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Overwhelming Support Heard for Village of Haverstraw Chair Factory Project At Empire State Development Hearing
Overwhelming Support Heard for Village of Haverstraw Chair Factory Project At Empire State Development Hearing; Town Supervisor Continues To Rail Against Affordable Housing Project; Calls ESD’s Involvement a “Communist Takeover”
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Justice Sherri Eisenpress Resigns From The Bench Following Formal Charges Of Misconduct
RCBJ-Audible (Listen For Free) Eisenpress Agrees To Retire In April, Admitting No Wrongdoing, Despite Multiple Allegations Of Breaches Of Judicial Conduct Sherri L. Eisenpress, a Justice of the Supreme Court, Ninth Judicial District, Rockland County – who was charged with misconduct by the Commission on Judicial Conduct for failing to disclose personal relationships and other […]
Orange County IDA Files Suit To Invalidate Veto Of Amazon Warehouse Benefits Package
An $80 Million Benefits Package Awarded To Amazon To Build A 3.2 Million Square Foot Warehouse Hangs On Validity Of State-Appointed Monitor’s Veto
Upstate Update
Upstate Update: Kingston Local Development Corporation Offers Funding For Small Business; Newburgh Recognized For Financial Reporting Excellence; 108 Acres Preserved In Shawangunk Ridge
Kingston Local Development Corporation Provides Funding For Small Business; Newburgh Recognized For Financial Reporting Excellence; 108 Acres Conserved In Shawangunk Ridge
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What’s The Big Deal: Maplewood Gardens Sells For $15 Million; Brooklyn Developer’s Acquisition Of Land Provides Funds For Suffern Yeshiva; St. Zita Changes Hands Again
A Web Of Property Transactions Involve A Brooklyn Residential Developer, and Plans For Suffern Yeshiva Campus And Mega, State-of-the-Art House Of Worship
What’s The Big Deal? Simcha Schwartz Acquires Two More Nyack Properties; Kennedy Center Mall Sold For $22.4 Million; Millers Pond Secures Predevelopment $21 Million Land Loan
Simcha Schwartz Acquired Two More Nyack Properties; Kennedy Center Mall Sold For $22.4 Million; Millers Pond Secures Predevelopment $21 Million Land Loan
Technology
Understanding New York’s RAISE Act in a Shifting Federal Landscape
The RAISE Act Focuses AI’s Impact On Consumers, Workers, and Vulnerable Populations
Lobbyists Sink the Packaging Reduction Act
Legislation Aimed To Minimize Packaging Material Waste, Overwhelmingly Supported By New Yorkers, Dies In New York Assembly
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Mike Lawler Faces Anger At Town Hall Over ICE’s Immigration Tactics; And A Host Of Other Issues
The Vulnerable Congressman Seeking to be Re-elected to District 17 Tries To Walk a Narrow Tightrope But Mostly Failed To Satisfy A Rattled Audience
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- Disney Names Josh D’Amaro as Next C.E.O. February 3, 2026Mr. D’Amaro, 54, has most recently served as chairman of Disney Experiences, a division that includes theme parks, cruise vacations and consumer products.
- Jeffrey Epstein’s Trust Reveals Beneficiaries of His Fortune February 3, 2026Jeffrey Epstein wanted most of his money to go to his girlfriend. Mr. Epstein’s brother and a Harvard math professor were also named beneficiaries.
- ‘Don Colossus,’ a Golden Statue of President Trump, Waits for Its Home February 3, 2026A group of cryptocurrency investors backing a memecoin hopes the statue will soon be installed at one of Mr. Trump’s golf courses in Florida.
- Trump and India Call Off Their Trade War, but the Terms of Peace Are Murky February 3, 2026Officials and business leaders welcomed lower tariffs, but India has not yet confirmed that it would stop buying Russian oil, which President Trump said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had agreed to.
- Police Search X’s Premises in France as Prosecutors Summon Elon Musk February 3, 2026The move followed a yearlong investigation into X and escalated a wider standoff between European officials and American tech companies over the regulation of social media.