(January 11, 2012) The Village of Hunter in Greene County has received a $372,222 Main Street revitalization grant from the New York State Department of Housing and Community Renewal, for renovation, adaptive reuse, and new residential development along the Village’s […]
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Yogurt craze has significant land use implications; a mixed …
(January 15, 2012) The national craze for yogurt is having an effect in New York State, where major operations are to become more major, and new plants are likely, in places like Batavia, Genesee County. An economic bonanza seems afoot. […]
continue readingLandowners group urges state to remove home rule rights on f…
(January 12, 2012) Complaining that municipal decisions about fracking are unfairly affecting energy extraction potential across the whole state, the Joint Landowners Coalition of New York asked the state to lift language from the gas drilling regulations that give municipal […]
continue readingSenator Gillibrand extols the virtues of a national infrastr…
(January 10, 2012) Working to expedite the badly needed major infrastructure projects across the state, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has been urging the idea of a national infrastructure bank. At a recent event, Gillibrand said that the infrastructure bank “is not […]
continue readingCuomo steering $100 million in funding to I-390 interchange …
(January 8, 2012) Governor Cuomo will be directing $100 million in state and federal infrastructure funds to a new Interstate 390 interchange that will improve access to the University of Rochester, which has surpassed Kodak as the region’s largest employer. […]
continue readingWhat to think of the Governor’s Convention Center Plan
(January 6, 2012) For many, the mention of a convention center as an economic development strategy reminds of fallen strategies of the past. So when Governor Cuomo introduced the $4b, 3.8-million-square-feet Convention Center plan for Jamaica, Queens during the 2012 […]
continue readingThree developers propose plans for Syracuse Inner HarborR…
(January 10, 2012) Syracuse, like Buffalo, has its eyes on revival of its waterfront. And like Buffalo did, Syracuse is considering a giant Bass Pro Shops store to anchor the redevelopment of 28 acres along the old stretch of Erie […]
continue readingGovernor Cuomo talks infrastructure in State of State; advoc…
(January 6, 2012) In his State of the State address, Governor Andrew Cuomo shared his plan to invest $15 billion in the state’s sagging infrastructure , to include roads, bridges, water infrastructure, parks, and flood control projects. But transit advocates […]
continue readingA rail transit alternative to multi-billion dollar Tappan Ze…
(January 9) Nyack News and Views shares a recent post on the blog Pedestrian Observations that explains in great detail how restoring service to rail lines traversing Rockland, Orange, and Bergen (N.J.) Counties can decrease dependency and traffic on the […]
continue readingSchumer fighting for restoration of Federal Mass Transit Ben…
(January 5, 2012) When 2010 ended, so did a federal tax credit that allowed transit users to set aside up to $230 pre-tax per month for commuting expenses. The Federal Mass Transit benefit now only allows a maximum of $125 […]
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