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Storm Ida: Nine Deaths Now Reported In NY, Recovery Effort Update Storm Ida: Nine Deaths Now Reported In NY, Recovery Effort Update
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 …

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by Nicole Valinote
Business
Shake Shack, Chick-fil-A Among New Eateries Coming To NY Thruway Service Areas Shake Shack, Chick-fil-A Among New Eateries Coming To NY Thruway Service Areas
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…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Swatch Of Ocean Off Long Island's South Shore Could Become Biden Administration Wind Zone Swatch Of Ocean Off Long Island's South Shore Could Become Biden Administration Wind Zone
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…

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by Zak Failla
Real Estate
258-Acre Former IBM Property For Sale In Hudson Valley 258-Acre Former IBM Property For Sale In Hudson Valley
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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by Zak Failla
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Cuomo Touts Infrastructure Plan That Is 'Largest In Nation' Cuomo Touts Infrastructure Plan That Is 'Largest In Nation'
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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by Zak Failla
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Photos: $3.2M Bridge Project Completed In Area Photos: $3.2M Bridge Project Completed In Area
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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by Christina Coulter
Politics
2021 Dutchess Budget Proposal Reduces Spending With No Layoffs Or Tax Increase 2021 Dutchess Budget Proposal Reduces Spending With No Layoffs Or Tax Increase
2021 Dutchess Budget Proposal Reduces Spending With No Layoffs Or Tax Increase Dutchess County's proposed 2021 budget reduced spending by 3.6 percent, or $18.6 million, with no employee layoffs or tax increases, according to County Executive Marc Molinaro.  The $501,832,097 budget, said the release, maintains county services and programs, includes new initiatives to address homelessness and housing, and includes funding for senior services, infrastructure improvements, county parks, mental health services and even police reform measures.  The government's savings were reportedly achieved by reducing the county property tax levy for the seventh consecutive ye…

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by Christina Coulter
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Photos: LaGuardia Airport Unveils Big Part Of $8 Billion Facelift Photos: LaGuardia Airport Unveils Big Part Of $8 Billion Facelift
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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by Zak Failla
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27 NY Thruway Plazas Set For $450M Overhaul: View Rendering Here 27 NY Thruway Plazas Set For $450M Overhaul: View Rendering Here
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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by Kathy Reakes
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Connecticut Plan To Install I-684 Toll Sparks Backlash Among New Yorkers Connecticut Plan To Install I-684 Toll Sparks Backlash Among New Yorkers
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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by Zak Failla
Traffic
Crash Causes Hours-Long Route 82 Closure Crash Causes Hours-Long Route 82 Closure
Crash Causes Hours-Long Route 82 Closure This story has been updated. A stretch of Route 82 was closed for hours after a crash with downed wires in East Fishkill. The closure, reported at 11:15 a.m. Friday, Nov. 8, was from Creamery Road to Clove Branch Road.  The roadway opened in mid-afternoon. Check back to Daily Voice for updates.

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$10.9 Million Project To Replace Route 6 Bridge Starts $10.9 Million Project To Replace Route 6 Bridge Starts
$10.9 Million Project To Replace Route 6 Bridge Starts Work has begun on a near $11 million Route 6 bridge replacement project. New York State Department of Transportation Commissioner Marie Therese Dominguez announced that construction has begun on a $10.9 million project in Putnam County to replace the bridge over the Metro-North Railroad’s Harlem Line in Brewster and Southeast. Dominguez said that the “project will enhance safety and improve travel conditions on the heavily traveled roadway which serves as a gateway to the village and its rail station.” The new bridge will be constructed 75-feet to the south of the existing structure, cr…

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by Zak Failla