Economic Development
IDAs lose authority to finance projects
Industrial development agencies lose sunset law giving them authority to finance civic projects.
Larkin at 80 blasts budget
William Larkin criticizes Elliot Spitzer's proposed budget, claiming it will create a fiscal burden.
Back to the future for planning
Road show promotes neighborhoods
Recycled buildings
'Adaptive reuse’ and the new urbanism
Darien downtown courts destination status
The Darien Revitalization Initiative is reeling in fresh new business
Shell game
Poughkeepsie looks to fill empty building
Peekskill preview
Peekskill eyes nearby successes
On the road
Counselors plying the region offer their advice on growing business
Young sees Mount Vernon as ‘model city for the world’
Mayor Clinton Young has high hopes for Mount Vernon, seeing it as "a model city for the world."
Mayors outline strategies for cities’ transformations
Encouraging business investment and public-private partnerships are supposedly the first steps to downtown development.
Road to ruin
Panel warns that aging infrastructure threatens economic future.
On the waterfront
Early Yonkers visions face scrutiny
Palace Theater set for restoration
Danbury's Palace Theater will be restored in the next few years as one step toward downtown renewal.
The Empire Zone strikes out
Thomas DiNapoli, state Comptroller, criticizes Empire Zone program's progress
Rockland trolls for prosperity
Economic development seems to be on the rise in Rockland County
