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TOWN OF FISHKILL – Town Supervisor Ozzy Albra has produced his 2027 preliminary Fishkill Town budget that maintains a $20 million fund balance while raising Homestead property taxes by five percent, resulting in a 5.63 percent increase for homeowners outside of the village and a 6.11 percent increase for commercial properties outside of the village. A home assessed at $500,000 will see a $51.04 increase compared to 2026 taxes. A commercial property outside of the village, assessed at $500,000, will see a $79.12 increase over 2026.
(P&GJ) — Iroquois Gas Transmission System has asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for an extension until March 25, 2029, to build and place into service its Enhancement by Compression Project, citing outstanding state authorizations for the Brookfield Compressor Station in Fairfield County, Connecticut. FERC issued notice of...
More than half of New Yorkers say $30 an hour should be the floor. Younger workers and lower-income households are leading the push, and the reasons aren't hard to find.
When the City Council and Mayor Zohran Mamdani agreed on a $127 billion budget last June, the story behind the story was obvious. The numbers for the fiscal year beginning last July 1 added up to a balanced budget, thanks to a flood of state aid and some fiscal gimmicks. And the plan projected a […] The post Mamdani Budget Floats on Wall Street Cash as Momentum Grows for New Taxes appeared first on The City Reporter .
Iconic doughnut purveyor Krispy Kreme plans to open several new shops in New Jersey as part of a five-year expansion across the New York metro area. The chain, famous for its sugary, melt-in-your-mouth glazed doughnuts, said it plans to open 33 shops across the New York City metro area, including Long Island and New Jersey.
W.T. Grant stores disappeared in 1976 after the once-enormous variety-store chain went bankrupt and liquidated its remaining locations. The company filed for protection from creditors in October 1975, but its attempt to continue operating failed. By the following spring, the familiar Grants signs were coming down across New York and the rest of the country. The collapse ended a business that had started with one Massachusetts store in 1906 and grown into a nationwide chain with more than a thousand locations.
New York’s banking regulator has updated its guidance on how banks calculate the portion of a judgment debtor’s account that is shielded from restraining notices and levies, replacing its 2017 method to reflect changes in the state’s minimum wage law. The New York State Department of Financial...
The benefit increased this year due to rising oil and kerosene prices. [ more › ]
The state has opened applications for the regular Home Energy Assistance Program, which can help provide up to $1,086 to low- and middle-income households for help with heating costs. The benefits can pay for fuel, or for heating and cooling equipment. Specific benefit amounts can vary based on factors including...
Election Day could have major implications for New York real estate. Beyond the governor’s race, far-left and progressive candidates are making bids for the State Legislature — and one City Council seat — with platforms that seek to reshape housing development, rent regulation and tenant protections across the state.
National Grid Ventures wants to add two generators totaling more than 1,100 megawatts at the E.F. Barrett plant in Nassau County. | Antony 22 / Wikimedia Commons. After years where it looked like New York might never build another fossil fuel plant, there are growing signs of a gas renaissance.
New York affordable housing investments totaling $872 million will support 12 developments across New York City, the Mid-Hudson Valley, Central New York, the Capital Region and the Finger Lakes, part of the New York affordable housing awards announced by Gov. Kathy Hochul on October 30. The package includes $460 million...
Nearly everyone who interacts with New York’s decades-old unemployment benefits system agrees it’s in need of a major makeover. That’s why advocates for those receiving benefits are largely pleased that the state Department of Labor is beginning an overhaul of the system on Monday. It’s a painstaking process that will require the state to migrate more than 5 billion business records to a new apparatus in a move that promises to make the byzantine apparatus more user-friendly.
The cable is part of Propel NY Energy’s plan to install approximately 90 miles of underground transmission lines across Long Island and New York state to strengthen the electric grid and meet future energy demands.
"Private sector capture extracts wealth and tilts programs away from public welfare."
Mayor Mamdani joined WNYC senior politics reporter Brigid Bergin on the pop-up radio show, "Who's Running This Place?" The city’s Department of Finance granted more than 8,800 of the roughly 11,000 exemption applications. [ more › ]
Magaly Irizarry The shutdown is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. on Monday and last for nine to 12 days. [ more › ]
