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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. […]
Government | Education | Health | Nonprofits
Ramapo Under Moderate Fiscal Stress According to OSC; Other Rockland Towns Score Well On Stress Tests
Fiscal Stress Scores Evaluate Financial Stability & Management; Moody’s “AA” Credit Ratings Issued On New Clarkstown Debt ANALYSIS Orangetown, Stony Point, Clarkstown and Haverstraw are not fiscally stressed, according to The New York State Comptroller’s Office’s annual report released last week. In contrast, Ramapo was designated as being moderately fiscally stressed due to diminished fund balances […]
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