Sep. 21—ALBANY — State officials on Monday named two competing bidders as the winners in a long-awaited search for companies that can bring clean power to New York City — with both saying they will bury their transmission lines under the Hudson River. The state Energy Research and Development Authority awarded the bids to two consortiums: The Champlain Hudson Power Express, which plans to ... Read More

NEW YORK (AP) — Members of a New York City crime family threatened violence, pressured workers and pocketed phony “pension” payments in a two-decade plot to seize control of a city construction union and its lucrative employee health insurance program, prosecutors alleged in an indictment unsealed Tuesday. Ten members of the Colombo crime family, including 87-year-old boss Andrew “Mush” Russo, ... Read More

Sep. 7—PLATTSBURGH — Town of Plattsburgh officials say its North Country municipality is primed for its own state Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI) grant, pitching potential projects from better bike lanes to an anchor mixed-use development. "We are ready for this," Town Senior Planner Trevor Cole said at the municipality's first DRI public input session before listing the ... Read More

ATLANTIC CITY - A new hotel and restaurant are proposed for New York Avenue, on the site of a currently vacant building. Zenith Shah, one of the principals of Authentic City Partners, presented the proposal at a Thursday meeting of the land use regulation and enforcement division of the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority. At the meeting, held via Zoom, Shah said the project already had ... Read More