PK Forward

10/25/2025

We had a full house on Thursday for the Town Hall meeting!

We were happy to host, along with the Northern Dutchess NAACP, Wang Hecker LLP, the lawyers firm who updated us and answered many questions about the lawsuit regarding 26 Oakley St Shelter. If you would like to become a plaintiff please contact the firm by emailing -
Daniel Mullkoff at [email protected]
We can win this civil lawsuit if we work together!

10/22/2025

Our TOWN HALL meeting on Thurs. Oct 23rd has a zoom link for those who can't get to the event in person.
We will also be recording live here on this PK Forward FB site.
So there are many ways to participate!
The Town Hall will focus on updates about the 26 Oakley shelter law suit. The Lawyers firm will be there. Please join us any way you can.

Time: Oct 23, 2025 05:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting

https://zoom.us/j/91916929610?pwd=emzbB6HZq3WreOXEdKtrTH9j5p4sXk.1

Meeting ID: 919 1692 9610

Passcode: 786149

10/08/2025

Save the date!! Join the NAACP and PK Forward on Oct. 23rd to meet the lawyers firm Wang Hecker LLP ! The City of PK has hired them to sue Dutchess County Government over the 26 Oakley Street Shelter project. Come learn updates and bring questions. Lets find out how we can support the firm to win this case.

10/01/2025

IMPORTANT PLEASE READ - Senator Chris Murphy just sent out this report from the Senate Floor: He specifies what each American can do, pronto. He says we do not have the luxury of waiting until mid-terms or 2 years at the rate the dismantling and deletions of our programs have taken place.
“Last night in the Senate, something really important happened. Republicans forced us to debate their billionaire bailout budget framework. We started voting at 6 PM because they knew doing it in the dark of night would minimize media coverage. And they do not want the American people to see how blatant their handover of our government to the billionaire class is.
So I want to explain what happened last night and what we did to fight back. The apex of Republicans’ plan to turn over our government to their wealthy cronies is a giant tax cut for billionaires and corporations. And they plan to pay for it with cuts to programs that working people rely on. Popular and necessary programs like Medicaid, Medicare, and SNAP, are all being targeted. In order to pass the tax cut, Republicans have to go through a series of procedural steps. Last night, they took the first step which requires them to pass an outline of their plan, but with it, any senator can offer as many amendments as we want. So my Democratic colleagues and I did just that.
Now, we knew that Republicans would largely unanimously oppose them, but we had two objectives here. One, Republicans were forced to put their opinion on record — many for the first time — on the most corrupt parts of Trump and Musk’s agenda. Two, as I’ve been saying, I am going to make every process and procedure as slow and painful as possible for as long as my colleagues choose to ignore the constitutional crisis happening before our eyes.
So what did we propose? We proposed no tax cuts for anyone who makes a billion dollars a year. We made them vote on whether or not Elon Musk and DOGE should have limitless access to Americans’ personal data. We made them vote on whether to protect IVF and require insurers to cover it. Every single amendment Democrats proposed was shot down. On almost every single amendment, Republicans universally opposed it. Every Republican voted against our proposal to prevent more tax cuts for billionaires. The corruption and theft is happening in the open here.
The whole game for Republicans is taking your money and giving it to the wealthiest corporations and billionaires — even if it means kicking your parents out of a nursing home or turning off Medicaid for the poorest children. They know what they are doing is deeply unpopular. They are offering a tax cut to the most wealthy that is 850 times larger than what they are offering working people. Oh and by the way, any tax cuts for working people are going to be washed out by higher costs for basic necessities, like health care and food. It’s a fundamental injustice.
Thanks to your pressure and support, many of my Democratic colleagues have joined my effort to do everything we can to make sure they cannot destroy democracy and steal your money in the dark of the night. We are being loud about what is happening. I’m going to continue to grind the gears of Congress down as much as possible to make it that much harder and slower to get away with this corruption. That’s why the votes lasted until nearly 5 AM.
DO NOT PRESS SHARE. JUST COPY THE ENTIRE POST AND PASTE IT ON YOUR OWN WALL.
This is a five-alarm fire. I don’t think we have two years to plan and fight back. I think we have months. It’s still in our power to stop the destruction of our democracy with mass mobilization and effective opposition from elected officials. So we can’t miss any opportunity to take advantage of opportunities to put Republicans on the record and shine a light on what is happening.
And you have a role to play in this as well. I need you to amplify what’s happening, support the leaders who are fighting for you to make sure they can continue speaking truth to power against Musk and Trump’s billionaire cronies, and show up at rallies and town halls. Use every tool at your disposal to send a message loud and clear about how you expect my colleagues to lead and fight in this moment.”
Every best wish,
US Senator Chris Patrick Murphy

07/14/2025

Tonight! Be there and bring your voice!

This Monday! The next Dutchess County Legislature meeting is Monday, July 14 at 6:30pm at 22 Market St. PLEASE come out and hold our County responsible for their decisions.

07/13/2025

This Monday! The next Dutchess County Legislature meeting is Monday, July 14 at 6:30pm at 22 Market St. PLEASE come out and hold our County responsible for their decisions.

07/11/2025

We wanted to share some numbers about scatter site housing. Based on the population of Dutchess County and the amount of unhoused the County states we have (704) Here would be the breakdown of where/& how many, scatter site housing units would be needed town by town.These are very doable numbers!
Town Population Unhoused

1 Town Of Poughkeepsie 45,458 108

2 City of Poughkeepsie 31,778 75

3 East Fishkill 29,720 70

4 Wappinger Town 28,203 67

5 Fishkill Town 22,986 54

6 Hyde Park 21,091 50

7 La Grange 16,228 38

8 Beacon 14,629 35

9 Beekman 14,057 33

10 Red Hook 11,062 26

11 Pleasant Valley 9,790 23

12 Dover 8,395 20

13 Pawling 8,016 19

14 Rhinebeck 7,606 18

15 Union Vale 4,581 11

16 Washington Town 4,498 11

17 Clinton Town 4,061 10

18 Amenia Town 3,825 9

19 Stanford Town 3,673 9

20 North East Town 2,974 7

21 Milan Town 2,397 6

22 Pine Plains Town 2,116 5

Dutchess County Total Population 297,144 704

NOTES
Dutchess County
2024 705 homeless people
705/297,150 = .00237

07/10/2025

We return to the County Legislature this Monday, July 14 at 6:30PM. Bring your voices! 22 Market St., 6th floor.

Thank you to WAMC for covering this important story (see link below) about the County's mismanagement of the Youth Opportunity Union (YOU) plan to replace the old YMCA in Poughkeepsie. While this plan to support our youth stalls, the Oakley Street plan moves on. Please come tell your elected officials that our children MUST be the priority and that Dutchess County MUST make good on their promises to the City of Poughkeepsie!

"Roughly five years after Dutchess County announced plans to replace the old YMCA in Poughkeepsie, the project has stalled without shovels ever hitting the ground. A new report from the county comptroller details how it broke down."

Roughly five years after Dutchess County announced plans to replace the old YMCA in Poughkeepsie, the project has stalled without shovels ever hitting the ground. A new report from the county comptroller details how it broke down.

07/04/2025

Next Dutchess County Legislature meeting is Monday, July 14 at 6:30pm at 22 Market St. PLEASE come out and hold our County responsible for these decisions. Our youth MUST be a priority!

THIS WEEK'S COMMON COUNCIL MEETING: County Prioritizes Oakley Shelter as Youth Opportunity Union (YOU) Faces Indefinite Hold. Read more about this on our website here: https://cityofpoughkeepsie.com/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=362