Posts Categorized: State

TransCentral

NYS Transcentral Post June 11, 2014

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      House Approves Transportation, Housing Measure as Action on Spending Bills Heats […]

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NYS Transcentral Post June 4, 2014

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      House to Use Post Office Cuts to Fund Highway Bill The […]

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New York’s highest court to hear appeal on municipal f…

The New York State Court of Appeals will hear the oil and gas industry’s appeal of municipal decisions in New York to ban hydraulic fracturing for natural gas. The local communities enacting these bans claim their “home rule” authority trumps […]

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McMansions strike back–new U.S. housing bigger than ever

The Washington Post revealed this week that new houses in the U.S. are bigger than ever.  The look is only at new construction, and showed that the average new house in America is over 2,300 square feet. Amazingly, new abodes […]

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Old infrastructure harms new housing initiative in NYC

It is no secret that the infrastructure in New York City, and the rest of the state, continues to decay while funding struggles to keep up. Denise Richardson, Managing Director of the General Contractors Association of New York recently shared […]

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Smart Growth Roundup (3 June 2014)

Storm projects chosen for New York, New Jersey… Thousands of comments have been submitted in response to the state’s draft energy plan…. And a partnership forms to develop a casino near Binghamton in this weeks SGR! Local Midtown Rising Development […]

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Restoring Bus Service to Rural Communities

As the demand for public transportation has continued to increase, transit services, particularly to rural communities, has been unable to keep up without the funds to match. A video recently released by AARP shows a successful public-private partnership in Washington State […]

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2012 Census of Agriculture County Profiles Available

[Photo: The Seven Bridges Farm in Lima, NY (Photo courtesy of sevenbridgesfarm.com)] The Cornell Cooperative Extensive recently shared its findings in Oneida County based on data from the 2012 Census of Agriculture. Here are their findings: The Census shows an […]

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TransCentral

NYS Transcentral Post May 28, 2014

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      The Future of Evacuations in the Climate Change Era CityLab New […]

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CNU 22: Promoting sustainable communities

Today, The Buffalo News has highlighted the 22nd Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU 22) event in Buffalo next week (June 4-7). This event brings people from different disciplines to discuss the best approaches to land use and development. And […]

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