Dueling Over The DMV: Haverstraw V. Clarkstown
West Haverstraw and state officials are fighting hard to keep the Department of Motor Vehicles in Samsondale Plaza on Route 9W but no decision has yet been made.
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Rockland County Government/Regulations
Upstate CEO’s Grow More Pessimistic But Don’t Expect Recession in 2020
Business leaders across Upstate New York have grown more pessimistic about the state’s economy but more than half of CEOs for private and nonprofit companies polled do not believe the economy will slip into a recession between now and the end of 2020
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Funding Initiatives For Regional Economic Development Councils And Downtown Revitalization In 2021 Budget
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has announced funding for a tenth round Regional Economic Development Councils and a fifth round of the Downtown Revitalization Initiative.
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More Women In The Boardroom, Says Cuomo
The “Women on Corporate Boards Study” law requires corporations to report the number of directors on their boards and how many of those directors are women
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Skoufis Calls For Reform Of Public Agencies
New York’s reliance on public authorities is problematic due to lack of transparency and oversight for its financial and operational functions.
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Rockland Is Fastest Growing Suburban County For Business Growth In State
Rockland County in 2018 ranked third among New York’s 62 counties for the fastest pace of business growth, according to Smart Asset, a financial tech company that bases rankings on business growth, GDP, new building permits and federal funding.
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Rockland County’s Fiscal Health Better; Clarkstown’s Declining
Rockland County got an improved health checkup on the New York State Comptroller’s 2018 Fiscal Stress Monitoring System report.
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Rockland’s Landscapers Pitch In At Dutch Gardens
The scene today at the Dutch Gardens aside the Rockland County Courthouse was a property owner’s fantasy: More than 40 gardeners were pulling weeds, cleaning flower beds, carting away brush, planting, and spreading mulch.
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Give Palisades Center Its Unused Space, Says Clarkstown Report
The 10-page report, which is more a prescriptive than a specific road map, broadly touches on ways to enhance Clarkstown’s potential as a place to do business.
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Ed Day Proposes $729 million Budget Under Tax Cap
Rockland County Executive Ed Day unveiled the proposed 2020 budget which stays under the New York State property tax cap.
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