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What Are Private Listing Networks & How Do They Impact The Housing Market?
Private Listing Networks Suppress Information About Housing Supply & Cause Harm To Home Buyers By David Carlucci Most real estate agents work for brokerages, which connect sellers with buyers and buyers with sellers. In a given city or region, brokerages usually share their listings through online databases called multiple listing services (MLS). Think of these […]
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Rockland County Ranks Number One For Residential Foreclosure Risk For Counties Outside NYC
Multiple Factors Point To An Elevated Risk Of Foreclosures In Rockland County, According to NestCash NestCash, a real estate investment and data company published a county-level New York Foreclosure Risk Index, and scored against the 55 counties outside New York City, Rockland ranks first. The first-place ranking is not a good thing. One driver behind […]
Clarkstown CSEA Investigating Allegations of Lewd Behavior & Harassment By Grounds Maintenance Supervisor
Mike Melton, Along With Town Attorneys and CSEA Leadership, Negotiate Stipulation That Bars Melton From Entering Department of Facilities & Management at Clarkstown Town Hall
Upstate Update
Midtown Kingston Designated Brownfield Opportunity Area; Hudson Valley Gun Violence Elimination Grants; Hudson Valley Venture Hub Presentations
Midtown Kingston Receives Brownfield Opportunity Area (BOA) Designation Midtown Kingston has been approved for the Brownfield Opportunity Area (BOA) designation by New York’s Department of State. Designation gives development in the area priority and preference for State programs, eligibility for pre-development funding, and unlocks tax credits for property owners and developers for brownfield cleanup and […]
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
Two AI Bills Await Governor Hochul’s Signature; Here Is What They Would Do
The Stealth Crawler Prohibition Act and the FAIR News Act Are Intended To Curb AI Abuses and Compel Disclosure In The News By David Carlucci Every morning, people across Rockland open a local news site to check a school closing, a zoning vote, or a traffic alert. On some of those same sites, a large […]
Opposition To Flock, ALPR Cameras Bubbling Up In Rockland County; Led By Faction of Working Families Party
Opposition To Flock, ALPR Cameras Bubbling Up In Rockland County; Led By Faction of Working Families Party; Working Families Party Jumps On De-Flock Wagon; To Hold Rally in Spring Valley Aug. 18
Government | Education | Health | Nonprofits
Clarkstown’s Latest Bond Debt Includes Funding For Acquisition Of St. Paul’s Convent In Valley Cottage
Clarkstown Increased Its Outstanding Debt To About $160 Million; Up From $112 Million In 2021 At nine o’clock on a Tuesday morning in May, Clarkstown’s town board held a special meeting and voted on a resolution to buy St. Paul’s Convent at the corner of Gilchrest and Kings Highway for $930,000. A second resolution authorized […]
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