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

September 15, 2026September 20, 2026RCBJ-Connect

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 […]

Upstate Update: Kingston Seeks Developer For Former Irish Cultural Center Property; Orange County Opens Open Space Funding Program; Town & Village of New Paltz Consolidation Advances

August 10, 2026August 17, 2026RCBJ-Connect

Kingston Seeks Developer For Rondout Property; Orange County Opens Open Space Funding; Town & Village of New Paltz Consolidation Advances

Upstate Update: Ulster County & Bard College Add 17 Air Quality Monitors; Another Grossinger’s Redevelopment Plan; Ulster County Seeks To Implement A Resident Income Tax Surcharge

July 20, 2026July 27, 2026RCBJ-Connect

Ulster County & Bard College Partner To Add Seventeen Air Quality Monitoring Stations In Ulster County; Grossinger’s Redevelopment Plan; Ulster Plans Tax Surcharge On High Earners

Upstate Update: Kingston Local Development Corporation Offers Funding For Small Business; Newburgh Recognized For Financial Reporting Excellence; 108 Acres Preserved In Shawangunk Ridge

February 1, 2026February 4, 2026RCBJ-Connect

Kingston Local Development Corporation Provides Funding For Small Business; Newburgh Recognized For Financial Reporting Excellence; 108 Acres Conserved In Shawangunk Ridge

Upstate Update: Battlelines Drawn 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, 2026January 12, 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

Upstate Update: Skoufis Challenges $80 Million Amazon PILOT; Expansion of Route 17 In Orange & Sullivan Put On Hold; Open Space Institute Acquires Verkeerderkill Falls Property

October 30, 2025November 3, 2025RCBJ-Connect

Senator Skoufis Seeks Veto Of $80 Million Amazon Warehouse PILOT; New York Quickway Expansion Put On Hold; OSI acquires Verkeerderkill Falls

Upstate Update: Mixed-Use TOD Development Planned For Beacon MTA Parking Lot; 291 Acres Added To Minnewaska State Park; Garonit Pharma To Build Factory Site In New Windsor

August 13, 2025August 20, 2025RCBJ-Connect

Beacon MTA Station Parking Lot To Become Mixed-Use Transit Oriented Development; 291 Acres Added To Minnewaska State Park; Garonit To Establish New Windsor Factory Site

Upstate Update: Terra-Gen Proposes Battery Energy Storage System In Hurley; Mixed-Use Project Approved In Midtown Kingston; Acquisition of 900 Acres Protects Critical Catskill Forest Preserve

July 16, 2025July 22, 2025RCBJ-Connect

Upstate Update: Terra-Gen Proposes Battery Energy Storage System In Hurley; Mixed-Use Project Approved In Midtown Kingston; Acquisition of 900 Acres Permanently Protects Critical Catskill Forest Preserve

Upstate Update: Kingston Scores $477,000 To Rehab Long-Dormant Commercial Property; Cornwall Secures $800,000 Grant For Downtown Hotel; Groundbreaking At Tuxedo Reserve

June 12, 2025June 17, 2025RCBJ-Connect

Economic Development Projects In Kingston, Cornwall, and Poughkeepsie advance with state funding. Construction starts at multi-use Market Square and The Village Town Center at Tuxedo Reserve.

Upstate Update: Kingston’s Senate House Secures Preservation Grants; PepsiCo Shutters Sullivan County PopCorners Plant; Housing Options Considered For Kingston Business Park

March 9, 2025March 13, 2025RCBJ-Connect

Senate House State Historic Site In Kingston Undertakes $1.8 Million Restoration; Housing Options Considered For Kingston Business Park

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