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Redistricting Maps To Be Released After Secretive Process
Politics on the Hudson
Jan 26A state task force is expected to release new district maps today for all 213 legislative seats after a lengthy and secretive process that has been derided by good-government groups. Some Assembly and Senate districts are expected to see significant sh... »
Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf's Empire Expands With 3rd Outpost On Upper West Side
Gothamist
Jan 25The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf is spreading across NYC with an almost Starbucksian appetite for expansion: the wildly popular LA-based chain has just opened its third location in Manhattan, on the corner of 79th Street and Columbus Avenue. This new outpost... »
Hudson Valley To Face Shakeups In Redistricting
Politics on the Hudson
Jan 24Maps for new legislative districts in the state Legislature could be released as early as tomorrow, and perhaps no where will see as many changes as the Hudson Valley—due to population growth and gerrymandering. The Times Union reported today that a ne... »
Here And Now
Capital Tonight
Jan 24President Obama is set to deliver his 3rd State of the Union address today. (In case you are wondering, the speech he gave in 2009 was technically a message to Congress and not a State of the Union – though it had the same level of pomp) Meanwhile, bac... »
Montgomery County affordable housing bill could cost county $60 million
Affordable Housing Report
Jan 20Montgomery County officials released a sobering analysis this week of a bill intended to spur affordable housing, saying that the county could lose $60 million in tax revenue in the short term, and developers would lose millions in the long … Continue ... »