Good stuff this week in the Roundup: big federal court decision on considering sprawl impacts of road projects…Governor Cuomo talks, touts Upstate casinos… Bloomberg unveils Sandy rebuild plan… and much more.

Local

New bill promises casino for So. Tier

Downtown Rising touts Rochester developments

Building a Better New York Penn Station

Home2 Suites latest hotel targeting Wolf Road in Colonie (Albany)

NY State Office Announces Supportive Housing Initiative in the Bronx

AIA steps into public policy arena with new platform for the future of NYC

Location central to Cabela’s Cheektowaga plan (Buffalo)

New office space aims to attract cutting-edge companies to WNY

CB1’s Land Use Committee Unanimously Approves New York Wheel Project

Oldest building in Albany changes hands

Time to take high road on bike lanes

Negotiations continue on Buffalo waterfront land transfer

Harbor Point planning continues (Utica)

New York gets $185m to safeguard planned rail tunnel route

Bloomberg Unveils Post-Sandy Rebuilding Program

State

$750 million to be awarded in third round of Regional Economic Development Council  funding

Judging criteria for third round of Regional Economic Development Councils

Pete Grannis summarizes the Comptroller report on the Brownfield Tax Credit at the New Partners for Community Revitalization summit

Governor introduces new casino bill

National

Federal court says highway sponsors must first study transit, impacts on suburban sprawl

How Better Traffic Models Can Lead to More Mixed-Use Development

Two Pessimistic Outlooks on Fixing the Nation’s Bridges

Cuffed for a Crosswalk: DIY Traffic Safety Intervention Gets Man Arrested

Why No City Can Afford to Forget About Seniors