Our latest Smart Growth Roundup is especially chock full of land use and development-related news from around the state (and country). We guarantee there is something for everyone in here. Scroll and click away!

Local

Governor Cuomo Announces Selection of Developers for Buffalo Billion Projects

Catskills Confidential: Public-transportation plan for Sullivan County

Public Art Project on Connective Corridor Celebrates Syracuse’s Bicycle History

Buffalo getting $500K federal Great Lakes cleanup grant to fund green infrastructure

Starwood Brings Aloft Inner Harbor to Syracuse

Seneca County on verge of approving comprehensive plan

Heatherwood’s residential tower to be tallest in Queens

Schumer urges funding of three new ferries for New York

Ithaca City Planning Board to Review Proposed Hotel on Elmira Road

North Country regional rail conference slated to spotlight industry trends, infrastructure needs

Queens’ highways, streets in bad shape: Study

Western New York legislators oppose Henrietta casino

Petitions bloom on Ithaca neighborhood development proposals

Way to go, Pleasant Valley, winner of land use and planning award

Niagara region no longer redlined for development projects

Property tax exemptions add up in Auburn, other cities throughout New York state

Grassroots group gears up for battle over energy proposals (Catskills)

Valatie development project makes another attempt after eight years of waiting

STEG joins push for fracking in New York

Buffalo redevelopment projects to include apartments, office space

Lawsuit contesting PUD for casino filed on behalf of 61 Tyre residents (Ontario County)

New NYC congestion pricing idea gains favor

COR Development won’t seek PILOT from city or county on Inner Harbor hotel

Hotel boom reflects anticipated growth in Staten Island tourism

City plans to use $100M to rebuild homes lost during Sandy

New York City boom heaven sent for churches selling property

Land Bank Fueling Up With Foreclosure Settlement Funds (Buffalo)

Buffalo Billion developers announce plans for new technology-based hubs

Invenergy’s Orangeville Wind Farm Goes Online In New York

How Costco’s first Upstate New York store landed in the Syracuse area

With New Executive Director in Place, Buffalo Erie Niagara Land Bank Plans for Busy 2014

Saratoga County leads Capital Region in population gains

Planner touts Glens Falls Main Street’s pedestrian potential

New Paltz Village Board says no to annexation of Park Point land as long as tax break requests remain

Islip Town Board approves Islip Pines plan

Quirky Invention Company Opens Offices In Downtown Schenectady, New York’sCity Center

Developer seeks to convert reported heroin mill into housing (Brooklyn)

Threatened Willets Point businesses suing to block eminent domain and development of massive mall

Big Step in Larkin District: The Square at Larkinville (Buffalo)

Will this be Syracuse’s newest address? Iron Pier Drive at the Inner Harbor

New contender emerges for an Orange County casino

Residents soon will voice opinions on development plans at Utica’s Harbor Point

Kodak to Pursue Sale of Sprawling Business Park (Rochester)

Council backs new city building heights, amid criticism on consultation (NYC)

Mapping Downtown Buffalo’s Development

State

Groups blast budget on transit funding

Developers Bet On the Catskills

Casino bid requests to go out

NY Extends Comment Period On High-Speed Rail

Law firm hired to review applications from potential New York casino operators

NYC Economic Development And NYU Polytechnic Open Urban Future Lab In Downtown Brooklyn

New York Transportation Commissioner McDonald: Transportation is ‘sustainability issue

New York Goes In On Transportation Resiliency

State senator calls for more infrastructure funding

Gov. Cuomo proposes $4.9 billion plan to harden New York’s transportation network against future storms

Community Preservation Corporation’s Hudson Valley Main Street Summit Heads to the Village of Ossining (April 17)

Deepwater Wind makes Long Island bid for offshore wind project

Battle brewing over proposed cuts in fed sewer funds

STEG joins push for fracking in New York

National/International

There’s no free ride on infrastructure

National spotlight: What smart cities can learn from Memphis

As DC changes, so must its policies restraining smart growth

Say yes to a land bank

How Urban Design Begets Happiness

Lessons for Shrinking Cities from Youngstown, Ohio

Social Justice Through Tiny House Communities

At Entrepreneur Week, how start-ups can remake the American downtown