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Yeshiva Applicant Accuses Planning Board of Dragging Its Feet, Ramps Up Legal Threat
Yeshiva Applicant Accuses Planning Board of Dragging Its Feet, Ramps Up Legal Threat: Planning Board Pushes Back; Says Applicant Must Get Around Major Safety Deficit
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County, County Legislature, County Sheriff & Chairperson Hood Sued For Civil Rights Violations
Mike Parietti Files Suit In Federal Court Charging His Eviction From Public Meeting Based On The Content Of His Speech Violated His Civil Rights
Your Face May Be Getting Scanned; Here Is What New York Is Doing About It
Businesses Are Deploying Biometric Surveillance Including Facial Geometry, Fingerprints, Iris Patterns, Voice, Gait, and DNA Sequences To Identify Customers And Exclude Others
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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? Best Buy Relocating From Palisades To Former At Home Building; Congers Flex Building Sells For $6 Million; Stony Point Industrial Sells For $11 Million
RCBJ-Audible (Listen For Free) Best Buy Signs Lease At Former At Home Store In Nanuet; Relocating From Palisades Center Metropolitan Realty Associates has signed Best Buy to a 35,500-square-foot lease at 5101 Fashion Drive, the former location of At Home, which vacated the space in December of 2025. Best Buy is the largest specialty consumer […]
What’s The Big Deal? The Henry Sells (Again), This Time For $63.7 Million; Strip Center In Monsey Nets $4.2 Million; Lot For 16-Unit Multi-Family Sells For $4.5 Million
What’s The Big Deal? The Henry Sells (Again) For $63.7 Million; Strip Center In Monsey Nets $4.2 Million; Lot For 16-Unit Multi-Family Sells For $4.5 Million
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Your Face May Be Getting Scanned; Here Is What New York Is Doing About It
Businesses Are Deploying Biometric Surveillance Including Facial Geometry, Fingerprints, Iris Patterns, Voice, Gait, and DNA Sequences To Identify Customers And Exclude Others
Real Estate Roundup: DataBank Phase II Headwinds; Five Story Multi-Family Proposed For Former Avon Enamel Building; Airmont Fitness Center Building To Become Yeshiva
Databank Phase II Scaled Back; Multi-family proposed in Suffern dependent on TDD Zone Change; Former Fitness Club In Airmont to Become Yeshiva.
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- Kevin Warsh, Trump’s Fed Pick, to Defend Bank’s Ability to Set Rates Independently April 20, 2026Kevin M. Warsh is set to testify at the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday even as a criminal investigation into the central bank risks delaying his ascension to become the next chair.









































