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Amazon Returns To OCIDA For Tax Incentives; Final Mid-Hudson Momentum Funds Awards; Fioravanti Joins Regional Food Bank

Amazon Seeks Reduced Benefits Package From OCIDA After Rejection Of Two Larger Requests Amazon’s commitment to demolish existing underutilized properties at a former quarry in the Village of Slate Hill in Orange County and build a 3.2 million square foot warehouse has not dimmed, despite several setbacks related to the awarding of tax incentives by […]

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Moratorium

Clarkstown To Hold Public Hearing On Six-Month Development Moratorium

Clarkstown Town Board Considers 6-Month Development Moratorium; Saying It Needs Time To Write New Zoning Regulations The Clarkstown Town Board on Tuesday will hold a public hearing and vote on a six-month development moratorium impacting several pending development projects. The local law is billed as a stopgap or interim measure to temporarily “suspend the approval […]

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The Legal Beat

Nine Orthodox Families Sue Nyack Housing Authority Over Expiration Of Section 8 Voucher Eligibility

Orthodox Families Claim NHA Acted Arbitrarily In Cutting Short Their Search For Four And Five Bedroom Apartment Units Nine Orthodox Hasidic families that qualified for and received Section 8 Housing Vouchers from the Nyack Housing Authority (NHA) filed for relief in Rockland County Supreme Court when their eligibility either expired or was threatened with expiration. […]

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