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SEQR requires all local, regional, and state government agencies to equally examine the environmental impacts along with the social and economic considerations for a certain project, or action, during their discretionary review
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Knights of Columbus Turn To Court For Freedom To Lease, Or Sell Building to Town of Haverstraw
Knights of Columbus Turn To Courts To Lease or Sell Building to Town of Haverstraw; OAG Says Knights’ Holding Company Can’t Amend Its Charter
County, County Legislature, County Sheriff & Chairperson Hood Sued For Civil Rights Violations
Mike Parietti Files Suit In Federal Court Charging His Eviction From Public Meeting Based On The Content Of His Speech Violated His Civil Rights
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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
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What’s The Big Deal? 101 Gedney In Nyack Sells For $45 Million; Spring Valley Development Opposed By County Planning Board; Former ARRI Blauvelt Site Sells For $5.25 Million
101 Gedney Street In Nyack Sells For $45 Million; $6 Million In Capital Improvements Planned. Spring Valley Lots Sold For Residential Redevelopment. ARRI sells Blauvelt Industrial; MRA refinances Fashion Drive
What’s The Big Deal? Best Buy Relocating From Palisades To Former At Home Building; Congers Flex Building Sells For $6 Million; Stony Point Industrial Sells For $11 Million
RCBJ-Audible (Listen For Free) Best Buy Signs Lease At Former At Home Store In Nanuet; Relocating From Palisades Center Metropolitan Realty Associates has signed Best Buy to a 35,500-square-foot lease at 5101 Fashion Drive, the former location of At Home, which vacated the space in December of 2025. Best Buy is the largest specialty consumer […]
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New York’s Cap & Invest: A Statewide Carbon Pricing System
Cap and Invest is more than an environmental policy. It is an economic framework that influences how energy is produced, transported, and consumed in New York.
The Future Of Data Centers – Competing and Complimentary Proposals
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New York’s Cap & Invest: A Statewide Carbon Pricing System
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