Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Livingston, NY: what to set up and who to call
Maple Lane Associates reported one health-based violation to EPA in the last five years: a PFAS chemical (PFOA), beginning Jan 2022. Fiber reaches 91% of addresses in Livingston.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Livingston, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Livingston.
Power comes from National Grid
National Grid (Niagara Mohawk Power Corp.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Livingston. Its homes paid an average of 19.9¢ per kWh in 2025, about $130 a month (its average across New York, for customers on its standard service). New York lets you buy power from another supplier; 6% of National Grid’s home customers do, and National Grid still delivers it.
Start or move service: www1.nationalgridus.com · (315) 474-1511
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Maple Lane Associates
Maple Lane Associates supplies Livingston: about 5% of residents live in its service area. About 89% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 147 people in all.
1 health-based violation reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a PFAS chemical (PFOA), beginning Jan 2022. 77% of the 15,074 systems serving 101–500 people had none.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2021–Dec 2023, was 1.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 1.2 ppb. That’s higher than 52% of similar systems’ latest results.
The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report
EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. NY1010862.
5 home internet providers serve Livingston
99% of 1,876 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 91% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid-Hudson Cablevision | Cable, Fiber | 88% | 5,000/5,000 |
| GTel | Fiber | 70% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Frontier | Fiber, DSL | 15% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 30% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 17% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Livingston’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Livingston.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Livingston (47%) is in Germantown Central School District; parts are in Hudson City School District (34%) and Red Hook Central School District (9%) and Pine Plains Central School District (6%) and Taconic Hills Central School District (3%).
C−School gradeSee Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Sep 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Livingston spans 3 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Livingston residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Livingston | ZIP’s residents in Livingston |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12534 | Hudson, NY | 57% | 12% |
| 12523 | Elizaville, NY | 29% | 58% |
| 12526 | Germantown, NY | 14% | 14% |
A few homes fall in 12583, 12521. 12541 is P.O. box or single-organization ZIP with no homes.
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
Getting around, the ER and the library
One line each; the subject pages have the rest.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Livingston
Who supplies Livingston’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Maple Lane Associates (EPA ID NY1010862). It reported 1 health-based violation to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a PFAS chemical (PFOA). 77% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.0 ppb (Jan 2021–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Livingston?
National Grid (Niagara Mohawk Power Corp.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 19.9¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Livingston?
Mid-Hudson Cablevision, GTel, Frontier, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Livingston?
12534 (57%), 12523 (29%), 12526 (14%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Livingston in?
Germantown Central School District. Parts of the city are in Hudson City School District and Red Hook Central School District and Pine Plains Central School District and Taconic Hills Central School District.
How do I register to vote in Livingston?
In New York you can register online until 10 days before Election Day, in person until 10 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 15 days before and received 10 days before). Elections here are run by the Columbia County Board of Elections. Check your registration at voterlookup.elections.ny.gov.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
- Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
- Trash: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
- ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
- Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
- Registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
- Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
- Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.