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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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