RCBJ-Connect, Author at Rockland County Business Journal

Upstate Update: Battlelines Draws At Orange County IDA Over Amazon Warehouse; Lake Sebago Beach Finally Gets Reconstruction Funding; Poughkeepsie’s Wallace Campus Scores $110 Million For Affordable Housing

January 7, 2026RCBJ-Connect

Orange County IDA Seeks Removal Of Its State-Appointed Monitor Over Veto Of Amazon Incentive Package; Lake Sebago Beach At Harriman State Park Finally Gets Reconstruction Funding 14 Years After Tropical Storm Irene’s Destruction; State Awards $110 Million In Housing Bonds & Subsidies For Wallace Campus In Poughkeepsie’s Innovation District

Clarkstown To Sell Former Grace Baptist Church Site To Town-Controlled Affordable Housing Non-Profit

January 6, 2026January 6, 2026RCBJ-Connect

The $4 Million Sale To The Town’s Housing Development Fund Company Is A First Step Toward Affordable Housing In Nanuet TOD

Rockland County, Towns, Villages Rake In Numerous Grants In Latest Regional Economic Development Awards

January 5, 2026January 5, 2026RCBJ-Connect

Rockland’s Infrastructure Projects Get A Boost From State Aid; County Gets Tourism Dollars

Real Estate Roundup: Cedar Corners Warehouse Project Secures IDA Benefits; Westhab Housing Project To Provide 81 Affordable Units In Village of Haverstraw; Multi-Family Floating Zones Under Consideration In Orangetown

January 4, 2026January 5, 2026RCBJ-Connect

Congers Warehouse Projects Advances With Financial Support From IDA; Westhab’s Partnership With Village of Haverstraw Will Net 81 Affordable Housing Units; Multi-Family Floating Zone Considered For Orangetown’s Light Industrial Districts

Breaking News; Dispensary Openings; Legal Wrangling; Cannabis Licensing

January 2, 2026January 4, 2026RCBJ-Connect

Cannabis is legal in New York. Get the latest business news on cannabis production, retailing, municipal opt-outs, and business opportunities.

NYS AG’s Office Secures Deal With “Puppy Leasing” Firm To Cancel Leases And Refund Money

December 31, 2025January 7, 2026RCBJ-Connect

Predatory Debt Servicer Monterey Finance to Cancel All Outstanding Leases in New York, Providing Debt Relief To 835 New York Consumers

Rockland Plaza’s Barnes & Noble Bookstore To Close In January

December 29, 2025January 6, 2026RCBJ-Connect

Despite A National Expansion, And A Possible IPO, Barnes & Noble Shutters Nanuet Store

Increases In Rockland County Home Prices Bring Mansion Tax Into View

December 29, 2025January 5, 2026RCBJ-Connect

In Westchester and Rockland, the share of single‑family home sales at or above $1 million has grown steadily, pulling more middle‑ and upper‑middle‑income households into a tax originally marketed as a rich buyers only surcharge.

What’s The Big Deal? Simcha Schwartz Acquires Two More Nyack Properties; Kennedy Center Mall Sold For $22.4 Million; Millers Pond Secures Predevelopment $21 Million Land Loan

December 28, 2025January 4, 2026RCBJ-Connect

Simcha Schwartz Acquired Two More Nyack Properties; Kennedy Center Mall Sold For $22.4 Million; Millers Pond Secures Predevelopment $21 Million Land Loan

SEQRA Watch

December 26, 2025December 30, 2025RCBJ-Connect

SEQR requires all local, regional, and state government agencies to equally examine the environmental impacts along with the social and economic considerations for a certain project, or action, during their discretionary review

Author: RCBJ-Connect