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A Half-Acre in Georgia Holds a Housing Lesson for the Hudson Valley
Pocket Neighborhoods Can Help Alleviate A Housing Shortage, But First Zoning & Building Codes Need To Change By Mike Oates Every week, I hear a version of the same story from employers across our nine counties. A hospital can’t fill nursing shifts because the candidates can’t afford to live within a reasonable drive. A school […]
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Sewer District Connection Fees In Haverstraw Challenged In Court; Rockland County Seeks Court Subpoena For Pool Rental Records From SWIMPLY; KOC Object To OAG Discovery Efforts
Sewer District Connection Fees In Haverstraw Challenged In Court; Rockland County Seeks Court Subpoena For Pool Rental Records From SWIMPLY; KOC Object To OAG Discovery Efforts
Rockland County Flooded With Sketchy Merchant Cash Advance Lawsuits
Hundreds Of Lawsuits Are Filed Against Out-Of-State Entities, Charged With Defaulting On What Many Consider Usurious Loans ANALYSIS Rockland County Supreme Court is a hub for out-of-state Merchant Cash Advance (MCA) providers filing lawsuits against out-of-state defaulters. Hundreds of cases filed by entities with names like Funding Depot, Funding Futures, Mantis Funding, Lendr Online, The […]
Upstate Update
Amazon Returns To OCIDA For Tax Incentives; Final Mid-Hudson Momentum Funds Awards; Fioravanti Joins Regional Food Bank
Amazon Seeks Reduced Benefits Package From OCIDA After Rejection Of Two Larger Requests Amazon’s commitment to demolish existing underutilized properties at a former quarry in the Village of Slate Hill in Orange County and build a 3.2 million square foot warehouse has not dimmed, despite several setbacks related to the awarding of tax incentives by […]
What's The Big Deal?
What’s The Big Deal? Nyack Mixed-Use Sells In Bankruptcy For $5 Million; Two Nyack Mixed Use Buildings Sell For $2.775 Million; AG Approves Sale Of New City Synagogue For $2.18 Million
Two Nyack Mixed-Use Properties Trade For $2.775 Million; New City Synagogue Sale Approved By AG; Bankruptcy Sale Nets $5 Million IN Nyack
What’s The Big Deal?
Garnerville Self Storage Sells For $12.75 Million; Congers Industrial Nets $7.3 Million; Valley Cottage Industrial Sells For $4 Million
Technology
Battery Storage Can Help New York Build A More Affordable, Reliable Energy Future
Battery Storage Projects Are Good For The Economy, Good For Reducing Energy Bills, And Safe
Databank’s Expansion Subject To Statewide Moratorium; Clarkstown Moratorium Includes Sain Building Affordable Housing Conversion; Chair Factory Site Subject To Brownfield Review
NYS DEC, NYS AG’s Office, And County Planning Department Detail Significant Obstacles To Databank’s Expansion Plans The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) determined that the planned expansion of Databank’s Orangeburg Data Center on Corporate Drive in Orangeburg is subject to Governor Hochul’s Executive Order establishing a temporary moratorium on data centers statewide. […]
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A Half-Acre in Georgia Holds a Housing Lesson for the Hudson Valley
Pocket Neighborhoods Can Help Alleviate A Housing Shortage, But First Zoning & Building Codes Need To Change By Mike Oates Every week, I hear a version of the same story from employers across our nine counties. A hospital can’t fill nursing shifts because the candidates can’t afford to live within a reasonable drive. A school […]
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- Tankers Are Loading Oil Again From a Vital Saudi Pipeline September 29, 2026Saudi authorities had taken the pipeline offline this month after it was damaged in a drone attack by an Iranian-backed Iraqi militia.
- Black Voting Groups Prepare for Disinformation Campaigns in the Midterms September 29, 2026A new “propaganda playbook” aims to demystify common techniques used to target Black Americans, long a powerful voting bloc, with election-related disinformation.
- College Students Flex Their Power in A.I. Investment Frenzy September 29, 2026Dorm Room Fund, a program that lets college students invest in their peers, raised a new $50 million fund as the competition for young founders ramps up.
- Mideast Oil Exports Rebound Even as Prices Remain Elevated September 29, 2026More tankers are moving through the Strait of Hormuz as shippers gain confidence, but the global supply of oil is still below demand.
- Trump Administration Prepares to Ask Tax Filers if They Are U.S. Citizens September 29, 2026The new question, included on a draft version of the primary tax form, comes as part of an anti-immigrant turn at an agency that long prioritized tax administration.

















