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Residential Sales Hard Hit In Q2 2020 But Brokers Expect Healthy Recovery
Rockland County sales were down 24.1% or 482 sales compared to 635 sales in Q2-2019
Business | Finance | Bankruptcy | Environmental
Pandemic Dampens Likelihood Of 2020 State Economic Funding Through REDC Grants Program
Due to the coronavirus, and all of the economic devastation it has wrought, sources say New York’s 10th annual Regional Economic Development Council competition — where the state invests $750 million in projects from Buffalo to Long island — is unlikely to take place in 2020.
Retro Fitness Gym Owners Want Clarity From State For Reopening
While uncertainty lingers over Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s decision to allow gyms and health clubs in New York to reopen, Retro Fitness in Pearl River and Tappan is hanging tough
Industry | Energy | Transportation
Pfizer Talks About Progress On Covid-19 Vaccine, Clinical Trials, Deployment, & Safety
Taking A Deep Dive With Dr. Phil Dormitzer, Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer for Viral Vaccines at Pfizer
Nice-Pak In Orangeburg Poised For Big Growth In Pandemic Era
Nice-Pak is in the process of having its products tested for efficacy by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) against SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing COVID-19.
Living | Arts & Entertainment | Food & Drink | People | Tourism
Pandemic Dampens Likelihood Of 2020 State Economic Funding Through REDC Grants Program
Due to the coronavirus, and all of the economic devastation it has wrought, sources say New York’s 10th annual Regional Economic Development Council competition — where the state invests $750 million in projects from Buffalo to Long island — is unlikely to take place in 2020.
Technology
Digital Mailboxes Are A Pandemic Problem-Solver
Jeff Milgram’s Montebello-based iPostal1 is a postal platform made for a post-pandemic world: users view images of what’s in their digital mailbox via an app on their desktop or phone
Government | Education | Health | Nonprofits
Retro Fitness Gym Owners Want Clarity From State For Reopening
While uncertainty lingers over Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s decision to allow gyms and health clubs in New York to reopen, Retro Fitness in Pearl River and Tappan is hanging tough
Talking About the Sale of Nyack College - 06-29-2020 The Morning Show With Steve & Jeff on WRCR-1700-AM"
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Breaking Business News – New York Times
- Treasury Says Small Business Loans Supported Over 50 Million Jobs: Live Updates July 6, 2020The latest on stock market and business news during the coronavirus outbreak.
- Facebook Temporarily Stops Hong Kong Data Requests July 6, 2020The social network said it would review the city’s punitive new national security law, a rare public questioning of Chinese policy by a large American tech company.
- Virus Revives Italy’s Age-Old Shadow Safety Net: The Pawnshop July 6, 2020Italians have put up valuables as collateral for loans for centuries, through plagues and sieges. Today they do it as part of the formal banking system. And business is booming.
- Small Business Loans Flowed to Health Care, Construction and Big States July 6, 2020The Trump administration began releasing details of which businesses received Paycheck Protection Program loans.
- Despite Coronavirus, Federal Workers Head to the Office July 6, 2020Federal employees are being ushered back to office buildings under inconsistent and conflicting reopening plans, against the wishes of leaders in the nation’s capital.