Citizens in the City of Newburgh don’t seem to think so. City Council was set to vote on whether to remodel the antiquated and rundown bathroom in the West End Firehouse when public outcry resulted in them tabling the decision.
“Being a property owner for almost 40 years in the city of Newburgh, I know how much it costs to renovate a bathroom,” said Broadway resident Dick Peterson. “They have a guy in the mall who says that he will come in overnight and put a bathroom in. But $32,000 is probably more than many people in this room make in a year.”
Local 589 Firefighters Vice President Ed Diller, however, has a different opinion about the situation.
“For people to come up and say that there is something fishy about these quotes is outrageous. The building is over 100 years old; nothing gets replaced in a 100-year-old bathroom cheap. We have holes in walls where we have cardboard on to prevent bats from flying around in the bunkrooms where the firefighters sleep.”
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