Battle Lines Drawn in Vitane Pharmaceuticals’ Fight to Remain in Clarkstown
Overprotective zoning decisions can have a chilling effect on businesses that want to grow and expand.
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Category: Columns
Rockland County voices from our editors and guest columnists
Treat Social Media Marketing Like A Business Priority
Most Rockland County businesses believe they are doing social media marketing when they really aren’t doing it at all. Posting to your Facebook page, Instagram page, LinkedIn Page and so forth is NOT social media marketing.
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When Networking Is Not Working, Pivot
To begin, I took a crash course from a Networking Expert, read a book on the topic, and formulated a plan on how to network.
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Are Cannabis Stocks The New Bitcoin?
New York is set to become one of the largest cannabis markets in the United States, with a predicted legal adult-use revenue of $1.75 billion per year.
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Clarkstown Should Reduce Dependence On Retail
Clarkstown’s Route 59 retail corridor runs the risk of becoming a monoculture if it continues to over-rely on a homogenous mixture of retail and fast-food restaurants, particularly as large chains and big boxes are disappearing.
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Millennials Value Experiences More Than Things
Before targeting millennials, it’s important to understand that this generation thinks differently, and above all values “experiences” over things.
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Is It Time For Health Providers To Cover Medical Marijuana?
The legalization of medical marijuana in New York since 2016 continues to cause debate but the reality of why and how it is gaining attention came to light recently after Rockland’s first dispensary opened in Bardonia.
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New Thinking Over How To Use Glut Of Empty Bank Buildings
Rockland County is littered with empty bank buildings. Driving around the county, it is impossible not to notice the carcasses of what was once a boom in retail bank branch construction.
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Employers Need To Be Current On Paid Family Benefits Law
Beginning January 1, 2019, employees who work for a private company in New York State who have worked 26 consecutive weeks as a full-time employee, or 175 days as a part-time employee, may be eligible for Paid Family Leave.
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50-Somethings Vulnerable In The Workplace
Americans are facing an increasingly difficult working life in their later years, as more workers are asked to finance their own retirements, and age discrimination laws are blunted by U.S. courts in favor of employers, says ProPublica.
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