Clarence is a fast-growing exurban town in Erie County with a school district struggling to keep up with rising costs. Developers blame the slow-growth policies and practices of the town for failing to accomplish the dual goal of increased tax […]
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In an effort to protect water quality, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection has purchased, for $10 million, the development rights to Hole #8 at Armonk Country Club in Westchester County. The 100 acres that comprise this hole […]
continue readingStreetsblog illuminates the over-development of the Greater Buffalo Region and its cascading fiscal costs and consequences, pointing out that the region built 525 miles of new roads since 1990, a period during which the region lost 5% of its population. […]
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Every week, Panel of Business Interests member Sam Schwartz Engineering shares with Empire State Future’s readers updates on New York City, State and National transportation issues. Featured Researchers Say High-Speed Rail Could Fuel US Real Estate, Economic Booms Medill Reports […]
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A battle is brewing in the North Country over 119 miles of rail line that cuts through the heart of the Adirondacks. One one side of the debate are the rail enthusiasts, who believe the line should be restored for […]
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A state appeals court ruled unanimously Thursday that the Town of Dryden’s (Tompkins County) home-rule privilege trumps the state’s controls on oil and gas drilling, thus upholding the Town’s ban on hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking”, for natural gas. A natural […]
continue readingCITY, Rochester’s alternative newsweekly, delves deeply into the proliferation of apartments in the City of Rochester and the wider region, seeking answers about the benefits, costs, consequences, opportunities, etc. of this apartment “boom.” Read the article in Rochester CITY News […]
continue readingCongratulations to the new communities that have been approved in Round 2 of the New York State Land Bank Program: Broome County City of Rochester Suffolk County Empire State Development will start accepting applications on May 1, 2013 for the […]
continue readingFrom 2002 to 2007, farmland was being lost to development in Lower Hudson Valley counties at alarming rates–in Ulster, Sullivan, and Orange Counties, for example, 10%, 20%, and 25% of farmland was lost respectively in just those five years. Then […]
continue readingThe Syracuse Post-Standard reports on how one sizable retail project will still receive Onondaga County Industrial Development Agency tax breaks despite the state’s recently announced prohibition on such subsidies for retail development. The Township 5 development in the Town of […]
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