State Makes Room for New Form of Affordable Housing

Westchester County Habitat for Humanity aims to make Westchester’s unaffordable housing situation affordable for a select group of residents, one homeowner at a time. And that’s no small thing.   With […] Read more »

‘If We Build It, Will They Come?’ Asks Peekskill

Peekskill is banking on $30 million of new government and private investment to help turn a struggling city into a gem along the Hudson. Read more »

Following Zig-Zag Path, Local Cannabis Stores Are Ready to Roll

The noble experiment in legalized marijuana, New York style, is now coming to a licensed retail store near you in Northern Westchester.  One store will open in Cortlandt this month […] Read more »

Annsville Circle to Become Hub of Enhanced Waterfront District

The Town of Cortlandt has assembled a $40 million infrastructure package that could transform 40 acres of undeveloped land from the Annsville Circle north into housing, offices, retail shops and […] Read more »

Making Housing Affordable in Croton-on-Hudson

“Affordable housing” in Westchester is in the eye of the beholder.  To a billionaire hedge-fund manager, the 5,800-square-foot home on Rockgate Farm Road in Bedford Corners — asking price $40,000 […] Read more »

To Those Opposed, Proposed Wellness Center Is a Headache

Following nearly a decade of expensive court battles, and eight months after winning town approvals, the principal behind a proposed luxury rehabilitation center in Croton-on-Hudson must now win certification from […] Read more »

Student Athletes of the Month: Wrestling Trio Grapples with Success

At three o’clock, the school day ends for high school students, and it’s time to head home and relax, get together with friends, chill.  Not if you’re a member of […] Read more »

Is Overhauling Home Sale Commissions Mission: Possible? 

When a Missouri federal jury decided on Oct. 31, 2023, that the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) and two large brokerage firms conspired to price-fix real estate commissions, industry observers […] Read more »

Statewide ‘Joint’ Rollout Is Going up in Smoke 

  Jerry Garcia, in his most pot-induced fog of mind, could not have designed a more disastrous rollout of New York State’s marijuana legalization system.  Two and half years after […] Read more »

Peekskill Architect Makes His Bones Reinventing Old Structures

A Bronx-born architect who fell in love with the lower Hudson Valley is helping restore empty Peekskill properties, one building at a time.  As it turned out, architect Marco Mandra […] Read more »