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The World’s Largest Hardware Cooperative Retains 292 Jobs and Creates 25 New Jobs in NY Empire State Development (ESD) announced that Ace Hardware Corporation, the world’s largest hardware cooperative, will expand with a new Retail Support Center in Saratoga County at 55 Northern Pines Road in Gansevoort, New York.

The City will host an open house next week to discuss draft recommendations for the East Main Arts & Market Initiative. This will be the second of two public meetings for the study, which seeks to identify multi-modal circulation, access and parking improvements, recommendations for land use development, streetscape enhancements, community branding, and strategies to promote housing opportunities.

LISC New York City, Creative Art Works, NYC Smoke-Free, & the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene will join Hope Community, Inc. to celebrate their efforts as they create healthier living environments for residents and staff. Hope Community, Inc. worked with Two Shades of Green (TSG), a collaboration to help affordable housing owners and managers create cost effective green and healthy property management practices

Assemblymember Didi Barrett (D-Columbia, Dutchess) announced the passage of legislation she authored that will ensure veterans of recent conflicts receive the property tax exemption they deserve. The bill specifically directs the Division of Veterans' Affairs to remind assessors that veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars are eligible for the veterans alternative real property tax exemption

Attorney General Eric. T Schneiderman released the following statement today on New York City's expiring rent regulation laws

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to modify a cleanup plan originally issued in 1996 to address soil and groundwater at the AVX property at the Olean Well Field Superfund Site in Cattaraugus County, Olean, NY. Soil and groundwater at the AVX property located at 1695 Seneca Avenue are contaminated with volatile organic compounds, which are often found in paint, solvents, aerosol sprays, cleaners, disinfectants, automotive products and dry cleaning fluids.

The state’s Office for People with Developmental Disabilities’ Finger Lakes Developmental Disabilities Service Office (DDSO) skirted state procurement laws for more than 1,400 purchases worth more than $1 million, gave one vendor an unfair advantage in obtaining the state’s business and overpaid for hundreds of household items

Hundreds rallied in front of Governor Cuomo’s Executive Office in midtown today to call for fully funding supportive housing. Supportive housing – permanent housing which is combined with mental health and other support services – is proven to be cost-effective and successful in reducing homelessness for vulnerable New Yorkers. Every unit of supportive housing built saves more than $10,000 per year in taxpayer dollars through the reduced use of costly shelters, hospitals, psych centers and incarceration

New York - June 12, 2015 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that the New York State Board for Historic...

Sibley Building Currently Planning $200 Million Redevelopment, But Requires New Market Tax Credits to Move Forward on Plans – In Last Year’s “Fiscal Cliff” Deal, Schumer Secured Extension & Funding of NMTC

U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), following their urging, had approved additional federal funds to rebuild the Niagara Engine Company No. 6 Fire House. The fire house was previously located in a high hazard floodplain in Schoharie County, where it was severely damaged during Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee.

“The right to private property is fundamental to our nation and our economy. Private property owners should not have to be afraid of their property being taken from them by their government,” said Reed. “The practice of Eminent Domain is all too often used as an excuse for government to do whatever it chooses, leaving landowners with little recourse to fight back. This bill brings us one step closer to stopping the practice once and for all.”

Mayor Bill de Blasio today announced that the City financed the creation and preservation of more than 17,300 affordable units during calendar year 2014. With 11,185 preserved units and 6,191 new construction units financed, the City exceeded its first year projections by more than 1,300 affordable units. Based on average household size, these new and preserved units are enough to affordably house nearly 42,000 New Yorkers.

The Housing and Community Development Network of New Jersey (the Network) today released a guide to implementing the New Jersey Supreme Court’s March 2015 decision on fair share housing. Developing Effective Municipal Housing Plans aims to help advocates and nonprofit community developers usher in a new era of housing planning and municipal collaboration.

Furman Center report finds that between 2011 and 2014, the number of unregulated and rent-stabilized units affordable to low-income renters continued to decline; report explores whether a new tax benefit for unsubsidized buildings could help slow the loss of affordability in this stock

Ulster County Executive Mike Hein is pleased to announce that Ulster County has been awarded two prestigious 2015 Achievement Awards from the National Association of Counties (NACo) in the categories of Human Services for “The Patriots Project: Transitional Veterans Housing” and County Resiliency and Sustainability for the “Carbon Footprint Reduction Program.”

The 8,000 member Steamfitters Local 638, which performs pipefitting and fire protection work throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Nassau and Suffolk counties, will graduate 20 steamfitters from its rigorous five-year apprenticeship program on Thursday, June 11 starting at 5:30 p.m. at Terrace on the Park at 52-11 111th St., Flushing, NY 11368

Community Development Corporation of Long Island (CDCLI) and the National Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra University® hosted a convening today, attended by regional and national leaders, to present the latest research on the connection between safe, affordable housing and health outcomes.

Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today released the following statement on the U.S. Court of Appeals – D.C. Circuit’s decision dismissing challenges to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Proposed Clean Power Plan

Randy Crissman, a veteran New York Power Authority executive, has been honored by the American Public Power Association for his contributions to improve procedures for reliability compliance, monitoring and enforcement of government regulations at public power utilities.

U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today urged the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to swiftly review and approve an appeal submitted by Binghamton University for federal funds to which they are entitled. Schumer explained that, following Tropical Storm Lee, FEMA approved a total project cost of $3,188,766 in funding for repairs to its University Downtown Center. The Center was inundated by flood water during Tropical Storm Lee, causing extensive damage to all electrical and mechanical services that support the building’s functions.<

Today, Congressman Tom Reed announced bipartisan legislation which would help American manufacturers with energy consumption and costs. The POWER Act, HR 2657 would encourage businesses to use new technologies to convert their “waste heat” into electricity.

State Senator Jeff Klein (D-Bronx/Westchester), together with Mayor Michael Volpe of the Village of Pelham, Pelham Town Supervisor Pete DiPaola, Pelham Deputy Supervisor Councilman Dan McLaughlin, Judge John Gardner, Judge John DeChiaro, and Town Council Member Blake Bell, today announced $195,000 in state funding for security and energy efficiency upgrades to Pelham Town Hall and the Daronco Town House at Pelham’s annual Block Party

Senate Democratic Leader, State Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins, and Assemblymembers Shelley Mayer and J. Gary Pretlow were joined by tenants and tenant advocates today in calling on Governor Cuomo and the Republican Senate to renew and strengthen rent regulations that are set to expire on June 15, 2015. With more than 25,000 rent stabilized units in Westchester, with 16,000 of those in Yonkers

The owner of a Bardonia, New York, construction service company pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the New York Power Authority (NYPA) and filing a false tax return, the Department of Justice, the IRS and the New York State Inspector General announced today.