This article is copublished with The Other Hudson Valley, an independent news site. There are about 70 miles of picturesque shoreline on the Hudson River’s east bank between Poughkeepsie and Rensselaer. Getting to nearly all of it involves breaking the law. In 1846, New York granted the rights to that land to an early train company … Continue reading Amtrak’s Secret Plan to Fence Off Parts of the Hudson River