Newburgh is located in Orange County NY, in the Hudson river Valley and not far from New York City.

Named as one of the 25 Best Small Cities for Jobs and Business in America, the offers small town life but close proximity to the big city. Home to approximately 27,500 people, Newburgh has a very low crime rate among a diverse population that is largely Hispanic, African American, and Caucasian by thirds (without racial minority or majority). In addition, Orange County (over 10% growth) is the fastest growing county economically in New York State (less than 2% growth overall).

The Newburgh-Stewart Empire Zone is similar to an Enterprise Zone - It is a federally established area in which business incentives are established to attract new companies, expansions, and new jobs to the region. Incentives include reduced or temporarily waived business taxes and others. This Zone includes both the Town of Newburgh and the City of Newburgh, along with the Town of Windsor in Orange County.

Enterprise Zone requirements in Newburgh are to increase new jobs IN EACH NEW BUSINESS by:

• at least 50 more jobs if in the Manufacturing sector;
• 20 jobs if in High-Tech, Biotech, and Agribusiness AND make a $10 million investment; and
• by 300 jobs if in the Financial, Insurance, or Distribution Industries.

The local Workforce Investment Board and partnerships with community based organizations (CBOs) such as businesses and educational institutions have helped to not only create these new jobs in the zones listed above and even outside those zones, but to train people to fill them and to revitalize the Newburgh-Stewart Metro Area in order to overcome obstacles in the community.

All this dates back to 2004, when New York State considered Newburgh among its Top Five Most Stressed Cities, because of its conditions of many single mothers running households alone, high unemployment, high poverty rate, abundance of abandoned buildings, and the number of adults that were high school dropouts. However, in just three to four years, Newburgh became one of the 25 Best Small Cities.

1. United States Military Academy at West Point
2. Orange Regional Medical Ctr
3. St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital
4. Elant, Inc. - Healthcare
5. SUNY Orange - Education
6. Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield
7. Crystal Run Healthcare
8. Bon Secours Community Hospital

MAJOR EMPLOYERS IN NEWBURGH

• St Luke's Cornwall Hospital
• 105th Airlift Wing - USAF Air National Guard, Stewart 
• C & S Wholesale Grocers, Inc.
• Key Bank
• Mid-Hudson Processing and Distribution USPS
• Mt. St. Mary College
• AHRC - MR/DD services
• Numerous large law firms

Search Job Listings at

• Hudson Valley Help Wanted
• Newburgh Jobs @ SimplyHired
• HealthJobsUSA - Newburgh

1. Government jobs and Government contract positions
2. Retail & Wholsesale Sales and related jobs
3. Healthcare and Social Services positions - especially registered Nurses (RNs), and health, personal, and social services aides.
4. Construction Trades - journeyman track and helpers.
5. Professional & Technical services
6. Tourism, Accomodations, and Food & Beverage Services
7. Manufacturing - production jobs.
8. Adminstration and Waste Management
9. Real Estate Sales, Rental, and Leasing
10. Financial Services and Insurance

Back Office Operations and Biomedical sectors of industry are growing rapidly.

European settlers arrived in the Hudson River Valley of New York and found Native Americans called the Waoranek. The settlers wrote that these Indigenous People were friendly, close-knit, and peaceful. The native people were part of the larger Lenape group within Algonquin nation.

Henry Hudson was an Englishman working for the Dutch, explore the river in the valley to a point north that became Newburgh in 1609. IOntent on building a settlement, Hudson was met on land by the Waoranek, who shared food and taught the settlers farm. Then the native moved on, to the west and north, leaving the Europeans to live at Quassaick Creek and thereabouts. Various other settlers joined the group later.

During the Revolutionary War, Newburgh became the "birthplace of the republic." General George Washington ran the war from this town and afterward, refused to be crowned America’s King. Peace was mustered at Newburgh and Washington maintained headquarters in the Hasbrouck family house, purchased by New York in 1850 as the first US historic site. It was at Newburgh that General Washington awarded the first Purple Heart, known then as Badge of Merit.

The Hudson River became a vehicle that suprred tremenous commerical growth in the 19th century, the largest growth occurring during the CIvil War and afterwards. Manufacturing, recreation, and retail shopping thrived up through World War II. Then suburbs grew while the inner city failed; however, the urban areas have been revitalized, neighborhoods reconstructed, and continued grow expected for some time. 

Newburgh features its East End Historic District that includes over 4000 buildings registered with the US National Historic Register. It has more historic buidlings than any other site in New York State. Back in 1996, the National Trust for Historic Preservation recognized the Historic District on the list of "The 11 Most Endangered Historic Places" in the nation. Continuing work toward preservation of the city's history is the mission of several local community organizations.

Today, while the City of Newburgh is hard at work on creating new jobs and reserving historic places, it continues to build up its modern Hudson River Waterfront district as well.

Activities in the area include sightseeing cruises, shopping, restuarants, and nightclubs that include Monk's House of Jazz and Pineapple Larry's. Other local sporting activities include yachting, ice skating races, and fishing on Orange Lake and Chadwick Lake.