Feb. 12—As Zephyr Partners works to complete the first part of its new South Buffalo cannabis campus, the California-based developer owned by Brad Termini is already running afoul of key minority workforce requirements. As part of the land-sale agreement with the Buffalo Urban Development Corp., Zephyr agreed to comply with the city's standard requirements of 25% participation by ...
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Mayor Adams, along with city and state officials, unveiled more details Friday about a $56 million effort to revitalize a section of Manhattan’s Chinatown — an effort he first announced last month at his State of the City speech. Adams said at a news conference the new city and state partnership allowed them “to really reclaim the narrative of what we always focused on: public space, public ...
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Feb. 9—State economic development officials have reversed their decision to exclude a Hamburg steelmaker from New York's woman-owned business program. But while the about-face is good for Lauren Chmielowiec and Upstate Steel, another large company near the Buffalo Bills' new stadium site says it is struggling to get work on the $1.5 billion project. "I'm bidding the Bills project right now," ...
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Dozens of New York City Housing Authority building supers were arrested Tuesday in a massive multi-agency takedown for demanding bribes while contracting out minor apartment repairs, officials said. Tuesday’s bust, which landed 55 current NYCHA employees and 15 retirees in handcuffs, marked the largest number of federal bribery charges filed in a single day in Department of Justice history, ...
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A 64-year-old construction worker died following an accident at the construction site for the new $3 billion Brooklyn borough jail in September in an incident not previously reported, the Daily News has learned. Yong Chin Son fell 18 feet through a hole that had been covered by loose planking while removing asbestos on the 11th story of the old Brooklyn House of Detention at 275 Atlantic Ave. ...
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Jan. 14—WASHINGTON — Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand, an early backer of the nearly $1 billion plan to rebuild part of the Kensington Expressway, offered a vehement defense of the project on Thursday, telling The Buffalo News that removing the highway entirely would be grossly more time-consuming and expensive, with no guarantee of success. Gillibrand reiterated her support for the State Department ...
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NEW YORK (AP) — A group of Hasidic Jewish worshippers were arrested amid a dispute over a tunnel secretly dug into the side of a historic Brooklyn synagogue, setting off a brawl between police and those who tried to defend the makeshift passageway. The discovery of the tunnel at the Chabad-Lubavitch world headquarters in Crown Heights prompted an emergency structural inspection from the city ...
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JERSEY CITY, NJ - Developer Milton Fantin and the Fantin companies (Urban Property Developers and Urban Property Managers) announced today that initial occupancy is underway at Overlook Flats, the upscale new rental property in Jersey City's historic Journal Square neighborhood. The milestone announcement follows the successful launch of leasing at the striking 16-story property which offers ...
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From a new movie studio in Queens backed by Robert De Niro to high-rise affordable housing at the site of the World Trade Center, 2024 is poised to be another big year for New York City real estate. Here are 10 projects set to transform the city in the new year. The Bronx Fordham Landing (320 W. Fordham Road) The developer behind a massive $2.5 billion proposal on the Harlem River waterfront ...
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