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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
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.
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The Legal Beat
More Than 400 Flock to Village of Chester Public Meeting To Oppose Sale & Conversion of Warehouse To Federal Detention Center
More Than 400 Flock to Village of Chester Public Meeting To Oppose Conversion of Warehouse To Federal Detention Center
BusPatrol Program Raising Questions in Rockland County & Nationwide
BusPatrol Program Raising Questions in Rockland County & Nationwide; Motorists In Rockland Continue To Question Whether Program Is About Safety Or Money-Making
Upstate Update
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
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
What's The Big Deal?
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
What’s The Big Deal? Simcha Schwartz Acquires Two More Nyack Properties; Kennedy Center Mall Sold For $22.4 Million; Millers Pond Secures Predevelopment $21 Million Land Loan
Simcha Schwartz Acquired Two More Nyack Properties; Kennedy Center Mall Sold For $22.4 Million; Millers Pond Secures Predevelopment $21 Million Land Loan
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
Pattern for Progress Names Three Regional Leaders to Board of Directors; Catholic Charities Community Services of Rockland Names Stephen Papas as Executive Director; Briefs
Pattern for Progress Names Three Regional Leaders to Board of Directors; Catholic Charities Community Services of Rockland Names Stephen Papas as Executive Director; Briefs
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Breaking Business News – New York Times
- State and Federal Lawmakers Want Data Centers to Pay More for Energy January 15, 2026Many proposals have been introduced, but there is little consensus among governors, Congress members and tech executives about exactly how much the companies behind data centers should pay for electricity.
- Leonard D. Jacoby, 83, Dies; Brought Legal Services to the Masses January 15, 2026He and Steven Z. Meyers opened their first low-cost legal clinic in 1972. Within a decade, they had revolutionized the legal industry.
- Big Plan for Fannie and Freddie I.P.O. in Flux as Trump Pushes Affordability January 15, 2026Six months after President Trump told Wall Street banks to prepare a swift stock offering, there is no firm plan for how to take the giant mortgage firms public.
- Earnings Fall Short at Bank of America, Citi, JPMorgan and Wells Fargo January 15, 2026This week, Bank of America, Citi, JPMorgan and Wells Fargo released fraught earnings reports as President Trump’s threatened cap on credit card rates loomed large.
- Coinbase, the Biggest U.S. Crypto Company, Asserts Its Power in Washington January 15, 2026The top executive of the crypto exchange Coinbase scuttled a planned Senate committee vote on a major cryptocurrency bill after voicing his concerns, a sign of the company’s clout.



























