NEWBURGH – Anthony Grice has served as a Newburgh city councilman for almost five years, but he is not going to seek reelection this fall.
The Democrat who holds one of two councilman-at-large positions, said he wants to devote more time to his family.
For decades Newburgh has had its ups and downs some of which Grice attributes to poor management, which he said the current administration is addressing head on.
“Here we come along trying to clean it up, and even when you are cleaning it up, there are consequences,” he said. “When you are saying we are going to put more people in codes, that means when they go into some buildings and its not up to code, it’s where do you put those families that are living there.”
Grice, who is an elementary school remedial reading teacher, said he is not ruling out a return to political office in the future.
