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Plans To Redevelop Shoprite Plaza In New City Include Five-Story Residential Structure, New Commercial Buildings
RCBJ-Audible (Listen For Free) Clarkstown Planning Board Reviewed Plans To Upgrade Existing Shoprite Center And Add 103 Residential Units Updated plans for the redevelopment of the existing Shoprite shopping center on North Main Street in New City were shared with the public on Wednesday at a meeting of the Clarkstown Planning Board. The major new […]
Cannabis News | New York State News
Breaking News; Dispensary Openings; Legal Wrangling; Cannabis Licensing
Cannabis is legal in New York. Get the latest business news on cannabis production, retailing, municipal opt-outs, and business opportunities.
New York State News
New from RCBJ – Business News from New York State condensed and linked for ease of use and convenience.
The Legal Beat
Orange County Executive Says Former Warehouse in Chester Sold To ICE; Waiting For Deed To Be Filed To Take Legal Action
Orange County Executive Says Former Warehouse in Chester Sold To ICE But Waiting For Deed To Sue; Public Officials Across Hudson Valley Unite In Opposition To ICE Detention Center
New York Authorizes Medical Aid in Dying (MAID) Law For Terminally Ill, Mentally Competent Adults
RCBJ-Audible (Listen For Free) Extensive Safeguards Are Built Into New York’s Law To Protect Vulnerable Adults From Abuses & Overreach By Potential Estate Beneficiaries New York joins twelve other states in allowing terminally ill adults with less than six months to live the option to legally end their suffering with the assistance of medical professionals. […]
Upstate Update
Upstate Update: Kingston Local Development Corporation Offers Funding For Small Business; Newburgh Recognized For Financial Reporting Excellence; 108 Acres Preserved In Shawangunk Ridge
Kingston Local Development Corporation Provides Funding For Small Business; Newburgh Recognized For Financial Reporting Excellence; 108 Acres Conserved In Shawangunk Ridge
What's The Big Deal?
What’s The Big Deal? Industrial Buildings In Clarkstown Executive Park Sell for $38.5 Million; Bruno Sells Sloatsburg Development Site; Viola Road Parcel Sells For $51.25 Million
Four Industrial Buildings In Clarkstown Executive Park Sell for $38.5 Million; Viola Road Land Sells For $51.25 Million; Michael Bruno Sells Development Parcel in Sloatsburg
What’s The Big Deal: Maplewood Gardens Sells For $15 Million; Brooklyn Developer’s Acquisition Of Land Provides Funds For Suffern Yeshiva; St. Zita Changes Hands Again
A Web Of Property Transactions Involve A Brooklyn Residential Developer, and Plans For Suffern Yeshiva Campus And Mega, State-of-the-Art House Of Worship
Technology
Understanding New York’s RAISE Act in a Shifting Federal Landscape
The RAISE Act Focuses AI’s Impact On Consumers, Workers, and Vulnerable Populations
Lobbyists Sink the Packaging Reduction Act
Legislation Aimed To Minimize Packaging Material Waste, Overwhelmingly Supported By New Yorkers, Dies In New York Assembly
Government | Education | Health | Nonprofits
Palisades Mall New Owner Says It Has No Plans To Flip Property; Rockland Community College Names New Chief of Staff; Briefs
Palisades Mall New Owner Says It Has No Plans To Flip Property’; Rockland Community College Names New Chief of Staff; Fed Money Secured For Critical Community Investments In Hudson Valley
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Breaking Business News – New York Times
- Anderson Cooper Is Leaving ’60 Minutes’ February 17, 2026Mr. Cooper said in a statement that he was leaving as a correspondent for the show to focus on his CNN program and spend more time with his children.
- How the H-1B Visa Debate Is Driving a Wave of Racism Against South Asians February 17, 2026A dispute over the impact of H-1B visas on U.S. workers has been overshadowed by racist rhetoric, with troubling echoes of the great replacement conspiracy theory.
- Vaccine Makers Curtail Research and Cut Jobs February 16, 2026Federal policies under Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that are hostile to vaccines have “sent a chill through the entire industry,” one scientist said.
- Warner Bros. Is Said to Consider Reopening Talks With Paramount February 16, 2026Warner Bros. Discovery had agreed to sell itself to Netflix, but its contract allows it to pursue offers that may lead to a superior deal.
- Should Drug Companies Be Advertising to Consumers? February 16, 2026Aging means “becoming a target” of the industry, one expert said. After decades of debate, politicians of all stripes are proposing bans.



































