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Amazon Returns To OCIDA For Tax Incentives; Final Mid-Hudson Momentum Funds Awards; Fioravanti Joins Regional Food Bank
RCBJ-Audible (Listen For Free) 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 […]
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Clarkstown To Hold Public Hearing On Six-Month Development Moratorium
RCBJ-Audible (Listen For Free) Clarkstown Town Board Considers 6-Month Development Moratorium; Saying It Needs Time To Write New Zoning Regulations The Clarkstown Town Board on Tuesday will hold a public hearing and vote on a six-month development moratorium impacting several pending development projects. The local law is billed as a stopgap or interim measure to […]
Tragic House Fire Reveals Illegal Occupancy at 1 West Burda Place in New City
Tragic House Fire Reveals Illegal Occupancy at 1 West Burda in New City; Clarkstown Struggles To Keep Up With Illegal Occupancy; Police Chief Says House Was Occupied By A Family and Three Room Rentals
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Amazon Returns To OCIDA For Tax Incentives; Final Mid-Hudson Momentum Funds Awards; Fioravanti Joins Regional Food Bank
RCBJ-Audible (Listen For Free) 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 […]
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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
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Garnerville Self Storage Sells For $12.75 Million; Congers Industrial Nets $7.3 Million; Valley Cottage Industrial Sells For $4 Million
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New York State Digital Game Development Program
RCBJ-Audible (Listen For Free) A Proposed Change To Gaming Media Production Credit Would Raise The Maximum Qualified Production Costs Per Project By David Carlucci Empire State Development has proposed amendments to the regulations governing the New York State Digital Game Development Program. The public comment period closes in October. The amendment is narrow, but it […]
2025 Annual Report Shows BusPatrol Keeps Lion’s Share Of Revenue Collected On Bus Tickets
Data Provided By BusPatrol To New York State Reveals Dramatic Decrease In Rockland County’s Share Of Revenue, And Only Six Successful Court Convictions On Thousands Of Outstanding Citations In 2025
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Amazon Returns To OCIDA For Tax Incentives; Final Mid-Hudson Momentum Funds Awards; Fioravanti Joins Regional Food Bank
RCBJ-Audible (Listen For Free) 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 […]
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- Steve Bannon and Bernie Sanders Condemn Tech ‘Oligarchs’ and Demand A.I. Reforms September 15, 2026At an event in Washington, partisanship took a back seat as elected officials, religious leaders, parents and artists called for reining in artificial intelligence.
- Data Center’s Spill of 5,000 Gallons of Diesel Forces N.J. River Cleanup September 15, 2026The fuel poured from a storage tank at a large data center in Secaucus, N.J., into a tributary of the Hackensack River.
- Bessent Defends Faltering Bond Market Intervention September 15, 2026Testifying before Congress, the Treasury secretary said that he supported giving Americans $5,000 dividends if Republicans win in November.
- ‘60 Minutes’ Season Premiere Sees Dip in Ratings September 15, 2026Just under 8 million people watched Sunday’s season premiere, down 21 percent from last year. Viewership for the N.F.L. lead-in fell by about the same.
- Poverty Rate Was Stable Before Trump’s Safety Net Cuts Gained Force September 15, 2026Median household income rose to a record $87,460 in 2025, according to annual Census Bureau data on the financial well-being of Americans.















































