This local law shall be known and may be cited as the "Hudson
City Charter," and is a local law of which the courts shall take judicial
notice.
The citizens of this state, from time to time inhabitants of
that portion of the territory of this state heretofore known as "the
City of Hudson," shall continue to be a body politic and corporate,
by the name of the "City of Hudson," and in that name may sue and
defend in any court, make and use a common seal, and alter it at pleasure,
and may acquire, by gift, grant, devise, condemnation proceedings,
bequest or purchase, real or personal property, and hold and convey
the same, or any part thereof, as the purposes of the corporation
may require. It may take by gift, grant, bequest and devise, and hold,
real and personal property in trust for any purpose of education,
art, health, charity and amusement, for parks, gardens and grounds,
for the burial of the dead, the care and maintenance of individual
cemetery lots or plots, and for the erection of statues, monuments,
public buildings and other public uses, upon such terms as may be
prescribed by the grantor or donor, and accepted by said corporation;
and said corporation may do everything necessary to carry into effect
the powers granted to it. All the real and personal property now owned
or possessed by or held in the name of "The City of Hudson" is hereby
vested in the "City of Hudson," with power to hold and convey the
same as the purposes of said corporation may require; provided, however,
that all gifts, grants, devises and bequests heretofore made to said
City, with reversionary conditions, shall not be conveyed.
The boundaries of the City shall be as follows: beginning at
a point, as the magnetic needle stood in the year 1820 A.D., bearing
north thirty-three degrees and twenty-five minutes west (N 33°
25' W) from a buoy standing at the southerly point of the flats in
the Hudson River, which buoy bears south seventy-seven degrees and
five minutes west (S 77° 5' W) 40 chains and 80 links from the
southwesterly corner of Mr. Goodwin's dock in the City of Hudson,
and north twenty-eight degrees and ten minutes west (N 28° 10'
W) 29 chains from Black Rock, on the most northerly point of Mount
Merino; thence from said buoy south thirty-three degrees and twenty-five
minutes east (S 33° 25' E) 58 chains to a willow tree standing
in the fence; thence south seventy degrees and ten minutes east (S
70° 10' E) 96 chains to the center of the old road passing through
the farm formerly owned by Charles Evarts; thence along the center
of said old road north sixty-three degrees and twenty minutes east
(N 63° 20' E) six chains and 60 links; thence north forty-four
degrees and twenty minutes east (N 44° 20' E) 10 chains and 45
links; thence north fifty-five degrees and fifty minutes east (N 55°
50' E) six chains; thence north thirty-three degrees and fifty minutes
east (N 33° 50' E) one chain; thence, as the magnetic needle stood
in the year 1895 at right angles from center of said old road south
twenty-nine degrees twenty-five minutes east (S 29° 25' E) 16 1/2
feet; thence south twenty-three degrees twenty minutes west (S 23°
20' W) 264 feet to lands of Everts Ten Broeck; thence south sixty-five
degrees twenty-one minutes east (S 65° 21' E) 641 feet; thence
south thirty-three degrees twenty-five minutes west (S 33° 25'
W) 1,172Â 1/2 feet to a stone monument; thence south seventy-one
degrees twenty-nine minutes east (S 71° 29' E) 457 feet to a stone
monument; thence north eighty-five degrees thirty-six minutes east
(N 85° 36' E) 553 feet to a stone monument near an elm tree, on
the north side of Berridge's quarry road; thence along the northerly
side of Berridge's quarry road, north nineteen degrees twenty-five
minutes east (N 19° 25' E) 1,627 feet to the westerly side of
the Columbia Turnpike; thence northerly along the westerly side of
the Columbia Turnpike, north forty-nine degrees two minutes west (N
49° 2' W) 433 feet; thence continuing along the westerly side
of the Columbia Turnpike north forty-nine degrees twenty minutes west
(N 49° 20' W) 817 feet to the center of Paul Avenue; thence northerly
along the center of Paul Avenue to the northerly side of the Union
Turnpike; thence easterly along the northerly side of the Union Turnpike
to the lands of the Knickerbocker Portland Cement Company; thence
in a northerly course having a left-hand deflection of ninety-seven
degrees forty-five minutes (97° 45'), measured from the direction
of the preceding course, 362Â 1/10 feet to an iron pin; thence
easterly on a course having a right-hand deflection of seventy-three
degrees twenty-nine minutes (73° 29'), measured from the direction
of the preceding course, nine feet to an iron pin; thence northerly
along the southerly line of the lands of the Mechanical Handlor Company
and the Albany Southern Railroad Company, said course having a left-hand
deflection of ninety degrees sixteen minutes (90° 16') measured
from the direction of the preceding course, 602 feet to the northerly
side of the Farmer's Turnpike; thence easterly along the northerly
side of the Farmer's Turnpike on a course having a right-hand deflection-of
ninety-three degrees ten minutes (93° 10'), measured from the
direction of the preceding course, 808Â 5/10 feet; thence continuing
along the northerly side of said turnpike on a left-hand deflection
of eleven degrees twenty-two minutes (11° 22'), measured from
the direction of the preceding course, 274Â 7/10 feet; thence
continuing along the northerly side of said turnpike on a left-hand
deflection of five degrees sixteen minutes (5° 16'), measured
from the direction of the preceding course, 306Â 2/10 feet to
a point in the division fence between the lands of Arthur Farrand
and the tract known as the "Fairground Boulevards"; thence northwesterly
along said division line on a left-hand deflection of ninety-six degrees
fourteen minutes (96° 14'), measured from the direction of the
preceding course, 700 feet; thence, as the magnetic needle stood in
the year 1820 A.D., north eleven degrees and fifty minutes east (N
11° 50' E) 44 chains to a white oak tree standing one chain and
55 links from the northeasterly corner of the farm lately owned by
Jonas White, and nine links westerly from the fence along the westerly
side of the old road leading from Hudson to the print works; thence
from this white oak tree north seventy-four degrees twenty-five minutes
west (N 74° 25' W) to the middle of the Hudson River or to the
Greene County line; thence southerly along the middle of the Hudson
River to the point of intersection of said middle line with the prolongation
of the first course mentioned in the description, thence to the place
of beginning.
[Amended 11-8-2016 by L.L. No. 5-2016[1]]
A.Â
Ward boundaries. The City shall be divided into five wards, bounded
and described respectively as follows:
[Amended 7-19-2022 by L.L. No. 1-2023]
(1)Â
First Ward. All that part of the City lying within the lines beginning
at a point where a northwesterly extension projecting the center line
of Warren Street intersects the northwesterly bounds of the City,
and thence along said projection and the center line of Warren Street
in a southeasterly direction to the center line of South Seventh Street,
and thence along the center line of South Seventh Street in a southwesterly
direction to the center line of Union Street, and thence along the
center line of Union Street in a southeasterly direction to the center
line of Worth Avenue, and thence along the center line of Worth Avenue
to the southerly bounds of the City and then southwesterly and then
northwesterly bounds of the City to the place of beginning shall be
the First Ward.
(2)Â
Second Ward. All that part of the City lying within the lines beginning
at a point where a northwesterly extension projecting the center line
of Warren Street intersects the northwesterly bounds of the City,
and thence along said projection and the center line of Warren Street
in a southeasterly direction to the center line of North Third Street,
and thence along the center line of North Third Street in a northeasterly
direction to the center line of Rope Alley, and thence along the center
line of Rope Alley in a northwesterly direction to the center line
of North Second Street, and thence along the center line of North
Second Street in a northeasterly direction to the northerly bounds
of the City, and thence along the northerly and northwesterly bounds
of the City to the place of beginning shall be the Second Ward.
(3)Â
Third Ward. All that part of the City lying within the lines beginning
at a point where the center line of Worth Avenue intersects the southerly
bounds of the City, and thence along the southerly and then easterly
bounds of the City to the center line of Fairview Avenue, and thence
along the center line of Fairview Avenue in a southwesterly direction
to the center line of Green Street, and thence along the center line
of Green Street in a northwesterly and then westerly direction to
the center line of State Street, and thence along the center line
of State Street in a northwesterly direction to the center line of
North Fifth Street, and thence along the center line of North Fifth
Street in a southwesterly direction to the center line of Warren Street,
and thence along the center line of Warren Street in a southeasterly
direction to the center line of South Seventh Street, and thence along
the center line of South Seventh Street in a southwesterly direction
to the center line of Union Street, and thence along the center line
of Union Street in a southeasterly direction to the center line of
Worth Avenue, and thence along the center line of Worth Avenue in
a southerly direction to the place of beginning shall be the Third
Ward.
(4)Â
Fourth Ward. All that part of the City lying within the lines beginning
at a point where the easterly bounds of the City intersect the center
line of Harry Howard Avenue, and thence along the center line of Harry
Howard Avenue in a southwesterly direction to the center line of Washington
Street and thence along said projection and the center line of North
Fifth Street in a southwesterly direction to the center line of Washington
Street, and thence along the center line of Washington Street in a
southeasterly direction to the center line of North Sixth Street,
and thence along the center line of North Sixth Street in a southwesterly
direction to the center line of State Street, and thence along the
center line of State Street in a northwesterly direction to the center
line of North Fifth Street, and thence along the center line of North
Fifth Street in a southwesterly direction to the center line of Warren
Street, and thence along the center line of Warren Street in a northwesterly
direction to the center line of North Third Street, and thence along
the center line of North Third Street in a northeasterly direction
to the center line of Rope Alley, and thence along the center line
of Rope Alley in a northwesterly direction to the center line of North
Second Street, and thence along the center line of North Second Street
in a northeasterly direction to the northerly bounds of the City,
and thence in an easterly and then southerly direction along the northerly
and easterly bounds of the City to the place of beginning shall be
the Fourth Ward.
(5)Â
Fifth Ward. All that part of the City lying within the lines beginning
at a point where the easterly bounds of the City intersect the center
line of Harry Howard Avenue, and thence along the center line of Harry
Howard Avenue in a southwesterly direction to the center line of Washington
Street, and thence along the center line of Washington Street in a
southwesterly direction to the center line of North Sixth Street,
and thence along the center line of North Sixth Street in a southwesterly
direction to the center line of State Street, and thence along the
center line of State Street in a southeasterly direction to the center
line of Green Street, and thence along the center line of Green Street
in an easterly and then southeasterly direction to the center line
of Fairview Avenue, and thence along the center line of Fairview Avenue
in a northeasterly direction to where the center line of Fairview
Avenue intersects the easterly bounds of the City, and thence along
the easterly bounds of the City in a northerly direction to the place
of beginning shall be the Fifth Ward.
B.Â
Allocation of population to each ward. The population allocated to each of the wards described in Subsection A above is based on the census block data from the United States Census Bureau from the 2020 census, as adjusted by the New York Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment with respect to persons resident in state or federal prisons. Such census block data is set forth below listing the census blocks in each ward that contain population.
[Amended 7-19-2022 by L.L. No. 1-2023]
|
WARD
|
STATE
|
COUNTY
|
TRACT
|
BLOCK
|
POP
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1
|
36
|
21
|
1300
|
1004
|
8
|
|
1
|
36
|
21
|
1300
|
1005
|
15
|
|
1
|
36
|
21
|
1300
|
1006
|
11
|
|
1
|
36
|
21
|
1300
|
1008
|
130
|
|
1
|
36
|
21
|
1300
|
1009
|
7
|
|
1
|
36
|
21
|
1300
|
1010
|
35
|
|
1
|
36
|
21
|
1300
|
1011
|
41
|
|
1
|
36
|
21
|
1300
|
1012
|
29
|
|
1
|
36
|
21
|
1300
|
1013
|
95
|
|
1
|
36
|
21
|
1300
|
1014
|
19
|
|
1
|
36
|
21
|
1300
|
1015
|
23
|
|
1
|
36
|
21
|
1300
|
1016
|
46
|
|
1
|
36
|
21
|
1300
|
2000
|
27
|
|
1
|
36
|
21
|
1300
|
2001
|
36
|
|
1
|
36
|
21
|
1300
|
2002
|
58
|
|
1
|
36
|
21
|
1300
|
2004
|
37
|
|
1
|
36
|
21
|
1300
|
2005
|
8
|
|
1
|
36
|
21
|
1300
|
2006
|
55
|
|
1
|
36
|
21
|
1300
|
2007
|
2
|
|
1
|
36
|
21
|
1300
|
2009
|
5
|
|
1
|
36
|
21
|
1300
|
3000
|
69
|
|
1
|
36
|
21
|
1300
|
3001
|
41
|
|
1
|
36
|
21
|
1300
|
3002
|
30
|
|
1
|
36
|
21
|
1300
|
3003
|
23
|
|
1
|
36
|
21
|
1300
|
3004
|
16
|
|
1
|
36
|
21
|
1300
|
3005
|
46
|
|
1
|
36
|
21
|
1300
|
3006
|
37
|
|
1
|
36
|
21
|
1300
|
3007
|
18
|
|
1
|
36
|
21
|
1300
|
3008
|
24
|
|
1
|
36
|
21
|
1300
|
3009
|
34
|
|
1
|
36
|
21
|
1300
|
3010
|
61
|
|
1
|
36
|
21
|
1300
|
3011
|
35
|
|
1
|
36
|
21
|
1300
|
3013
|
14
|
|
1
|
36
|
21
|
1300
|
3014
|
23
|
|
Total
|
1158
|
|
WARD
|
STATE
|
COUNTY
|
TRACT
|
BLOCK
|
POP
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2
|
36
|
21
|
1200
|
1002
|
233
|
|
2
|
36
|
21
|
1200
|
2001
|
19
|
|
2
|
36
|
21
|
1200
|
2002
|
318
|
|
2
|
36
|
21
|
1200
|
2003
|
78
|
|
2
|
36
|
21
|
1200
|
2004
|
11
|
|
2
|
36
|
21
|
1200
|
2005
|
42
|
|
2
|
36
|
21
|
1200
|
2006
|
117
|
|
2
|
36
|
21
|
1200
|
3002
|
121
|
|
2
|
36
|
21
|
1200
|
3003
|
57
|
|
2
|
36
|
21
|
1200
|
3004
|
74
|
|
2
|
36
|
21
|
1200
|
3005
|
54
|
|
2
|
36
|
21
|
1200
|
3006
|
66
|
|
Total
|
1190
|
|
WARD
|
STATE
|
COUNTY
|
TRACT
|
BLOCK
|
POP
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3
|
36
|
21
|
1200
|
4007
|
43
|
|
3
|
36
|
21
|
1200
|
4008
|
11
|
|
3
|
36
|
21
|
1200
|
4009
|
61
|
|
3
|
36
|
21
|
1200
|
4010
|
77
|
|
3
|
36
|
21
|
1300
|
2003
|
75
|
|
3
|
36
|
21
|
1300
|
4000
|
37
|
|
3
|
36
|
21
|
1300
|
4001
|
73
|
|
3
|
36
|
21
|
1300
|
4002
|
36
|
|
3
|
36
|
21
|
1300
|
4003
|
42
|
|
3
|
36
|
21
|
1300
|
4005
|
27
|
|
3
|
36
|
21
|
1300
|
4006
|
67
|
|
3
|
36
|
21
|
1300
|
4007
|
52
|
|
3
|
36
|
21
|
1300
|
4008
|
142
|
|
3
|
36
|
21
|
1300
|
4009
|
33
|
|
3
|
36
|
21
|
1300
|
4010
|
21
|
|
3
|
36
|
21
|
1300
|
5002
|
28
|
|
3
|
36
|
21
|
1300
|
5004
|
15
|
|
3
|
36
|
21
|
1300
|
5006
|
51
|
|
3
|
36
|
21
|
1300
|
5008
|
21
|
|
3
|
36
|
21
|
1300
|
5009
|
36
|
|
3
|
36
|
21
|
1300
|
5010
|
20
|
|
3
|
36
|
21
|
1300
|
5012
|
59
|
|
3
|
36
|
21
|
1300
|
5013
|
65
|
|
3
|
36
|
21
|
1300
|
5014
|
131
|
|
Total
|
1223
|
|
WARD
|
STATE
|
COUNTY
|
TRACT
|
BLOCK
|
POP
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4
|
36
|
21
|
1200
|
1000
|
305
|
|
4
|
36
|
21
|
1200
|
3000
|
48
|
|
4
|
36
|
21
|
1200
|
3001
|
54
|
|
4
|
36
|
21
|
1200
|
3007
|
62
|
|
4
|
36
|
21
|
1200
|
3008
|
13
|
|
4
|
36
|
21
|
1200
|
3009
|
24
|
|
4
|
36
|
21
|
1200
|
3010
|
80
|
|
4
|
36
|
21
|
1200
|
4000
|
25
|
|
4
|
36
|
21
|
1200
|
4001
|
20
|
|
4
|
36
|
21
|
1200
|
4002
|
13
|
|
4
|
36
|
21
|
1200
|
4003
|
48
|
|
4
|
36
|
21
|
1200
|
4004
|
53
|
|
4
|
36
|
21
|
1200
|
4005
|
35
|
|
4
|
36
|
21
|
1200
|
4006
|
68
|
|
4
|
36
|
21
|
1200
|
4011
|
46
|
|
4
|
36
|
21
|
1200
|
4013
|
17
|
|
4
|
36
|
21
|
1200
|
4014
|
26
|
|
4
|
36
|
21
|
1200
|
4015
|
25
|
|
4
|
36
|
21
|
1200
|
4016
|
72
|
|
4
|
36
|
21
|
1200
|
4017
|
54
|
|
4
|
36
|
21
|
1200
|
4018
|
40
|
|
Total
|
1128
|
|
WARD
|
STATE
|
COUNTY
|
TRACT
|
BLOCK
|
POP
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5
|
36
|
21
|
1200
|
1001
|
98
|
|
5
|
36
|
21
|
1200
|
1002
|
55
|
|
5
|
36
|
21
|
1200
|
1007
|
304
|
|
5
|
36
|
21
|
1200
|
1008
|
70
|
|
5
|
36
|
21
|
1200
|
1009
|
193
|
|
5
|
36
|
21
|
1200
|
1010
|
42
|
|
5
|
36
|
21
|
1200
|
1011
|
72
|
|
5
|
36
|
21
|
1200
|
1012
|
85
|
|
5
|
36
|
21
|
1300
|
5000
|
102
|
|
5
|
36
|
21
|
1300
|
5002
|
18
|
|
5
|
36
|
21
|
1300
|
5011
|
119
|
|
Total
|
1158
|
C.Â
Equal population requirement and reapportionment of wards. The wards
shall have substantially equal populations as determined by the United
States Census Bureau and New York State Law such that such populations
are in conformance with applicable federal and New York State law.
If, after any decennial federal census, the population of the wards
is not in compliance with the law, the Common Council by not later
than December 31 of each year ending in "2" shall reapportion the
wards and change their boundaries in order to cause their respective
populations to be in conformance with the law.
[Amended 5-31-2022 by L.L. No. 4-2022]
[1]
Editor's Note: This local law also provided an effective date
for the amendments to this section of 1-1-2017.
