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$23.6 Million Bridge Construction Project Completed In Hudson Valley
A $23.6 million project to replace and rehabilitate bridges along a busy area roadway has been completed. The goal of the project on Route 9W in Orange County was to enhance safety and improve travel along the highway in the towns of New Windsor, Cornwall, and Highlands, the state has announced. The state reported that the replaced bridges include: The River Road bridge over Route 9W, Town of New Windsor The Route 9W bridge over Quaker Avenue, Town of Cornwall The Willow Avenue bridge over Route 9W, Town of Cornwall The Angola Road bridge over Route 9W bridge, Town of Cornwall The refurbi…
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Storm Ida: Nine Deaths Now Reported In NY, Recovery Effort Update
Gov. Kathy Hochul gave New Yorkers an update on the state's recovery efforts after Tropical Depression Ida carved a destructive path through the region, with record rainfall and nine reported deaths in the state. Hochul gave the update during a news conference on Thursday, Aug. 2, at the Great Neck Long Island Rail Road station in Nassau County. Hochul said the Port Washington Line was disrupted and workers and trying to restore the tracks so they'll be safe again. "What we saw last night was nothing short of unprecedented. I cannot imagine a community having gone through …
Business
Shake Shack, Chick-fil-A Among New Eateries Coming To NY Thruway Service Areas
Some popular, prominent restaurants are coming to New York State Thruway rest stops as part of a multi-million project to redevelop more than two dozen service stations. Beginning on Thursday, July 29, construction will begin on a $450 million project to develop 27 service areas on the Thruway, officials announced this week. As of July 29, 10 services areas will be temporarily closed to begin the first phase of the project, though fuel service will remain available at all locations during construction. Restaurants planned to open at the service stations include: Shake Shack; Panera; Pop…
Police & Fire
Swatch Of Ocean Off Long Island's South Shore Could Become Biden Administration Wind Zone
President Joe Biden’s administration is planning a massive “wind energy area” in the New York Bight between the South Shore of Long Island and the New Jersey coast. According to reports, in an effort to make his lofty goal of making the nation's electricity sector carbon neutral by 2035, Biden’s administration is set to start selling leases in the area to promote clean energy. According to reports, constructing the offshore turbines would create approximately 32,000 jobs between 2022 and 2030 with 6,000 permanent jobs when the project is complete. “President Biden believes we have an eno…
Real Estate
258-Acre Former IBM Property For Sale In Hudson Valley
A massive 258-acre campus that once was occupied by IBM in the Hudson Valley has been put on the market. McGrath Realty announced that the former IBM facility in Kingston, which was first built in the 1950s, is up for sale, “offering plenty of opportunities” for a potential buyer. “The property was built in the 1950s by IBM,” realtors said. “What IBM built and left behind is a level of infrastructure that would be difficult to replicate and that is more than sufficient for any contemporary use. “The site’s ample supply of power, water, fiber communications trunks, and other industrial-grad…
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Cuomo Touts Infrastructure Plan That Is 'Largest In Nation'
In his fourth and final “State of the State” address, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo laid out a $306 billion infrastructure plan that he’s touting as the “largest in the nation.” After tackling the war on COVID-19, the short-term future of New York’s economy, and the growing green economy statewide in addresses delivered last week, Cuomo discussed massive projects proposed for the state’s infrastructure as they “invest in the future of New York.” “I sit in the office and live in the home occupied at one time by FDR,” Cuomo said on Thursday, Jan. 14. “Part of Roosevelt's genius was that he und…
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Photos: $3.2M Bridge Project Completed In Area
The $3.2 million dollar replacement of the Salt Point Turnpike Bridge in the Town of Pleasant Valley has been completed. Construction, which included the replacement of the bridge over Wappinger Creek, the reconfiguration of an intersection and the replacement of an adjacent culvert, began on April 16 of 2019. The new bridge has two new four-foot-wide shoulders, improving safety and mobility along State Route 115, and the culvert promotes the health of the waterway by allowing water to flow more freely through the area. The structure is also better lit than its predecessor, acc…
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Photos: LaGuardia Airport Unveils Big Part Of $8 Billion Facelift
State officials officially opened the brand-new Terminal B Arrivals and Departures Hall at LaGuardia Airport as they continue making progress on the $8 billion facelift of the oft-mocked airport. On Wednesday, June 10, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Rick Cotton, the Executive Director fo the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey were on hand at the new terminal to officially open the 850,000-square-foot, four-story terminal in Queens. “LaGuardia is the first new airport in the USA in 25 years … think of that. The last airport was in Denver in 1995,” Cuomo said, comparing renovating the air…
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27 NY Thruway Plazas Set For $450M Overhaul: View Rendering Here
As many are stuck inside their home due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, work is moving forward in the state on some important projects, including a new plan to update the New York State Thruway's 27 service plazas. The initiative to upgrade the plazas was first mentioned in by Gov. Andrew Cuomo during his 2018 State of the State address. Since then, a $450 million plan has been launched to redevelop 27 service areas, many of which were built in the 1950s and others that haven't been updated since the 1990s, officials with the State Thruway Authority Board of Directors said. …
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Connecticut Plan To Install I-684 Toll Sparks Backlash Among New Yorkers
Many New Yorkers are miffed at Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont’s proposal to install toll gantries on I-684, which would force some residents to have to pay a toll without traveling to or from the state. Lamont introduced his latest plan for statewide tolls, including one in a remote stretch of I-684 in Greenwich that will force motorists to pay, despite being in the state for only about one mile. The roadway is the only way to pass the area in either direction, forcing New Yorkers to pay the toll. According to a Middletown Press report, in response, angry area elected officials are banding tog…
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I-87 South Broadway On-Ramp To Close Following Morning Rush In Rockland
Motorists will have access to the New York State Thruway in Rockland County at the newly reconfigured Interchange 10, which will allow access at Route 9W and Hillside Avenue in South Nyack. The new traffic pattern permits riders of the Hudson Link bus service to use two new stops on South Franklin Street Extension, replacing the current stops at Clinton Avenue and South Broadway. The New York State Thruway Authority is ahead of schedule and officially opened up the newly reconfigured Interchange 10 on Wednesday, Oct. 9, a day earlier than originally planned. From South Nyack, motorists wil…
Politics
More People Are Leaving NYC Than Any Other US City, New Report Says
The mass exodus of New Yorkers leaving New York City has hit a record pace. According to new reports, as many as 277 people are leaving New York City each day, leading all U.S. metro areas, and more than double the number recorded last year. Los Angeles and Chicago were second and third on the list, with 201 and 161 residents reportedly leaving each day. The data came from the 2018 Ceneus data on migration in the largest 100 cities in the country. Between July 2017 and July 2018, New York lost 180,306 people and gained 131,746 new residents. A difference of 48,560 abandoned New York — the …
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