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Databank’s Expansion Subject To Statewide Moratorium; Clarkstown Moratorium Includes Sain Building Affordable Housing Conversion; Chair Factory Site Subject To Brownfield Review
RCBJ-Audible (Listen For Free) 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 […]
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Rockland County Flooded With Sketchy Merchant Cash Advance Lawsuits
RCBJ-Audible (Listen For Free) 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 […]
Politicians Use Moratoriums To Address Voters’ Woes In Clarkstown’s Heated November Election
Politicians Use Moratoriums To Address Voters’ Woes In Clarkstown’s Heated November Election; Democrat Eugene Bondar Proposes 12-Month Building Moratorium in June, Town Responds With Six-Month Moratorium
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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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Databank’s Expansion Subject To Statewide Moratorium; Clarkstown Moratorium Includes Sain Building Affordable Housing Conversion; Chair Factory Site Subject To Brownfield Review
RCBJ-Audible (Listen For Free) 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 […]
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 […]
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Unity Walk: A Fundraiser for Proyecto Faro’s Immigrant Justice Programs; RCC Hosted Ribbon Cutting For Nursing Simulation Lab; Briefs
Unity Walk: A Fundraiser for Proyecto Faro’s Immigrant Justice Programs Sept 27 at Stony Point Center; RCC Hosted Ribbon Cutting for 5,000-square-foot Nursing Simulation Lab; Briefs
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