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Poughkeepsie mayor looks back on first year of term, projects for 2025

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Jesse King
Published January 2, 2025 at 12:30 PM EST
Poughkeepsie Common Councilmember Yvonne Flowers
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Poughkeepsie Common Councilmember Yvonne Flowers is a Democrat running for mayor in November.

Poughkeepsie Mayor Yvonne Flowers has wrapped her first year as mayor. In 2024, the City Council passed a new zoning code, won federal grants for housing and infrastructure, and approved a roughly $109 million budget that increased property taxes over 9 percent. WAMC Hudson Valley Bureau Chief Jesse King spoke with Flowers, a Democrat, to look back on 2024 — and see what 2025 has in store.
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Jesse King
Jesse King is the host of WAMC's national program on women's issues, "51%," and the station's former Hudson Valley bureau chief. She has also produced episodes of the WAMC podcast "A New York Minute In History."
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