with some…
Cuomo Cabinet Member To Explain Budget Locally ONEONTA – The public is invited to a presentation, by a member of Governor Cuomo’s cabinet, on the 2016-17 state budget, Mayor Gary Herzig announced today. The presentation will be 9 a.m. Thursday, April 7, at the Foothills Performing Arts Center.…
Mayor Herzig Gives First ‘State Of City’ FULL TEXT IN HOMETOWN ONEONTA, ON NEWSSTANDS TOMORROW…
Mayor Declines To Accept Cut-Rate Fire District Offer Herzig Offers Face-To-Face Negotiations ONEONTA – Mayor Gary Herzig this afternoon declined to accept an offer to provide fire protection to Town of Oneonta Fire District #1 for three months at monthly charge 10 percent below what Common Council rejected earlier in the week. The Fire District is facing a Dec. 31 deadline to renew its contract for service from the Oneonta Fire Department or lose fire-protection in the new year. “I…
Mathes To Brief Common Council On Development Projects In City ONEONTA – Sandy Mathes, Otsego Now president, will discuss Oneonta economic development projects he has been working on with the city at Tuesday’s Common Council meeting, Mayor Gary Herzig announced this evening. “While all are in very preliminary stages, there is much potential here,” said the mayor. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. in the second-floor Common Council chambers at City Hall.…